This is quite an interesting post I stumbled upon from Yahoo’s website. It’s entitled “Music lessons pay off in higher earnings: poll“. You can click HERE for more details.
I am not really sure if this is true here in the Philippines, as I was a band member before and most of the people I had played with either didn’t finish their studies or somehow finished their studies but weren’t lucky enough to land a good job in the corporate world. Then again, I couldn’t disagree completely with this post since there are a few musicians I know who actually did good in their chosen careers (aside from music), and are great thinkers. They actually have good analytical and logical skills, and as the post suggests they know how to interact with other people very well. Maybe, those unfortunate musicians didn’t do good in life not because they lack the skills to succeed but rather they had just been overwhelmed by the band era and their hopes on making it big in the music industry didn’t took off at all. But I must agree that if they just made the right choices and made good use of the intellect and skills they have, they would surely succeed in life.
One good example would be this childhood friend of mine who was really good in playing keyboards. He can play any song by ear and a good composer as well. When it comes to his studies, I really admire the way he balances studies and having fun. I was surprised to see that the he has an average of between 1.25 – 1.5 in his college days and he wasn’t a nerd at all. You’ll never really expect such grades for someone, who plays in a band, goes bar hopping during weekends (and sometimes even weekdays), and who’s the happy go lucky type of person. This guy is the only person I know whom I can brand as “COOL” in its real sense. A fun loving person who lives life to the fullest but responsibly. He’s now taking over their family business, and got millions of pesos at his disposal.
Another good example would be a New Wave music lover classmate back in college who did some DJ mixing sidelines after we graduated. This guy didn’t really do good in college but he was a fast learner and his logic was way above average. He’s now working abroad but he was already a manager in his previous job and earns a lot. I look up to this guy as he never tires on learning new IT stuffs and he got to the top because he belongs there.
My last example would be a manager in Nokia Philippines who was my rhythm guitarist in a band I founded in my college days. This guy was also great thinker and if you argue with him on networking and servers, you better know what you are talking about as this guy eat those stuffs for breakfast. He’s a well-to-do guy now who recently married and earning an above-average income as well.
I am a musician before .. and now into an IT career … hmmm .. 
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