Is Music The Career For Me?

Music will always be a part of my life, and I can guarantee each of my classmates will say the same thing.
When I started writing this, I thought about my two cousins, Kristen and Abby. Both were really into music when they were in school. Now Kristen teaches in Winnipeg and has directed and played music on a number of cruise ships. Abby works in the movie industry. I think they are so cool!
As for how I will be using it, I'm not 100% sure, at least career-wise. I can't say for sure whether I will pursue a music career or not, so I will talk about possible careers I could see myself doing and why I may not go through with them.
I would really love to work with music within the movie industry. When watching LOTR Special Edition DVDs I saw some different careers that looked really interesting. The first was dealing with what we are learning about right now, expect it was with a concert band. (I'll get more of a feel with that once we start working with the band concerts.) I would enjoy this because I have more knowledge about concert band than I do for rock band. I know about the different types of instruments and how they should sound with the rest of the band. Listening to soundtracks like LOTR inspire me to want to be a part of that process. That type of music just overwhelms me and I love it so much, to think I could do that one day would be amazing. The second career I saw was dealing with sound effects. The people working on LOTR got to create sounds for things such as imaginary creatures and weapons. I would enjoy doing this for two reasons. One, you'd get to use your imagination and creativity, and I absolutely love doing that! Second, you'd get to experiment with a wide range of sound. You wouldn't be limited to a certain genre of sound, it would all be open for you to be influenced and inspired by. In the careers I've described, the thing I would probably enjoy the most was the feeling you would get once you saw the final product. That feeling you get when you're like "Wow, I helped make that!". (And winning an Academy Award wouldn't be too bad either, lol!)
Something that might hold me back from exploring these careers would be my confidence level. I don't know if I could handle all the stresses that would come with the job. Another thing is just because we've only just begun this course, and I don't think I've experienced enough yet to make a yes or no decision. After finishing the course, I will probably have a better sense of where music stands as a career with me. One other reason I might not pursue a music career is because I also really enjoy graphic design and photography, and may want to choose one of those as my career.
Well, that's my discussion on my future with music. I think it would be really cool to have a career in music, but if it doesn't happen, so be it. Music will always be around me, whether I'm making money off of it or not.