<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6001.18099" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7> <DIV>I like what Jeff wrote.  I have 2 degrees in music education and a 3rd with a major emphasis in music and about the only part of these degrees I ever use in tuning is what I learned in theory classes at the undergraduate level.  I would have benefitted a lot more if I had had some basic business classes, some physics, and geometry.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Clarence Zeches</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=tannertuner@bellsouth.net href="mailto:tannertuner@bellsouth.net">Jeff Tanner</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">College and University Technicians</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, August 30, 2008 11:10 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CAUT] Tonmeister, baccalaureate degrees, etc.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Chris Soliday wrote:</DIV> <DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>undergrad in cabinet making might be a better foundation</DIV> <DIV>Chris Solliday</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT style="FONT: 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF; COLOR: black">.</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>A business degree would make by far the most sense to me, since 99% of us are self-employed businessmen, and many go into retail.  This is a business first.  Unless we understand the fundamentals of business, we are not going to succeed, no matter what our skill level is.  Music is not even secondary.  Physics would probably hold that position.  I was a music major for over 2 years, and also very involved in the music school while I was a business major).  The tools necessary for our work gained from the music major path pale in comparison to the tools we learned in accounting, marketing, business law, operations management, personal sales, etc., etc., etc....  (and yes, music appreciation for non-majors, music theory for non-majors, applied lessons for non-majors, performing ensembles (most music schools benefit greatly from the contributions of non-majors in performing ensembles), and even physics can be worked in there)  I would have also taken the small business management classes, but they were always full.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>What we do has much less to do with music, and much more to do with business and physics (if you decide to become a designer).  Unless you have seen through both windows, that may be difficult to understand.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>A music major prerequisite makes the least amount of sense to me.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>My thoughts,</DIV> <DIV>Jeff Tanner</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>