<prompt> Human: Hello, rpersonalfinance. I might be pushing the limit of what questions to ask here all financiallife plancareer related questions. If Im pushing the rules, sorry. You can delete it if it doesnt belong here.Im a 21 year old artist visual art music whos lucky enough to still live at my parents house. No degree, and currently make 8.50 an hour at my job with a 20 hour work week. So, give or take some holidayssome time off, I can make around 8,000 per year as of now. Around 4,000 saved up so far.Im generally looking to increase my income and get money faster so I can be completely financially independent and actually be able to do whatever the fuck I want and not worry about money.My skills are music stuff fairly competent musician, can play a few instruments and visual artcomputer related stuff some graphic design skillable to do things like photo editingsome video work and can manage social mediamost any other computer stuff that doesnt involve programming.Im extremely self-disciplined and I am CONSTANTLY learning and studying. I have stacks of books and ridiculous amounts of website bookmarkseducational YouTube video playlists that number in hundreds of videos. I work, study, sleep, repeat pretty much. I dont go out much either, and I generally save around 80-90 of my income in the bank now.Id like to sell my talent my songsartwork, presence and music performance, be financially independent and be able to have a place to live, be able to pay the bills, and have a good amount of extra income flowing in. Obviously hitting it big and making it in terms of artmusic is everyones dream, but Im happy with something above 8k a year, which is what Im currently making. If nothing else, Id like to increase my income to maybe 30k or 50k a year so I can have some money to take financial strain off my parents, and afford musical equipment music stuff is generally pretty damn expensive.TL;DR:MY QUESTION: What would be the best ways to make money off of my artmusic, or increase my income to something much higher than 8k a year? I want to live more comfortably in the future, possibly trying to reach up to a 100k salary or more in the future, but alright with increasing to something like 30-40k in the meantime. Honestly, anything better than my current 8k a year is fine, but I still want to increase that by at least a couple thousand.CURRENT SITUATION: 20hr work week, 8.50hr, around 8k a year. No degree, but have some talentskill and an extremely disciplined and rigorous self-educator. Have some skillknowledge in artmusic, but Im still learning more. Fortunately still live with parents who pay for foodinsurancecell phonegas etc.Should I go back to college? Id be terrified about debt, as art schools can be crazy expensive, and Id likely have to take out a loan. I want to educate myself more and improve and I self-educate with books and other info constantly, but even regular, singular non-college classes for artmusic education can be expensive as well.Im fine with tough love; Im 21 and I still dont know crazy amounts about money yet. And I know they say the music industry is reeaallyy tough, but Ive been doing a crapton of research and it seems to me that it IS tough, but it IS possible to succeed in it if youre willing to put in work and time. Both of which Im willing to do.If you could help me out with any advice, Id really appreciate it. Thank you so much.Assistant: If you want more money, get a job. If you work full time, youll make more than 8K a year.Go find a job, any job. Retail, waiting tables, anything. Do your artmusic stuff on the side, and keep honing that craft, and keep looking for opportunities in that field. BUT - keep that as a side hobby. Your main focus is to find gainful employment in ANY field.Human: I have a job. I work at a guitar shop, 20 hours a week for 8.50 an hour. Said that quite a few times in the post.  <response>: Pardon me if Im wrong, but I think he means a better job. Regardless of the notions that follow talks of employment rates, or lack-thereof, there are jobs out there. Try staffing agencies, anything entry level, and work your way up from there. The more of a reliable employee you are, the more money you are likely to make over time. 