Well, maybe it's that way in the world according to #1 Peasant.

Your statement is so full of pompous holes. There are plenty of people who have music in their life or part of their life and it is not a living by any means.

Extracting a living (as you call it) for a living is quite frankly a gift or a blessing. And it doesn't require anything like you say. all it requires is pure passion and someone appreciative.