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If many people told me that my musical talent is more suited for "international" level, what should i do?

Asked by niki (714points) August 3rd, 2009

I am currently a “part-time” musician, meaning I still have a dayjob at afternoon in that is non-music, which honestly, i dislike it a lot (it’s a family-business, in a factory). I really aspire to be a serious full-time musician.
Now, to be honest (and I don’t mean to boast at all, but i simply stating the fact as it is), many (if not all) people have told me that i’m not only passionate, but also very talented in music (some even told me that i have such ‘rare’ musical talent, including a “perfect-pitch” too, and ‘imaginary unique’ mind) , and above all, there’re even some professional music people (local, and also from overseas countries such as U.S, Japan) whom told me that my music compositions is much more suited for “international” level, rather than local, then what should i do? (to make it easy, let’s just imagine if you were me..) :

1. should i just right-away jump & take a chance to fly to my ‘dream’ country, for example: Japan, and at there, starting to build connections with people, and building my career there (easier to get recognized/noticed, than if i were only emailing from my home country here?)
OR,
2. or ‘conventionally’, should i play-it-safe by just focusing/concentrating for music career at my home-country (ie: writing songs for other artists, TV jingles, also forming my own band, Solo project, etc) here?
and after perhaps like 1–2 years, THEN I can start looking for “building” the international path, instead of fully risking it 100% by flying there?..
in other words: start building ‘slowly’ , instead of ‘just go for it, risking it 100%’ ?
OR even
3. stop “dreaming” going “big internationally” , it’s very very very hard.
so might as well just focus building my career 100% totally here in my home country? (and perhaps, to bettering the music scene here) ?

or perhaps you have any other suggestions/advices?

btw, I am currently 27 years old (is it too ‘late’ already to start pursuing “international” music career?...), male, single, and I’m an Indonesian, living in Indonesia.
the thing is: I am now becoming much more confident, after so many people encouraged me to do so,...except with my parents.
and that’s why part of the “Plan” is to finally convince my parents that I CAN make it in music career. as simple as that.
Please let me know what do you think. because currently I am really torn between these three options of “what should i do”... as this is about my future too.

thanks!

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