hey man! I have to decide on a college soon. Music is something I want to pursue till the very end but I cant decide what I'd like to study to help me make a living till things work out. How did you approach this? + advice? I have no one to guide me and I'm very confused. Really hope you can help :)
It's honestly tough. As musicians, our first love is always music and nothing is ever gonna replace that, so hypothetically you'd want to find a job that is relatively easy to do and that also leaves time for making music of course.
I first started studying architecture but then I figured out I would have never achieved anything since I wasn't into it that much, so I jumped on graphic design. I became very passionate about it and started working on my own pretty much immediately after design school. And that's when all the magic disappeared, since all the cool experimental shit we were doing was just not appliable in the real world, with clients that always want the most boring font, the biggest logo, the usual cheesy stock photo etc etc. That wasn't passion anymore, it was just work for others.
I was actually getting pretty decent income from that, but no amount of money can make you happier about a work you just don't like - I'd actually prefer to get the minimum amount to survive and be super happy about what I do, and don't feel like I'm wasting my life.
At the same time I decided to not do graphic work anymore, guitar lessons and studio work finally started to get more consistent, so I just worked on that and made that my "job". Will it stand the test of time? Who knows, but I would never see myself doing anything else to be honest, it's the only thing I can do well.
If you want to pursue music as a hobby, better find a work you're passionate about and love it, otherwise you're gonna be unhappy about that for the rest of your life. If you want to pursue a career in music, just be honest and ask yourself "do I really really REALLY want this?", "am I good enough to risk everything to do this?", so basically just set your priorities straight.
Read this great article by Keith Merrow, doesn't exactly answer your question but it's very good nonetheless :) https://www.facebook.com/keith.merrow1/posts/704430446252324
I first started studying architecture but then I figured out I would have never achieved anything since I wasn't into it that much, so I jumped on graphic design. I became very passionate about it and started working on my own pretty much immediately after design school. And that's when all the magic disappeared, since all the cool experimental shit we were doing was just not appliable in the real world, with clients that always want the most boring font, the biggest logo, the usual cheesy stock photo etc etc. That wasn't passion anymore, it was just work for others.
I was actually getting pretty decent income from that, but no amount of money can make you happier about a work you just don't like - I'd actually prefer to get the minimum amount to survive and be super happy about what I do, and don't feel like I'm wasting my life.
At the same time I decided to not do graphic work anymore, guitar lessons and studio work finally started to get more consistent, so I just worked on that and made that my "job". Will it stand the test of time? Who knows, but I would never see myself doing anything else to be honest, it's the only thing I can do well.
If you want to pursue music as a hobby, better find a work you're passionate about and love it, otherwise you're gonna be unhappy about that for the rest of your life. If you want to pursue a career in music, just be honest and ask yourself "do I really really REALLY want this?", "am I good enough to risk everything to do this?", so basically just set your priorities straight.
Read this great article by Keith Merrow, doesn't exactly answer your question but it's very good nonetheless :) https://www.facebook.com/keith.merrow1/posts/704430446252324