Are You Too Old For A Music Career?
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- čas přidán 1. 06. 2024
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Once musicians start reaching their 30's, there is a pressure that starts to weigh on these artists. Is it something worth worrying about though?
In this video, I'm going to share my thoughts on the idea of being "too old" to have a career in music, and why I feel it is largely a myth that holds back artists from their true potential.
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Key Moments In This Episode
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00:00 Intro & Summary
01:42 Being Realistic
03:58 The Initial Fear
07:11 Age Doesn't Matter, This Does
11:00 Learn More About The Music Business
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Hi Dax - where's this eBook at - ready to get goin - thanks
The “Masters in the Making” eBook has been upgraded to my first book that I published, “The Musician’s Dilemma”!
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Fun content. Now 53 and was a pro musician in my 20's but not pro enough to pay for a family. Going after it again 25 years later with an acoustic solo act. I worked in corporate America for 20 years and will now happily take 40% of the money for a MUCH higher quality of life. We only live once.... I think. Go after your passion. ✌👉
That’s sick! Hope all is well.
I'm about to turn 59 and I've never thought about giving up my gift. Mostly because it's literally the only thing I'm good at.
I’m 61 and just starting to write songs (literally, JUST STARTING). I’m a retired, disabled Army vet and I simply can’t imagine doing anything else for whatever amount of time I have left. Seeing as several people on both sides of my family have lived 100 years or longer (the “record” is 106), I could be around a while. May as well go out rockin’, eh?
Thank you for this video. I needed to see this.
I’m 70 and watching this video and just came home from a gig with a Motown, R&B band . I’ve been working professionally since 1977 and don’t plan on stopping.
All our adult lives hubby gigged part time here and there on a very small level but still had the “real job”. Drummer Hub is now 53 and we just sold it all to chase the dream. We are having the time of our lives!
Will we make it financially? Who ever does?? lol. We are here to keep live music alive and have fun doing it!
I’m 52 and while I don’t have any dreams of commercial success I am getting paid to perform my own songs with gigs 3-7 days per week. Still releasing music regularly regardless of the algorithms and writing what I want. This is all unexpected as I got serious about it during the pandemic when I had too much time on my hands. Getting better with age!
Well, I`m getting 72 this month. Thx for this video, I played music since I was 14. Things have all changed but it still is a good feeling to go out on stage an do my thing. I am sort of a singer/songwriter-Bluesmusician and I`m living in Germany, I`m a selftaught guy but later I went to a music university to study classical music. My Instrument is and was the guitar. I started playing slide at the age of 16 but I did make another 3 tries to get it better since 2021. I used to play American Folk, Irisch Folk, Blues, Rock, Jazz, classical stuff. I also leaned how to make my own microphones and Guitars and amps from scratch and how to record professionally. I had my own business as a luthier and a repairguy for all the things needed on stage and in the studio. I was also giving PA-systems for rent and also was hired as a technican to run Pa`s and setup stages. I`m teaching guitar. I have both of my hands involved in some serious surgeries to get them fully working again and I finally got rid of gut cancer two years ago. I guess I will never give up music and what would this be good for?
So here`s to all you guys out there : keep going
Ralf Falk
That is awesome, I hope you play for many more years, respect to you 😊
I didn't start my music career until I was 31.
I just did a tour driving and doing merch for Rollo Tomassi, The Callous Daoboys, and Pound. I played a show a week ago with Party Cannon at Chain Reaction in Anaheim, and I have two tours planned next year.
It is never too late.
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Hey I will be 59 in August and I'm creating my first CD/Album called "Coming Home" hopefully I'm never too old for having fun.
I turn 40 in a couple months. All I can say is... thank you
Hello Dax, I'm 62 and just just got a little emotional watching this.. Thank you so much for the badly needed inspiration.. :)
Wish you the best of luck. 👍🏼
I'm 32 and today, for the first time, I considered giving up making music. Your video gave me hope. Thank you so much!
