The most overlooked advice on this is to wear a condom for those without kids and/or spouse! Lol Doing this with kids and all that is a whole set of struggles that really brings the weight of the world on you. My story is pretty crazy. I'll be able to tell it one day, but for now just gotta do the work! Awesome video Pain! 💪
I didn't have a job to quit but it was a rough convo to have with my husband but i myself am very stubborn when im passionate about something....and slowly my husband saw this and started backing me...🔥💜
I'm in that situation currently, just turned 30, spent the last year unemployed with depression after hopping between jobs in call centres, landscape gardening etc and being unhappy. I do want to pursue music and have been looking into mature student courses to gain qualifications, grants and ways I can avoid getting a "day job" that will make me miserable. At the end of the day though when you're relying on government welfare and family members etc to help put food on the table there comes a point when you have to be realistic and get a "day job". At the moment i'm just enjoying the freedom of lockdown but I have decided I no longer want to work 40+ hours a week being miserable. From now on I will only work the hours I need to and put more effort into music
Had a similar experience with my schooling. Didn’t realize how stubborn I really am after watching this video. I never want to give up and always have an all in mentally. This topic is so important to those looking to make a living in what they love to do.
I work in a job that I hate. Everyday I just wait for the 9 hours shift to get over so that I can take some rest and get back to making music. Just waiting for the right time to quit and do music full time. That's like my ultimate goal atm.
It honestly wasn't until after I left my job for personal reasons (childcare issues) that I fully realized what a great time we live in with music. I think a plan is important, but an exit strategy out of your job is more important. I had that before the childcare issues popped up, but then I really had to make sure I had my bases covered so I would never go back. There are legit (why do I feel I need tonsay that?) options in-and-out of music to make money so that you don't need a regular 9 to 5 job in 2020. You just HAVE to be business minded, even if that means having a split personality. Be in your creative space, but when that beat is done? Switch to business. My humble advice.
Good video Mr. Pain 1. Appreciate you. One day I will be one of those producers telling the producer community how I quit and went all in on your show. Speaking into existence, looking forward to it.
Watching this video till the end really motivates me that i too can quit my job the right way until my music makes me money. Thanks for this video Pain
Big up Pain! I like these inspiring stories and I respect that you’re someone that doesn’t blow smoke up people’s arses either in trying act like magic rainbows and unicorns will appear if you just believe hard enough. Although you’d probably make a lot more Ps £$ if you did lol. You always seem to couch things in a certain amount of realism and in being pragmatic, where we are. Being realistic and pragmatic is not always synonymous with being negative... Respect!
DJ Pain 1 Yeh that sucks, but then that’s capitalism for you. We’re encouraged to know the price of everything, but discouraged from understanding the value of anything. And sadly society’s concept of value always seems based on pretty arbitrary concepts lol... But I digress. We all gotta play that game regardless and fair play to you in trying to balance playing the game with being honest. Plus at v least you’re gonna hit that 100k subs mark sooner rather than later 👍
I work at and make beats pt. I'm in SC where jobs barely pay enough to live on. Although I think my music is dope, I'm still learning the ropes, but I'm pursuing my gift and my passion because I don't want to regret not sharing my gifts. Thanks for sharing, dude.
Shout out to my fiancé. She not only supports what I do, TapDaddyBeats was actually her idea. Can't even convey how grateful I am. Now I get to pursue music production full time with all my passion. I use to write software. I was so stressed. Getting laid off was the best thing that ever happened to me, and having my fiancé to encourage me to dive down this route rather than searching for another job has been incredibly perspective changing. Currently, I'm really not making all that much from it, perhaps enough to pay for our monthly groceries. However, this is the stepping stone I need, and this is some of the most fun I've had in my entire life. I'm selling leases here and there, and even more importantly, working one on one with artists as I meet them. I see nothing but potential and I never knew there could ever be a feasible way to do this for a living until now. Currently looking into sync licensing and film / TV placements for something a little more stable
The best option is to reduce your hours as Business picks up and have your 'Music Business' make just as much as your main hustle and eventually you go full time
I’m able to make beats full time now, tbh just by following your advice and watching all of your videos! No cap. I got my own channel now where I post beats, cook-ups, mixing tutorials. Gonna start doing business strategy vids too. Of course I’m gonna keep following you as I grow! Thank you again @pain1 you always come with the real facts!
