Advice: HAVE A FALLBACK PLAN! 

You cant fall back if you are falling forward - jaden smith

If the needle drop failed, Anthony would write hitpieces for Fader

Thinking about your personal dreams in a realistic and adult way is hard itself. The human ego always want things to happen fast and in a monumental way...

Real ones take career advice to the heart, plan for the future, create a backup plan, then dip.

i really like these videos. i feel like youre a legitimately insightful and intelligent dude especially compared to most of youtube.

Thatisthefallbackplan

if u can't thicc, fall back _thatistheplan_

8:59 “I’m very good with numbers” *gives Kendrick Lamar a 7 *gives Lil Pump a 7

This is such a real topic that no artist/creative/entrepreneur/millennial chasing their dreams want to hear, but should. Respect to you my main Melon, we all look up to you as a father figure.

Hey Anthony, Although I'm not planning on going into the music industry, I feel like the advice you're giving here could be applied to any field. It's always important to have options since things don't always turn out how we want or expect. Also, thank you for the message of support and encouragement at the end.

It really sucks how autonomous artists are expected to be. Making art is a grind, a hustle just to get noticed. Really sad how governments never offer any safety net or organisation to help springboard artists' work. So much luck is involved. When I've worked on independent film sets, the pay is trash and the work can be brutally hard and demanding. Yet I get paid more for less hours to stand still in a stadium and point out where the bathroom or atm is. Really bizarre how little art is taken seriously by so many people when it makes the world a lot less grey and a lot less grim.

I went to art school and Have a solid career and am on track with paying off my debt. Here's some advice: Get a degree in graphic design but take as many traditional drawing / painting /sculpture courses as you possibly can. It's what I did. you'll find yourself with a huge workload but for me it really paid off (Plus drawing is more fun than work). Effectively you have the skills of a drawing or painting major, but you have a degree that is actually useful. and a graphic design job is a good first step to becoming a professional artist.

I've gotten a lot of letters like this over the years *sup thiccboi*

IsThatThePlan?

I dont even have a plan to begin with.

I think a really understated thing is also the willingness to work. improving your skills, making a name for yourself, reaching the "next level" etc. all require a long days of grinding and not doing particularly fun things. in creative fields a lot of people have the mentality that if it's not fun it's not worth it but fuck man...nothing worth having is easy. don't give into laziness or comfort.

Pink Floyd or The Beatles Classic Review please... You thought I was gone Melonman but you were wrong..

This is pretty timely with this youtube announcement

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As a final year environmental science student this video hit close to home. Thanks Anthony, lots of love.

If you're good with numbers, then why did you give MBDTF a 6

You should one day do a list of some of your all time favorite albums

Thanks for being here for us, Anthony. You'll always have my support.

F l o s s

As a high school Junior this video really helped inspired me. Recently I decided to drop an engineering path as I started to lose interest. I’m now planning on going into a film and music career which is much riskier. I just feel like I’d rather follow my dreams and fail then live with regrets. I’m trying to do all I can to get ready for an arts future by starting projects, taking classes at school focused on music/video production, and learning from friends who share this interest with me. More videos like this would be awesome!

Thanks for the advice, Anthony. It's very helpful and inspiring.

Good advice, but you didn't have to blow the microphone

Thank you thiccboi, I really needed this right now

I've always wanted to make it somewhere with music, but I don't really have a whole lot of fans. I went to school for audio engineering in Chicago from 2016-2017. I'm glad to have learned some useful skills but I realized it wasn't for me. Before that I was a manager at a restaurant and thought that's what I was going to do for the rest of my life, but once I got promoted to the second manager position, I stopped enjoying the job. Now I am going to school for nursing and I think this is what I wanna do for a job. I continue to make music and chase that goal, but it took me a while to decide what I wanted to do with my life. My point is, you may not find what you wanna do right away, and you may not succeed in the beginning with your dream, but you'll find something eventually. And just because you have more than one goal doesn't mean you can't do it all

I think I got too focused on my backup plan, and at some point I realised I don't wanna do my backup plan and now I'm fucked cause I don't have a backup plan for my backup plan.

Fallback plan? I don't even have a plan!.

I’m in college & my major is music and entertainment. Trying to become a audio engineer but I like to rap as well. I been at a crossroads lately..This video is appreciated.

This is great advice and I would suggest people listen to it even if they are not planning on doing music as a career because a lot of what was said here can apply to anyone who has a specific career goal of any kind.

So good, I had to rewatch it. Thanks, Melon - some of us are already working drudgy corporate jobs with no end or big break in sight...

Dope video Melon. Been producing for about 2 years now while going to school for engineering. Once I graduate in about two years, I'll try producing music full time and if it doesn't work out after about 4 years I'll still have my engineering degree. YOLO!

I know most of these comments are meme comments but from the bottom of my heart I want to say thank you Anthony. I am really struggling with finding a way to market myself and currently work at a job I cannot stand but I need to work there because I am completely on my own out here. Everyday I continue to look for a career that will provide me with far more happiness and stability as well as still trying to do my own thing. I am fully graduated and do not consider myself above still looking at internships and part time jobs for more creative industries. I just feel like I have zero connections to get my foot in the door anywhere these days and that really feels like a problem.

