Playing the saxophone What does professional musician mean?

[progger]

Or maybe even triality. The

Seems it can mean:

• Playing for a living.
• Being (very) accomplished.
• Behaving appropriately.

The Triforce of Professional Musicianship. 🧝‍♀️

 

[LostCircuits]

The thing to do be in a, closed shop, guild.
Then the Guild decides who's called what, what's the training, how much is paid, how much of that is kicked-up through to the Guild Grand Poobah etc.
That is how: Law, Engineering, Medicine, Accountancy, Academia and religion work now.
Want to be a professional? Tick these professional development boxes and send us $£€500 per annum.

A good summary of what's wrong with the world

 

[JayeNM]

Or maybe even triality.

Seems it can mean:

• Playing for a living.
• Being (very) accomplished.
• Behaving appropriately.

But Dual because musicians can only be expected to do two outta three....

 

[JayeNM]

A good summary of what's wrong with the world

But you get to be in The Club !

 

[LostCircuits]

It gets even more complicated when you ask Google: "what is the relationship between professional and professor"

Anwer: All professors are professionals, but not all professionals are professors.

After some decades in academia I don't really subscribe to this point of view but I thought I throw it in because the answer is a wonderful example of black and white thinking missing the point.

And after digesting this thread, I come to the conclusion that professional is foremost a state of mind. What you do with it is up to you or ascii code 42.

And if it is a state of mind, it is also volatile, which explains the amateurish behavior that we see on and off.

 

[mizmar]

And after digesting this thread, I come to the conclusion that professional is foremost a state of mind.

And other peoples judgement

 

[Sacks Of Phones]

depends upon whether he teaches or not and whether his whistling is any good.

Ah, whistling............the bane of good music everywhere. Or, more aptly put, how to ruin a potentially good song with bird calls.