Techno Vs. $€$£$

[Jay Sanders]

I Myself work Monday to Friday 9 - 5... ok its a cushty job as i get to use the net at lunch time and that but thats just not enough sometimes!!!

Im trying to hold down this job, Make it as DJ and Run a Record Label all at the same time and its not easy at all..... some of you may know that just the running of a record label is stressfull enough without having to worry about buying new tunes to be ahead of your game in the DJ'ing world and getting to work on time, something i aint good at!!!

I was lucky enough to get some inheritence passed on to me last year so the label is basically funded for the first few releases and hopefully things will come aroung....

So basically its hard to weigh up how many tunes a week you can buy with also having to pay the rent and live...... hard business i know but all worth it i reckon!!!

:lol:

[jon connor]

a nightmare if you have got kids , my way is by saving my pennys, i alway launch a spare fiver in the jar and at the end of the month i buy my records, my tune selection has to be spot on as to the money situtation you have to buy quality with wot little you have got. for the record label worked like a nutter to save cash, dont blow your cash on uneccesary things. an artist who is dedicated and doesent have much cash flow aint so bad it makes you work harder therefore turning you into a go getter.
;)

[Louk]

I work part time only one day a week in total, if that and rest of my time is dedicated to Uni.

I can afford to buy one or two new releases a week and to live off my student loan for the time being.

Louk

[waldhaus]

i am still at school! in general I have enough time for techno and managing school, but now I have to learn for my final exams and I had to cancel three gigs abroad :cry: but I think a good exam which allows me to study is better than some gigs, because I do not think I am good enough to make a living with techno. Also I don't wanna be dependent on the sales of my records or my gigs, because that will create a lack of creativity for me.

[TechMouse]

i am still at school! in general I have enough time for techno and managing school, but now I have to learn for my final exams and I had to cancel three gigs abroad :cry: but I think a good exam which allows me to study is better than some gigs, because I do not think I am good enough to make a living with techno. Also I don't wanna be dependent on the sales of my records or my gigs, because that will create a lack of creativity for me.

This is a good point.

I've tried my best to make sure that I would never have to rely on music as a career. Respect to everyone who does, you guys drive the scene, but I couldn't do it. On one side, it's nice to know that I have (relatively) dependable income, and on the other it's nice to know that music is always recreation, and never "work". I know I can put all of my spare time into the music I love.

It's been a long time coming, but I finally got my degree the other year, and now I'm finally in a job I quite like with flexible working hours, nice people etc. So that's all good.

The downside is after spending a whole day working on a PC, often the last thing I want to do when I get home is fire up Cubase and have a piss around. This is my problem.

That, and convincing my girlfriend I really do need a drum machine.

[neilried]

I work in the IT dept of a firm in central london, 9-5 mon - fri, then on call 24/7 every other week which means I can pretty much buy every licquorice pizza I find that I want...

BUT its developed into a stupid habit thats getting out of hand.... a daily, lunch time sweep across london checking out at least one store a day.... Phonica, HMV Picadilly Circus (oddly the biggest techno selection in Soho, infact the SUF and associated lables section occupies more rack space than the entire deep house section which is top form!), Eukatech etc. Plus Juno a couple of times a week...

Kinda came to a head when my girlfriends having a rummage through a couple of boxes looking for something Id played recently and pointed out that I had three copies of the same record...

Only way I have found to avoid this embarressment is; dont let your bird nose through your records.....

[fresh_an_funky_design]

As soon as my student loan comes in buy loads of records & some studio hardware/software. Then get some money the rest of the time by cutting down trees, doing graphic design, or scaring people on the ghost walks in Derby (crazy job) :lol:


Sometimes im completely skint, sometimes ive got some cash to burn depends how much work i do. DJ'n & producing is one ****ing expensive pastime though

[Udy]

Hmmm... techno or money?

I consider myself to be lucky enough to be surrounded by talented musicians so i tend to spend a lot of time absorbed in the music local to me. This helps keep the music flowing as does my small attempt at a record business.

This is funded by working the 3 days im not at Uni, and with help financially and free labour from my friends.

All the music projects are helped along by a small network of people keeping each area covered, one web designer with a bit of spare space, and CDs burned off by an army of home PC users!

It'll be slow, but we'll get there :)

[audioinjection]

i have a monday-friday job, and that helps me get my gear/records, also pays my bills.............hopefully soon i can start working more on my music rather than worry about my job, and have more time doing what i love to do

[Oracle]

I worked in the city for about 7 or 8 years in a pretty well paid job, until I realised about 18 months ago that I was not following my true path. I left the city work to become a Reiki practitioner and to concentrate more on music (producing, DJing and promoting).

Now I earn a great deal less, I live a much more basic lifestyle but then, I'm also a great deal happier.

That said, I have no regrets about the city job as it helped me build up my studio and a decent record collection. ;)

[FILTERZ]

I work like a bitch for the man 5 days a week and hate every minute .

Maybe should try harder to promote stuff and sell meself (not down hampstead ) then i might be able to consider giving up day job.