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Back in high school when I'd hear all sorts of wisdom like "love what you do," and "make your passion into your job," I figured.... fine. Sounds easy. I'll get a degree in music. I was too young to really understand what it meant to love your work.
Music as a career is a funny thing when you're making the transition from something you were talented at, as many are, to something you have to find a job and eventually make a career in. Not a lot of students understand this and, as with other fields, many dropout and I've certainly lost touch with many of my peers as I reach the end of my twenties. There are some people who, when I look around me, I know won't be in music in 5 years. Constant discouragement is something we all have to face because there are just too many of us.
This is why it's important to put in the time, but I don't see throwing yourself into a music career as "workaholism." The fruits we're after aren't for the most part monetary. The vast majority are looking for something else. For some, it's to play often enough and with the "right people," because they just love to play. For some, it's to tour around the world, and for some it's because they want to discover what is possible.
So, you see, there are some fields where there is a very noble humanistic goal behind the increase of work hours. Certainly in arts, sciences, humanities.
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