[SueveDobe]

Hi Stormsy,

Being a Buddhist is about looking at things as they are. Is about to practice what Buddha taught and he mainly taught the development of a peaceful mind that do not clings and craves, that do not experience mental suffering.

You perfectly well can become a musician while you practice Buddhism because Buddhism is about things that happens to us in day to day live.

There is no need to give up being a musician so to practice Buddha's teachings.

The main teaching -the Four Noble Truths- do not ask us to give up the way we make a living.

Most members in this Forum have a way to make a living while practicing Buddha's teaching.

First we have to practice the very basic teachings like the Four Noble Truths and to learn meditation.

If, after this, one decides to go after more, becoming a monk or a nun, and living in a monastery, it is OK.

But until this happens, until we master the basic teachings, we can perfectly well keep the way we make a living.

Keep doing what you must love and keep practicing and studying the basics of Buddhism.

If after practicing the basic teachings you feel or think that is more important to devote your life to the practice of what Buddha taught then you will have the chance to do that.

My opinion is to develop yourself as a musician while you explore the basic teachings and practices of Buddha, first.