If you are a classical musician, you’ll already know by now that it’s difficult to make money solely as a performer.
So, it’s only fair that one takes up a number of jobs while they are able to make a career out of music. For this, here are 25 part-time jobs (apart from your career in classical music) that can help you do so:
#1: Cruise ship musician
#2: Write score for audio books
#3: Give music lessons on Skype
#4: Write for a music magazine
#5: Write a novel about music and musicians
#6: Design websites for musicians
#7: Give music lessons using YouTube
#8: Compose spiritual music or for Yoga
#9: Take some time away from classical music and sing pop music in restaurants
#10: Become a supplier of musical instruments and accessories
#11: Work as an agent by finding gigs for musicians while earning a commission
#12: Transact with music items on eBay
#13: Become a teaching assistant
#14: Become a piano tuner
#15: Run workshops in music
#16: Put together an amateur ensemble
#17: Write a How-to book on music and get it published on your own
#18: Write program notes for concerts
#19: Teach the second instrument that you play
#20: Purchase a recording studio
#21: Write a Theory of Music book
#22: Write letter requesting for assistance from big companies towards your projects
#23: Write lyrics for contemporary music
#24: Manage an orchestra
#25: Play Musicals with a pianist or even an orchestra