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The music industry.
So as most of you know, I aspire to play the bassoon as a career.
It's been stated multiple times by multiple professionals that there's no doubt that I have the ability. But everyone you talk to about a career in music who doesn't have one themselves scoffs and calls it a pipe dream; says it's unreasonable, and that there's no security.
I agree, to an extent. Contemporary music, in terms of what's popular, is constantly changing. If I aspired to be a musician like Ke$ha or something, I could understand the apprehension- her music is a fad, and once that fad has come and passed, she'll be a washed up loser.
But classical music has weathered hundreds upon hundreds of years. Mozart's Requiem is still played reverently throughout the world; Wagner's Ring cycle is still produced; Vivaldi's concertos are still fastidiously learned and taught. There is no end to the lifespan of classical music- it's timeless. As long as there is classical music, there will be bassoon parts to be played, and therefore, jobs for bassoonists. So unless classical music is going somewhere- which remains inconceivable as of yet- I think the argument that you can't make it in the music business is total bullshit.
Of course, I think people who say that are mostly referring to popular contemporary music, but a lot of that attitude carries over into the classical genre too.
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