Posted on 03/13/2016 3:38:53 PM PDT by taxcontrol
Lots of folks can play and sing really well. The money is in the songs.
To your comments I would add. Get a band going. Play as many venues as he can. Get a following of fans. Record execs expect some dues paying experience and a fan base. Or cut your own CDs. Have a website for song download of course. Write the songs. Royalties for songs is where the long term money is. Go to school get a degree or have a career to fall back on. In the meantime, play, have some fun, you are only young once.
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His odds of "making it" in the music field/indstry are slim to none unless he is incredibly talented, I mean uber, Jimmy Hendrix, Eric Clapton great and has the "right connections".
If you want to see what it really takes to even begin to have a shot, sit down with him and watch the move "Whiplash". That's what it takes, nothing less and even then there is no guarantee that he will even be given a chance because you have to have the right "connections/conacts" otherwise he is wasting his time. Not trying to burst his bubble, just pointing out reality.
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Near Cincinnati. Lakota West. Congratulations, must have been exciting.
Near Cincinnati. Lakota West. Congratulations, must have been exciting.
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I have a degree in comouter science, but I live music. I played flute from elementary through high school, but gave it up to get a “good” degree.
I wish I would have looked into making a career out of something I loved.
University of North Texas is a liberal hell hole.
Keep your kid away from there unless you want them aspiring to nothing.
Real great liberal professors there who despise capitalism.
The chances of becoming a professional musician and making it big are about the same chances of becoming a major league baseball player. It is pretty slim.
But, if you meet the right people and create the right songs, you can make it. I have played in bands for 35+ years and still do the weekend warrior thing, playing a lot of weddings and special events for $300 a show for each musician. It is fun and I enjoy entertaining people.
All of the music schools are going to be liberal
At least North Texas is in Texas. It has active Christian student ministries.
I have lots of Christian friends who went there and liked it.
What’s the name of your friends’ 80s LA punk band?
I love 80s LA punk!
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