i'm taking the route where im getting my engineering degree first. i've been a so called part time musician for years. then again, thats cause i suck. lol.

okay i'm not gonna say much. he and u have already heard alot of views on why going into music would be "bad, no job and cant survive". there are truths in it, but not entirely true. my advice is he (or you) make the effort to meet up with people who have walked the path, and get their advice. so try to get people who have had a degree in music and:
1. is struggling to make ends meet
2. makes ends meet
best to get advice from those who have walked the path. just because someone fails doesnt mean he will fail, and just because someone succeeds doesnt mean its that easy, especially being in such a competitive, unfair and underdeveloped industry.

he isnt alone. i'm a mechanical engineering undergrad too, 'working' part time as a musician. wishing him the best.

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