Is music just a hobby or is it a possible career for you?

[K3WRO]

my brony account is a hobby that i'm using to "train" so that I may make music and sell it in the future.

Same here

>asian parents
>raised with the mindset that it's not a "real" career

That's the thing about asian parents, they want you to do a certain career instead of letting you follow your own.

It's not always true though

[wu long cha]

That's the thing about asian parents, they want you to do a certain career instead of letting you follow your own.

the thing is, my parents don't care what kind of career i pursue, as long as it's not pornography or some sort of art. :p

they're supportive of my music, but ultimately what they care about is financial security.

[5COPY]

No, k

[Versilaryan]

It was very, very close to becoming a career. I almost majored in trumpet performance, and I was VERY close to getting into Carnegie Mellon's music technology program.

But, nope. I'm in computer science, making music as a hobby, and I'm really happy I made that decision. It means that if I get tired of programming, I can escape to music (instead of vice versa).

[Spark]

A hobby. Should I ever use my music to earn money, it would be either for a) a side job playing in a bar or a restaurant (or a wedding or a hotel. You get the point), b) busking or c) charity. For some reason, it doesn't feel right to me if I pursue it as a career. I think it's because I want to use my music to spread happiness and I don't want to earn a lot of money from that unless I really have to. That, or the thought of a label demanding I make them a song scares me. I don't know *shrugs*.

I wouldn't stop playing music, though. It makes me happy and it makes other people happy. 'Sides, one's passion doesn't have to be one's career.

[Navron]

It was very, very close to becoming a career. I almost majored in trumpet performance, and I was VERY close to getting into Carnegie Mellon's music technology program.

But, nope. I'm in computer science, making music as a hobby, and I'm really happy I made that decision. It means that if I get tired of programming, I can escape to music (instead of vice versa).

That's sort of the path I'm looking towards. Perhaps not the same major, but basically getting a degree in something that interests me, and making music on the side.

The plus side of music: You don't need a degree to be an electronic musician or in a rock band.

[Kushy Kallous]

Most definitely hobby,
although, I'm not resigning myself to anything.
I am still young, and dumb. :)

[Peak Freak]

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[Legion]

That, or the thought of a label demanding I make them a song scares me. I don't know *shrugs*.

I would hate being at the mercy of my creativity under the pressure of a deadline for a label. Kthanxbutno

[Matthew N.]

I would hate being at the mercy of my creativity under the pressure of a deadline for a label. Kthanxbutno

That, and more of that. It scares the f outta me, especially that I make my music in FREE time.

But to the topic: No, I don't believe my music will ever get anywhere good enough to have a real career connected to it. I'll just keep making free music.

[Navron]

You don't need a record label. In fact, due to the crap most labels do towards the musicians under them, there's been an increasingly bigger trend in self-promotion.

Trickier, yes. Better in the long run? Probably.

[Facade]

i wish music would be a career for me i just dont see people paying for my music or paying to see me dj

[natsukashi]

I would never turn down an offer to make a career out of music production. But at the moment I'm aiming at sound design~

[CaineTheDoomBringer]

I would absolutely love it if I could make a career out of music, but that's a long ways off. I still have a lot to learn. Music for me is a learning process, and I'm always striving to do better. For now, It's just a hobby, but who knows where I'll end up later on? Music is my passion, my lifeblood; if I can make a career out of that, I'd be happy, but I'm not going to be heartbroken if I'm 40 and I still haven't made it as a musician.

I've actually played a couple acoustic live shows here and there, and I have to say it's a lot of fun playing live. Even if I can just play the local bars and stuff that'd be cool. Right now, I'm headed down two paths- Music and VA work. If I can make it as either I'll be happy.

[vladnuke]

I'd really love to sell my soul to the arts and become a media darling, but that can only happen under a blue moon and three goat sacrifices. Ultimately, I couldn't care less about making money off music. I just want to be adored by all.

As a career, sure, I'll take it over any job in the world. But it wouldn't be about the money. The label can pay for my food and my studio and keep the rest. I just want to make cool stuff.

But this is probably gonna be just another part of my life as I try to get a job in military/industrial robotics.

[Lavender_Harmony]

It is my career. Currently freelanced out to a film development company working on a feature length film.

[senntenial]

Hobby for me. Ive invested so much money into it... But you know I really just couldn't make it as a career. I mean to go into scoring or stuff like that you have to be REALLY good.
I just feel as though music is something I can always do, I don't have to go to a school for it or focus on it.

[Edened]

Well for me my electronic music side of things is just a hobby, I would absolutely love to make it a career but I don't see that happening anytime soon or at all. However, I do teach guitar lessons privately and that gives me some cash which is pretty cool.

[SpyPie]

I have just started making music at the beginning of the year. I want to wait until my music is nice and quality enough that it's buyable

[BlackElectric]

Making music is just a hobby, but audio engineering is a possible career for me.