Like I used to wanna be a classic rock radio dj. Hip hop has been my favorite genre for 80%+ of my time listening to music I just had a big classic rock phase at one point. But now I’m back loving hip hop. I even made it myself a lot. I think I’ve got the personality for hip hop lol but just not very musically talented. And I’m a unique person with a unique story. My friend says I’d be good at it. The #1 broadcasting school in the country is 10-15 min from me. Maybe I can do a tour. I dunno. I’m always saying I’m gonna do something but don’t. Maybe I have potential here. I don’t have to keep living by delusions if I do something like this. Maybe. What do u think
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I think it’s a great idea. Do the tour !
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Honestly, I think you should just focus on getting a job that pays decent wages and has benefits, then doing the things you love in your spare time. Doing what you love for a living and relying on it for a paycheck is a really good way to start hating your passions. They stop being fun and start being chores. Just get an average job and keep making music when you’re off work.
Maybe you can start doing a podcast or something if you’re interested in broadcasting. But it isn’t a stable career, and you’ll start getting burnt out from it.
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I say go for it. The tour sounds like a good idea
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Does it end up being too many hours??
Too many hours, too much expectation. You don’t just talk when you’re inspired. You are forced to come up with hours of content every week, whether you have ideas or not. You run out of ideas and then have to talk about nonsense, and start hating your own content.
I don’t know a single paid creator who still likes their work. I know plenty of artists who create and sell things on the side, and they’re very happy.
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Yeah I think I feel what you’re saying. Like honestly I think I put too much pressure in the rap cuz it’s all I have and I run dry at times. I need something to get me through the next x years of my life till I really like my stuff if I ever do. And if not then at least I’ll have more money/structure. But Yeah I’m done with the class I should get to work anyways it’s what I wanted to do. I had a disastrous interview in April but that shouldn’t discourage me from keep trying. I was planning on getting a job and a job will help me in a lot of areas of life u think?
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I’m a hobbyist broadcaster. Many of my fellow hobbyists are former broadcasters who were forced out of the field by a lack of jobs. Radio is dying. What is left is being cannibalized by hobbyists like myself who don’t need to broadcast paid ads to cover the bills. I’m sure many of my 350K plus listeners a month used to belong to commercial stations.
Also, turning a hobby into a paying gig ruins the hobby. I’m pretty much done with photography. Worse, even the mention of the word ‘bride’ triggers my gag reflex now.
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I think you should go for it. Otherwise, you’ll always wonder if you could make it. Good luck, hon.
@Ninjastar is right. I loved writing, then started doing it full time. Now Ihate everything I write and don’t believe it when people like it.
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Having a job is great. I miss work, now that I’m on parental leave. I miss having my own money that I could use as I wanted. My advice is to go on Glassdoor or indeed and fill out a profile, then just start applying to anything that looks tolerable that pays decently. Figure out what you need to make to survive, and just start applying. You don’t have an employment history, so you might be stuck at minimum wage for a few months before you can apply to another job using your minimum wage job as a reference. That’s how we all did it.
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