Grim Reality

ekko · Post by **ekko** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 3:03 am

Marketing Director for a midwestern Opera company.

And, yes, I do love Opera.

astromass · Post by **astromass** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 4:59 am

i am a manager of a hilton hotel...oh the stories i could tell!!!!
also, father of a 3 year old boy and a husband....
amazingly i still can fit in a lot of studio productivity.....thanks to adderall...d'oh!!!

hacktheplanet · Post by **hacktheplanet** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 5:04 am

I will be a student of music business in a few weeks. Since then, I've been in restaurants doing FOH. I might train to be a cook because I like cooking so much. I've never gotten paid more than $50 for a gig, and I've been DJing regularly for 7 years. Grr. Someday!

rtopia · Post by **rtopia** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 5:14 am

I lead an organized gang of technology evangelists covering the Mountain and Pacific US time zones...

...if I do my job right and the clients keep coming back - I hit the mid 90's to barely low 100's (yr)

I live 4 blocks from the Pacific which basically means I'm the financial equivalent of someone earning $25k in Oklahoma : )

vertigo · Post by **vertigo** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 5:44 am

I DJ on full time, live at home and make minimum 200 bones a week (thats the result of being hired under my father whos entertainment company got hired at the bar for the last 2 years!) I also do private stuff, was once a DJ for Stanton Final Scratch and traveled alot, now Im tryin to get more gigs in Montreal cause DJin the same place for 2 years straight gets a lil boring. But hey, I dont pay any bills ecept my cell, and I have a set-up that Im almost completely happy with. Oh and occasionally when venues decide to pay my band I get some doough!

Valiance7 · Post by **Valiance7** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 6:11 am

I went to law school right out of college and then got a job at a big law firm...which I hated!!!!

Quit that and now I do mortgage loans and invest in real estate. Gotta say that the money is pretty damn good. Especially from the real estate. I figure that I should be able to retire completely by the time I'm 35 and make music all day!!!

hoffman2k · Post by **hoffman2k** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 7:06 am

I'm batman

DeadlyKungFu · Post by **DeadlyKungFu** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 7:29 am

hoffman2k wrote:I'm batman

Alright you, back in your cage.

Winterpark · Post by **Winterpark** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 7:40 am

i used to be on the dole for rock'n'roll....

then i did live sound...

then i taught at 'RocknRoll High School'...

now i teach Music and Media at a community school in inner city Melbourne...

i also get money from playing in bands and doing film soundtracks, but... i do that mainly for the art, (and free drinks).

Patch · Post by **Patch** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 8:06 am

I'm determined to get paid for having fun, and work 2 days a week and have 5 days off!

EVERY TIME hambone1 makes a post like this I start to think about doing it myself...

Damn - 5 days off a week?!?

wavejumper · Post by **wavejumper** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 8:12 am

martin808 wrote:...I don't think i could do music full time. I once took 3 months off to get stuck into my music and ended up doing nothing...

had the exact same thing happen to me last year mate. 3 months off. i thought i was going to record 2 lp's at the rate i normally work at when on i'm 9to5 (e-learning software testing) but give me full time to produce and zilch, i just play videogames and get bored. it's fucked up.

theque · Post by **theque** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 8:28 am

cooking in a crap italian cafe

Synthbuilder · Post by **Synthbuilder** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 8:35 am

I fix and build synthesisers. Which means I get to play with lots of musical gear all day.

There are worse things I could do.

Tony

mosca · Post by **mosca** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 8:51 am

i work for the UKs number one music instrument retailer during the day and teach kids in run down shit hole areas how to make music with Ableton at night in various youth centres.

for some reason i seem to be making some money at music this year, i was commisioned by the arts council here to write several pieces of music inspired by my work with kids - they paid well and i spent all the money on star wars toys and dvds

mo

hambone1 · Post by **hambone1** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 8:56 am

Patch wrote:
I'm determined to get paid for having fun, and work 2 days a week and have 5 days off!
EVERY TIME hambone1 makes a post like this I start to think about doing it myself...

Damn - 5 days off a week?!?

Do it then!

I realize most guys on the forum would rather perforate their eardrums with an icepick, but I'm making £1k a week DJing one 4-hour party.

That leaves lots of time for sitting in your bedroom working on that multi-million pound/dollar record deal, VST wanking, forum time-wasting, or whatever else you want to do!