I'm also a musician - aspiring pro. I have used IM to get me motivated to finish projects and in a creative, productive frame of mind, and have seen results come from that. I haven't used it to try to gain wealth and riches yet...
...because I think a big trap of being an aspiring pro musician is focusing on the results and not the process. In the past I have expected my success to make me, rather than making my success. For example, I would say, "Ah, once I hit it big, THEN I will be REALLY creative and adventurous."
But really, when you look at the pros, they would have worked just as hard whether they were underground and unrecognized their whole life as they did when they were in the spotlight.
Actually, now that I knew a few pros, being pro is not a cakewalk - it might even be more of a grind than their day jobs were. But at the end of it all they get to do what they love, which makes it all worth while.
Coincidentally, I'm now working on a demo to send to labels, but I have gotten myself stuck, because I'm focusing on what I'll have to do IF I succeed vs. just pouring my enthusiasm into my songs.
--- On a related note, are there "groups" on this board? It might be interesting to start a "musicians" group to discuss these issues further?
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