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we got speed . Alright , cool . If you

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could , uh , first off state your rank ,

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your first and last name and spell your

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first and last name for me . Staff

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sergeant . Cory Rogers cory C . O . R .

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E . Y . Rodgers ? R . O . D . G E R . S .

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And what's your hometown hometown ?

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When Arkansas ? Okay . And what's the

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high school you graduated from ? When

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high school ? Yes , sir . That's uh ,

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that sounds like a small town . About

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8500 people when I graduate . W . Y N .

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N . E . Okay , wow . Okay . Like Winn

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Dixie almost at any , I guess .

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Sure . Um ,

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And you've been in the rink over seven

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years ? Yes . And you joined as a

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musician initially . Marine Corps ? Yes .

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Okay . You say that as if you did

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something else before him Beforehand .

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I was in the Navy for six years . Yes .

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A musician in the navy ? No , it's not .

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I was a naval nuclear power propulsion

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mechanic . That's , I hear pretty

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stressful . It was so you opted

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to go to the less stressful job of

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being a marine , who knows , who

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knows , boot boot camp was still fun .

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Okay . All right . Um , so why did you

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become a marine musician

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kind of other other than the fact that

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we already know that you've been in the

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navy and you did that stuff . But what

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kind of , uh , what dragged your

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attention to the fact that some day you

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woke up and said , hey , I want to be a

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marine musicians . How did you come to

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that decision ? I wanted , yeah . For

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me personally , I wanted to be a

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musician in the Navy after I got

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finished with my tour as a machinist

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mate there . And because of my nuclear

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training , I was not afforded the

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opportunity to do that . Um ,

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so I weighed my options , had different

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job offers out in the civilian world

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and I actually got

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the opportunity to audition for then

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stats , Argov , uh , musical technical

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assistant and I was

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awarded a position . So what do you do

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today today other than playing an

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instrument ? Well , that's part of it

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described to me a little bit what your

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job is on a day to day basis . Of

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course . Like I said , normally I'd

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play my instrument for different

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ceremonies and throughout the day we

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have rehearsals and everything right

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now . I'm training to be an instrument

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repair technician , repair , diminish

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mints , woodwinds , brass . Ah another

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part of that job is budget management

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for the band managing millions

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upon millions of dollars worth of

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equipment purchasing to $300,000

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worth of items , goods for the , for

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the band throughout the years . So ,

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so what aspect of being a marine

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musician ? I ,

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I like playing concerts ? Some of

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the ceremonies they get long and drawn

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out . Some people , you know , they

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talked for a very long time , Very long

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winded thinking everyone including

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their dog . And for a lot of

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people who get out , that's a , that's

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a main factor . Um they always say I'm

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tired and tired of doing all these

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ceremonies . That's a part of the job

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that you signed up for . And when it

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comes to playing the concerts , we do

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them in parks out

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thousands of different venues Here soon .

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We're going to play at Escondido again .

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It will be my 4th concert there . I

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love it . And what , what is that ?

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What is that like for you when you

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place escondido at the California

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center for the arts ?

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Okay . On base . When we play

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concerts for marines , You can

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look out in the audience and there's

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maybe 100 people out there . That's

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just twice , twice the size of the band .

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You go there and there's four or 5000

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people maybe people outside wanting to

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come in , but they can't . I

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wanted to see me and my fellow marine

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musicians play . It makes me proud to

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be a marine , proud , proud to play

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music . So when you perform the concert ,

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um what's going through your mind ?

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Obviously you're focusing on your music ,

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but what's going through your mind

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emotionally ? What state are you just ,

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I'm proud , proud of the job that I'm

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doing and it's self satisfaction . I'm

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finally get to do what I always wanted

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to do play music ?

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Have you been to a lawyer for you ? I

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have not even out for you . I have not .

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Um So what's the instrument that you

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play I play the euphonium . Okay . And

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in layman's term , what will we call

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that ? Some people when they're coming

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up through grade school , they might

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know it as as a bear tone for other

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people . I just call it a tuba but

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smaller . Mhm .

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Okay . We've gone through a concert .

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My God , you've answered all my

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questions and we haven't gotten there

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yet . Um how difficult is it for you to

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be ? How difficult is it to be a marine

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musician ? What are the challenges ?

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You know , for some , it's super easy

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because playing the instrument comes

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naturally for others .

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There's hundreds upon hundreds of hours

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of , of practice that's needed in order

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to maintain some sort of proficiency on

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the instrument . I think I ,

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I would like to think that I fall more

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towards the first category , but I

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still practice every day is filled with

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practice through rehearsals marching .

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Everyone still needs to practice the

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difficulties . Mm .

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Still maintaining like I said before

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your proficiency on your instrument ,

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the marine side , the music side . And

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if you are actually married , the

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family side as well , being able to get

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all all of those things together

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because obviously you're away a lot .

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Mhm . So you have a family , you're

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married ? Yes . So that must be

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difficult if you're gonna be gone a lot

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to performances and so on and so forth .

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Including the Marine Corps requirements

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with our annual training and so on and

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so forth . So how did you deal with

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that ? To try to get some balance in

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your , for me ,

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I deal with it . All right . I

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understand that my wife and my kids ,

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they , my kids , they're , they're at

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home asking mom when's Wednesday is

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going to come back ? You know ? Well

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for the most part I haven't had to go

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away for months on end

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this , this time . So for me it's

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actually a little easier than some .

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So you do find balance at something .

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Yes . So , okay . What are

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you going to play for us today ? Uh ,

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it's a piece called all those endearing

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young charms . Um ,

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I can see it . Say it would be nice .

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Everybody else was standing okay .

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Oh ,

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okay .