Music — performer, producer, teacher
streaming + live + sync
- Remote
- Varies
- Qualification
- Typically Bachelor of Performing Arts (BPA) or Master of Performing Arts.
- Read
- 1 min
What the work involves
Day to day
Making a living from music across several streams at once - live performance, teaching, production and mixing for others, and licensing tracks for film, advertising and streaming.
Who this suits
Fit
Musicians who will treat it as a business. Home production is now genuinely affordable, distribution no longer needs a label, and teaching provides a stable base that funds the rest. Sync and content music demand has grown with the volume of video being made.
The honest reality
Read this one
Streaming royalties are negligible for all but the largest artists, and treating them as income is a mistake. Live performance income is seasonal and event-dependent. The market is saturated because the barrier to releasing music has collapsed, so being heard is now harder than recording. Teaching is what most working musicians actually live on, and it is worth accepting that early rather than resenting it.
How you get there
Step by step
-
2 years Step 1Finish school
Class 12 in any stream
-
3 years Step 2Qualify
Complete a B.A. in the relevant subject.
-
Step 3Enter the field
Typical first position: Music — performer, producer, teacher.
-
Step 4Build and specialise Optional
Build a body of work, teach, or move into a specialist or research role.
-
You are hereMusic — performer, producer, teacher
Everything above leads here. The steps marked optional can be skipped or taken later — they change how fast you arrive, not whether you can.
Courses that lead here
How to qualify
Roles within this career
What the job is called