No one will ever know what came first "Music" or "a living"

One thing is certain- you can be good at music no matter what else you do.

They are totally independent

When music is your life and part of that life always then it is living.

Songs live when they are sung as life extracting a living by using them is just a bonus.

Getting a song on a stage and into ears is easy. Getting them into life perhaps sung by those making a living elsewhere is a steeper path. It requires a different bedside/hearthside/homeside manner.

Conrad