- Don't eat so much
- Don't go out so much
- Work your fucking ass off
- Never carry money with you
- Buy used
- Only buy if you get a good deal
- Get your own drumset
Good advice, and what I do exactly (though I don't work my ass off). Honestly, you'd be surprised by how much you can save money just by changing your diet.
I'm 20 too, and I'm slowly upgrading my gear into better stuff. Hopefully I'll acquire some decent equipment in the next two years.
I started my civilian service this summer (it's the "army for hippies" here in Finland; military service is compulsory) and I currently earn €16 a day from it. Even though I earn that little, I've already bought:
-Presonus FP10
-Oktava Mk319
-Korg Kaoss Pad 3
-Korg Kaossilator
-Random stuff like a wooden Thon rack, stands for my monitors, pickups, 20 packs of Elixir strings, a Reaper license etc.
And I've now got €1000 saved up for a new new recording pc/laptop. I still live with my parents though, it isn't great but I don't want to try living on my own with the civilian service income. I'll move out after I finish my service next summer and start studying. I'm doing my service in a music school BTW, the equipment we have here is pretty damn amazing, especially the "big" studio. Just as an example, we have a Digidesign board in the concert hall, which alone is worth €80000... Needless to say, I'm gonna try to get here to study, but the level required to get in is pretty high
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