Herb Posted January 30, 2005 Report Posted January 30, 2005 I am a sales rep, I bullshit with mechanics for a living, selling them parts for big trucks. The band is a weekend/part time/for fun/therapy thing. Quote
BFrank Posted January 30, 2005 Report Posted January 30, 2005 I work in the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, as an "exhibits specialist," meaning I work on production and design of all the exhibitions in the museum. Been there for 10 years (!!!!), but I am now looking at what else I can do in the world...... Wow. What a great job! Why would you WANT to work anywhere else? Quote
AllenLowe Posted January 31, 2005 Report Posted January 31, 2005 "She also managed (and still manages) several jazz musicians, including Teri Thornton (RIP), Howard Johnson, Lynne Arrriale and Jerome Richardson (RIP)" hmmmm....this would make me a little nervous if I were one of her clients... Quote
mikeweil Posted January 31, 2005 Report Posted January 31, 2005 (edited) I beat my way through life - in other words, I am a percussionist playing gigs, giving drumming lessons, accompaynying dance classes during weekly lessons or workshops - one of my specialties is free improvising in dance therapy sessions. I used to study to become a psychologist, but that didn't feel right anymore after several years of playing music in my sparetime. I had a part time job in the bookkeeping of some local business for a few years but lost that a few years ago. Scuffling a little ever since. Right now I am renewing the flat below ours to open up a small cultural center for musical and therapeutic activities of all types - the rent will boost up our income. Very interesting thread - almost as interesting as the "Show us yer face" thread ! Edited January 31, 2005 by mikeweil Quote
Noj Posted January 31, 2005 Report Posted January 31, 2005 Short version: I work in inventory management. Ditto. I have a Bachelor's Degree Of Fine Art for Illustration from Art Center in Pasadena. I'm trying to break into making money with art somehow. Quote
jazzbo Posted January 31, 2005 Report Posted January 31, 2005 I've been working for a Texas state agency for twenty years. THe last four have been hell as all our executive management was brought in because they are allied with G. W. They're womenizing pirates. Totally cannot respect them. I'm just hoping that eventually the tide will shift and we'll have competent management that really want to do public service and not enrich their friends. I've got under five years til retirement! Quote
Guest Chaney Posted January 31, 2005 Report Posted January 31, 2005 I sit in a small office in a mid-size law firm in Buffalo doing drudge work -- mostly real estate and estates -- looking in on this board soooo many times during the day, wishing I were actually hangin' IN PERSON with you guys and gals, glancing over at my crappy office sound system, waiting for the clock to strike noon so I can then make myself a cup of coffee, listen to some tunes, visit AGAIN with you fine folks, hoping to hell my phone doesn't ring, watching the clock, dreading the arrival of 12:30 but, wishing against it as I might, it does come around, at which time a stop relaxing, turn off the tunes, rise from my chair, hoping I do so without my body creaking, walk across the room, place my coffee cup next to my coffee maker, survey the work on my desk, wondering which bit of fun I might next tackle, wanting to put off the more unpleasant tasks but knowing that, wish as I might, they wont magically disappear, taking one by one, answering too many phone calls, talking to too many doltish clients, answering too many stupid question from from co-workers, wondering how long until I can retire... or at least end another work day. The day ends. I go home. I eat. I sleep. I rise and begin again. Quote
connoisseur series500 Posted January 31, 2005 Report Posted January 31, 2005 Life as a paralegal, Tony? Sounds tough. Any job where you count the minutes and hours is tough indeed. I've done that before, though, thankfully not at my current position. Quote
Soul Stream Posted January 31, 2005 Report Posted January 31, 2005 This is a pretty varied crowd it seems. Still waiting for someone to say they work at McDonald's. Of course, not all of us "musicians" maybe disclosing our other line of work...(would you like fries with that? B-) ) Quote
marcello Posted January 31, 2005 Report Posted January 31, 2005 (edited) Oh My God Chaney! Dickens Lives! Western New York is getting to you Man! I always thought that Buffalo was more depressing than Rochester. Not that much more though, but enough; keep your chin up and you ear cocked. Help is on the way! Think of all of those great players from Buffalo who made it out: Lonnie Smith Mel Lewis Don Menza Sam Noto Jim Hall Hell, my avitar is a photo of ( the not so great, but was a friend ) young Spider Martin! Here is a photo of Menza for you. Keep The Faith! Edited January 31, 2005 by marcello Quote
White Lightning Posted January 31, 2005 Report Posted January 31, 2005 (edited) Short version: I try to do things that interest me and also try to help make Israel a better place to live in, while listening to Jazz. Long version: I'll quote the bio from a recent, yet to be published paper: Barak Weiss created and manages Panim for Jewish Renewal in Israel’s Division for Public Resource Allocation. The Division’s goal is to bring about an equitable distribution of the state budget allocated for Jewish education and culture in Israel, for the non-Orthodox Jewish public.  Barak Weiss is a certified lawyer and has a MBA with a specialization in finance. Barak’s diverse background comes to the fore in the varied tasks undertaken by the Division for Channeling State Resources, including public and legal activity that aims to influence policy makers and aid educators and other agents working in the field (i.e., schools and non-profit organization active in the area of Jewish culture). The Division also sponsors research (of which this article is an example) with the aim of furthering knowledge in the areas its interest. In the past, Weiss served as the Director of Education at Melitz Centers for Jewish Zionist Education and has served as an educator in various frameworks that work to further Jewish education; including, Diaspora Jewish schools and the Joint Institute for Conversion. Edited January 31, 2005 by White Lightning Quote
