Facts of Life for the Oboist
There's so much I would tell an aspiring oboist--including DON'T DO IT! YOU'D BE THROWING AWAY YOUR LIFE!--Here are the Facts of Life for an Oboist, all of which I found out the HARD WAY.
The facts of Life...
- No one likes oboes. (Even those who think they do, don't know what they're talking about.)
- Your abandonment fears will come true.
- Your playing will be best when it doesn't count.
- Your own nerves are your worst enemy.
- You can be a good oboist or a good kisser, but not both.
- The day will come when you consider a wristbrace a status symbol.
- Successful Oboists succeed as something else. (Oboist-in-disguise-rule)
- Your only decent/only reed will break when you need it most.
- Jesus loves the little children.--but oboists, alas, no.
- You will hate the oboe more than you will love it, but you will never let it go.
- When you tell people what instrument you play, atleast 50% of them will picture a bassoon.
- When explaining what an oboe is, you will have to swallow your pride, and say that it looks like a CLARINET.
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