I tend to ramble; advance apology for that. Part or much of any teacher's job to to encourage, yet "earning a living" is in need of a number. What amount of income? Secondly: name one person in the world who is what you wish to become like; anyone but you should think of just one person to help the dream along. I think any musician can hope to earn $5,000 a year, but it is a lot of work. Traveling, up at night, hustling for work, practicing, creating concepts, marketing, composing... Yet almost no one would live on that amount (and spouses can draw back from it all understandably.) There's the money, but there's the music: I have found that my instrument's volume was an issue with the gurdy when indoors; true. I had wished to do folk melodies indoors for small groups. I had wanted too to incorporate it into my regular instrument's gigs, but it is too loud for me. I own two but neither is electric, and the tekerolant is far louder than the French one. The reason I needed softness is because, well, it will be years before I can play well at all. I stink. I mean I really stink. But let me mention two other aspects. With audio engineering, a young man I know is trying and he co-records between three cities and uses Pro-Tools. He does not read music for his work (and it's for tv and CDs.) Myself, I write for one person 500 miles away whom I never see, and I use Sibelius. And what else to mention; bands make life more fun but add complications, too. I sound too down on things suddenly. 1) An area that I think is under-explored is the combining of audio- technology and the gurdy. I know that Andy (the engineer) did a processing and loop with voice-over of my tekero using ProTools. He liked it as a cool ad for radio. 2) Berkley in Boston is a fun music school (not California, big difference) and is a school that seems very innovative and is on-line with courses in: ProTools, Sibelius, song writing, orchestration, marketing, and jazz. All on-line is the way that I could suggest and is worth trying. 3) I also recommend buying the best possible pro instrument, and expect that to cost in the thousands. A professional musician typically is funded by parents, YES!, and invests in two (or three) pro instruments which can cost a couple of thousand or more (and should). Is it worth it? Sure. Yes.
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