Do I need a lot of money to make music?

1. Do you need money to be a musician?
2. Do musicians make a lot of money?
3. Is music an expensive hobby?

Do you need money to be a musician?

If you're going to go full-time as a musician, you'll require some other source of music industry income. Part of the reality of being a working musician today is the need to diversify your revenue streams. ... But, if you have a good business sense, making money as a musician isn't actually that hard.

Do musicians make a lot of money?

By recent research estimates, U.S. musicians only take home one-tenth of national industry revenues. One reason for such a meager percentage is that streaming services — while reinvigorating the music industry at large — aren't lucrative for artists unless they're chart-topping names like Drake or Cardi B.

Is music an expensive hobby?

Music is not about talent it's about money. It's actaully a very expensive hobby for most people. Music is actually a bit of a racket because you have people who are slaves to they're ego/vanity who want to "make it" and are willing to pay as much as they can afford to get there.