What do you do when your music career is over?

[binky_bass]

5 hours ago, Musicman666 said:

i can't see how since he's working in my local tesco's. 

You're both liars as he's doing my gardening as we speak. 

[TimR]

Rod Stuart is working for the council filling in potholes isn't he? 

[NancyJohnson]

9 hours ago, Linus27 said:

 

Can you say what band?

 

On 30/05/2025 at 14:32, NancyJohnson said:

And no.  Don't ask.

 

 

The guy who wrote the song passed away a while back and the drummer doesn't have a writing credit.  It would be interesting to know whether he gets any kind of residuals as being one of the performers.

 

I think in the interests of privacy, I'm not going to name the guy (or song) but I reckon a ton of people on here know the song concerned and there's likely a few of our number probably played it in the last week or so.

[Judo Chop]

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[Len_derby]

[Frank Blank]

4 hours ago, TimR said:

Rod Stuart is working for the council filling in potholes isn't he? 

 

Don't be ridicul...

[hiram.k.hackenbacker]

4 hours ago, NancyJohnson said:

I think in the interests of privacy, I'm not going to name the guy (or song) but I reckon a ton of people on here know the song concerned and there's likely a few of our number probably played it in the last week or so.

Nope. Still none the wiser.

[Musicman666]

5 hours ago, Frank Blank said:

 

Don't be ridicul...

it's a fair likeness i agree but like i said the real rod is working the drinks section of my local tescos ...

 

Edited Saturday at 16:40 by Musicman666

[Linus27]

6 hours ago, NancyJohnson said:

 

 

The guy who wrote the song passed away a while back and the drummer doesn't have a writing credit.  It would be interesting to know whether he gets any kind of residuals as being one of the performers.

 

I think in the interests of privacy, I'm not going to name the guy (or song) but I reckon a ton of people on here know the song concerned and there's likely a few of our number probably played it in the last week or so.

 

No worries, I was interested as I believe you and I live in roughly the same area and the way you described the drummer reminded me of someone who I was wondering if it's the same person. More recently he was playing in a really good female fronted 3 piece playing 80's covers.

[TheGreek]

On 31/05/2025 at 07:04, Bilbo said:

An industry that exploits it's workers and then discards them without a second thought? Nah. It'll never happen.

 

Bilbo....welcome back...you have been missed!!

[BigRedX]

On 11/07/2025 at 14:06, Crusoe said:

Well, personally, when my music career ended, I finished my A-Levels, left school, went on the dole for a few weeks and then got a job. 😄

 

It might not have been the intention of your post, but it comes across to me as being really sad that you appear to have let the expectations of society stomp all over any dreams you might have had.

[tauzero]

Don't you have a reunion tour to pay for your divorce?

[snorkie635]

Form a tribute band to yourself and keep on rockin'!

[Dood]

On 12/07/2025 at 17:39, Musicman666 said:

it's a fair likeness i agree but like i said the real rod is working the drinks section of my local tescos ...

 

 

Looks like a recently divorced auntie getting ready for a Saturday night indoors with the 4 Scottish terriers. 

[Kiwi]

It probably depends on royalties. I can't say how but up in the Hope Valley, I met someone who was part of a mega famous eighties pop trio and now lives a very modest but extremely care free life off the royalties he made with Stock Aitken and Waterman...making rather good guitars.

 

Ex-Thompson Twin (and Kiwi) Alannah Stewart became an artist and purchased an old warehouse building in Southwark as her studio/residence and shared office space.  It was up for sale in 2024 for 3.65 million quid.  Meanwhile her ex husband and ex-Twin Tom lives on Waiheke Island in NZ. I think Roland Gift (Fine Young Cannibals) ended up not far away on the Coromandel Peninsula too.

[Rich]

On 11/07/2025 at 14:06, Crusoe said:

Well, personally, when my music career ended, I finished my A-Levels, left school, went on the dole for a few weeks and then got a job. 😄

 

18 hours ago, BigRedX said:

It might not have been the intention of your post, but it comes across to me as being really sad that you appear to have let the expectations of society stomp all over any dreams you might have had.

 

Alternatively, it's possible that it might just have been a joke. 

[SimonK]

I think I've mentioned before we have this coffee shop in my village: https://www.deveroast.com/about although Pete prefers to talk about coffee more than music! I also suspect he's still getting a lot of royalties as the coffee shop is suspiciously high end....

 

 

[Stub Mandrel]

I bet Devoroast would be a bit different. 

[Woodinblack]

8 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said:

I bet Devoroast would be a bit different. 

 

That is exactly how I read it, and was imagining a coffee shop with everyone with the red flower pot hats. It was better in my mind than the pictures

Roast it, roast it good!

[snorkie635]

6 minutes ago, Woodinblack said:

 

That is exactly how I read it, and was imagining a coffee shop with everyone with the red flower pot hats. It was better in my mind than the pictures

Roast it, roast it good!

 

[Jolltax]

The gig economy unfortunately not known for its pension provision.  I worked offshore with someone who was a bass guitarist in a sixties band which charted a couple of times he left to pursue a career in the Oil business, reached a fairly senior position.

 

He didn't like talking about it.

[Jolltax]

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[snorkie635]

4 minutes ago, Jolltax said:

The gig economy unfortunately not known for its pension provision.  I worked offshore with someone who was a bass guitarist in a sixties band which charted a couple of times he left to pursue a career in the Oil business, reached a fairly senior position.

 

He didn't like talking about it.

I met him in a pub one night. Only compensation was, he ended up with the biggest rig in the world. OK, I'll get my coat.

[TimR]

19 hours ago, BigRedX said:

 

It might not have been the intention of your post, but it comes across to me as being really sad that you appear to have let the expectations of society stomp all over any dreams you might have had.

 

I did something similar, although I spent 2 years working temp jobs where I could just not turn up and so I was able to do occasional midweek promo gigs with the band.

 

Eventually being practically penniless, not gigging enough take their toll. I didn't have high enough musical qualifications to teach or play in a professional orchestra or show, so a career 

 

I suspect 'musical career' for most of us is the what is now known as a 'side hussle'.

 

Part of my career has been travelling the world staying in different hotels and being away from home for months at a time. It's not as glamourous as people think, and that's the life of a gigging 'career' musician. 

[TimR]

49 minutes ago, SimonK said:

I think I've mentioned before we have this coffee shop in my village: https://www.deveroast.com/about although Pete prefers to talk about coffee more than music! I also suspect he's still getting a lot of royalties as the coffee shop is suspiciously high end....

 

 

 

My freind owns something similar. The higher quality and thus higher price you can charge, the more profits you make on each sale, the better the clientele, the better staff you can employ, which in turn attracts more better clientele, means that the place stays smart and clean. 

 

It refreshing when people have vision that isn't high turnover, low margin, low quality, quick profit. There are enough high street coffee shops doing that. 

Edited 5 hours ago by TimR