The music industry is one that's almost always booming.
In my country, everyone dreams of a stars rise to glory from simple remixes made using bandlab and other "make-your-own-music" apps but the reality is bitter.
In the life of a Nigerian male youth, there are at least three plans.
Plan A... Education. Studying hard and aiming for that white color job.
Plan B... Music. Digging deep for that hidden musical oil well that'll shoot you up to stardom like so many others (Rema, Zinoleesky, Shallipopi)
Plan C... Find a thirty nine year old rich lass and...
Since our prompt is on Music let's go to Plan B.
Musical rise to fame is something that's always inspirational to read on the Internet or on paper, well in reality it's not the easies of roads.
Most folks waste years of their life without being heard and some eventually get famous only when they're dead.
One of the most annoying bits are some of the teenagers and youths that are so blinded by their self claimed fate with music that they don't realize they're searching digging for musical talent that just isn't there.
These teenagers end up making Music their Plan A, leaving education without realizing the huge mistake they're making.
The prompt of building an income with music is a rather interesting one to me as it's something I've actually considered.
Yes folks, I've once put my Plan B as music.
I have quite a lovely voice (if I do say so myself) and I thought if things were to go quite sideways then I'll hit the studio and see just what may come out.
I fantasized straight to me going to shows and being nominated for Grammys and stuff.
Yet the shrill wake up call came when I listened to Jcole on 21 Savage's song "A Lot."
The fact that such a wonderful rapper was practically unknown to me was crazy, what was even crazier is that when his song Middle Child came out, I realized just how previously alone he was.
I remember in a lyric when Jcole talks about how people could be writing for years and decades until just one song blows and them the world would think that's his first song.
Everyday when I find a new artist those lyrics play in my head, the amount of hard work done for meagre income, waiting with only your dreams till you get it big and get the listeners, streams and money.
In the music industry, it's not only the amount of not getting streams that could hinder your income.
You could be one of the most listened to and your income would still seem meagre in comparison to others because of your producing company and contract.
I've yet to see a industry where the contracts matters much more than what it does in the entertainment industry.
I've seen and heard a lot of horror stories as how performers are legitimately slave driven because of accepting bad contracts.
The music industry might sound wonderful to untrained ears, but it's a hard tune to dance to and succeed in.
This was written in response to the #septemberinleo monthly prompt for day 23 given by @leogrowth.
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