Part 2 - Music as a Lifestyle: A personal brain dump on the accessibility of music in our education programs and in private life.

I did a semester at music school (before I chickened out and switched to English). I originally wanted to do a double major in vocal and instrumental performance. I later found out that this is a.) a bad idea, and b.) frowned upon in music school. Eventually - or at least as I've been told - they ask you to choose which you're going to specialize in. I decided to "officially" study on my horn, since I had invested a lot more of my time practicing and taking lessons and that sort of thing. I think it was the right choice... singing is stressful. If you get sick, you're pretty much screwed, whereas on the horn, as long as you can still breathe you're pretty much fine. After all, your horn won't really ever sound "wheezy" just because you have a head cold.

My first (and only) semester in music school was spent in the following way:

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