Our debut album was released in November 2023. It received fantastic reviews, even being described as, “a masterpiece” and it was suggested that it should feature in many “best of 2023” album lists. My writing partner is half my age in his mid 30s but we just have a great synergy. We make music for the love of it and it’s awesome when we get such positive feedback. Thank you for making this video 🎸👍 Remember, when you make music, you’re also making your legacy 😎
I only started releasing and playing gigs at 46
I think that your music CAN be successful at any age, AS LONG as it's really outstanding. It's got to blow people away. If I see a guitarist play an original song, and he's starting the song by fretting a G or C chord, you can basically forget it. Do something beyond that!
It's amazing time I came across this. I retired young. Mid 40s. I have been in and put of music since I was 10 years old. Played sax and guitar. I'm looking at going into music full time. Nothing big, just want to make beer money. It's going to be a lot of work to get my skills back up but I am already getting a lot of positive feedback and I am having a blast. Trying to take my guitar playing to the next level and get my sax playing back to where I was when I was 25. Love the video. Thanks for putting it out
Im old as dirt, but compelled to write and record songs. I couldnt stop if I tried,,if more people like the songs great,,if not it doesnt matter Im not stopping,lol
I'm 35 and I never played music professionally. I should have started 15 years ago but fuck it. I'm doing it right now. What other choices I have.
BTW: thank you, I think I love you😂its nice to actually be told I can have a career in music at 65…😀
New subbie here! Thanks for the great encouragement! I've been pursuing music for a long time and I've always had tons of compliments and encouragement from people and even had a full music scholarship in college. Never could quite make a living at it and you know just life things, but now have a new hope with all the great new things happening in the music environment. I'm over 50 and I look good, sound great, and have a lot of talent to give. I'm going for it!
I needed to hear this. Thank you.
Wasn’t Huey Lewis around 38 when he got his record deal? He had a huge career. 😊
38 is not old.
@@OrangeNash I never said it was.
In those times, yeah that makes sense, I Hope also possible Today
The problem with still pursuing it well into one's 30s, is that so much focus is put on making that first album something amazing... that no album ever comes.
Man, I started playing guitar at 13, studying music at 14, studying in a conservatory at 17, starting to learn about music production at 20, started to sing at 22, I'm now 29 and I recently launch my career as a singer. Actually Idk what kind of music I want to make because I work producing music for advertising, recording guitars and have a very diverse background. But bro... I now I can do something great! I won't give up because I'm almost 30. 30 year old people are just adults NOT OLD PEOPLE. Hope this helps someone, I think my progress as been slow but I've never quit.
Thanks for sharing! Love the fire!
You’re gold. Thanks for this 🙏🏼
Thanks for watching! 🙏🏻🔥
Dude, thank you for this. I'm 27 and I kind of felt like this over time but i'm realizing how stupid it sounds now. Glad to see content like this in my recommended. Got a sub from me.
You're still a baby
Jay Z's debut album Reasonable Doubt dropped when he was 26 years old and Jelly Roll just won a CMT Award for Best New Artist at the tender age of 39.
Thanks for this man, i needed this today
Thanks for watching! Glad it was helpful! 🙏🏻🔥
This really motivated me, thank you! I have a somewhat steady session vocal career (I say somewhat, because 2020 annihilated me and I've had to claw my way back ever since; something I'm sure a lot of musicians can relate to) but I've neglected my own projects (different moniker) for a looong time. I guess I feel like if I'm in the studio, it should be for fast return and the joy is lesser than when I am creating for art's sake. I did and do have a niche audience who continue to listen to that project...and a ton of unfinished DAW arrangements. I should make time for it. Thanks again! p.s. I'm 46 but age is irrelevant unless mainstream, imo :)
I never think that your too old do something as long as your still alive. Including being successful at music this is what I needed to hear Daxton I've wanted to start a band for the longest time I must have been saying that since 1998
A 42 year old hailing here. Have been making music for years, decades now. There should be more videos like this.
Great and inspiring video....
"Success expiration date is death" Emily Dickinson, Edgar Allen Poe, Scott Joplin, Selena: challenge accepted.
Great stuff man! The cool thing about music is you can play at any age, unlike something like contact sports, etc.. BB King was still out playing almost up until the day he died and he was well into his 80's. There's no shelf life for playing music-I see some amazing older musicians playing out all the time.
I agree with you,never give up on your music even if people hate it,at least you did your art and your dream.Do it for yourself.
Thanks for the encouragement, man! I appreciate these kind of videos from time to time!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank You for your words.
There are still people who love the music that came out when I was young. Bach still rocks, man!
Thank you kindly for your encouragement. Its much appreciated.
Thank you very much brother. this is for me. More grace.
Well said amigo! Keep up the good work.
I needed to hear this today, thank you.
really needed to hear this, thank you. struggling with this a lot because I *was* one of those child prodigies getting scholarships and winning competitions before stuff I couldn't control kept landing on me and it's taken until my late 30s to get my life stable, so it's been hard to tell myself I didn't simply miss my shot.
it's made worse by the fact I love the edgy y2k stuff from my adolescence and doing that in middle age feels pathetic somehow, but I guess I'm lucky in that regard because it seems to still appeal to both millennials and gen z.
Thank you for your wise and kind words sir.
Great advice man. Love your positive lens.
Thank you! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
This is lovely!
Thank you!
God bless you. I needed to hear this
Started rapping at 23. Didn’t start back doing until almost 30…
I’ve been fairly consistent for the last few years, even took time off to learn how to sing. I have no idea whether I want to take it serious or not, but fck it. Creating is fun, so imma keep making music. Hopefully someday, it’ll be music I can profit from.
I think of seasick Steve who became popular in his sixties. Or other artists who “peaked” later on in life. I think the idea that it’s a young man’s game is pathetic. I’ve written songs all my life, I’ll never stop singing and writing songs. Am I the best singer/guitarist in the world? No but I don’t have to be. I enjoy writing songs and singing them for my own pleasure, not for anyone else’s.
Of course you think of him. He is one of very very few musicians who made it in his 60's. Ideals are nice. But we can't beat our biology.
Good vid!😊
Thank you! 🙏🏻
Respect Bredren 🇯🇲👍💯
My adventure in the music business and age means nothing. Years playing in covers bands, an MBA from another career, and a strong financial base makes a world of difference.
Alan Vega was 40 when they released debut Suicide album, and their gigs was full of young teens who didn’t care
26 still learning to play guitar lol, i dont know where i'll end up but i'll never stop.
Dope
What if im 53, wife and 2 kids. Almost no money and no free time. Should i quit my job or what should i do?
Let’s say you had full support from your wife and kids, how would that change your perception?
@@MusiciansIgnite if don't have an income My kids can't go to collage
These days the odds of getting any money is not much... there are extremely talented bands like the little trolls call them the trolls now in Buffalo they had a record they got a lot of gigs people love them are famous in their own mind. Why don't you tell the truth the odds are very little.... do it because you want to because you loved it like they do.... well when I'm down I can write I don't care if I'm famous or Rich... I was almost 55 when I got my first real guitar the Les Paul Studio what a song your blank is blankety blank I will attempt to do photography in Rochester New York that is what I am going to do it is a great City for art where I live is there's more cows than people 56,000 people in the county so you're not going to ever do anything here very easily but there there was thousands of people at the art show.... you have to catch their attention on the first note the name the song.... the best songs they will paint a picture on your mind that you will never forget like LOL the Chili Peppers I would never forget that one
Odds are small if you don’t know what you’re doing. 🤷♂️
No one should be looking for success in the music business just playing with like minded people and getting paid for gigging is all that musicians ask for and since it's not sport you can play well into your advanced years
Lot's of musicians feel that way, and there are others who want more. Either one is cool because artists are all different :)
Never trust anyone over 30 in music.
Haha why?!
everyone is too old. makes no money no matter what age.
I mean it makes no money if you don’t know what you’re doing. Know plenty of artists doing great but they actually are trying to be entrepreneurial.
yah whatever bud@@MusiciansIgnite
Come back when you're 70 and tell us.