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Thread #150374   Message #3503629
Posted By: GUEST,FloraG
15-Apr-13 - 07:56 AM
Thread Name: Newcastle Folk Degree
Subject: RE: Newcastle Folk Degree
My concern with the degree is are they producing too many graduates for the paid jobs available? ( a bit like too many actors). Are they condemming them to a modestly paid future.
Do the graduates expect to have a varied career? Playing in folk clubs, pubs, barn dances for their bread and butter, and the occasional festival with CD sales, and a bit of teaching? Or do they just expect to be mega stars and paid accordingly and only do festivals? It would be interseting to know what many of the graduates are now doing - and how well they are doing.
FloraG