I’m going to play it by ear as time goes on. Right now, I definitely can’t quit my job. I have a 10 month old daughter, so that’s not an option. BUT, I am hoping that ONE DAY, I’d be able to do just that. It would be a dream come true. Just gotta keep grinding it out. Some days are definitely super discouraging. Especially when you’re not selling anything. Not getting any comments. Etc. BUT, again, I’m not giving up no matter what. Because at the end of the day, it’s my passion, so it would just be a humongous plus if I eventually started making money from producing. Sigh... Lord willing.
Lol, facts on the condom thing. Seriously though, this video spoke to me man. As I mentioned in your previous videos and podcasts, fear alone has stopped me from really putting 100% into my music. Like you, I realized later that I liked school. I started TA'ing and even doing biomedical research in college and eventually went back for more school after college lol. However, in college I would always save up for equipment with left over scholarship money and buy things a midi controller, a maschine, or software until I had a whole set up and just make beats in my spare time. I loved it and have always good feedback but always feared I would be screwing myself for walking away from the academic path that I have started. For now I'm doing both. Your vids motivate me to work. I create so much music daily since I started watching your channel everyday. I'm also studying the business side of music everyday too because of you. You inspire me bro. One day, I'm going to have a collab with you 🙏🏽
Good video Pain 1! I've been wanting to transition for years to music exclusively. I've been a teacher for 16 years, 2 kids, wife, mortgage, etc. Music is about 20-25 percent of my current income, but it's mostly from engineering/mixing, but I definitely need to make more from selling beats online (the market locally is terrible...I always say they can download free beats, but not a dope engineer) to make that full transition and luckily I can take up to 2 years of leave from my job since I have tenure. Definitely considering joining your mentoring programs next week when I'm done with school. I have beats, people tell me their dope and they want to buy them, they just don't. I haven't been as consistent as I need to be, and the virus situation has allowed me more time to do so, but I think I still need some guidance in really getting my beats out there to more folks.
Perfect timing for this video. Always said I wanted to quit my day job, once I made just as much in music as I do there. However, I also wouldn't want to quit just to go back later.
Develop an exit strategy and a date to leave and don't back out. Map out a rough plan of what exactly you're pursuing in music. Get your odds and ends about it together while you have the job. I'm a believer in rest and health, but occassionally you'll need to burn and turn until you leave the job. It's worth it. That's why, even with all of its faults, I like the "gig economy". The opportunity to float your income or make an income is great for creative types. Bills paid and you can afford that cable or new mic when you need it. It's honestly worked amazingly for me.
I got fired because of the COVID-19 outbreak in Spain, now I am focused on building my music career and I am sure I will make it, actually getting fired I think is a big opportunity, sometimes we stay at the same spot for years, just because we are comfortable, but not happy. Like Pain says, No job is 100% guaranteed, you may have the "best" job in the world working for a company, but then a VIRUS comes to the world and you get fired, you never know what's gonna happen, Keep working, I hope I can get back to all of you saying how it went 🙏🏻BEST
I know this video isn't about college, but it made me remember when you posted about that; you took the stance of (not really) needing to go and I disagreed with that (to an extent). Because, at the end of the day, it doesn't matter whether you want to make beats or play in amateur sports leagues or sit on your ass all day in front of screen, you're gonna need money for that plus the roof, insurance, (car,) clothes, food, etc. And going to some no-pay bullsh!t ass job just won't get you that. But, seeing how you worked three jobs, pursued your master's, and made beats on top of other things, I assume your opinion to work however hard you need to in order to make your dream come true. It's complicated.
I want to quit my job to pursue music full time. I am a saxophonist also make beats with a 9 -5 and have a pretty decent job but i feel at my age in late 30s and married with a mortgage i can't really do it unless i know i have a concrete opportunity. (Just my thoughts) I gig regularly playing my 🎷in clubs.. I still make my beats until get my shot, of course my 🎷 playing isnt going anywhere..
i lost my job to that corona shit & my parents kicked me out like a month ago im homeless asf sleeping outside no cap. none of yall sacrificing for this music shit like me yall sound goofy asf yall wannabes im living this shit fr if i dont sell beats i dont eat today straight up
The irony of this video is that I just posted a video today of me quitting my job to sell beats haha. Big risk, but all of the feedback in this video is great man!
A lot of people have kids and then use them as an excuse. I think that's gross behavior. That being said, not busting in everybody you sleep with is just good policy period.
It all depends on yo expenses, if you only got $500-$700 rent to pay every month you can def grind it out. If you got car note plus kids...gotta have a strong strategy before you leave that rat race.
