I've been doing research into playing professionally here in Arkansas. There are symphonies and quartets I can eventually audition for (none of them are hiring while covid is still rampant). The pay varies but it's more than enough to help make ends meet.
The only drawback is that I only have an electric violin. I do have an acoustic but it is old and doesn't have a good sound. So, I need to find a professional violin. The ones I am looking at run between $1000 and $2000. I so don't have that kind of money. So, I'll have to seriously save up for it. I figure maybe I can buy one in a year - 2 years. By then, I should be more than ready to play professionally.
I'm thinking about starting busking with my electric violin in the Spring (2021) so long as covid has died down quite a bit. If I can do that, then the amount that I make could be put into my pro violin bundle.
I just wish I could get started today. But, aside from the pandemic, we're also having an extremely hot summer, which means I would melt and pass out while playing. So, I doubt there will be many tourists on the streets. That means very little money for a lot of effort.
So, I'm going to continue practicing so I can have a nice sized repertoire before I begin.
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