Geek quits his dayjob as a software programmer to become a rock star
In: Rocking in the free world Tuesday Feb 26,2008
I got inspired by Zack of guitarvibe.com to write about Jonathan Coulton, the guy who used to be a software engineer and quit his day job to become a rock star! Damn, he made it!!! He started by composing one song a week, recording it at home and posting it on his website for free. Giving it away for free didn’t quite make him money, but after a while when he decided to make some money out of it, he asked his fans either to buy the songs or to donate something.
The reaction seems to be a positive one, now he is making more than he used to make as a software programmer.
I think this guy should be an inspiration for everybody having a dream, not only about becoming a guitar player but for anything you dream of. I think he is the best example somebody could have. In this article here he says that his wife gave birth to their little girl and he realized he needs to be an example for her so it made his choice even harder.
Well, I think that he gave his daughter the best possible model to follow in her future life: follow your dream! And this is always a great example!
What do you think?
By the way, on my business card it says software engineer too and I do play the guitar, I ask myself now, should I quit my job to start playing the guitar for a living?
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Ovidiu OprescuRomania, 31 years
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Frank
February 26th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
How much do you enjoy your job (actually industry) now? Answer that (you don’t even need to post the answer) and you have your answer…
Regards,
Frank
Frank
February 26th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
An additional thought — really, there is no reason you couldn’t continue your day job and try to push forward with a music career…
I know that a schedule like this would limit how much you could commit to recording and such, but I do believe it has been done before.
Good luck!
Regards,
Frank
Ovidiu
February 26th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
Yes, I guess almost all of us here have a day job and a blogging-guitar player job for the rest of the day
So if it works well with the guitar playing, well…
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Dr. J
February 27th, 2008 at 4:42 am
Thanks for featuring JoCo; he’s a really nice guy and great entertainer. I’ve been a fan for almost a year now and have all his CDs. This may interest some recording buffs out there; he records all his songs in his home studio and will stream live video of the recording sessions at: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/joco-in-a-bubble .
Ovidiu
February 27th, 2008 at 9:00 am
Well, I didn’t know about him, I have found about him and I think it is a great thing what he did, to have the guts to quit his job, which is a good one, for playing the guitar.