> As a creative artist I know I have no > hope of making it here, but I used to think I could work tech jobs > and use the programming experience to help my music, but now that > I've been pushed out of the tech industry I don't know what I'm > going to do I think there will be opportunities in the crossover between the two. Most of the music industry appears to running on Mac OS 9 - that can't last forever. > next > February (when my unemployment runs out) I get to find out how I'm > going to continue as an electronic composer while living out on the > streets of la. That's commitment. I notice you don't say 'give up making music'. I hope you find something that suits you. Cheers Daniel