this is starting to become a problem

[clueless]

its just right because im going to art college basically next year everyone thinks im really into art.
and dont get me wrong i was, and i do really like art but its not my main passion?

i have two main interests and theyre art and playing my guitar

and recently because ive started to songwrite, ive written lots of lyrics and bits of songs and then made loads of little tunes i feel as if thats all i want to do lol.
i really just am looking foward to the future because i want to be in a band, im not looking foward to becoming some sort of artist like everyone expects of me

and i wouldnt think it would have bothered me that people think i have different ambitions to what i do but recently its all thats been drummed into me lol

everything i hear is about selling paintings and becoming an artist, because EVERYONE keeps going on about the brit school. and now im doing this work exp like today we did a photoshoot and i was more interested in the band and wanted to be in a band in future weheras everyone thought i was really into the photography and wanted to be a photographer :{

and this week i just know its all gonna be directed towards doing something with art

and its just beginning to get to me as its making me not really want to do the brit school anymore, i just want to drop out and do music.

its not as if i have some burning desire to be famous, its really not like that lmao i just want to write music and play my guitar and i know it seems stupid because its such a hard proffesion to get into

idk it just feels right

but no one else thinks so :{

[Catzsy]

Well you should do what makes you happy at the moment - see where that takes you. There really isn't any point carrying on with something that you do not have your heart in. You may change your mind again of course. That can happen but just go with the flow at the moment. You have years ahead of you anyway and always remember that you have the right to change your mind at any given time.

[Jackk]

dont let people tell you what to do. if you want to do it, do it. if it makes you happy youd be silly not to pursue it.

[Toughened]

What's wrong with doing both? Double the enjoyment

[LuketheDuke]

maybe your at a crossroads and you need to excercise some control on one of the two disciplines which your good at. If their potential careers then you gotta be realistic with yourself at what you can succeed at but also take into account where most passion lies.

[Misawa]

Go for art, you get can a job and have a fallback. Chances are heavily against you that you're going to have a career in music, I'm sorry to say. You need a fallback.

[uje]

Music a business that is hard to get into? When I hear that you make it sound like all music is singing on the charts or in a band playing to thousands of people or more. Well sorry to disappoint but that is not all music is. I mean yeah music has that side to it and that side is bias and you will only get noticed if you are in the right place or right time or even if you know people who have already made it.

If you went and studied music there is a wide range of what you can do, you could go to the technical side of bands and pop stars and actually be a guitar tech or you could even go into teaching guitar for schools, colleges or even at the place you went and studied. Or you could go and make music which can go into library files for people making films / television shows can go pick out your music, or you can go into producing. Or making music for popular artists. There is more, how about working in music shops? Or doing work in music recording or sampling? Or working at the technical side of live shows doing sound checks. The possibilities are endless.

And there is art. Do all art students go out make money that gets them a living? No. The joy about being able to study these artistic subjects is that they are something you can be very passionate about; many people take them because they are actually passionate about them. So why settle for second best in your happiness if you can possibly go for first! What’s to stop you from using art as your fallback?

There is no guarantee with whatever you study that you will get a job with it.

[camera]

yeah do both. itll be like a day and night thingy. art during the day and music at night u know?

[Skaboy15]

yeah do both. itll be like a day and night thingy. art during the day and music at night u know?

Or vice-versa if he's playing the guitar on a pretty big amp

Like everyone has said, it's up to you. I've not left school yet and 'coz of the credit crunch, there're practically no jobs at all in my town. So I might head off to college to study some Music Tech, then find myself a job afterwards and hopefully set up my own studio.

There's a band down here called The Worldonfire, one of their members has a studio in his shed and they recorded their first album there haha. So if you do go into the music industry, that might help you

I'm not much of an artist but my best friend is a great artist. He took Art for GCSE, but he soon got bored of it.

[Barwy]

Let me tell you how it is

There is no money in being an artist.
There is no money in being in a band.

Both of these 'career' paths are very high risk and there is a constant chance of complete failure and lack of work, with no guaranteed wage, in fact you would be lucky to live comfortably off either of these choices.

There is no point in painting pretty pictures, exhibiting them and hoping to sell a few. Chances are, it'll take you years to build enough of a reputation to make the canvas you painted on actually be worth more than you bought it for. If you were to take the art route, take the skills and the knowledge from Art as a whole, and apply all of your skills to a job commercially viable with a definite payback. For example becoming a fashion designer, set designer, visual assistant, graphic designer, the list goes on. All of these industries have a point to them and are big buck. You will definitely make a decent living if you took this kind of approach.

There is no point in relying on a band for your income. Why? Because you can't trust other people in a band - people WILL drop out, delay decision making, miss auditions. Stressful. Musicians are at the bottom of the pile. They get paid peanuts for what they do - all the cash goes to management and production. Everyone but the band sees a profit, especially the record company the band is signed to. And don't give me all this mess about 'oh well we'll do it ourselves, we'll stick it out to the bitter end, we're dedicated'. Because you're not. There is no real benefit from being in a band any more, apart from getting noticed in the public eye - which isn't always a good thing. Now, the actual writing of the music is where good money lies. Beyonce doesn't write her music, 13 year old Swiss kids in their bedrooms do. They get rich off copyright.
edit - Session Artists. Google is your best friend!

So all in all mate, that was just a quick breakdown of the facts about what you're getting yourself into. Don't like it and wan't to disagree? Go for it, I know I'm right and only a fool would challenge this post.

edit - Upon reviewing this thread, Catzsy that was a REAL unhelpful post you made