looking to figure a major I should Major in

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Hello guys, My name is Creighton, I am currently a Junior in high school and I need some help with finding something I should major in. I am a blues guitarist, singer, songwriter, and am self taught. Music for me is something I love the most, specifically the blues, I also love history, and it is something I am most passionate about. Sadly, playing 1920s blues is not going to make ends meet every month or bring in a steady pay and my mom wants me to go to college. I take a shine to History, English, and I seem to do pretty well in science. Math is not my strong point, and I am trying to work on it to get better with it. I have flipped and flopped on what I should do, I seem to use my computer quite a bit besides playing guitar, and I read. a few weeks ago, I did a presentation on blues music and got in front of the class and played for them and talked about blues music. one minute I want to work with computers, the other I want to be a dentist, the next I want to be lawyer, the next I want to be an engineer. My grandfather, who got me into blues told me that I should be a blues professor but my worry is the job market and making sure I can live a pretty descent life, I dont want to live poor and I want to have a family eventually. what also gets me is that I dont want to work all of my life and not be able to do gigs or enjoy life. I am considering a computer science major but I am skeptical as I am worried about the job market, the economy and I am worried ill lose my job. I live in Michigan near Detroit and I dont want to leave as my family has been in this area since 1941. I had one of my teachers tell me I should look for a job that connects music and technology. I have been told engineering is the only degree that will lead me to sucess, I have been told that I should do things I love. I have the most love for blues music and could sit for hours and play it and talk about it with people it. What do you think I should persue? I am trying to find something that fits my passion. please let me know

From Creighton

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Engineering is not the only degree that will lead to success. If that were true, the vast majority of people would be unemployed because few people major in engineering. Since that’s not true, the comment itself must be exaggerated.

There are lots of things you can do with lots of different majors, if you are savvy and plan well - and gain experience. Since you love history, history is an option - and you could specialize in the history of music.

Ithaca College has a B.M. program called “music in combination with an outside field,” which allows you to study music seriously while also studying a second field (like computer science…or history).

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Experience is key. You can be very successful in many different areas with the correct amount of experience and caring about it. You should look at options for combining music and tech since those seem to be the things you’re very passionate about!