So as someone that is thinking about becoming a solo artist, You take advice and niblets of information where you can get them. To me though, these will always be untrustworthy. It is essentially like someone throwing letters over a wall describing what his side of the wall is like, like Plato's cave. Is it easy, is it hard? do you regret going over the wall? Usually we only see the ones who get to get up to the only thing we can see from our side of the wall: the hill. Naturally it takes some climbing to get to the top of the hill. But there are careers in the music industry without going triple platinum and making several mil a year. So I guess what I a writing about is fear. If I jump the wall, I am not going to be able to jump the wall until after my degree is done, so for the sake of the analogy, I could straddle the wall, but I know I can only get so far with one foot in both worlds. Do I build momentum for the jump of the wall by making the best music I can in my room or do I dive in head first and make music out of need and necessity? Just some thoughts from about one second in my brain.