| my 2 pennies worth:
1. 9-5 or 6-8 ?!!? you gotta be kidding. I start at 10am every day. I never go home before 10pm , and its 6/7 day weeks. Ive ruined two relationships through work
2. Its not too hard to earn money IF YOU"RE ALREADY earning - ie you have a huge contacts list with corporate customers (record companies, porfessional bands, tv, film, video game, ad, voice over). If you donthave a great contacts list then you have NO chance of earning any money - not starting up now and CERTAINLY not starting up in three or four years time
3. Its an experience game - most of the earners (my self included) are 35 years upwards. As t'Byre says - anyone can put together a few tunes that people may like. The real issue is can you hit a deadline, are you prepared to edit 35,000 voice edits until you go mad, are you truly objective and do you knwo how to conduct yourself in the business world..... I left a career in Math research (finished my PhD and was working for the UN with international learning relationships). I jacked it all in (years ago) for music - got a big record deal. I wish Ihadnt. This life sucks big time - and i earn a LOT.
Dont do it bro' - do the medical things or other science based subject and keep this as a hobby. Take it seriously and, if you happen to land a good paying gig or ten (dont give up the day job based on one money pot - everybody gets ONE shot) THEN you can think about a career shift. As mentioned above - you gotta hustle hustle hustle. This isnt a job for the faint hearted. Musical ability and engineering brains are a prerequisite - its the hustling that gets the jobs...... |