Showing posts with label Turkish Baklava. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Turkish Baklava. Show all posts

Thursday, June 28, 2012

Turkish Baklava and How to Afford to Eat as a Pianist (i.e. "Eating Money")


Piano is a really lousy way to make money.  



In the future, I'll probably do some extended posts on the subject...from how my take-home pay from a week of travel and work (not counting the months-to-years of preparation that is required to prepare for a concert) is less than what most people make in a typical 8-hour day...to how lousy it can make you feel that despite your hard work, many of your peers are off making six-figures.  :P

But for the sake of this post, let's keep it simple:

Piano is a really lousy way to make money.  ...And money is important for things like eating, which I tend to do daily.  ...And thus we have an issue.

So, how do I manage to eat daily?  Click "read more" for more: