I agree with scott regarding,the financial rewards within techno.
If u wanna make money,id say dont make techno..choose house,drum n bass,whatever...and that goes for djing to.
Yes obviousley,you want some sort of payment if ur playing gigs and putting work into releasing stuff, but for me its about the love of it.
When i first started playing out and getting bookings,for the first year or so,i was happy playing for free as i craved the buzz from playing to a crowd,then eventually after getting my name about and playing out more and more outside of the northwest,i started getting paid for what i was doing.
Ive not released anything yet..(fingers crossed,its gonna happen and il try my damn hardest to do so) but its not for money,its for my love of it.
Of course,if u can get some cash from it,great..if not,great still.I want releases to try boost my djing,as thats my main background and what i do best.
First thing a lot of my mates say to me when im telling them about a gig ive got coming up is "how much u getting paid" which pisses me off sometimes as they think im doing it just for the money.
If some one said to me tomorrow "you will never earn a bean from djing or making techno ever in my life" id still carry on doing what i love doing regardless.