Artistic / Music Communities (college, income, living)

[xRoadsDecision]

Hello,

I originally lived on the east coast and moved to Seattle a few years ago. I've been working a full-time 9-5 job and am ready to pave my way into a more fulfilling life. I have the opportunity to go just outside Boston with a friend for next-to-nothing while I self-study music/guitar and hustle to make connections. My plan is to get into teaching the guitar for income, connect with non-profit art organizations to volunteer, local instrument stores for partnerships, and the local music scene for gigs once I am confident I can play live and know enough to really offer something valuable to the community. Then I'd like to segue into New York once I've established a footing.

My question is: am I under-estimating the kind of opportunities Seattle has to offer? Am I over-estimating what I might be able to get hold of while being on the east coast? As it is, with the 9-5 living here, I don't make much money, I don't have a lot of time to tackle all of my ambitions and I don't have any skill to segue into the opportunities.

The choice is tough for me because I could imagine staying in Seattle and quitting the 9-5 for a more suitable part-time job, but finding appropriate housing may not be possible. If I kept the 9-5 job, the work makes me miserable and things would take longer but I'd have money and connections without starting from scratch because I have a few connections with the music scene here and from what it sounds like Seattle is generally regarded as a "very accepting, non-judgmental" think-tank when it comes to embracing musical sounds. I'd have an amazing opportunity back east to be outside of "time-and-life" with a full year to embrace study and chase opportunity without being bothered by normal life issues, but is there a musical scene/community there that is as appealing in description as Seattle?

I know nobody can make the decision for me. There's a lot of personal factors that go into making a decision, but I at this point of the decision-making process I think that I need data to chew on. Either way it's a blind-leap and I'm really miserable with the way life is at the moment and I'm willing to "hit the pavement" and struggle to accomplish something.

Thanks,

[projectmaximus]

Good luck! Sorry I don't have much to say but I can tell you that Boston does have good opportunities, particularly with Berklee, and if you have a good living situation that will allow you to pursue those opportunities then it may be really hard to pass up.
Again, good luck!

[xRoadsDecision]

Thank you for replying. I had forgotten all about Berklee -- that makes this opportunity that much more tangible to me. So far there seems like a lot more serious "business" talk when it comes to music in Boston and I wonder if that's a reflection of the esteem surrounding the college.