Is Music Your Hobby Or Your Career? |
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Jul 21 2013, 05:07 PM
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It's clear that we all love music and guitars but there is a big difference between a hobby and a career. I was wondering who would like (or already made) to make a career of musician and who just want music as a hobby.
There is a nice article at this link where the difference is discussed. Please share your experiences and reasons! 
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Jul 21 2013, 05:43 PM
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I'm guessing wads of folks here would like a career music
Sounds glamarous and fun right? As you probably know the day to day can be just as full of work as any other job, but the rewards of making a living from music do speak for themselves. The good news is that this distinction means something different these days with the rise of the web and leveling of the playing field. Artists can get pretty widespread fame and still not "make a living" from Music. AMON AMARTH for example slugged it out for 10 years and kept their crap day jobs before the music made them a living. Same with EPICA who only recently went "pro" after 10 years when they signed with Century Media. So it's possible to have a brilliant career in music without it actually being a career. Being able to balance something else that has stable pay and maybe even health benefits, with the freedom to create any sort of music you like is a wonderful thing. Being free from market forces allows an artist to follow their own vision no matter what the "trend" is in music. Anyone can grab some software and a guitar and laptop and make music that is entirely their own and share it with the world. In short it's a great time to be a musician on any level IMHO. Todd QUOTE (Gabriel Leopardi @ Jul 21 2013, 12:07 PM)  It's clear that we all love music and guitars but there is a big difference between a hobby and a career. I was wondering who would like (or already made) to make a career of musician and who just want music as a hobby. There is a nice article at this link where the difference is discussed. Please share your experiences and reasons! |
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Jul 21 2013, 08:26 PM
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It's my hobby, and probably will stay that way.
I'd like a career in music, but it would be as a songwriter and a mixing engineer, not a performing artist
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Jul 22 2013, 08:50 AM
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For the folks who make a career out of the arts in general, it is both their hobby and their job ... at least for the first 20 or so years.
As far as being bothered on the street ... well, it depends on where you live. Where I,m at, depending on exactly what neighborhood you go to to get cigarettes, unless you're maybe Angelina Jolie ... nobody cares. If Hugh Grant goes to get cigs on Hollywood Blvd. on a saturday in summer then yeah - he'll get hasseled (lets also keep in mind that many 'stars' love that attention! ... no matter what they say - it's one of the reasons they even get into it and serious about it in the first place - musicians, actors, whomever). But back to 'normal' working musicians. It's a job - in many ways like most other jobs. You go to work, you try to do good, you want to make money, you want a raise, etc. Your schedule may be different than an auto worker and your compensation may not be in two week increments but if you're a working player you go to work and you get paid. As you get a little older you maybe become (the metaphor) the supervisor or manager or the boss. Also as you get older there's always someone younger and prettier ready and willing to take your place ... for less money. Having said all that ... I love my job! We have an expression in the states - "the worst day fishing ..." (is better than the best day at work). This post has been edited by klasaine: Jul 22 2013, 10:02 PM -------------------- - Ken Lasaine
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Jul 22 2013, 09:03 AM
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QUOTE (Gabriel Leopardi @ Jul 21 2013, 04:07 PM) It's clear that we all love music and guitars but there is a big difference between a hobby and a career. I was wondering who would like (or already made) to make a career of musician and who just want music as a hobby. There is a nice article at this link where the difference is discussed. Please share your experiences and reasons! For many years it was like a hobby. When I start to work in my free time for some musical projects (but not for many money) I realized that it's time to change my life. It's strange but I can not concentrate at my normal job because I always have a new song in mind or I feel like I'm loosing time. I can not eat, I can not sleep, because I want to play at guitar. I was asked to play with two bands but I refused because I do not feel ready yet (I mean at technically skills). Was very hard to change my piano style with guitar style. Unfortunately, transformation is not completely I still think like a pianist in my songs. I want to make an instrumental band because to be honest, I'm a little selfish and I don't wanna share the success with an vocal  So, next year I will be ready for a big change and I would like to make a career of musician. |
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Jul 22 2013, 09:58 AM
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Well music is my career/day job but I'm not a musician although I can play guitar. Once, many, many years ago I even signed to a record label. Many engineers have a background as musicians and/or can play an instrument or two.
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Jul 22 2013, 02:29 PM
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It's a hobby. I have a normal job. But I wish I could make it a living. I only have time on the weekends to play now.
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Jul 22 2013, 04:53 PM
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Hey guys, very interesting and inspiring posts. I think that this could really help to younger guys that are now defining what to do with their lifes.
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Jul 23 2013, 06:39 AM
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To me it's therapy!
There are many artists out there who have quite a few albums out but still have day jobs, for instance Damien Jurado is a school teacher and tours during school holidays. Funny story related to me by one of my favourite artists Chris Mills. So there he is in the back of a Chicago pizza place with another guy taking the flat-packed pizza boxes and putting them together and they get talking. The guy asks him about his life and he tells him he's a singer song writer, has released 4 albums or so and tours round the US and Europe. The guy then says 'Man you're living the dream' (to a guy trying to make rent etc in a pizza place!) -------------------- My SoundCloud
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Jul 23 2013, 08:58 AM
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I lived in one bedroom apts or with roomates for years. Well past the time of it being 'societally normal' ;-)
If I played two top 40 gigs a month, taught a handful of lessons and maybe got one session ... all my expenses were covered. It really depends on the lifestyle you want - ? Indie van tours selling merch all summer and a bunch of weekend gigs throughout the year you can potentially make enough to live cheap w/o a day job. You want a family and a bigger place - ? Well, no. You'll need to figure something else out. Doesn't have to be non musical though. I once asked a percussionist how he got so many gigs. He says, 'I have eight kids - I have to work'. -------------------- - Ken Lasaine
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But I also think it is the longest way to become known.
 
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