those of you with day jobs

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i am just currious how many of you are working TWO full time jobs. i consider myself to be doing this, as i work (at least) 8 hrs a day for my father, get off at 330 pm, i am in the studio by 4pm, and usually go til 11pm or midnight. i did the studio full time for a bit over a year. found it hard to get ahead. it always seems like i am MUCH busier in the studio when i have a day job. i LOVE recording, but the truth is, there is no money in it. unless you are at the top. :( i am tired. would love to hear that i am not alone...
 
mx_mx said:
I work full time and study full time.
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my wife studies full time. that can be rough. that is partly why i do the full time job. so she doesnt have to work at all while going to school full time. then, when she gets her degree, she will be my sugar mamma... ;)
 
well, i cant say i have a "studio", but as far as home-recording goes, and trying to finish my album... yeah, it's a lot of work.

i'm married, work a full time job (7:30-4) :30min from my home, and i'm a 3/4-time student in college. that would mean 9 credits, or 3 classes. so add those all up and try to get in time to make beats, record, and write... *phew* and i'm beat. if i just did music, even if i recorded others for a small fee, there would be no way i'd make my bills. and as far as my album sales... let's just say they were good when i first told everyone about them, now they're slim to none. let's home i pick up some more sales w/ my new album.

www.myspace.com/billybomusic for some samples or www.soundclick.com/billybo for more.


Bless.
 
For sure! I feel like I'm working two jobs. I do the 9 to 5 thing then work in my studio til I fall asleep behind the computer. :o
 
It's tiring but I love it. I am a full time graduate student by day. I am also a husband and a father. When they go to bed, I either play gigs with my band, do some home recording, or do some engineering at a local studio. I don't sleep.
 
Ya gotta spend your life somehow, are you using your last remaining hours the way you want?
 
I need the day job. I screwed up and got used to eating. Oh well. As far as the studio goes, it was either that or bass fishing. I think the studio is a little cheaper.
 
I had to take up dancing in the evenings...the tips are good.
 
I've given up on engineering for hire. Having to work with anyone who can pay my competitive rate always left me working for less money then I need and having to listen to a bunch of crap I can't stand. Now I just work a good day job (home office gig) and record select musicians whom I respect for free.
 
But damn those pig men and their grabby, touchy-feely hands, eh?

darrin_h2000 said:
I had to take up dancing in the evenings...the tips are good.
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After 20 years working as a CAD drafter, I moved to the coast of Oregon. The only job I could get was in a custom cabinet shop. Fuck, after 8 hours I'm beat. At 61, custom woodworking full time takes its toll. Don't even feel like working on my studio after work anymore. :( Add all the other home remodeling crap and theres very little time for it on the weekends too. Got a bathroom tore up, carpet to lay in a bedroom, firewood for the winter to cut, cars to fix, a full woodworking shop to clean up after working on my wifes ebay projects and packing them...:eek: ....sheeeeeezus studio, what studio???? :rolleyes:
I shoulda been born rich instead of good looking..DOH!! :p
 
I work 8-5 (New "core hours") and have a one hour drive each way.

I am married and have an 8 yr old son who I take to martial arts 2x's a week and I play in my church band. Practice is on Tuesday and I play 2 services on Sunday so I'm ther from 8-1. Plus I have to spend time learning new material.

Then theres the house stuff and I love spending time with my family. Plus I am usually at church an additional day or 2 each week for classes, etc.

So this leaves little time for recording. I'm new at it and I spend a lot of my recording time learning how to record and how to get the guitar tone I want. Syill haven't git it!

I usually practice my guitar an hour before going to work and if I wanted I could use that time for creative purposes in the studio. I keep trying to find a way to juggle time. I hate saying up late on week days. My job is very thought intensive and requires me to keep my edge. (Automotive Design Supervisor).

I'll get there someday!
 
I work full time at a job and I'm trying to get my multimedia business off the ground in my "free" time. I say "free" because my time is slowly going from "free" to "$40 an hour time" or else I'll never get out of debt. :) I've spent a lot of money on video equipment in the last month, I need to get some more clients.
 
work part time, and studio.
actually in-between part time jobs at the moment.

actually went 2 years without a real job at one point! but this year has been slower. :(
 
Right now I'm out of work (and have been for about 18 months), enjoying our 16 month old son, living on savings, and occasionally twiddling knobs in the studio. What little free time I have I've been making things for cars, and tools. Such as my latest project, a computer controlled (CNC) metal cutting machine:

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I have three belts to install, and make one more pulley and it's done!
 
Haven't recorded in awhile, but I've upgraded the equipment for it, and little by little still doing so. Working a day job and building the "shell" of the recording 'room' at night. Maybe when all is said and done I'll be able to record again :) :)
 
A week has 168 hours, mine goes something like this...(all numbers vary a little from week to week)... 40-42 for sleep, 20 for guitar lessons, 20 for repair/set up work, 30 for family and personal business, 20 or so doing odd jobs, that leaves me a little over 30 hours per week for the thing i really enjoy which is playing and trying to record. I almost forgot, I hang out in here for about half an hour most mornings trying to learn something or share a little of what I've learned.
 
As we haven't opened to the public yet, this subject has been on my mind for some time. Right now the idea is to do enough demo work and a handful of artists records to offset the cost of running the building. I believe it was Frederic who posted an excellent article regarding running a studio as a business. That had some great points and great advice. I'm a full time electrician but have no kids and (luckily) haven't started ripping into my house yet. :eek: I don't see ever quitting my day job at least not until I become a famous producer and Ely becomes the next Nashville :D For now, just keep it real and enjoy what we've invested in so heavily.
 
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