Look man i really hope that you succed but the thing is, the main topic in your channel is always kinda depressing, like "music is hard, music is this, music is the other"
Listen never quit guaranteed money for fantacy money .Music is fantacy money even your friends and family wont support it. If you got kids and a wife you not quitting shit trust me. But it depends if your support system friends , family and your network is a hater or not . I had all haters around me . Evil demonic haters who didn't want to see me get anywhere . but here a shortcut before you get off the stoop ....Get you a lawn business or something where your self employed or a part time gig thats flexible either or . Then hire someone to work for you to keep some money coming in while you do something ealse. Why not have your cake and eat it too ? Keep something coming in while you fuck with that music shit because everyone does music , its the truth . but it works for some people make sure it will work for you before you let go of a bag is all i'm saying. Whatever you do do it now while your young it only gets harder to get free time later i'm 44 about to be 45 . I started making beats in 1999 I bought gear sold gear bought it again and finally quit . Now I got shit just about the way I want it almost and can try again . I will never quit ! been watching since pain had a hairline Lol
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The most overlooked advice on this is to wear a condom for those without kids and/or spouse! Lol Doing this with kids and all that is a whole set of struggles that really brings the weight of the world on you. My story is pretty crazy. I'll be able to tell it one day, but for now just gotta do the work! Awesome video Pain! 💪
TheDragonSsJ Frfr 🤣
are my beats even good ? ruclips.net/video/gIYo0Q5gK40/видео.html
Thank you for the realistic conversation on this topic
I didn't have a job to quit but it was a rough convo to have with my husband but i myself am very stubborn when im passionate about something....and slowly my husband saw this and started backing me...🔥💜
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You? Stubborn?
@@DJPain1 yes i can be very lol
Thank you for making this. Timing found could not be more perfect. 🗯✔⚜🖤🥂🕊
Most definitely quit a couple of jobs to produce music period, I rather my kids see me on top than at the bottom #chaseyourdreams
i made a kehlani type beat ! ruclips.net/video/gIYo0Q5gK40/видео.html
I'm 21 and got fired like a week ago due to the virus bullshit, I see this as an opportunity to chase my dreams, at least I will try
I'm in that situation currently, just turned 30, spent the last year unemployed with depression after hopping between jobs in call centres, landscape gardening etc and being unhappy. I do want to pursue music and have been looking into mature student courses to gain qualifications, grants and ways I can avoid getting a "day job" that will make me miserable. At the end of the day though when you're relying on government welfare and family members etc to help put food on the table there comes a point when you have to be realistic and get a "day job". At the moment i'm just enjoying the freedom of lockdown but I have decided I no longer want to work 40+ hours a week being miserable. From now on I will only work the hours I need to and put more effort into music
Keep pushing
Wishing you success and clarity
Pure motivation. I gotta grind harder.
Had a similar experience with my schooling. Didn’t realize how stubborn I really am after watching this video. I never want to give up and always have an all in mentally. This topic is so important to those looking to make a living in what they love to do.
I work in a job that I hate. Everyday I just wait for the 9 hours shift to get over so that I can take some rest and get back to making music. Just waiting for the right time to quit and do music full time. That's like my ultimate goal atm.
Thank you for your great insight Pain1. much appreciated!
real spill
It honestly wasn't until after I left my job for personal reasons (childcare issues) that I fully realized what a great time we live in with music. I think a plan is important, but an exit strategy out of your job is more important. I had that before the childcare issues popped up, but then I really had to make sure I had my bases covered so I would never go back.
There are legit (why do I feel I need tonsay that?) options in-and-out of music to make money so that you don't need a regular 9 to 5 job in 2020. You just HAVE to be business minded, even if that means having a split personality. Be in your creative space, but when that beat is done? Switch to business. My humble advice.
Great advice :)
almost at 100k! love these interview compilations bro
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Good video Mr. Pain 1. Appreciate you. One day I will be one of those producers telling the producer community how I quit and went all in on your show. Speaking into existence, looking forward to it.
Thanks for the good content, so relatable.
Love what you do brother
This just confirmation that it can be done. It's enough room for a lot of us to win. The first things is making that decision.
lol i quit my job bro now i sell beats
@@GroovyMMA he sold all of them
@@DJPain1 Hope so
Kool shit
Watching this video till the end really motivates me that i too can quit my job the right way until my music makes me money. Thanks for this video Pain
Great video ! It's really interesting to listen to the stories of some producers !
*Follow your heart, and be smart* 🙏
bro love your channel keep up the great videos you is defently the biggest inspiration i have to try to make it in this music shit
thank you, happy it helps
Big up Pain! I like these inspiring stories and I respect that you’re someone that doesn’t blow smoke up people’s arses either in trying act like magic rainbows and unicorns will appear if you just believe hard enough. Although you’d probably make a lot more Ps £$ if you did lol.
