[leadguit]

As my second job is being a composer for film and TV (no, not playing in the big league), I see a ton of composers producing content on "how to make money" etc.

What always crosses my mind with most of these people is - are you making money from composing music, or is your income actually giving "advice" to people? I get the diversifying of income streams etc of course.

But theres a point - invisible to the viewer - where the person is not "doing some videos on the side to help people" anymore, but transitioned to being an "educator" instead of being a composer.

Is your job actually being a working composer, or are you an online-course person? There is a course by a composer which is $4000-$7000.

If you want to make money, portray yourself as the authority and sell the advice and wisdom of your underappreciated genius. The online courses are the modern 8-page ebooks.

But really - its almost impossible to see if the person is just doing videos or courses to help others or to pad their income vs becoming a fulltime content creator and doing the very thing they create content about as a hobby so to speak.