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I was in a busking trio playing mostly covers of oldies -- when we were 15/16 years old we had a good novelty factor and could make around 45 an hour combined s
by spunker540 8y ago
I was in a busking trio playing mostly covers of oldies -- when we were 15/16 years old we had a good novelty factor and could make around 45 an hour combined street performing. Eventually we started playing bars in a touristy part of Wisconsin and we'd make $200-300 per 3 hr set. Hourly it's alright, but there's not many options in terms of daytime gigs during the week.
Incidentally, I put this on my resume back in college when my resume was mostly empty, and think it played a part in me getting rejected from a Microsoft internship. At one point an interviewer asked me point blank "would you rather be a professional musician or a computer programmer" and I didn't answer correctly!
- vkou 8y agoWhat an asshole. Would he rather be interviewing people at Microsoft, or sipping Piña Coladas on a beach? The difference is that he would probably not answer that question honestly.
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- cm2012 8y agoIt helped me get a job, because I framed it like having a small business. But I also never wanted to be a professional musician. "We tested train routes and song styles against each other to calculate optimal earnings per hour, tailored our pitch to the audience most likely to donate, blah blah"
- jongold 8y agothe correct answer is musician, right? right?