Bright Moments Posted January 31, 2005 Report Posted January 31, 2005 Rodeo Clown! http://www.rivercitypt.com/images/pullingMyLeg.gif Quote
vajerzy Posted January 31, 2005 Report Posted January 31, 2005 (edited) A state employee of Virginia- I inspect gasoline stations for compliance with air, water and waste regulations. I also do after-hours pollution response on a rotational basis; I'll be the State on-scene coordinator for spills in waterways, fish kills, and other environmental problems. I actually enjoy my job! Edited January 31, 2005 by vajerzy Quote
chandra Posted January 31, 2005 Report Posted January 31, 2005 Writing software and things of that sort ( for speech recognition, telecommunications markets ) for the past 20 years... I already see a few other people in a similar line of business like makpjazz57, .:.impossible, tjobbe,.... I wish I can come up with something cute to say like many of you. This is a blast. I had a good laugh at this exchange: AllenLowe : I work for an insurance company ChuckNessa: Bastard! AllenLowe: Well, I just follow orders relyles: I am an in house attorney for an insurance company. So what does that make me? Quote
sonic1 Posted January 31, 2005 Report Posted January 31, 2005 I am a massage therapist at Miraval, Opera's favorite spa! I do a lot of treatments but mostly do Thai massage and deep tissue. That means I get to walk on people for a living! Jared Quote
Spontooneous Posted January 31, 2005 Report Posted January 31, 2005 I'm an anonymous copy editor and headline writer for a newspaper. (That's why I'm up at this hour.) Also do some jazz journalism on the side. Quote
Claude Posted January 31, 2005 Report Posted January 31, 2005 (edited) I'm a civil servant dealing with industrial property (patents, trademarks, designs) law and policy. Very busy now with the EU presidency, but I still manage to check the board a few times a day. I'll make a short trip to Washington this week, my first time in the US. Edited January 31, 2005 by Claude Quote
Phil Meloy Posted January 31, 2005 Report Posted January 31, 2005 I'm an arts administrator. I currently work for the national support organisation for jazz here in the UK. We are closely linked to the Arts Council of England and our work touches on many areas of UK jazz i.e jazz education, touring grants for bands, publishing information booklets on things like how to release your own CD, etc but one of our central functions is to run a large web site full of information about jazz in the UK as a resource for the UK jazz community. For example lots of jazz musicians use our site when they're trying to book gigs as the Database section of the site has the contacts for promoters and jazz festivals all over the UK. We essentially do not charge for any of our services apart from selling the odd publication. Check the site out for yourself if you like: Jazz Services We also own the magazine "Jazz UK". You can read back issues of it on the site. Quote
DTMX Posted January 31, 2005 Report Posted January 31, 2005 I'm a software engineer - been at the same company for 16 years. Used to design cellular phones (never owned one though), then automotive electronics. Now I write software for for testing of products during production. I spend half my day thinking about lunch, and the other half thinking about going home. Quote
BERIGAN Posted January 31, 2005 Report Posted January 31, 2005 I'm a software engineer - been at the same company for 16 years. Used to design cellular phones (never owned one though) This makes so much sense! Now I know why cell phones have buttons slightly smaller than the tip of a pen! Quote
BERIGAN Posted January 31, 2005 Report Posted January 31, 2005 I spend half my day thinking about lunch, and the other half thinking about going home. You are in good company..... Quote
Chrome Posted January 31, 2005 Report Posted January 31, 2005 Editor/writer for one of the "big three" in Detroit ... mostly work on dealer publications ... Quote
Jim Dye Posted January 31, 2005 Report Posted January 31, 2005 Actually, I see that Jim Dye is in Murfreesboro, TN, which I had never heard of until two weeks ago. Now I am investigating the possibility of commuter rail between Murfreesboro and Nashville. Hey, I'll be the first one in line! I'd love to be able to take a train to work. I get tired of the 40 mile schlep every day. One of the things I loved most about living in NYC was the public transportation. Quote
ralphie_boy Posted January 31, 2005 Report Posted January 31, 2005 I've been working for a Texas state agency for twenty years. THe last four have been hell as all our executive management was brought in because they are allied with G. W. They're womenizing pirates. Totally cannot respect them. I'm just hoping that eventually the tide will shift and we'll have competent management that really want to do public service and not enrich their friends. I've got under five years til retirement! I'm in a similar boat working for NYS for over twenty years. Same thing here - all of the Governor's pals sitting in high-paying jobs and contributing very little. Quote
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