Making A Living Is The New Success
May 8, 2012
Bobby Owsinski in The Future of Music, The Road to Success, music business, music career, success

For more and more musicians, the idea of stardom seems to be further and further away. While some still see stars in their eyes, a great number have come to the realization that the goal is now a lot different, since just making a living in music can now be considered a success. I’ve written about this in a number of my books, but here’s a passage from Music 3.0: A Survival Guide For Making Music In The Internet Age that illustrates the point.

“Musicians and artists will begin to see success in a different way as making a living replaces stardom as the big score. To some degree that was always true. Most musicians are only too happy making a living by playing music, but thanks to the excesses of Music 2.5, far too many felt that stardom was easily within their reach.  

This has changed as a new realism comes to pass.

Everyone wants to be successful, but that always doesn’t mean making platinum records (they’re so much harder to come by these days) and grossing (key word here) millions of dollars. Sometimes, it’s the simple things that make you feel like a success.”

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