After a gig on Friday, several people stopped to chat with me and they assumed I worked at this full-time. When I mentioned a day job they were astounded that I couldn't ply my trade profitably enough. Though my day job is part-time and I suppose I could do music full-time if I could take the risk and afford a period to build up business.

Really, there's lots of variables. Geography, because I choose to live in a rural area with fewer playing opportunities and greater travel considerations (and winter driving). Age, I don't take heavy metal gigs anymore and don't want to boogie ALL night. Market, less demand for non-mainstream performance out here in the sticks. Venues, great little halls and museums and so on, but I can't stand a whole evening in a smokey bar anymore.

Though I teach some lessons, my day job's hours interfere alot as it eliminates the after school time slots. I'm really in a quandary, should I give up the safety net of the day job for more music or coast along as I am?

If I were to go full-time, my next quandary would be should I do performance full-time and quit the instruction.

Life with temptation and choices. Mooh.