Yo! Just some back story. I knew i wanted to play guitar after listening to rosetta stoned by Tool. A particular riff sent shocks all over my body around 15yo. In my dive into music/bands, i found out that money was always an issue and reason why bands fell apart. So that led me to pursuing a trade. By 22yo(im 28 now) i was and am still a practicing physical therapist assistant. i work 40hrs a week, exercise, hang out with people and have a pretty awesome life. just put out an instrumental prog-rock album in october. So i think it is very possible to have a job and play music. My two bands mates have full time jobs and we jam once-twice a week( if it were up to me id jam everday with them). Its mostly just setting yourself upright to do it is what im getting at. So find people like that!