My one hard, fast rule is: Never set hard, fast rules.
That said, my "squishy" rule is: Never sing in a chorus - whether unpaid or paid. It doesn't conform with my technical, artistic, or career ambitions. That said, I do occasionally break my rule when it comes to substituting as a section leader in a church choir on occasion. Otherwise, though, I have not seen any evidence that singing in the chorus of anything will move me ahead in my career as a soloist. Once or twice I've auditioned for companies about which it was rumoured that one had to "do one's time" in the chorus to ever get hired for a solo role. The number of times I or one of my colleagues as been the exception to that rumoured wisdom is large enough to make me question its accuracy.
On the other hand, if there were a show I really wanted to do with a company I really wanted to work with and in a chorus that had really good music and a lot of potential for "stage business", and also it paid really well - well, I might make an exception to my "rule". It's a case by case basis thing, as all rules that don't directly involve serious ethical questions probably should be.
KM ............................ NEIL SHICOFF pages http://www.radix.net/~dalila/shicoff/shicoff.html
My Own Website http://www.radix.net/~dalila/index.html
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + Singers are often so fired up after a + + a performance, they want sex instantly. + + - Jilly Cooper, SCORE! + +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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