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Get a rich bitch to take care of you and give u money or be a pimp!

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Originally posted by adi_hanson In this current climate , im seeing non essential work as risky. Like, people need to eat , need to drive , need to stay warm in a house. Any industry that falls out this circle is high risk at the moment , like leisure,holiday(vacation)firms,the culinary sector. Music is an industry that bit the dust long ago.Only so long you can pump out shit and expect it to return profit. Anything good is just put on limewire

it seems tho that the best music is from times with bad echonomics, so maybe we a few years of good music now?`

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Originally posted by palm it seems tho that the best music is from times with bad echonomics, so maybe we a few years of good music now?`

Entertainment is a good investment because in a bad economy it almost always stays the same or goes up.

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Originally posted by palm dont be an engineer, u will never be free again

Tell me about it. It took me 8 years to get there, and trust me, even though the work is sometimes incredibly amazing, the majority of it is thankless and just the longest hours you will ever have to work. It honestly destroys peoples lives if you do it too long.

Basically, 12 hours is considered a half day. I'm not kidding.

Get a job on the technical/install/design side of things of you really have to be in the industry - just know that if you are an engineer or assistant engineer, your life is theirs......unless you get a union position - then you're made: nice hours, probably 3 x the pay, and a lot of protection.

Get an office job involved in the technology or entertainment sector. Difficult to break through, but probably decent hours and at least something to do with your ultimate goal.

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Originally posted by pwnage1 Entertainment is a good investment because in a bad economy it almost always stays the same or goes up.

wtf??
have you ever heard of the economy before!?

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Originally posted by EgosXII wtf?? have you ever heard of the economy before!?

believe it or not, he's actually right. the entertainment industry does seem to weather recessions very well. god knows how or why.

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Originally posted by echosystm believe it or not, he's actually right. the entertainment industry does seem to weather recessions very well. god knows how or why.

simply put, people seek an escape from the shitty times, and the entertainment industry provides this escape.

my steady (steady awesome) valet job on the las vegas strip is dissapearing before my eyes. all ive done outside of parking cars is dick around in various sequencers and music theory books. Makes me think i shoulda gone to school or somethin :\

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Originally posted by echosystm hard industry to break into though, at least it is here. no matter what qualifications you have or how good your grades are, you always end up fighting against 100 other guys just like you! lol

Well that depends. I had no qualifications to show at all. I just had a small portfolio and showed that I was eager to learn and motivated to work hard.

I just happened to be at the right place & time. My compagnon sells a lot of websites (more than we currently can build in the same timespan he gets a new order). I started there 18 months ago as a programmer and now I'm a manager hehe. I instruct a small team of people to create those websites, and build websites myself. It's a nice job, fun as well. All done by phone and internet, and sometimes we meet up just to have a chat and to make sure we're still all on the same page. Programming gets boring easily though, but it's fairly easy money.

hmmmmm

is it fair to say that one would need to crack it big time in order to be fully supported by music for life?

yes it is. More or less.

Lots of gigs is the key.

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instead i'm going to get into the maintenance side of things, rather than working on new stuff. the pay might not be as lucrative, but the work is definately more stable. gonna renew my CCNA and pickup and MCITP in the holidays and start getting into admin work. woo!

Where are you thinking bout doing your MCITP?

I've done the CCNA courses that dimension data offer, ICND1 & 2 but need to find time to sit the exam. I hate cisco shit though, easy to configure, but IOS has so many glitches...

I would love to work part time also, but it's hard in IT, you can only get full time or contract work, there are very little part time jobs, specially in Adelaide

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Originally posted by echosystm believe it or not, he's actually right. the entertainment industry does seem to weather recessions very well. god knows how or why.

because of your avi?

super saiyan Rudd controls the economy after all...


hmm that's pretty bizarre: surely an industry can't continually grow tho anyways, right?

tech support

i work for a big isp from usa, suporting stupid customers getting online

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Originally posted by Storyteller yes it is. More or less. Lots of gigs is the key.

and soundtracks on games, movies, commercials etc

Gigs is mostly easier for a dj/producer. Less connections involved. At least in my case

i'm getting my teaching credential. 3 months off in summer. done by 4 at latest during the day. weekends off. great benefits.

I work in corporate finance (not wall street) and do well in that department.

Music is more of a hobby that comes and goes with my mood and available time. Over the winter I will be devoting more time to production...

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Originally posted by Cetra� Where are you thinking bout doing your MCITP?

Self study man... If uni has taught me anything, it's that ACTUALLY GOING is a complete waste of time. I do all my study as an external student, from home, despite the fact that I live 5 mins from campus lol. The books are about $300, then I'll just go sit the exam at Dimension.

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Originally posted by Cetra� I would love to work part time also, but it's hard in IT, you can only get full time or contract work, there are very little part time jobs, specially in Adelaide

Help desk jobs are probably the only part-time infrastructure jobs you will find. It's alot easier to find a part time job as a programmer or DBA, but alot harder to find a full time job haha.

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Originally posted by Stevemarble hmmmmm is it fair to say that one would need to crack it big time in order to be fully supported by music for life?

Unfortunately, yes. Producing alone won't get you too far unless your very good. As Storyteller said, lots of gigs is the key. However, even if you get a popular production, it will most likely still be on every torrent site out there.

What about pimping for you mom or lil' sister. You could also be a drugrunner, seems to be profitable .

I work at a local governement for 2 days a week, still studying on the side. I am currently applying for jobs a music stores (the instrument selling business that is).

Be a drug runner if your street smart you will make plenty of $$$$ just be careful!

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Originally posted by snatonsb Be a drug runner if your street smart you will make plenty of $$$$ just be careful!

And make sure when you do eventually get caught, you get into a nice jail were you only get assraped twice a day.

I know of a guy who recently got busted. The polpol put some pressure on a client (some 'chick') who talked.....

do you think they'd let him produce on a MBP whilst in his cell?

I'm looking for coyotes to bring Mexican nationals across the border to work for my construction company. The pay is generous and in cash, but there are no benefits, and the risks are high.

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Originally posted by Stevemarble And make sure when you do eventually get caught, you get into a nice jail were you only get assraped twice a day. I know of a guy who recently got busted. The polpol put some pressure on a client (some 'chick') who talked..... do you think they'd let him produce on a MBP whilst in his cell?

Well, in our defence , 2Pac got bigger than ever in jail...

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