Re: music production
I have some friends who do this, some more prestigiously than others...
Like most jobs in the music business (not as musicians) there are two routes...There are independent people who scrape by doing what they love and mostly being unrecognized for it, and the corporate button pushers, who at least make a decent salary. So like you say, it is mostly a fantasy job, and the day-to-day work is somewhat less glamorous. It's also very very technical and requires you to have a TON more musical talent than most performers (if you're going to do it right, I've certainly met plenty of hacks that still make a living.)
On the positive side, it is 100% possible to educate yourself in the methods and technology, buy some equipment, and just start producing your friends' albums in your basement. This is a recent development and it rules. So try it out.
Also: you must live in NY or LA if you want to make a lot of money and wear white suits with little gold spoon necklaces dangling in your chest hair. Sorry...
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