Music is my dream but it seems impossible (read on please)?
Question by Wheep Wheep Piggy Feet: Music is my dream but it seems impossible (read on please)?
Lately, it’s just been bugging the hell out of me.
What do you do if you realize that music is your dream, and that you were meant to have been a professional musician, but stupidly you didn’t pursue it and now you’re at a point in your life where it almost seems delusional to pursue music?
I’ve played the guitar since I was 15, and I love it more than anything in the world. I always have, and always will. I stupidly didn’t pursue music as my dream. I went to college and majored in Spanish. I don’t regret learning Spanish (I LOVE Spanish and it was a GOOD decision to learn it) but I wish and wish I had studied music as well.
I just had my 30th birthday and I feel like a big loser for not being established in an important, fulfilling profession. I’m wishing and wishing I’d pursued music as a career. I know it’s risky but I wish that I had taken that chance.
I don’t have it in me to give up, but I’m not naive either. I understand just how demanding, complicated and competitive the music business is. You have to have experience, contacts, a professional degree program and hours of practice over the years. I can’t think of anyone my age or older successfully initiating a career in music and I don’t see how I can compete with someone who started younger than me. Perhaps I’m wrong, I’m not sure?
I really screwed up, I admit, but have no idea how, or if, this can be fixed.
I am so worried for my future that I cry myself to sleep at night sometimes. I’m so scared that I’ll never be happy, and it’s all because I’m an idiot, I admit.
I can accept an honest answer, but not a mean one. I’m not sure there really is a helpful answer to this, but if you CAN help me, thank you.
Best answer:
Answer by marley72794
okay. well you said a few key things in there. one being that “you love it more than anything in the world.” if you love something, anything, more than anything else in this world, you were meant to do it. it doesn’t matter how old you are, what your education is, or how much money you have, because no matter what, if your that adamant about something to where you love it, you deserve to be doing it. you owe it to yourself to live a life you love. yes, the music industry is hard, but it is doable. many people do it. you said you play guitar. i’m assuming your good because you’ve been playing for 15 years. and if your good, your one the right road. now there are many different options you have. you can be a studio musician, a performance musician, a writer, a teacher, etc. and the fact that someone is younger than you, doesnt matter. you can compete with anyone. you’re not even old. you only 30! you have a whole lot of life ahead of you to live the way YOU want! become a musician!
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