the young men who woulda been in bands 20 or 30 years ago, what are they up to?

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they're all still in bands, but now instead of working at a cafe, bar, or screen printing shop they work at tech cos big and small

Known for the everywhere.computer (/ec), /unglish (unglish.co.uk), the /secure-design WG, WalletUncon, Causal Islands + drumming in all-genre power trios.

I agree musician is still the archetype. But they still mostly do gig/shift work that provides tour flexibility.

Lots end up in tech, animation, film & TV because of adjacent skills. But overall I think that’s the minority. 

Cost of living and jam space means you either earn more to afford habit, or do what fits in a bedroom.

yeah, hard to grind when you're making six figures

the implication here is that there’s not the incentive to ‘make it’ as much anymore because the career is pretty good.