Rupturemetal
I am rape-I am hate
Become your own Boss that way you make your own hours. I did and I work about 5 hours a day and the rest is music time
what's with all this "giving up music"-threads as of late? it's making me feel uncomfortable at times :/
Im in the same situation.
6 months left at university studying to become an engineer.
So what happens then? I become "serious" and get a house and maybe kids even.
I fear that there will be no more time for music.
I dont have any answers, but you're not alone with this.
I do suspect that music is in my blood and that I would become ill if I
was never going to do it again.
Become your own Boss that way you make your own hours. I did and I work about 5 hours a day and the rest is music time
I gave up programming for music
this is something i've struggled with, on and off for some time. Esp since I got started creating music so late in life (early 20's). I've singlehanded had to drive my music project forward for the last 5 years, teaching myself guitar, writing, recording techniques, etc. There are many times when i wonder why am I doing this? but it always comes down to... i love this, i love this too much to stop doing this. but that realization alone isnt always enough to keep the doubts at bay.
here's how i've decided to deal with it.. i have my day job. and while it might not be in exact same field as you, its not a 9-5. I'm salary and I have to work as many hours as it takes to get the job done. and i come home almost every night and try to put some hours in on the music as well. sometimes just one, sometimes six. you never know, i just call it as i see it. in the end... i sleep less, party less, and dont travel as much as i'd like. but i'm doing all that i have to do: my job to pay the bills and pay for my equipment and my music for my soul and sanity.
you'll always have to re-evaluate your priorities as your life changes. graduation, job opptys in diff towns, relationships, marriage, kids, etc. but like someone said earlier... everyone needs something outside of work to keep their sanity, whether its a hobby or something more professional like music. either way, you cant work all the time. so if you do somethign outside of your job, make it music!
I have no idea at all. I never spend time in the Off-Topic forum, I'm constantly in the prod/mix area and just learning. This is the first time I post in this part because... well, this thread belongs nowhere other than here.
AFTER I posted this thread, did I discover that there has been lots of these threads going on lately but I did not know. Anyway, what does it matter? If somebody is seriously struggling to choose between things, and if people can share their experiences to expand the "view angle" of the person in question, is it a bad thing? Do we need to make four parody threads for every "serious" thread?
I don't get it...
well anyway, so far I think this thread has been great, there is no emo bullshit going on, just some straight up "life stories" and experiences. (Or actually, I'm crying and screaming and wishing everybody would look at me, I want to be the center of attention! If not, I threaten to cut myself!)
Keep it up!
Also the fact that you can't have them in your apartment (neighbours would go ape-shit, even while playing on e-drums).
Hmm, really? I'm pretty sure you can make edrums really quiet, almost silent. The models with mesh heads are really quiet, and if you figure out a way, you can make the kick very quiet too. Just isolate them from the floor somehow, and your neighbours should be fine
Man, I've lived a quite similar mindstorm. I'm 29, grown up in a poor family (poor in Brazil terms...), I'm studying now and I have a day job that I hate, but I can't quit, and a night job that I love (teaching music ), so I have abot 3 hours a day to mess with my music. I write songs since I was 15, plays various instruments... I JUST LOVE MUSIC SO BAD !! Everytime I think about quiting it, I stop thinking.
My family pushed me to get a career and stuff too... "you need money"... "you need to get married, you're getting older"... I used to worry about it... now, everytime I hear them speaking that, I just take a breath and move on. I'll make music for living yet, no matter how much time I have to spend on it, even if I die trying.
ROCK ON MAN !!!!!
just do as others have said and put it on the back burner until you feel the desire to pick it back up. I quit playing music for almost 10 years once. it;s weird running into old friends these days and most of them have picked it back up at some point even as just a hobby.
Hope this helps, although I might've come across as incoherent rambler .