Sure you heard and read about it, but I don't think at that age you fully realize of just how hard it is and how long 10 years can be. Personally, I didn't stu

Sure you heard and read about it, but I don't think at that age you fully realize of just how hard it is and how long 10 years can be. Personally, I didn't study anything related but was in music semi-professionally (more on the production side) for about 5 years until I decided to just keep it as a hobby. In my case, I realized that in the end, I'm just not passionate enough about it to keep accepting the trade-offs. The ones that made it are. Deeply so, and they don't regret anything. Nobody wishes they had picked another career path.