[microsound] [ot] transferable skills

[Michael Wright <michaels.lists@xxxxxxx>]

Hi,

When the recent ableton/PD debate came up, someone mentioned how  
learning things like Max forces you to think in a way that can be  
applied to many different areas.  This may come as a strange question  
but I am interested to know what other people on this list are doing  
with their lives?  I am about to leave university with a sound arts  
degree and I'm totally clueless as to what I am going to do with the  
rest of my life.  I have learnt so much since I started uni about sound  
theory, music, programming, software but I feel as though these skills  
are fairly useless in the "real world".  I can make some killer  
generative MSP patches but really, do these kind of skills have any  
real value other than just to make bleep making tools to put on your  
site along with your bleep mp3s for other bleep makers to criticise?

So I was just intrigued to hear of what others are doing?  Do you apply  
your knowledge and skill as an experimental musician to any other areas  
of life?  Are any of you fortunate enough to be making a living from  
your art?  Does anyone feel as though they have benefited from studying  
these kinds of subjects or do feel as though you should have studied  
law and made experimental music in your spare time?

Sorry if this post sounds negative, it's not intended to be, just  
intrigued,

Best,

Michael.

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