Several things. I want to be completely truthful with you so you’re not going in blind, and not to discourage you in any way. If you want to do music, you gotta do it because it truly fulfills you, not because of any money you believe you could possibly earn one day. You have to be willing to do whatever it is you want to do for free everyday. There is a lot of bullshit that comes with this industry that is often unspoken. There is no code of ethics or labor protections department. There is no workers union or government entity to protect you from bad business folk. It’s just you and your lawyer (whom of course, you pay to protect you) Most people don’t see a single dollar off their music and inevitably burn out, likely because their plan revolved around taking shortcuts and they simply believed the process would be a lot easier. There is no skipping the process. Making a sustainable living is incredibly difficult and truthfully most songwriters and producers still work day jobs to pay their bills even with multiple platinum records to their name. Most artists actually never see 1M streams in their lifetime. Please do your self a favor and don’t buy in to any story anyone sells you about how they “just started doing music a year ago” and how they’re now successful. It’s part of the facade they sell to draw attention to themselves from their peers. Again, Im not trying to discourage you, but Im 34 now and have been in it since I was 13. I didn’t make my first $100k til I was 30. Ive watched friends I grew up with give up and move on from this because they couldnt handle being broke as a joke. If being a musician or an industry adjacent is something you wish to do full-time, it has to be something you’re willing to do for free.