DiggyDog's Progress

That's a really strange looking theremin.

How did it sound?

It was pretty much a standard sawtoothy sort of sound but the rabnge was really compressed.

It was hard to find a note. The thing went from zero beat to squealing high in just a few inches.

It was still enough to get me hooked.

Wow, I never got the chance to try a theremin befor I got one. I had to buy one. 10 months later, I'm still pushin' 7 to 8 hours a day practicing. (got nothin' beter to do.)

Well, I am sure that time spent will pay off.

It really has. I consider the theremin more as a full-time job, than the hobby it stared as. But, this is the kind of job that's fun.

It's good work if you can get it.

I have had many paid music gigs but only a handful of them have involved the theremin.

Hopefully, my playing will improve to the point where I can pass myself off as a thereminist more easily and more often.

I'm guessing the big money will be found in doing demos, lectures, lessons, or workshops given by you, and performance you get sponsored to do in concert, rather than hired gigs.

[i]"I'm guessing the big money will be found in doing demos, lectures, lessons, or workshops given by you, and performance you get sponsored to do in concert, rather than hired gigs."[/i]

This is the first time I have encountered the notion that there is *big money* to be made in theremin-related work.

There's little "big money" to be made in music anymore. Maybe enough to live on. I think it's better that way.

Agreed - historically there has never been much money in music - at least not for musicians - just a blip in the 20th century when recording technology turned it into a marketable product and a handful got stinking rich. Spend a while listening to the current pop charts to see just how much good that did. Fortunately the Internet is dealing with all that nonsense and putting everyone back on an equal footing.