> there is no 'day job' that musicians can work "Fronting a band that gets airplay" is a narrow version of working musicians do. Those just happen to be the mo

> there is no 'day job' that musicians can work "Fronting a band that gets airplay" is a narrow version of working musicians do. Those just happen to be the most prominent and famous musicians in the US right now, but they're a tiny, tiny slice of working musicians. Some people show up at advertising firms and write jingles. Some compose arrangements for films. Some studio musicians show up every day, provide background drums or bass for a hundred different singers, without really getting any credit. The most reliable "gig" players I know play weddings, and they make a decent amount of cash. Others play jazz four or five nights a week, often with different fellow players every session. Almost every major city has a symphony. Many working musicians I know also teach. We need to stop analyzing the music industry by pretending it consists entirely of Trent Reznor and Carly Rae Jepsen.