Moving to LA for LA Recording School. Help? (apartment, to rent)

[twdavis]

When I'm 19, I'll be moving to LA to attend LA Recording School. I'm going to be by myself. How hard will it be for a 19 year old to survive by himself? Can I survive with just a regular job and still pay rent on a n apartment and still have cash left over for fun? I'm gonna save up all of my money from now til then, which will be another 2 years. Help?

[5star]

Its thousands come here yearly for recording ,movies etc. Notsaying it cant be done though. Competition will be stiff. You might want to rent just a room to start and go for it. Lots of avenues out here.

[vic the trader]

ooh sounds rough

u gonna B in debt from the recording school?

i wanted 2 do that same **** when i was 17, just keep learning about life b4 u graduate to make the move. make sure keep u str8 A's n build ur street cred up with ur peers in high school, ur gonna need all the connections u can get after u all graduate n all u guys r stranded with no real jobs. no matter what ur doing, if u don't kno about acting and how to be personable n good looking u better start learning now, n also learn how 2 B pro n take **** but not eat it

i got str8 A's but my family was just a bit too short of the poverty line to keep me around while i contribute nothing back to them, instead of going to school i had to go out in the world and realize that survival is a full time job in itself

also ur definitely gonna have to work some **** out with ur school for living arangements, i wouldn't try it unless i had student discounts on living n whatnot...... tho if u have the money to move to LA, u might as well look at NYC instead, but that's just IMO.

my attitude towards this is so dismissive bcuz of the state of the music industry right now. the music industry sucks right now bro. i'm sure u have better chances in LA than where ur at now but u kinda gotta B a jack of all trades 2 do anything. like as a theoretical scenario the top paid recording artists were probably interns outta school who got their job by some complex social web like knowing a stage coach who did acting with a guy from a band who paid $1000 cash to get introduced to a record producer and got the hookup through the stage coach from the guy in the band by cutting a deal on coke with the stage coach to introduce him to the band member to introduce him to the record producer to apply for a job as a recording artist. that's why i say if u wanna be successful at all no matter what it is u gotta kno how to act n be personable cuz u gotta start ur career somewhere. it's better to be str8 outta recording school with independent acting jobs or a history of playing gigs n financial stability n good looks than it is to be str8 outta recording school just some jackass str8 outta recording school knawimsayin

[Visit a Library]

Originally Posted by twdavis

When I'm 19, I'll be moving to LA to attend LA Recording School. I'm going to be by myself. How hard will it be for a 19 year old to survive by himself? Can I survive with just a regular job and still pay rent on a n apartment and still have cash left over for fun? I'm gonna save up all of my money from now til then, which will be another 2 years. Help?

Did you know this forum has a search function?

[twdavis]

Originally Posted by Visit a Library

Did you know this forum has a search function?

So what? People like you make forums unfun. I wanted to ask a questio. And get direct answers. So what?

[Ceece]

I'm not an expert but some of the other threads on this topic have questioned the whole "recording school" concept and whether it's worth it or not. You should check that out. Jobs are scarce for a high school grad who can only work part time (because of school) so you won't get your own apartment and will probably need a couple of roommates. You probably won't have "fun money" left unless your parents are picking up the tab. You will be taking out loans for school too? Check places outside of CA that might be less costly.