Life After Music
If you are a professional musician\u2014that is, you\u2019re being paid to write and perform music and can actually make a living from it\u2014you\u2019re part of an\xa0infinitesimal\xa0quintile of people who are able to do that\u2026 you are living the dream\u2026\nThis, in fact, may be the only career you\u2019ve ever known\u2026you\u2019ve never had a \u201creal\u201d job\u2026maybe you\u2019ve had a chance to see the world because of music\u2026and if you love what you\u2019re doing and the money works, you want this to go on forever\u2026but it won\u2019t\u2026at some point, the music stops\u2026\nIt might not be your fault\u2026the music industry moves fast\u2026one day you\u2019ve got it all figured out, working from immediate deadline to immediate deadline and from gig to gig\u2026and then everything stops\u2026\nMaybe it happens quickly\u2026maybe it happens slowly then all at once\u2026music changes\u2026the industry changes\u2026trends change\u2026technology changes\u2026and what you offer\u2014what you can do\u2014is no longer in demand\u2026\nIt\u2019s like captain Jean-Luc Picard has said: \u201cyou can do everything right and still lose\u2026that\u2019s not weakness\u2026that\u2019s life\u201d\u2026\nSo what\u2019s next?...if you exit the world of music\u2014be it voluntarily or by force\u2014what do you do next?...\nMaybe it\u2019s best to study what some other musicians have done to transition from rock star to civilian life\u2026this is a look at examples of life after music\u2026\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices