Accompanist career?

DriveYourCarDownToTheSea · 09-02-2020, 05:51 PM

I have known a couple people who managed to make an OK living as a self-employed musician - not great, but OK. You need to be a music teacher and also get whatever gigs you can. But to do that you need to spend a lot of time looking for students to teach, and looking for gigs. It's not for everyone, and I would think you'd need to be really good at promoting yourself.

Have no idea about being an accompanist/collaborative musician, per se. The people I've known have been teachers and gig musicians. They've also sold their music but that's mostly for promotional stuff, you don't make much $$ that way.

09-02-2020, 05:51 PM	#2 (permalink)
DriveYourCarDownToTheSea AllTheWhileYouChargeAFee Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Kansas City Posts: 1,188	I have known a couple people who managed to make an OK living as a self-employed musician - not great, but OK. You need to be a music teacher and also get whatever gigs you can. But to do that you need to spend a lot of time looking for students to teach, and looking for gigs. It's not for everyone, and I would think you'd need to be really good at promoting yourself. Have no idea about being an accompanist/collaborative musician, per se. The people I've known have been teachers and gig musicians. They've also sold their music but that's mostly for promotional stuff, you don't make much $$ that way. __________________ Stop and find a pretty shell for her Beach Boys vs Beatles comparisons begin here