Take me for example, I am basically in the same "game/path" you are in/on right now. I want to do music as a career. Make it big and all that jazz. BUT I'm not burning my bridges. I do music on top of a full time job, Once i take my next step with my music i will be taking online college courses, and i will rent my place out for income if i have to be gone. But man you have to have like 1-3 back up plans man. We have a saying where i come from, we all are people that got out of the ghetto and are living respectively, and our saying is "I'm not going back to the ghetto". That means if music leads me to a dead and, I'm turnin left or right and then continuing foward to a good life, i'm not traveling backwards. Once i leave living the minimum wage life and take my next step, the following steps will be foward, always, whether its music or not. I'm gonna put my all into my music and hope, and just win people over and make my dream come true. But just dont burn your bridges man.