What a trained musician can work for a living?

[bluepuri]

What do you think a trained musician can work for a living?

performing, accompanying, teaching, or anything... even the weirdest idea.

[bob3.1415926]

I'm assuming you want music related things. Otherwise I'd throw in:

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[thalberg]

I knew a guy who played 250 gigs a year doing parties--he could play any song he had ever heard upon request.  Charged $500 an hour.

[zheer]

... even the weirdest idea.

   Seriously, a male gigolo could earn a £1000/$1000 daily. For those who dont care,it is a great career.

[rc]

compose for films, TV, radio (lame as jingles are, somebody's writing them)

busking (pianos are inconvenient, take up clarinet)

gigolo

[pies]

McDonald's employee

[rc]

Other things more on the fringe, with their own skills indirectly connected with music:

Music director for an orchestra
recording engineer
salesman

From what I've heard the living conditions in jail might be better than the last house I lived in.

[timothy42b]

Like sports, music has its few superstars:  symphony musicians, pop stars, etc.

And it has its craftsmen as well, e.g. the studio players.

Or you can teach high school.   

For everybody but a top few that make it big in column 1, there is only one way to have a steady reliable career in music:  join the armed forces.  As far as I know all countries have bands in all of their armed forces, and they get paid the same thing soldiers do in any other branch.