A musician must have several characteristics.
The music industry has always been competitive and fundamentally ruthless, and these days it is getting harder and harder to make money this way. Making money from music alongside your main job is not difficult, but if you want to get a job in the field you are interested in (music)
, you need to put more time and energy. However, luck and other factors are also involved in what situation you start your professional career in music. However, when you can quit your other job and only think about music, it does not matter if you have all the criteria to get started.
- They do not think of anything else
Some professional musicians have reached this position today because they have struggled to find another job or could not do anything else. When you do not have a second plan and work that pushes you back, all your energy and time is spent on your artistic activity.
The bottom line: Successful musicians are absolutely confident that they want to dedicate their lives to music, and they move forward unscathed.
- They like to work hard and cultivate themselves
A professional musician these days has to do several things together. Often in a group, each member has different roles, including manager, promoter and contract representative.
There are also many soloists who take on all of these roles or even more. So it’s important to be able to train yourself in different aspects of professional music making and enjoy the process as well.
Of course, financial return is less than a person’s salary, and as a result, he does not have the so-called incense income.
Corollary: If you think you’ve gotten rid of hard work in music, you’re sorely mistaken.
They do not have a quiet and carefree life
Depending on how good you are at music, you may never earn a steady income. Even if it is fixed, it may take years and decades to get the prosperous life you want. Your life should not be associated with fear and stress of deprivation until you reach a reasonable and acceptable income.
Try to create a stable source of income for yourself to cover running costs such as gasoline, food or utilities. If you have no problem teaching others, teaching or holding workshop classes is the best way to earn money. In this way, by reducing financial worries, you can produce outstanding musical works with more leeway.
Finally, the more you want to live a more prosperous life, the more time you spend working in music, which increases your income, which diverts you from the main path.
Youna Ahmadi concluded: “There is nothing wrong with having a big dream, but if you just want to become a musician because you have a big house with a private ship, you have to draw music around or work hard.”