| So you want to be a professional musician. Be | | | | real job." |
| prepared to hear, "You'll never make it, get a real | | | | Now comes the part that makes the difference. |
| job," from all your friends and relatives. And of | | | | Are you a committed mechanic and wanting to |
| course in one way they are right, the odds of | | | | do your business full time? Or are you a mechanic |
| becoming a "star" are astronomical. But all is not | | | | that only wants to work on cars on the weekend |
| lost if you have the proper perspective. | | | | for a little beer money? Once you determine |
| First and foremost, you have to understand that | | | | exactly what it is you want out of the music |
| even with the odds stacked against you a good | | | | business, then set goals accordingly. Do not under |
| living can be made. I always tell young musicians | | | | any circumstances allow someone else to |
| to look at it this way: Not every mechanic will | | | | determine what your life as a musician is all about. |
| work on formula one race cars at the Indianapolis | | | | Do not allow any negativity around you at all. |
| 500. However, that does not mean one can not | | | | Period. Once people understand that you are |
| strive to be the best mechanic on the job. That | | | | committed they will have the opportunity to |
| does not mean that a mechanic can not be happy | | | | support you or get out of the way. Either way |
| working on cars in his own shop in his own | | | | you will have drawn a line in the dirt and let the |
| backyard. No one comes up to a mechanic and | | | | world take a flying leap. |
| says, "You'll never make it, why don't you get a | | | | |