Who Works Full Time in Music/Audio?

[DJ VAKIS]

i also sale beats to some rapers here in germany.

O ya?Nice to meet you then here.

[popslut]

Freelance engineer since 1990.

Freelance producer since 1997.

Still doing it but earning more money as a DJ and recording artist, recording and releasing my own music on a medium sized [London based] label and doing gigs all over the world.

Very happy and fulfilled.

[pabloaugustus]

I work as a musician though it barely pays the bills. I take the occasional job as a computer consultant, though rarely and only with very high pay!

I work as a drummer, playing several weekly jazz & funk gigs, backing the upcoming reggae artist, Jah Sun, and teaching classical percussion to kids.

I'm not sure how to market the tracks I've been writing with live (hiphop & reggae). I may release an album with local rappers & reggae artists voicing the tracks (with a local humboldt county theme), although it seems like selling the tracks for others to use would be more likely to be financially lucrative. If anybody has any insight into selling complete tracks/beats lets hear it. Commercials would be a nice gig too....one can dream....I've seen some great commercial work from some of the users of this forum.

[funkyfat]

Hi, I'm also a drummer living in Tokyo.
I'm playing mostly Jazz gigs, but surely into funk, hip hop
and things. I manage to survive in this expensive city
as a drummer. Off course I would love to spend more
time in my home studio. I hope to release my next CD,
recorded in Live, very soon. I used other software for my
first CD but now I'm kinda hooked on "Live".
peace 2 all!


http://www.geocities.co.jp/MusicHall-Horn/3679/

[Soulman]

OK, DJed for over 30 years.

Been self-employed professional for over 5 years.

Only DJ for 11 hours per week in 2 residencies, DJ a couple of gigs in Ibiza every year. I could take a full-time job during the week and double my income, but, I make enough for me. Home nearly paid for, 3 cars, 4-5 holidays abroad into Europe every year. What more could I want.

Lazy, lucky, ba....................

[rhythminmind]

Im an engineer @ http://www.popsound.com That pays my bills

I create/perform my music outside of work. You dont want to bring your passion into the work place.

[CatfishRivers]

I wish...I do property management and it (at this low point on the ladder) is probably the worst job I have ever let myself get settled into. I used to be a behavioral health counselor, and while that did provide me with a book's worth of stories to tell, it didn't leave me with any way to stop the holes in my pockets from getting bigger and bigger...

I've done a bit of freelance recording and producing for folks, but nothing major and I kick myself about this every morning as I stare into the mirror steeling myself for the horrid day at the office to come...

[smutek]

I'm a graphic artist, design T-Shirts for a screen printing/promotional products company in Baltimore. Also do design work part time for a local non-profit arts advocacy group, posters and fliers mainly.

audio is my hobby and I like it that way. I come home and slap down some shitty beats and chords, or dick around with some other type of noise, maybe I save it, maybe I don't, maybe I finish a track, usually I don't.

I do the rare live gig and the even rarer DJ gig for above mentioned non-profit group, but aside from that I earn my bread by pushing pixels.

Someone above mentioned "not bringing your passion to work" - this is interesting and to an extent I agree. I think that was the hardest thing for me to learn, the difference between art and commercial art, and how to make those distinctions in my own work, be it personal or professional.

It applies to music just as much as it applies to visual arts. Once I got a handle on that concept I became pretty content. Some of the stuff I do at work is pretty damn cool, and I have free reign, some of it is pretty damn boring, rigid and corporate. Regardless though, whether I am laying out promotional material for a large corporation, designing a shirt for a kids bowling team, or at home experimenting with feedback loops and howling dog samples, I enjoy it.

Pretty content here.

[enotide]

I work as an Sound and Music Editor, at HSN.
It's not the most glamorous gig, but it pays the bills.