Hello to all on this thread. I am sorry to say that I know almost nothing about the music scene in your country of Singapore (I only know that many things I buy here in the United States are made in your country). Some of you might know that I am a professional recording artist and touring musician. I have not been to your country (yet), but I do travel around North America and Europe often on tour or with clinics or other things related to music. I also sell my cds in more than 40 countries. So I do know something about this business on a global level.
in my opinion, the problem with this thread begins with the title of the first post."Can you be rich playing music for a living in sg?" The problem (again, in my opinion) is with the size and quality of the question. I do not mean to offend anyone, I am here to offer a peice of advice with sincerely positive intentions.
If the title question was changed by deleting this part "in sg?" I think the ANSWERS to the question can flow in amore positive way. So here is what I mean, Singapore is a growing economy, but is still far behind countries like USA, UK, Japan, Germany ect. in the music scene. So if one lives in Singapore and thinks only about making a living in Singapore his/her opportunities are vastly limited for many reasons. BUT if one lives in Singapore and thinks about making a living all over the world, the solutions to the problem of making money can come more easily. The world is a VERY big place, there are people in other countries around the world that have the desire, the will and the money to pay for products and services that a good guitar player living in your country could offer. You can make a VERY good living in your country beyond your dreams, IF YOU THINK BEYOND THE PEOPLE IN YOUR COUNTRY. So you may live in Singapore and never leave your country, but your money can come from anywhere in the world! You do not need to leave your country to earn large amounts of money from other countries. There are many many ways one can do this and i am sure most of you are now curious about it. So I will say only this for now. THE QUALITY OF YOUR QUESTIONS WILL DETERMINE THE QUALITY OF YOUR SOLUTIONS!!! THE SIZE OF YOUR QUESTIONS DETERMINE THE SIZE OF THE RESULT.
THINK! THINK!! THINK!!!!!!! Put your brain to work. Your mind is more powerful than the world's most powerful computer! If computers can find solutions to problems, your brain can also do the same but with even greater results! I want to give you all a lot of time to think about what I am saying here. Really think about it. Think Big, THink beyond borders. Remember you speak English and have internet! You have the power to reach a billion people.
I know what I am saying seems like something only in theory, but I know it is true. I have acheived my success and good money on my own. I did not wait for others to "give" me opportunity. I created my destiny and continue to do that. And in many ways I had a severe disadvantage compared to all of you. I am American, I live in the most wealthy country in the world and probably also the most expensive (maybe Japan is more expensive now to live?). So I must earn MASSIVE amounts of money to have a rich life now in America. In your country you can have the same lifestyle with money with only a smaller fraction of money. Also remember that everything I do I must sell to others in other countries that do not have as much money as most Americans. But you live in a not so wealthy country, so your "customers/clients, etc." maybe living in very wealthy countries and have a lot of money to spend. in their country it is not so big money, but in your country it is bigger. Example. If I sell something to you, it might be expensive for you because I need a lot of money to live here in Chicago. But if you sell something to me and need money for a good life in Singapore, that money is probably small for me, so I can afford to buy it without problems and I can buy it many many times. This is why so many products in your country are sold here. MUSIC INDUSTRY CAN BE THE SAME WAY!!!! But most people do not understand this yet. You have HUGE opportunities! In fact you have much more opportunity to earn a rich living in your country than I have in mine. I am very successful, but it is much harder to do it here I think. Some of you might think I am wrong, you might think that I have advantages because I live in the land of most opportunity (USA). It was true in the past, but not anymore. INTERNET AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE CHANGED EVERYTHING FOR YOUR COUNTRY"S opportunities. You have much much much more power now than ever before.
I can tell so many ways to build a fortune there. But it is YOU that must use your mind's power and the resources of the global reality. Here is a small clue. What do you have that most American's do not? Here is another clue, what is the most valuable resource? Here is another clue, What is the one and only thing that the most wealthy person in the world and the most poor person in the world have the EXACT SAME AMOUNT OF? When you know that answer, how can you leverage that to your advantage? Think about this for 6 - 8 weeks and contact me, I'll be back (if you want me to come back to this thread).
in the meantime, understand that you have the same (or more) opportunitiy in your country as any American has in USA.
