Midnite Zephyr
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I know a lot of careers and such have licenses and registration to become a professional. Like in land surveying, you can't call yourself a land surveyor until you are a licensed professional. This is for obvious legal issues. But there are other examples of competence in a field. Take nursing for example...You have your LPN (LVN) nurses, which are licensed vocational nurses like the senior home care people, and then there are the RN's, the registered nurses who make the good money.
I know music is a different animal, but wouldn't it be cool to have a national or even global registration for drummers where you can go to a place, take a registry test that satisfies a certain criteria for a competency level that would qualify a drummer to become a Registered Drummer. That would put a little status to all of your hard work and separate the wannabees from the pro level players. It would be cool for those of us who haven't gone to PIT or Berkeley or pursued some type of degree in music because it would look good having some letters behind your name. Like John Doe, RDP (Registered Drummer and Percussionist).
I know in my field, at my level, there is even a national registry for certified Survey Technicians.
I don't know, I just thought this would be a interesting idea for a thread. Any thoughts on this? Does it even matter? If you play good, it's obvious? But what's gonna get you in the door for that Big Audition? It wouldn't hurt to be a Registered Drummer & Percussionist. That shows you took the time to learn X, Y and Z.
Well, you all enjoy your drumming now. I'm out. There's nothing left for me to learn here.
I know music is a different animal, but wouldn't it be cool to have a national or even global registration for drummers where you can go to a place, take a registry test that satisfies a certain criteria for a competency level that would qualify a drummer to become a Registered Drummer. That would put a little status to all of your hard work and separate the wannabees from the pro level players. It would be cool for those of us who haven't gone to PIT or Berkeley or pursued some type of degree in music because it would look good having some letters behind your name. Like John Doe, RDP (Registered Drummer and Percussionist).
I know in my field, at my level, there is even a national registry for certified Survey Technicians.
I don't know, I just thought this would be a interesting idea for a thread. Any thoughts on this? Does it even matter? If you play good, it's obvious? But what's gonna get you in the door for that Big Audition? It wouldn't hurt to be a Registered Drummer & Percussionist. That shows you took the time to learn X, Y and Z.
Well, you all enjoy your drumming now. I'm out. There's nothing left for me to learn here.
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