Young musicians who are thinking of pursuing music as a career are often given the advice, that doing something that they really enjoy as a hobby can become a burden when it becomes a job.
A hobby lets you choose your own battles, work on your own schedule and terms, gauge your progress by simple measures such as personal satisfaction or helping someone with their own life. Career means all of the ** that comes with the job, and doing mostly stuff that other people want.
Granted with music it's a bit more extreme, since a middle ground of doing fun work for subsistence money doesn't really exist.
A hobby lets you choose your own battles, work on your own schedule and terms, gauge your progress by simple measures such as personal satisfaction or helping someone with their own life. Career means all of the ** that comes with the job, and doing mostly stuff that other people want.
Granted with music it's a bit more extreme, since a middle ground of doing fun work for subsistence money doesn't really exist.