if career as musician is really hard to make money, then why so many people still want to be a musician?
I've just talked with a friend of mine, he had just started to pursue a Solo carer , because he loves music very much, just like me, but unfortunately, and rather sadly, just this afternoon, he poured all his heart that , as I quoted from him, "being musician in indonesia is just f*ckin hard & doesn't make sense! it's just so dirty often, and hard to get recognized, and with piracy running rampant, greedy labels, very low purchasing-power from still-poor people in the mainstream, etc etc" , and he's even thinking of just concentrating in the business-aspect , not the artistic-side anymore in the music "industry". He's planning to just start a label & draw new artists,....instead of following his TRUE passion to become a full-time musician! so then, i start asking myself this: if career as musician is really hard to make money, then why so many people still want to be a musician ?? why? what do you think? do you think these people (musicians) are probably just 'naive' people who don't know that it's a cruel cruel world in a music, no, actually, music-business world. 'cuz often there're more to it than only making good & creative tunes. this i've unfortunately & pitifully learned at least in my corrupt country, Indonesia, where sadly, music is just another corrupt tool. and that's why no wonder a lot of musicians/bands are just poor, & even some really great/talented ones is lacking so much appreciations from mainstream people, instead, many people generally only prefer for 'stupid' songs/music as long with good looks, and many other artificial/fake things! and i'm sure the situation is no different even in advanced countries like U.S, Europe, Japan, etc. blatantly-and-honestly speaking, many people are just plain stupid, don't understand 'good music' from 'bad music' , and most big-players in the so-called "music-business" are all crooked and greedy, all they think is only money, not enhancing/supporting their artists/bands!! and plus, there're just soo many, and damn many competitions in this arena, it's like every week, there are like ten or even twenty bands being born (or more??) ! with all of these sad things above, i've recently often wondered & kept wondering, is there still any point for any person, no matter how talented or even multi-talented or passionate he/she is at music, to pursue career as a musician (and espcially, FULL-time musician) ? are they just out of their mind? but the Reality seems to speak differently: there are surprisingly an increasing amount of musicians (ie: bands, usually "indie" bands)! why is this? what is the reasons for they kept wanting to be a musician?
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1 :
i only read your question, not your lengthy details... Real musicians don't care about money, they only care about their art.
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I didnt read all that ¬.¬ but its there passion and they enjoy it so why not.
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okay in all honesty i really can't read that much at the moment if i did i think my brain would explode. but to answer your overall question... when you love something you can't give it up and there are people willing to go to the end of the earth to get what they want, and those are the true dreamers, that will do everything and anything to get what they want in the world and those people are the successful ones.
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if people really want to do something than they wont care about money
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The people who truly care with all their heart about music don't care if they make money, they just want to make beautiful music for people to enjoy and some other people are just ignorant and think they can be like the people in the media
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(I did read everything you wrote LOL) I'm actually an average teenager who also wants to become a musician(orchestral) and I do know that the music world/business is really difficult to succeed in. I have talked to my parents and my private music teacher about this and they do support me on the idea that I should become a musician, but they also reminded me that I should have another major in college, like business, and put music as my 2nd choice (something like that). But when I'm asked to what career I want, I still firmly say "musician" because I want to perform music to people to listen and enjoy. I think musicians decided to take this path because they have the passion in their heart (and the talent of course lols). They want to reach out to every-day people and inspire them. To remind them to take a pause in their lives and actually listen to music and enjoy the beauty.
