Thank you for sharing the article and starting this conversation. I am an outsider to the world of music, I have a DS20 who was seriously considering majoring in music then was partially “convinced” by me to at least double major. I had thought the issue had been “decided” till he mentioned to me offhandedly that Sheppard school of music is sending him emails to invite him for an in school visit/taking classes with music teachers. I showed the two articles to him and reiterated my hope of his not narrowing his field of study too soon too early.
I don’t know whether it is a good or right thing to do. But to me, to be successful in the music world, talent alone won’t cut it, you have to be cream de la cream and with lots of luck. The margin of errors are very slim, while you could be a very good professional and living a comfortable life by just be above average. And have music as a great hobby or if you like, a gig on the side. Am I wrong?
To me, living from gig to gig, whether it is one year or one summer, just sounds pretty stressful. It might be feasible or even exciting when you are in the twenties and single, but not that fun when you have to worry about kids and mortgage and retirement. Am I too behind the wheels of the time?