You always seem to couch things in a certain amount of realism and in being pragmatic, where we are. Being realistic and pragmatic is not always synonymous with being negative... Respect!
Yeah I would 😒
I dont make a cent off advice videos tbh
DJ Pain 1 Yeh that sucks, but then that’s capitalism for you. We’re encouraged to know the price of everything, but discouraged from understanding the value of anything. And sadly society’s concept of value always seems based on pretty arbitrary concepts lol...
But I digress. We all gotta play that game regardless and fair play to you in trying to balance playing the game with being honest. Plus at v least you’re gonna hit that 100k subs mark sooner rather than later 👍
I work at and make beats pt. I'm in SC where jobs barely pay enough to live on. Although I think my music is dope, I'm still learning the ropes, but I'm pursuing my gift and my passion because I don't want to regret not sharing my gifts. Thanks for sharing, dude.
Shout out to my fiancé. She not only supports what I do, TapDaddyBeats was actually her idea. Can't even convey how grateful I am. Now I get to pursue music production full time with all my passion. I use to write software. I was so stressed. Getting laid off was the best thing that ever happened to me, and having my fiancé to encourage me to dive down this route rather than searching for another job has been incredibly perspective changing. Currently, I'm really not making all that much from it, perhaps enough to pay for our monthly groceries. However, this is the stepping stone I need, and this is some of the most fun I've had in my entire life. I'm selling leases here and there, and even more importantly, working one on one with artists as I meet them. I see nothing but potential and I never knew there could ever be a feasible way to do this for a living until now. Currently looking into sync licensing and film / TV placements for something a little more stable
The best option is to reduce your hours as Business picks up and have your 'Music Business' make just as much as your main hustle and eventually you go full time
this video made me realize that I'm going the right way, thnx for this video! #music4life
Very inspiring thanks for sharing pain!!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏
LOVING IT
I’m able to make beats full time now, tbh just by following your advice and watching all of your videos! No cap. I got my own channel now where I post beats, cook-ups, mixing tutorials. Gonna start doing business strategy vids too. Of course I’m gonna keep following you as I grow! Thank you again @pain1 you always come with the real facts!
Thats amazing
@@DJPain1 🙏 🙏 thank you thank you
Thank you for all of your videos homie! There is so much good advice in these videos. One love homie
Very inspiring, thanks for the great honest content. You're the best!
I’m going to play it by ear as time goes on. Right now, I definitely can’t quit my job. I have a 10 month old daughter, so that’s not an option. BUT, I am hoping that ONE DAY, I’d be able to do just that. It would be a dream come true. Just gotta keep grinding it out. Some days are definitely super discouraging. Especially when you’re not selling anything. Not getting any comments. Etc. BUT, again, I’m not giving up no matter what. Because at the end of the day, it’s my passion, so it would just be a humongous plus if I eventually started making money from producing. Sigh... Lord willing.
Lol, facts on the condom thing. Seriously though, this video spoke to me man. As I mentioned in your previous videos and podcasts, fear alone has stopped me from really putting 100% into my music. Like you, I realized later that I liked school. I started TA'ing and even doing biomedical research in college and eventually went back for more school after college lol. However, in college I would always save up for equipment with left over scholarship money and buy things a midi controller, a maschine, or software until I had a whole set up and just make beats in my spare time. I loved it and have always good feedback but always feared I would be screwing myself for walking away from the academic path that I have started. For now I'm doing both. Your vids motivate me to work. I create so much music daily since I started watching your channel everyday. I'm also studying the business side of music everyday too because of you. You inspire me bro. One day, I'm going to have a collab with you 🙏🏽
Good video Pain 1! I've been wanting to transition for years to music exclusively. I've been a teacher for 16 years, 2 kids, wife, mortgage, etc. Music is about 20-25 percent of my current income, but it's mostly from engineering/mixing, but I definitely need to make more from selling beats online (the market locally is terrible...I always say they can download free beats, but not a dope engineer) to make that full transition and luckily I can take up to 2 years of leave from my job since I have tenure. Definitely considering joining your mentoring programs next week when I'm done with school. I have beats, people tell me their dope and they want to buy them, they just don't. I haven't been as consistent as I need to be, and the virus situation has allowed me more time to do so, but I think I still need some guidance in really getting my beats out there to more folks.
On the flip side, if you have a stable job support your artist friends , buy beats from them, buy studio time
Great content 👍
Solid.
Perfect timing for this video. Always said I wanted to quit my day job, once I made just as much in music as I do there. However, I also wouldn't want to quit just to go back later.
