What are your plans on life? [updated, if anyone cares]

I'd say my high goal is to become the first openly black gay international sensation. Like on some Lady Gaga/Beyonce/Nicki Minaj type of sensation. Like sensation that i can't be avoided. But on a lower goal is to be an artist with a sustainable enough fan base that i get to like perform at music festivals and do cool shows and go on small club tours /rapping over electronic music and having my dj on stage with me. I think i want to DJ too

Right now, I'm in community college trying to get my Associates. I am starting to think about what college i wanna transfer to. I wanna go out of my home state and im strting to save up now. I'm a full time student and I have two jobs. I'm majoring in business now cause I have had a lot of trouble finding out what I want to do after i graduated high school last year. Now i know that i do want to pursue muic, I just don't know what schools are the best for that. (suggestions?)

Funny story. Last minute I got into the college I wanted for the Audio Production major and all of a sudden the schools started closing locations and closed the one in my state. it was The Art Institutes and they closed the Boston location so i ended up with community college. 


I'm working on music and i am finally starting to find my sound. And I'm really happy about how some of these tracks are coming out. Production wise. I have yet to start adding vocals but hopefully soon ill have enough stuff to start releasing in June.

I'd love to be a musician/producer and I've poured every ounce of my money into it and I'm afraid it won't work out for me but I'm trying anyway.

Five years ago being a producer wasn't a profession that people lusted after and now, every teenage boy who listens to Skrillex or DJ Mustard and owns a laptop probably has a pirated copy of FL Studio in the hopes of becoming the next radio sensation.

It's disheartening because I've wanted to be a producer since I was 12 years old, I wanted to be like Aphex Twin or Moby and to see a flood of competition wash into my path is very discouraging, especially because I know the industry (exclusively with females) is arguably more about image and less about talent (take a look at some of the female producers who are making really generic material but are popular because they are beautiful). I've also been mocked because of my age, my gender, and my reluctancy to attend college. One of the reasons I don't want to go to college is because I find it extremely difficult to learn from someone else (i.e., a teacher telling me what to do) and work better experimenting and teaching myself, but I've been told time and time again that my worth is as good as roadkill if I don't attend college. I also don't want to spend the rest of my life paying off a college debt if my career doesn't work out.

Sometimes I see girls who are DJ's or producers or models in their bios, and I feel threatened, because I'm not as gorgeous as Ruby Rose, not as fit as Miriam and Olivia Nervo. The only way to break this wall of idealism of appearance in the industry is to be really great. Which I'm not.

At first it was just a sad thing to think about, but the past few months, I've been getting physically sick, have stopped eating normally, and am not as productive. I don't tell anybody because the one thing I fear more than failure is pity.

I know you're not trying to bring me down, it's the truth. It's a shame for people like you and I who formulate this concept of what we want to be when we grow up. Our parents tell us we can be anything we want, right? Then, we find out that just about anyone can do the same thing because they have special attribute that dominates. It's frustrating because while I may not be revolutionary or insanely talented, I know that I have better ideas than some of the content I've seen from these so-called "innovative groundbreakers" that have emerged recently. Fact is: there is nothing special about me. My content is not marvelous, nor my appearance and therefor, it is next to impossible that I will ever see my name next to a popstar's, or win an award, or be admired as a talented figure in the industry because of my lack of those two things. And it sucks, doesn't it? There are too many fish in the pond.

Not to get all preachy here or anything, but I think some of you are seriously selling yourself short!  There is no reason why being a graphic designer or a musician are unattainable goals.  Those aren't like becoming a figure skater or professional athlete, things you pretty much have to be training from childhood to accomplish.  There are people in their thirties who are starting over on those kind of careers and finding success.  Sure, the marketplace is indeed saturated as the technology has become readily available, but people who are genuinely skilled will always be in demand, and there is definitely a difference between someone who's messed around with some software a little bit and someone who has spent serious time polishing and refining their craft.  And if you think that you're not good enough, look into a little something called the Dunning-Kruger Effect.  Basically, people who are more naturally gifted or talented at something will often have lower faith in their own ability, while those who don't often overestimate themselves and are more inclined to believe their skill is better than it is.  So chances are if you're a harsh critic on yourself then it's a good thing! It might take several years, with some failures and restarts along the way, but if you believe in yourself and are determined to follow your dreams, then with enough time and effort you can certainly accomplish them. I'm assuming most people here are fairly young, meaning that you have your whole life ahead of you to achieve what you want.  I really stand by the quote "It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop."  Would you rather spend your life following something your passionate about or spending 40+ hours a week doing something you hate?

TRUE! Look how big Diplo is now and he's like almost 40 years old. He's been doing this for a long time and it's finally paying off. Also for women, look at Sia. She's however old she is and worked years before being able to gain her own platform.