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jhocking:
And looking at things from the other direction, note how many of the musicians making decent money aren't any good at all. Monetary success as a musician has so little to do with musical talent, it would be comical if it weren't depressing.
Inlander:
I think it helps to look at your creative career and your professional career as two completely separate things. To use myself as an example, I've had two books published, I'm working on a manuscript for a third, and I've got various other writing projects more-or-less constantly on the go. I consider myself a writer. But it's not my job; in fact, to date I have made precisely no money at all from any of my writing. I have a full-time job which pays well enough for me to live, but is flexible enough to allow me to write at the same time. If I didn't have that job I'd probably still be writing just as much, but I'd be fucked.
Don't assume that you'll be able to get by simply through your music, and don't assume that if you have to do things in your life other than your music then your musical career has somehow failed.
jhocking:
I fear succumbing to the depressingly frequent transition from an artist who teaches to a teacher who used to be an artist.
jhocking:
In this economy, even the mentally ill have tightened their purse-strings. :x
Scarychips:
Who'll pay for that trip?
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