How to Make Money

By: HelloGod

Volume 1 No.6

Saturday July 5, 2008

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I wasn’t giving much thought to God at this time in my life. My mom would say to all her children, “If you can look in the mirror and say, what I did wasn’t bad and it would be OK with God, then it couldn’t have been too bad.” My family believed in God, but we were not religious nor did we go to church as I mentioned. I was raised German Lutheran.

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Now that the stitches were out from my knee surgery, I was free to take professional music lessons. My instructor commented on how much I learned from the books. She didn’t know I practiced eight hours a day because I couldn’t do much else. I wanted to learn to play the organ. I wasn’t looking to make a living from music nor play in a band. When I was twelve, my aunt played the organ and I remember sitting on the floor listening to her play. One day, I’m going to play like that, I thought. My uncle would let her pick whatever organ she wanted to buy because she played so well.

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I held down steady work earning my money at real estate, sales and marketing. Selling any product or service was not an option; I had to believe in the product or service. One day I decided to look through a local newspaper peeking at job openings. There was something interesting; some company had advertised their need for an organist. I’m not a great organist I thought but, what the hey, it can’t hurt to see what this is about. Gee, I wonder how much organists are paid? What kind of money can you make from playing music? Sure, I knew bands made decent money but that was only if they “made it.” Orchestras didn't hire organists. The interesting thing about this help wanted post in the local newspaper was I had already decided to take a trip cross country. How could I take a job playing music and six weeks later, go on a five-week vacation around the country? What employer in their right mind would hire someone, train them in the position and then let them go on vacation for five weeks? As an employer, would you? Let me tell you what happened but you will have to wait until next time.

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