Well done. I retired from active duty Army and served as an MOS Guitar Player (1987-2008). If I had to offer any feedback…your overall credibility with civilians viewing this would be enhanced by you wearing your uniform and meeting all appearance standards. The lack of uniform surely did not put me off…but, a civilian viewer may feel differently. Again, good job and thank you for your service.
Thank you for your feedback and for your service! I thought about wearing my uniform in the video, but I'm just not sure I'm ready to do that yet. My understanding is that the military has become more friendly to military UA-camrs wearing their uniforms, but it's much easier to claim the video as being made in a non-official capacity when I'm not in uniform.
Thanks for making this! I have a family member looking at auditioning for an Army Reserve band and this, along with your other video, definitely provided some great guidance!
All Army Band units (to my knowledge) have audio engineers, which is the closest I think it gets to being a DJ. There's also this more recent development, if your skillset lends itself towards being a rapper: coffeeordie.com/army-rap-artists-basic/#:~:text=Lamar%20Riddick%20and%20Nicholas%20Feemster,United%20States%20Army%20Field%20Band. But the short answer is no, I don't think there are any straight up DJs in the Army. If you can qualify for another music position and be used as a DJ, any unit would probably be happy to have that, though
Yes, you can do MOST to 42R or 42S. It would require a successful audition and going to AIT (for 42R) as MOST at JEB Little Creek, VA. I would talk to your career counselor or maybe a band unit itself if you're in a division or larger unit that has a band.
@@alekwasserman thanks, I'm the 36th ID unit in the Texas National Gaurd and they have a band. I've been trying to learn more info. Do you have a video on the audition. Specifically for piano?
I started out as a Human Resources specialist. I had a successful audition and joined the band field 5 years later with a C1 identifier and 5 years later won a job with the West Point bands Jazz Knights. It certainly an be done.
Well, I didn’t expect this to show up in my recs so soon after commenting on your last one just two days ago 😂 #algorithm Along with having just auditioned for the AF Academy Band , I’ve also auditioned for the Field Band 3 times in the past 2 ish years, and they actually don’t have a string section like Pershing’s Own does. Or like the AF Band or Presidents Own for that matter. They have one designated fiddle player but she’s in the Six String Soldier element. Not that this info matters in the grand scheme of things, except to say that there’s sadly not a whole lot of military band opportunities for string players, but whenever I see them, I send them to to all the string players I know since they come up but RARELY!
Well folks, it looks like I did make a mistake here, albeit a fairly minor one. I double-checked and this comment has the correct info. Thanks for adding your voice!
@@alekwasserman Of course! I must say I wish they DID have one, but the fact the Navy Band doesn’t have one surprises me...with any luck, one day perhaps??
Depends what you mean by "the field." In AIT, you do a FTX like any other MOS would. I was mobilized for COVID on 502(f) orders, so technically that's a stateside, non-combat deployment. Some of the cadre at AIT had combat deployment patches, but I don't remember anyone having a CAB. Think of it like this - your job in the Army as a 42R is to be a musician, but at some point, you're still an enlisted soldier like anyone else
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www.goarmy.com/careers-and-jobs/career-match/support-logistics/creative/42r-musician.html
recruiting.army.mil/ISO/AWOR/420C/
www.nationalguard.com/420c-bandmaster
www.usarmyband.com/conducting
www.bands.army.mil/careers/
m.goarmy.com/careers-and-jobs/browse-career-and-job-categories/arts-and-media/special-band-musician.m.html
Well done. I retired from active duty Army and served as an MOS Guitar Player (1987-2008). If I had to offer any feedback…your overall credibility with civilians viewing this would be enhanced by you wearing your uniform and meeting all appearance standards. The lack of uniform surely did not put me off…but, a civilian viewer may feel differently. Again, good job and thank you for your service.
Thank you for your feedback and for your service! I thought about wearing my uniform in the video, but I'm just not sure I'm ready to do that yet. My understanding is that the military has become more friendly to military UA-camrs wearing their uniforms, but it's much easier to claim the video as being made in a non-official capacity when I'm not in uniform.
Thanks for making this! I have a family member looking at auditioning for an Army Reserve band and this, along with your other video, definitely provided some great guidance!
As someone in the 78th reserve band they should definitely do itttt!!! Practice,get real good, and give that audition a go!
This is very interesting. I thought each instrument had it's own MOS. And I never even thought about officers. I learned a lot.
Each instrument used to be its own MOS, but they changed that a while back.
Hi I have an associates in disc jocky techniques with a specialty in Electronic Dance Music. Have you heard of active duty Dj who are 42s?
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All Army Band units (to my knowledge) have audio engineers, which is the closest I think it gets to being a DJ. There's also this more recent development, if your skillset lends itself towards being a rapper:
coffeeordie.com/army-rap-artists-basic/#:~:text=Lamar%20Riddick%20and%20Nicholas%20Feemster,United%20States%20Army%20Field%20Band.
But the short answer is no, I don't think there are any straight up DJs in the Army. If you can qualify for another music position and be used as a DJ, any unit would probably be happy to have that, though
Why the quotation marks every time you say special band? Good info
I am trying to switch my mos to this? Is that possible?
Yes, you can do MOST to 42R or 42S. It would require a successful audition and going to AIT (for 42R) as MOST at JEB Little Creek, VA. I would talk to your career counselor or maybe a band unit itself if you're in a division or larger unit that has a band.
@@alekwasserman thanks, I'm the 36th ID unit in the Texas National Gaurd and they have a band. I've been trying to learn more info. Do you have a video on the audition. Specifically for piano?
I started out as a Human Resources specialist. I had a successful audition and joined the band field 5 years later with a C1 identifier and 5 years later won a job with the West Point bands Jazz Knights. It certainly an be done.
Well, I didn’t expect this to show up in my recs so soon after commenting on your last one just two days ago 😂 #algorithm
Along with having just auditioned for the AF Academy Band , I’ve also auditioned for the Field Band 3 times in the past 2 ish years, and they actually don’t have a string section like Pershing’s Own does. Or like the AF Band or Presidents Own for that matter.
They have one designated fiddle player but she’s in the Six String Soldier element. Not that this info matters in the grand scheme of things, except to say that there’s sadly not a whole lot of military band opportunities for string players, but whenever I see them, I send them to to all the string players I know since they come up but RARELY!
Well folks, it looks like I did make a mistake here, albeit a fairly minor one. I double-checked and this comment has the correct info. Thanks for adding your voice!
@@alekwasserman Of course! I must say I wish they DID have one, but the fact the Navy Band doesn’t have one surprises me...with any luck, one day perhaps??
Do 42Rs go to the field?
Depends what you mean by "the field." In AIT, you do a FTX like any other MOS would. I was mobilized for COVID on 502(f) orders, so technically that's a stateside, non-combat deployment. Some of the cadre at AIT had combat deployment patches, but I don't remember anyone having a CAB.
Think of it like this - your job in the Army as a 42R is to be a musician, but at some point, you're still an enlisted soldier like anyone else
42Rs have a wartime mission so yes they do go to the field to train.