Also, they got to consider the cost of living in California as well, and where is my main source of income going to come from until I get the big break.

It isn't just all about being a good musician, it is also very much about branding/audience appeal, the people that you know and network with, how your music fits into the trends and what is current at the time, the semiotics and communication of lyric content, etc...etc...Statistically, more people get hit per year with lightning than make a living with music, and especially now that most people download music free and illegally anyways.

@cfroz9769

5 жыл бұрын

Its true that succes is about networking, but the rest of your comment is not even close to be true, Statistically*, roughly 270 people are hit by lightning in the us per year so lets not even talk about that, and most people dont even download music illegally anymore, limeware times ended many years ago, most of the music is streamed through spotify and apple music or played on youtube.

@JPort561

2 жыл бұрын

@@cfroz9769 underrated comment ty

@IanTheAlternative

4 ай бұрын

The one about lightning is bullshit. You can definitely make a good living as a musician

@triquepersonalwork6369

4 ай бұрын

@@IanTheAlternative 0.1% of all musicians are making a living at it, so statistically, that is pretty close with being hit by lightning. I wasn't saying being hit by lighting as literal, it is a figure of speech anyways.

@triquepersonalwork6369

4 ай бұрын

@@cfroz9769 "hit by lightning" was a figure of speech, not literal. The point that I was trying to make is, the statistics are 0.1% of all musicians are making a full time living at it, and that percent is really low. Very difficult to do, especially because CD's and hard copies of albums are not being sold now. The only way to bring in most income is through live shows.

This is great advice.

Great advice

i remember i once worked with these young musicians from NYC who had just moved to L.A... and they would always brag about how being from NY some how gave them the upper hand in the music biz... well, that arrogance didn't last very long, as they realized the level of talent in L.A is so high, with great musicians a dime a dozen...

But that has nothing to do with being better, music isn’t about being better than, it’s about being creative and make the rights moves to help your music being heard by enough people to like it so they can share it to others etc

@rifqiathallah2046

Жыл бұрын

isn't it the complex explanation of being 'better' ?

Don't go to L.A. to "make it". Become the big fish in the small pond instead of being the small fish in the big pond.

@khosla15

2 жыл бұрын

I am sorry but that’s not how you grow

@itsrelativ3967

8 ай бұрын

Stupid comment. Your first job is to get a non-music job if you decide to move there. Kid Cudi did not move to New York to just to do music. He worked jobs at restaurants and fashion retail outlets the first two years before he took off in late 2007.

So I have to be ready to hit the grindstone hard and lose a lot of sleep? Bet.