I’ve been playing in bands since the mid-90s, I work part-time, I have 18U of eurorack, some pedals and guitars and a Digitone Keys. I don’t play heaps of shows but played out regularly until our drummer died 3 years ago.
I once worked out that I’ve made about $2000 over more than 25 years of playing gigs and selling albums, which isn’t too bad – until you factor in that I got paid $500 twice for two gigs in 1998, and $500 for another gig in 2015. Most of the rest of the time has been for free/for beer/for pocket change/for record swaps.
But like the rest of you, I love the $#!+ out of playing music, even though these days it’s entirely in my own headphones.
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