false 24998 4 <div>From her debut recital at Carnegie Hall to performing with the orchestras of Les Miserables and Miss Saigon, oboist Blair Tindall has been playing classical music professionally for twenty-five years. She's also lived the secret life of musicians who survive hand to mouth, trading sex and drugs for low-paying gigs and the promise of winning a rare symphony position or a lucrative solo recording contract. In <i>Mozart in the Jungle,</i> Tindall describes her graduation from the North Carolina School of the Arts to the backbiting New York classical music scene, a world where Tindall and her fellow classical musicians often play drunk, high, or hopelessly hung-over, live in decrepit apartments, and perform in hazardous conditions. (In the cramped confines of a Broadway pit, the decibel level of one instrument is equal to the sound of a chain saw.)<br><br><i>Mozart in the Jungle</i> offers a stark contrast between the rarefied experiences of overpaid classical musician superstars and those of the working-class musicians. For lovers of classical music, <i>Mozart in the Jungle</i> is the first true, behind-the-scenes look at what goes on backstage and in the Broadway pit.<br></div> 25759 2005 Mozart in the Jungle: Sex, Drugs, and Classical Music total:72|5:10|4:20|3:26|2:13|1:3| 72 237 122 22 2 0 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu May 22 16:26:05 -0700 2008 Thu May 22 16:35:30 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 0 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Jan 05 16:10:53 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 08 14:05:05 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Apr 24 06:28:19 -0700 2007 Tue Apr 24 06:28:23 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jan 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 12:09:26 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 12:12:00 -0800 2009
All in all, an engaging, easy read.]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Jun 01 12:19:48 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 12:19:48 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 30 13:10:05 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 30 13:16:03 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 05:51:39 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 05:53:59 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Dec 08 06:42:12 -0800 2008 Wed Oct 08 07:52:26 -0700 2008 Mon Dec 08 06:42:12 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Apr 27 08:10:24 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 27 08:15:36 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 true false Mon Feb 18 15:58:50 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 09 09:58:02 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 18 15:58:33 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Mar 31 13:41:42 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 31 13:48:41 -0700 2008 The behind-the-scenes look at NYC's classical/Broadway music scene during the 80's and 90's is fun and entertaining, but the book delves into the issues of public funding and the attitudes of those who give and those ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 22 11:35:46 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 22 11:38:09 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 06 15:05:26 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 06 15:07:52 -0700 2007 2 0 false false Thu Jun 12 11:18:13 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 12 11:33:03 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 05 23:48:30 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 19 17:30:02 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Fri Jun 01 20:19:11 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 01 20:19:45 -0700 2007
but she does make quite a few really good insights about the music business...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Jun 11 19:38:42 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 11 19:39:54 -0700 2008 5 0 true false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 04 11:21:31 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 04 11:22:24 -0700 2007 2 0 false false Mon Sep 01 08:59:38 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 01 09:00:44 -0700 2008
Boring. ]]> 3 0 false false Sun Dec 31 05:21:11 -0800 2006 Sun Dec 31 05:22:12 -0800 2006 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=24998