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|     caryle> Not so if they apply themselves!  What ever happens when a
|     caryle> musician marries another musician?  They open a music
|     caryle> studio out of their home and rake in the big bucks
|     caryle> (lessons run from $15-35/hour).  You can work for two or
|     caryle> three days a week each, 8 hours a day, and have *plenty*
|     caryle> of money.
| 
|     caryle> Anneliese Senior Music major (Vocal performance) at Xavier
|     caryle> University, Cincinnati, Ohio.
| 
| Lets see here...  
| 
| 2 days at 8 hours/day for 2 people at $35/hr = $56000.00 before taxes
| 
| figgure 30% taxes, federal, state, and local, leaves $39200.00
| 
| Mortgage= $800*12 = 9600	leaves 29600
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 Also, such
| a studio implies business liability insurance, advertising expense,
| etc. not to mention musical instruments, recording equipment, etc.


Ya got me to a point, but I failed to mention added income of accompanying
High School programs (pd. by the hour), auditions (paid by the hour, can
take an entire Saturday), solo/ensemble contests (again, hourly pay,
all-day stuff), special events (weddings, funerals, etc.--flat fees).  For
two people.  Let's go through the math above working three regular days
just in the studio for two people:

6 days. (2 ppl. x 3 days) x 8 hrs. @ $35/hour (52 wks/year):  87360

Taxes (we'll go with 30% tot.):	61152 left
Tithes/Offerings (-15% of gross):	48048 left
Mortgage (@$800/mo.=9600):	38448 left
Car pmts (2 cars @ $300ea.):	31248 left
Car ins. ($600x2 cars/year):	30048 left
Health ins. ($600/mo):		22848 left
Clothes ($1500/year total-realistic): 21348 left
Groceries ($100/wkx52):		16148 left
Electricity ($150/mo.):		14348 left
Gas ($50/mo):			13748 left
Water ($40/mo):			13268 left
Telephone ($60/mo--OOT rels.):	12540 left

Seems like plenty to me!  Enough for:

General Savings ($150/mo):	10740 left
Repair Savings ($200/mo):	5740 left
WOM Advertising ($0.00/mo):	5740 left
One-time Sign purchase ($500):	5240 left

Studio equip: (these are *lesson* studios, not *recording* studios, big
difference)

Tape recorder (for vocalist/instrum. 
accomp. tapes (one time:$150):	5090 left
* Of course, one can always charge for these.

Piano (in my case, a gift--$0.00):	5090 left
Second Piano ($4500--used):	590 left

Bus. insurance (no clue as to $$), but if necessary, can pick up an extra
day! :)

Still, this is quite a living for part-time work (less than four days a
week).  And this doesn't even count extra income from the above mentioned
sources (which can keep you busy all year if you want).


Almost 90Ks a year, not bad considering the standards of living my husband
and I grew up with (he: Mom made >$800/mo. me: total income/fam. of four
$60,000/year, and they managed to save enough to send both of us kids to
private universities.)
Anneliese