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[mini_mentalist_chris]

I left school, did A levels in Chemistry physics, biology and Psychology and am now in my third year of a chemistry degree at Sheffield university. I'm doing my masters next year and then hopefully going on to a PhD. That will let me have a bit longer to decide what I want to do lol. Just stay at uni, but get paid for doing research. It's pretty cool.

I was going to go to guitar tech after my A levels as I've been playing guitar since I was 3. My dad advised me to get a degree in something to fall back on first though as the music industry isn't set in stone as a stable career, so I did. Plus you don't need a degree in music to be a session musician, you just need to be good and audition!

[Mini-Mad-Craig]

Cool what kind of music do you play chris? Ive been playing guitar scince i was about 6 and im into all sorts, Mainly the older stuff, the Beatles, kinks the stones etc, but alot of new indie too. I think it must be quite hard to actually be successful in the music industry? i guess you have to do more than one thing, like instead of just focusing on Producing, maybe Producing, studio work and dj'ing or somthing like that.

[mini_mentalist_chris]

Cool what kind of music do you play chris? Ive been playing guitar scince i was about 6 and im into all sorts, Mainly the older stuff, the Beatles, kinks the stones etc, but alot of new indie too. I think it must be quite hard to actually be successful in the music industry? i guess you have to do more than one thing, like instead of just focusing on Producing, maybe Producing, studio work and dj'ing or somthing like that.

Well I have to say, I have been through every phase in the book lol! From the obvious like hendrix and led zep, to weird things like King Crimson and Ozric tentacles sort of stuff. I am also into my metal, clever stuff like Sikth etc is cool. I hit the blues phase pretty hard when I was about 14, I was ( and still am) massively into SRV, Buddy Guy, Robben Ford and any others you could think of. It's my dads fault lol, hes been giving me stuff to listen to since I was about 5 lol. When people where into the spice girs etc at scholl I was listening to Led Zep, Pink Floyd, deep purple and stuff like that lol.

Was playing in a band a couple of years back that was doing well on the modern rock circuit. Supported Enter Shikari, Hell is for Heros and InME which were awesome gigs to play. Got some of the self recoded stuff we did on the myspace at http://www.myspace.c...rpathiabandrock I just play in a covers band at the mo to make money when i'm home.

The music industryis hard to crack. You hear of people playing the circuits for years, being absolutely stunning players but never making it! They just end up being full time guitar teachers. Which is cool if you like teaching but it doesn't pay as well as a normal job if your not famous and charging the Earth for lessons lol!

The best thing to do if your serious about playing pro is to make yourself a really well rounded player and learn to play a bit of everything.

You just have to have an ear for things like producing... anyone can do a course in it, but the people that make it are the ones that are really good and have a natural talent lol! It's good to have your fingers in many pies though!

Edited by mini_mentalist_chris, 22 May 2009 - 11:38 PM.

[skaterava]

left sixth form on Tuesday, just got A level exams then its off to Uni to do a law degree

[dazzul]

college only got 4 days left then onto a hp foundation degree

[Kimberley x]

I went straight to college full time for 2 years doing health and social care, planning on going into the NHS. Got to the end of the course, decided I wasn't ready for University yet and took a full time job in a nursery instead. Thats about as exciting as it gets for me,

[kez_19]

i did my last exam on a Thursday and on the following Monday i started work at ford i was there 3 years before moving to kwik fit was there a year then moved to Sweden and got a job 8 months later as a welder and i have been there now for the last 9 years

never looked back

michael

[Minigirlracer]

I left skoll in 2004, did 2 years at college training to work with kids, then got a job in a nursery which had rubbish pay and hours so now 2 yrs later in the process of becoming a college lecturer and getting paid to do a Uni teaching degree - ideal

[Mini Man Dan]

I went on to do my A-levels then as I still didn't know what I wanted to do so i decided to go on a year out to New Zealand I am currently 7 months into my trip and working on a dairy farm its not quite what I thought I would be doing but I am enjoying myself and decided I will probably take a couple of years out as there is so much of the world I would like to see

[wilcooper]

went on to do A levels....but did quite poop really, just played games a lot, we would all play unreal tournament over school network. Left school, worked at debenhams, a garden centre and with a gardener, then went travelling around Australia for a year. Returned last august, got a job for 7-8months and have been un-employed for 1-2 months, lets hope my job interview goes well next week ^^

[Matt]

I left school after doing my AS levels...

Decided after some thought that i didnt know what i actually wanted to do with my life, so enlisted the help of a local temp agency, to see if they could help me find a possible career.
First job i had was telesales - i sucked.
the boss liked me though... bit of charm i think? :S but i became IT Administrator & Manager a year later... and 4 years down the line im still there.
Only 22 myself.

[danny1]

i signed up for 2 years at college doing meda, photography d.t and film studies, finished my first year with 2 b's and 2 c's and quit.

ahah colege was so boring beign told to nuckle down and do work

im working as acompanign head chef in a restraunt now, and im of in teh navy as a submariner chef.

learn a trade will stand you in much better ground than doing alevels.
whow anst to go to uni and become broke?

[wilcooper]

i signed up for 2 years at college doing meda, photography d.t and film studies, finished my first year with 2 b's and 2 c's and quit.

ahah colege was so boring beign told to nuckle down and do work

im working as acompanign head chef in a restraunt now, and im of in teh navy as a submariner chef.

learn a trade will stand you in much better ground than doing alevels.
whow anst to go to uni and become broke?

Well....learning a trade isn't helping a lot of people at the minute, the building trade sucks right now!

People who want to go to Uni, like my girlfriend to become a teacher, not to get into debt. The people who get into debt are those such as not knowing what they want to do (go with the flow and want the party lifestyle) and who study ridiculous subjects like history when they don't want to become a teacher or historian, or african bible studies etc.

[RG_16]

I've only just left school too, now i'm going on to 6th form
for a year then the year after i should be going to college
to study Motorsport engineering then hopefully from there
to University then get an apprenticeship in a race team of
some sort

It feels good to leave school after 12 years but, it does feel
wierd not being there anymore.

Edited by RG_16, 26 May 2009 - 09:15 AM.