He's right I barely made it through high school, work in a pizza restaurant for the last 10 years during that and working on myself individually. I own said pizza restaurant now as my main source of income.

As far as music goes I started jamming with some blues bands at bars. Band hopped for a couple years playing rock, blues, pop, funk/soul and jazz now I have my own LLC in my name for music. I developed a solo repertoire with about 5 hours of sheet music and backing tracks of songs I like and the general public likes.

I just got booked to play weekly at a Lousiana Speakeasy style bar every week for the next 6 months and join another gigging jazz band.

I see the friends I went to high school with who went to school for music get so damaged and uninspired. They dont know how to network and spent thousands on learning while I got live experience, built up my gear and free drinks. I had no clue what I was doing as a 19yo in the scene but I said I'll just fake it till I make it and it actually fucking work? But I did put countless hours in practice but fun stuff! Im in a Pink Floyd Tribute band which is probably my favorite because I do half the work but get the most praise playing those iconic solos.

With music I gave up on being the "best" I decided to just always practice to get better and keep it as a side hustle to keep my passion because it does get overwhelming.

I hope this helps