[Trombone-l] War tubas

[Philip Brink]

I suppose I shouldn't even be chiming in on this, since my work schedule and
the whole business has changed completely for me in he last two years. Here
goes, anyway...

>From driving 3000 miles/month to earn about US$25k/year in northern and
central Illinois, I am now earning about US$23,000/year teaching at Mahidol
University College of Music and playing in the Thailand Philharmonic.
Overall it is much better, despite the lower dollar amount, since I moved
from a house costing me conservatively $1,800/month to a rented row house
costing me about $270/month and generally the cost of living is a [small]
fraction of my COL in the Chicago area. All I had to do was leave all my
friends and family and move roughly 10,000 miles to Bangkok! Desperation and
a desire for something fixed and workable can make you consider many options
most players wouldn't think of! ;-)

My ThB 0.70 [US$0.02!]

Of course, there are compensations: Thai women are bella, bella!

Phil

On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 7:15 PM, Keith Marr <epigraph55 at hotmail.co.uk>wrote:

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> Workload's much the same as usual for the time of year here in Southern
> England for orchestral work. If anything's different it's slightly more big
> band work. So I'd say hovering between options 2 and 3 on Bill's list.
> Interestingly I have an upcoming ig band gig which is much better paid than
> usual, so some people running pubs and restaurants are obviously seeing
> entertainment as a way of getting people into their establishments.
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> Cheers!
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> Keith in Bb/F/D
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> > Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:17:45 +0000
> > From: billdin at comcast.net
> > To: htlamb at comcast.net; trombone-l at samford.edu
> > Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] War tubas
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> > By the way, maybe we could have a fast poll of the membership. Let us
> know if your local work situation (meaning musical type work) is:
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> > 1. Much better
> > 2. Better
> > 3. The same
> > 4. Worse
> > 5. Much worse
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> > than it was, oh let's say 2 years ago. Two years would be before the
> recession started. Please include your city or general area.
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Philip Brink
Instructor of Trombone
College of Music, Mahidol University
25/25 Phutthamonthon Sai 4
Salaya, Nakhonpathom 73170
Thailand