Welcome! You'll find that this forum is welcoming to flutists of all ages, abilities, background, and careers. I work in the computer industry as a system/solution architect. There are other members here with computer careers too. Although it might not seem to be obvious, there seems to be a correlation between music and computer logic. I know a lot of people in the computer industry who have musical backgrounds. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that internally, computers work in binary and musicians don't like to count past 2...
We'll look forward to getting to know you!
"Never give a flute player a screwdriver."
--anonymous--
Welcome!
Pied_piper is right. Many engineers are into music (also many pianists according to a poll on a piano board).
I have just started "This is Your Brain on Music" by the way, and read in the first pages that music is the only form of art where BOTH sides of the brain are actually involved... An obvious thing in itself, as you need to understand maths for example.
I just retired from a 32-year IT career in software development and more recently, project management. There is a PhD in Math who programs the "super" computers at Lawrence Livermore Labs, and a Unix SysAdmin in our community/college orchestra.
Computers are a part of my job as well. I work in the field of Factory Automation doing electric/electronic control system design, integration, installation and machine/robot programming.
A couple of times in my life, I was a full time musician, and still play/teach frequently part time.
Do not sweat these message boards. As long as you follow the rules, express yourself.
I don't! But I'm sort of thinking about going into graphic design/web development maybe. My brother is huge into IT though. He won 2nd prize in an international video game design competition at the age of 18. Pretty intense. I'm nowhere near that. I'm considering the culinary career path as well. I'm finishing my undergrad in music performance and am getting out of the business on a full time basis because... well... a lot of reasons. People's interests change, priorities change, the reality of the business doesn't support non-traditional music paths all that well so... eh. It's time to move on to something else for a full time interest/career path. Great time to realize that though! (hint: sarcasm). I'll have a piece of paper that I don't really want that says I can hopefully play a flute.
Love the flute though, and can play it pretty well. I play a pretty mean recorder and penny whistle too.
Actually, the piece of paper isn't much but the skills you get are.
I was fulltime in the 80s and made the transition to IT. Now I am studying double bass and playing in a couple of orchestras. Lots of really good musicians who studied music then went on to other careers, but the skill they bring to their playing is a joy for them and for others who share the orchestra with them.
If I could work the economics of it out I would happily go and do a music degree just for what it would give me.
All other things being equal, be wary of betting the future on a career in IT...too easy to offshore. But then how you balance the shiftwork of cullinary with performance is also an issue.
(not meaning to hijack the thread) but with the aspect of culinary I am considering getting into (baking/wedding cakes/pastry work), most of that kind of work is done in the mornings and afternoons. Still time to perform in the evenings if I want to. At the moment I'm completely removing myself from performance. It's not fun anymore.
Same here, web programming and design. Computers and music aren't so very different. Computers work with powers of two, and music is based on the twelfth root of two. Music is what math sounds like.
Feadóg Mhór wrote:Same here, web programming and design. Computers and music aren't so very different. Computers work with powers of two, and music is based on the twelfth root of two. Music is what math sounds like.
Feadóg Mhór wrote:Same here, web programming and design. Computers and music aren't so very different. Computers work with powers of two, and music is based on the twelfth root of two. Music is what math sounds like.
And art is what math looks like - just think of fractals!
