What Music Are You Making??? Options

[b-hamcomposer]

Okay everybody, I admit I am one of the worst gearheads I know. I spend hours researching new equipement and software when I could be making music instead. After a recent gear blitz I have realized that I am better at research gear than sitting down to compose, as usually happens in certain cycles. Anyways, I'm interested in what music people are working on.

A. Do you do mostly recording, sequencing/composition, or sound design

B. Where are you on the hobbyist-professional line?

C. Do you make money from your music? How and how much?(optional) enough to pay for all the crap you buy?

D. What do you hope to do in the future?

I know this one has probably been done before but this is really what I'm wondering right now.

Eager to hear your responses,

Chris

[b-hamcomposer]

I guess I oughta awswer my own question....

A. I'm doing a lot of weird stuff now: I have recorded a few solo artist type friends 3 song demos and such. Also working on a solo electronic IDMish album by me. I'm a student at western washington university and a do a lot of music for their dance department, including 15 minutes of orchestral music (GPO, baby) for a short film of theirs(finally get to apply orchestration class
). Lots of other stuff is pending or possible (things are crazy right now)

B. I guess I'm more of a hobbyist now but I fully want to become a professional. any ideas on how to do so?

C. Not yet, really. I did get a free trip to mexico city to record a friends band, once. No I can't pay for this crap with my music yet. Instead I work in retail. lame. I just moved to a laptop setup so I hopefully can get some gigs and sell some CD's. wish me luck.

D. Not sure yet wich direction yet, but I really want to work in the music field. People say I'm a pretty good composer (I have my doubts) but I've heard the film scoring biz is pretty tough now, considering exerybody and their mother has an actual degree in film scoring. I may land a position doing sound design for a video game. Or perpahs people will really start liking my Csound music and I can be an electroacoustic composer my whole life. Not likely, but whatever. I think I work hard enough that I'll get something, just not sure what yet.

what about you?

Chris