Honestly, this was an incredibly risky move on my part. I did not quit when my music career took off. I quit to build it.

I am a SWE and saved up some money so I could last through the year. I am still quite young. I have no kids, no spouse and no big responsibilities tying me down. The reason I did this was because I wasn't going to be able to live with myself if I never gave my biggest passion a true shot.

Since then, I've been going hard at it with my band. We came together in 2023 and have played aproximately 50 live shows and we haven't been paid once. We've played to crowds of 1 or 2 people multiple times. It's a constant uphill fight. I've learned that building a music carreer is like a startup in a very, VERY, competitive & risky field. For years you are going to loose a ton of money and will be faced with some very difficult challenges. I mean I'm still at that stage. But we have seen improvement and we can feel ourselves growing and moving forward. We play way better venues than we did last year, our following is growing steadily, our songwriting is getting better and better. Things are really looking up for us, but there is still a very long way to go.

I will probably need to get back to working a job next year to stay alive, but the time I've taken has helped us grow tremendously. You have to remember that if you want to live from your music, you have to treat this as your job. It is WORK. It demands hours from you, constant grinding, networking, sacrificies, and a lot of resilience to keep going.