Career Zen: Do what you love - Then what?
posted in Uncategorized |AskDong has a great write up about Salon’s article about a jazz musician looking to make a change late in life.
I seriously doubt the musician will read this, but bra-vo! He made a living as a musician for this long, I know so many musicians who wish they had a steady stream of gigs to help supplement their passion - and as the article states - they fall into the “I’m a musician, that’s it” bag of players who refuse to think they need a day job.
So I figure it’s time to point out how many musicians held day jobs before making it big (and a few I know who are not big, but still playing with a day job!)
Take for instance the numerous groups on MySpace.com - I know a bass player works at a non-profit by day, a few guitarists that are composed of a farmer, a manager of a fast food joint, an apple technician, and a couple college students.
And in my search, I found a couple related articles about the topic at hand:
Real Musicians have Day jobs
A Day in Life of a Musician (at Princeton Review)
Ask Metafilter asks the same question - do big names have day jobs?
It’s something worth realizing - sometimes your dream job is your night job, and that sometimes you can make a living (but may not be rich).
