Is it good to have a back up plan?

[fuzzball]

Not bad!

By the way use the Marketing skills you have now for your music.

I use my Business degree, Law degree, and Political Science degree in the music biz all of the time.

[fuzzball]

I hear ya. Last weekend I did a two nighter, 125 bucks a guy a night. But it was 56 miles away one way, so that's 225 miles @15/gallon in my truck. 225/15=15 gallons of gas. 15 gallons x 4 bucks = 60 dollars. 250 dollars pay -60 gas = 190 dollars. Gig time including drive, set up and tear down-7.5 hours/night or 15 hrs. $190/15 hrs=$12.66/hr. And that's a GOOD weekend around here anymore. That's why I do more and more solo and duo stuff right here in town. Last Monday I made 100 pay plus 47 in tips for 3.5 hours sitting down and needing only an acoustic guitar, my gig bag, and a mic stand. Took me 5 minutes to set up two minutes to tear down and ten minutes to get home (by 11 pm, no less). The whole night was 4 hours, and counting gas, I made about $35.00/ hour. Hmmmm.....hump lots of gear for $12 an hour or very little for almost 3 times as much?

I hear you there.

I make more solo too, plus all of the merch profit is mine!

[danosongs]

No, its not good to have a backup plan. If you have a backup plan in music you will use it.

Making money in music takes developing hardcore business skills and working constantly - you have to dive in and not look back. Not room for much else - you can't have it both ways. If you want to do music - then do music.

I fell on my back up plan and wish I didn't now i am trying to move away from it again.

See my music business rules thread.