I want to make that happen for myself. If you are making a living as a professional musician what are you doing? Got any tips?
MattMan wrote: ↑Fri Feb 23, 2018 3:08 pm My life is also now like tcsned. I used to own a recording studio on Broome Street in Little Italy section of Manhattan. Between serving as recording engineer, midi programmer, guitar session player, trumpeter in a quintet, and producing MTV music videos (rap artists in the 1990's), I made a living. Fun for my 20's and 30's, but not entirely conducive to health living family life with a daughter. Much easier now with a day job and playing live a few times a month.Yep, it's a dog's life. It was fun being a dog for a while
But I would love to hear your plan and I can give you some advice afterwards.
tcsned wrote: ↑Fri Feb 23, 2018 5:06 pm Right on! My only advice is to keep you musical options open. When is was doing music for a living I had 3 bands playing different styles - Dead, Bluegrass, and gypsy jazz. That kept me playing regularly without having to travel too much. I taught between 20-40 guitar students and made about $30/hr doing that. I took theater pit gigs, fill-ins for other bands, whatever was open, I took it. I was unmarroed and had no kids so I was pretty free to bounce around.Yes I've been considering the teaching angle as well. I used to be a journeyman stage hand many moons ago. COuld probably do that as well... OR sell more houses. lol.
Pete B. wrote: ↑Mon Feb 26, 2018 8:18 am My advice is to go directly to applying for a position in a Nationally Touring jam band.Yeah, I could make it on $100/gig in the 80s and early 90s, not so much in 2018. The pay hasn't really gotten better for local music.
Anything else, you might as well have a day job and play locally whenever.
I can't stand the the thought of having to give lessons, myself. (unless I feel giving a lesson for free to a friend).
If you can make $100/day, under the table, that's $36,500 a year.
Seem doable?