Well(jerk that I can sometimes be), I am going to give you the obligatory kick in the pants(hope you don't mind;-))

The first thing is, why haven't you thought this through before now? I don't know how old you are, but it is obvious that you are old enought to work, and, whatever you say about music and all, you haven't given a career in music any serious thought, and it sound like you have used it as an excuse for not giving anything else any serious thought, either.

Do you think anyone is going just hand over a nice music job to you(lots of money, no stress, job security, and best of all, plenty of really great people who won't hassle you)? For that matter, do you think that anyone is going to just fork over a job in a "nice" restaurant? Ain't gonna happen.

You have to sit down and think about where you are want to be five years from now, and then do a lot of homework to find out how the people who got there did it--Then, you've got to do what it takes to get there, even if it means hanging on at the crummy restaurant for a while while you get together the cash you need for more school, or for a good instrument, or for photos or what all.

If you need the money right away, there are temp agencies that can accomodate--The bottom line is that you have to decide what you want to do first, and a big part of that is figuring out what will make you happy in the long run and what you can live with in the short run-

If you don't do this, you won't get anywhere, and in five years, you'll still be in that restaurant, on in some other that is just the same.

(end of lecture!)