165 - When Should You QUIT The Day Job? With Scott & Ian

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🗓️ 31 March 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Is there ever a ‘right time’ to quit your day job and follow a full-time career in music? Being a professional musician sounds amazing, but can you really make enough money? And what if it just gets old like any other job? If you are already asking yourself these questions, then you’ve probably decided that one day you want to change your life and follow a career in music. In today’s episode Scott and Ian run through some of the key things to consider before quitting your desk job.

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0:00.0	Is it not freaking out?
0:09.2	No, it doesn't seem like it is.
0:10.8	Doesn't seem like it's freaking out just yet.
0:14.0	It always,
0:15.1	it always freezes for us right in the beginning of the podcast,
0:17.6	just as we're getting into it.
0:19.4	Yeah, yeah, I was like hedging a bit. Oh, wicked. It's all good. Yeah, but like the podcast. I was like hedging a bit there. I was like, yeah, yeah. I was like hedging a bit.
0:21.4	Oh, wicked.
0:22.5	It's all good.
0:23.8	Yeah, but like the content thing, man, I'm just like, yeah. I've been trying to figure out. I've had a funny week, dude. I had a fucking funny week. I felt like this week, what is it? I guess the headline of the headline of the week for me is being like,
0:40.1	why does everything have to be so hard? Yeah, I know. It's hard. Like, why? Why is it hard? I mean, like, oh. It's, isn't it interesting? It's sort of like sometimes, yeah, like I think it's, and I'm not even sure that this week has been particularly hard.
0:56.9	I don't think it has.
0:57.9	I think that it's just been a regular week, but it feels like it.
1:01.6	It feels like I've got these, I've got some stuff that I want to do and I'm really, do know what it is?
1:07.9	I think it's zero patience and the world is telling me I need to be patient. And I'm just like, fuck you, world. Yes, yes. I know what you mean. Like, I want it now. I don't want it in a year. I want it now. Exactly. Exactly. It kills me. Oh, yeah. Anyway, dude, when should you quit your day job?
1:29.7	This is your idea.
1:30.6	This is your idea.
1:32.9	Do you get like a lot of questions about this?
1:35.2	You do, right?
1:36.0	Yeah, I mean, you know, I did that Q&A podcast a few episodes back to, you know, where I just
1:41.0	asked a bunch of questions.
1:42.0	And I literally got hundreds of questions.
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