Yeah exactly
Develop an exit strategy and a date to leave and don't back out. Map out a rough plan of what exactly you're pursuing in music. Get your odds and ends about it together while you have the job. I'm a believer in rest and health, but occassionally you'll need to burn and turn until you leave the job. It's worth it.
That's why, even with all of its faults, I like the "gig economy". The opportunity to float your income or make an income is great for creative types. Bills paid and you can afford that cable or new mic when you need it. It's honestly worked amazingly for me.
i work and i do this beatmaker thing part-time..
lost my job at the end of 2017 been forced to make this my job i have no other choice now invested 10 years into this
I got fired because of the COVID-19 outbreak in Spain, now I am focused on building my music career and I am sure I will make it, actually getting fired I think is a big opportunity, sometimes we stay at the same spot for years, just because we are comfortable, but not happy. Like Pain says, No job is 100% guaranteed, you may have the "best" job in the world working for a company, but then a VIRUS comes to the world and you get fired, you never know what's gonna happen, Keep working, I hope I can get back to all of you saying how it went 🙏🏻BEST
I know this video isn't about college, but it made me remember when you posted about that; you took the stance of (not really) needing to go and I disagreed with that (to an extent). Because, at the end of the day, it doesn't matter whether you want to make beats or play in amateur sports leagues or sit on your ass all day in front of screen, you're gonna need money for that plus the roof, insurance, (car,) clothes, food, etc. And going to some no-pay bullsh!t ass job just won't get you that.
But, seeing how you worked three jobs, pursued your master's, and made beats on top of other things, I assume your opinion to work however hard you need to in order to make your dream come true.
It's complicated.
I want to quit my job to pursue music full time. I am a saxophonist also make beats with a 9 -5 and have a pretty decent job but i feel at my age in late 30s and married with a mortgage i can't really do it unless i know i have a concrete opportunity.
(Just my thoughts)
I gig regularly playing my 🎷in clubs.. I still make my beats until get my shot, of course my 🎷 playing isnt going anywhere..
I mean, you just described S1's situation.
I think it’s dumb to quit ur job to pursue music cause u actually need money to post beats and invest in equipment n allat
Exactly!!
Yea
Madison WI in the building!
In the county building lol, hiphop is illegal here
i lost my job to that corona shit & my parents kicked me out like a month ago im homeless asf sleeping outside no cap. none of yall sacrificing for this music shit like me yall sound goofy asf yall wannabes im living this shit fr if i dont sell beats i dont eat today straight up
I wanna quit my job & sell beats... Frfr
The irony of this video is that I just posted a video today of me quitting my job to sell beats haha. Big risk, but all of the feedback in this video is great man!
Feel like the no condom kids part is key lol i'm not trying to live off paycheck to paycheck to start a family.
A lot of people have kids and then use them as an excuse. I think that's gross behavior. That being said, not busting in everybody you sleep with is just good policy period.
facts
It all depends on yo expenses, if you only got $500-$700 rent to pay every month you can def grind it out. If you got car note plus kids...gotta have a strong strategy before you leave that rat race.
Dropping jewels
👍👍
At 13:34 What did he answered? My listening english is not too good and I can't understand. So would be nice if anyone help me
Type beats?
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Joe Rogan produced music now?
Look man i really hope that you succed but the thing is, the main topic in your channel is always kinda depressing, like "music is hard, music is this, music is the other"
Thank you pain . 💯🔥🔥 .
Listen never quit guaranteed money for fantacy money .Music is fantacy money even your friends and family wont support it. If you got kids and a wife you not quitting shit trust me. But it depends if your support system friends , family and your network is a hater or not . I had all haters around me . Evil demonic haters who didn't want to see me get anywhere . but here a shortcut before you get off the stoop ....Get you a lawn business or something where your self employed or a part time gig thats flexible either or . Then hire someone to work for you to keep some money coming in while you do something ealse. Why not have your cake and eat it too ? Keep something coming in while you fuck with that music shit because everyone does music , its the truth . but it works for some people make sure it will work for you before you let go of a bag is all i'm saying. Whatever you do do it now while your young it only gets harder to get free time later i'm 44 about to be 45 . I started making beats in 1999 I bought gear sold gear bought it again and finally quit . Now I got shit just about the way I want it almost and can try again . I will never quit ! been watching since pain had a hairline Lol
I want quit my job and rap
if you rap at your job, they might not have to quit
DJ Pain 1 right now I’m wrapping when I want to be rapping lol ... ps I wrote some fire to some of your beats too!
Too late 😂 using this virus to my advantage
What about school 😂...Can we quit school
Yup
Please don't go to my channel my beats don't desver to be heard