Living Off Your Music

Living off music is everyone’s dream. Lately, I’ve had this idea stuck in my head: it’s getting harder and harder to make a living from your music project. Merch is tough to sell, streams don’t bring in much unless you’re hitting billions, and live shows at least in my city only draw crowds if the artist has invested a ton of money in their project. There’s so much going on that, in the end, nothing is left.

How do you manage your finances? Are there any best practices we can follow to improve the economy of the music scene? It feels like everyone in the industry is thriving except for the artists.