hello bill. i want to make music as a living. i went to music school (but i never finished). but when i tried to make music professionally i couldn't survive financially and had to get a day job. but the day job eats up my schedule and have very little time to practice, find gigs or perform.
i think you only need to have time for 1 of those things, and i think you have time for it. find gigs. then once you find them, go to them. and that's your practice too, gigs is the best practice anyway