Though I'm just a music fan, I believe most of what you write about musicians and their lives in your country, applies to all other countries in the world. Even in my country (the Netherlands, one of the richest countries in the world with a well crafted social system), musicians don't get an income from the state. I have a few close friends being musicians and a much larger amount of acquaintances. Just a very very few can live from their music work only. The others all need something else (mostly a job of some sort) to provide for the money needed to go through life. I think this will always be the case. So many peeps like to become professional musicians, but the amount of money the music fans are able to spend is finite. When 'distributing' all this money across all those musicians that want to be professional musicians, I expect none of them can make a living out of it. I always compare this with a pyramid with the small top representing the musicians that earn a shitload of money. With a (small) sub-top level with musicians earning a decent living. And all the rest below that, earning not enough for a basic living. The top and sub-top are maybe just 1% of the height of the pyramid not even representing 1% of all musicians, but much less. Many youngsters may dream to become part of the top and sub-top, but only a few will reach it. It's the same as with social media influencers and gaming jobs many youngsters in my country go after. Many believe they can earn their living with it. Many of them will be disappointed at some point in time since the same pyramids apply to these segments. Just a very few (compared to all peeps going after such 'job') will make it to the top and a bit more will make it to the sub-top. All the rest will need side jobs, or other main jobs to provide for themselves and family.
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