What kind of musical career is best for you?

This is a quiz meant to see what kind of musical career path you are suited for. It is presumed that you are interested in a career in music when you take this quiz. People who aren't interested in a musical career path should take it too, though, just for the "what-ifs". Keep in mind that, like all quizzes here, it is a guideline and is open to flexibility. However, I feel as though it should come pretty close in assessing what musical career path is right for you!

Career paths in music require certain choices and decisions. Like all careers, they require hard work and dedication, but also a knowledge of your own abilities and the way in which you work best. A little quiz like this one may help you figure that out. My hope is that it can provide people with an insight into the way they work and to some of the possible career paths that are available to musicians today.

1. What is your age?
Under 18 Years Old
18 to 24 Years Old
25 to 30 Years Old
31 to 40 Years Old
41 to 50 Years Old
51 to 60 Years Old
Over 60 Years Old
2. What is your gender?
Male
Female
3. How often do you practice?
More than 2 hours a day daily with few exceptions.
About an hour every other day or so.
When I need to learn a passage.
Almost never, I prefer just playing.
4. What do you play? (check the one you spend the most time on)
Orchestral percussion (marimba, tympani)
Wind instrument (brass or woodwind)
Strings (cello, violin, viola, etc.)
Keyboard instrument (piano, organ)
Rock, pop or jazz instruments (elec. guitar, set, vocals)
Other (classical vocal, classical guitar, harmonica)
5. What is your highest training level?
4 or 5-year University
Graduate degree in Music
Soloist or artist's diploma
PhD in Music
Self-taught, no college
Too young to choose one of the above
6. What matters most from this list?
Being heard
Ability to be creative
Stable future
Money
Fame
Being challenged
7. What is your most prized skill?
I can sight read anything!
I play a million different instruments really well.
I can make people laugh, cry, or fall in love with my music.
I am good at formulating thoughts about music and delivering them to people.
I practice like a maniac and work my butt off.
I am just extremely talented.
8. How would you feel if you had a career that had nothing to do with music?
Terrible, I would have to find a solution fast
I don't want a career in music
I would survive, it's not that big of a deal
That's not an option I have even considered
9. How would you feel if your musical career differed from what you really wanted to do?
Not too bad, at least I am still working with music.
I would feel like a failure.
That's not an option I have considered.
I would feel a burning desire to make it right.
I don't want a career in music! I already told you.
10. When did you start studying an instrument?
Before age 5
Age 5 through 8
Age 9 through 13
Age 14 through 21
Over age 21
I don't play an instrument
11. What is the thing that people say about you the most?
A genius!
A hard worker!
Really lucky.
Clever.
Successful
Kind of strange
12. What character trait are you most proud of?
Persistence
Curiousity
Intelligence
Quick wit
Clever
I'm a genius

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