is it possible to have a good job and not have formal qualifications?

kwmlondon

fitnessguy1 wrote: »

i want to go on a music production course and have my own music production set up at home. this is something i would like to pursue also. this will obviously be more of a hobby, but eventually i would like to put my music out there and see how far i can go with it.

i think a university degree would be too much. i really don't know what i would study anyway.

I've got a degree in music technology. By all means go for it, and I hope you have lots of fun but you may as well do a course in colouring in for the career prospects it will give you. I have many friends who are musicians and the only one who makes a living just as a musician was in a band who did the soundtrack for a hollywood blockbuster and so gets big royalty cheques. Sorry to rain on your parade, but only about 0.0001% of people who make music make money out of it.

fitnessguy1

kwmlondon wrote: »

I've got a degree in music technology. By all means go for it, and I hope you have lots of fun but you may as well do a course in colouring in for the career prospects it will give you. I have many friends who are musicians and the only one who makes a living just as a musician was in a band who did the soundtrack for a hollywood blockbuster and so gets big royalty cheques. Sorry to rain on your parade, but only about 0.0001% of people who make music make money out of it.

yeah it would be for a hobby and interest first and foremost. did you find work in the music industry with your degree?