Contrary to popular belief, there are a lot of different types of music majors. There's music performance, music education, music therapy, music business, music industry, etc. Beyond the different majors, there are different primary instruments, too. You could be a music education major with a voice primary, or you could be a music therapy major with a percussion primary. There's really no limit to the possible combinations. Regardless of your major, music school is pretty similar across the board. Another thing that brings us together is the comments that are spewed in our direction when we mention our major.

1. "You'll never make any money doing that."

Yeah, yeah. We know. If we were in this for the money, don't you think we'd be majoring in something else? Like maybe engineering?

2. "Good luck finding a job."

Depending on which music major, in particular, we're studying, finding a job isn't going to be nearly as hard as you think.

3. "Oh, cool! Sing something for me!"

Yes, our major IS cool. But no, we're not going to sing anything for you. Chances are, we're not even a voice primary. If you're a music education major, you have to take a voice class, but our singing is nothing to get excited about.

(This is arguably even more annoying if you're a voice primary.)

4. "I played the X in the fifth grade!"

So did, like, 90% of the population. I know you're trying to relate to me, but playing "Hot Cross Buns" on the clarinet isn't relatable at all.

5. "You're so lucky that you have an easy major."

Let me just say it louder for the people in the back: A music major isn't an easy major. Sorry. We have to study (sometimes), but performance majors have to practice more often than we sleep. Education majors have really heavy courseloads on top of the fact that they have to student teach. Just don't.