4 less obvious ways to make money as a musician
In my experience, the key to making a living from music is to have a diverified portfolio career... in other words, a range of different income sources. So in today's video I'll take a look at four perhaps less common income sources for a musician that have worked really well for me. The piano piece in the outro is called "Kneel" and you can listen to it in full on my Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0wKKJ... 🎶 And, an extra special thanks goes to Douglas Lind, Vidad Flowers, Ivan Pang, Waylon Fairbanks, Jon Dye, Austin Russell, Christopher Ryan, Toot & Paul Peijzel, the channel’s Patreon saints! 😇 SUPPORT ME ON PATREON: / davidbennettpiano 🎹 0:00 Introduction 0:46 Production Music 5:15 Session Work 7:58 Playing in Care Homes 10:36 YouTube
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