Best thing you can do is be serious about whatever it is you wanna do while you're very young. The older you get, the harder it is to believe you can do anything extraordinary. Life gets in the way.

I'm currently at a university studying music production/audio engineering. My goal is to one day open up my own studio and produce bands while releasing my own music as well. If that doesn't work out my degree will prepare me for many other fields in sound such as running live sound at venues, doing sound for movies, creating sound effects for video games and working with acoustics.

Thank you for the kind words melon

I had a very pretentious professor in college who once lectured us against fallback plans because people who have them always fall back.

yo, thanks for this video. i'm in a similar position where i really should decide this soon. this gave me a lot of insight. thankthony youtano.

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Thank you! I was just sitting here in art school having a slow mental breakdown over what I'm going to do in the future, and I go into my subscriptions and you've just uploaded this. Well, guess I'll better go get a fallback plan now.

Seriously, you're the absolute coolest, and this sounds over the top, but you've taught me so much about life and made me so motivated to go after what I want the smart way. thank you

Thanks for dropping the knowledge melon

It sucks to hear that Alex sucks so much, but it's comforting to know that I'm not the only one... Good on ya for the advice, thiccbruv.

I am a music lover, I always knew I wanted to do something in music. I'm an artist/producer for and considered going to audio engineering school.. realized that was going to be a tough/expensive/unstable path and decided to go to business IT school and do music on the side. Althoigh it's tough to balance both I feel I get the best of both worlds with having stability and following my passion. Your advice is very solid and it's something think a lot of young people don't consider.

hey anton ur anice videoman!!! :D

my fallback plan is offing myself

fantano, you're a good boy. props.

Anthony Fantano is a very good role model.

"I wanted to be an accountant because I'm good with numbers." Gave DAMN. a 7.

Thanks needed this. Started school today for production and I needed this to keep me motivated

Having a plan B is probably the best advice possible and is not only good in the music industry but any competitive area. Even in science everyone needs that fallback plan.

Thiccthony Boitano.

This video is super helpful. Thanks Tony

I never knew the xx was in so much trouble

Good advice thiccboi, I think this can even be applied to other fields. Albeit less subjective, building a career as a research scientist can be really hard and competitive so I've always been happy about pursuing my degree as an english teacher, which I feel has and always will give me the means to survive.

I like the advice it has been on my mind alot also being 25 but not sucking at music

Than you Anthony, this vid really helped me. It's advice i needed to hear because my situation is very similar to Alex's. Again, thank you. (i think it would be funny to mention that im write to you from Russia, yep we watch you even here)

Wow this shit came at a perfect time much obliged

This helped a lot, thanks you wonderful melon

MY MAN MELONY MELONIANO CRUSHIN THEM ADS LIKE ITS NOBODYS BIZZ SMH

17 Days into the new year and Anthony's already telling me I'm going to fail

OH I LOVE YA FANTANY

Really opened my eyes Thank you thicc boi

Outstanding video. No joke. You are doing a lot of young folks a service with this. A suggestion for further viewing: a channel called Winners and Losers in the Digital Age is run by a Prof Galloway, a cool down to earth Prof at NYU. He posted a video about this that is awesome and gives real world hard headed 10 suggestions. Keep up the good work Antoine.

but it's also true that if have a backup plan, chances are you will probably fallback on it whenever you meet a roadblock/hardship. There's great value in persevering for something you desire over a long period of time and don't get into something just for money/fame/success as they're not the best motivators for everyone. If you wanna do something, do it, love it, and work hard and just maybe you'll have a shot.

Thank you, Anthony

Great video! Please do more videos like that.

thank you melon i needed this

Thank you for this vid Anthony

Have a solid job that pays your bills and maybe even allows you to save. Then build that side hustle on the side no matter what it is. If you love it like it Anthony said you'll find time or make time to do it because you love it. Just keep creating, learning, and pushing yourself!

Needed this. Thanks Melon

It's never too late to learn skills that are in-demand. Trade schools have been a great source of success for a lot of people I know who didn't take the "standard" career or schooling path. Electricians, plumbers, I have friends who are making a happy living who went down the trade school path.

Anthony I hope you read this comment . Recently pretty much the same problem in my my life , Music has been my passion but I went into a completely different direction ( Not a bad one , It actually gave me decent opportunities to make money , But I don't like it ) because I felt working music was simply too risky I wouldn't be able to make a living out of it . Now that I'm 21 there are instances that I'm under a lot of stress and anxiety because of my work and my future and part of my brain always says that i should've fallowed music . part of me says maybe I should go to a music school and change my whole career . So I'm in a stressful situation in which I am not sure what am I going to do in the future and what my career path is going to be . Your video is very helpful and helps me make up my mind a bit . Thanks !

I DON'T NEED A FALLBACK PLAN ANTHONY I GOT PLAN A AND PLAN A WILL WORK THANK YOU

I appreciate your videos man

I really needed to hear this!!!! Thank you so much, such fantastic advice 👌👌

Only thing is it's almost impossible to get your foot in the door for those corporate jobs in music if you don't already have music-related stuff on your resume.

I quit my job ths week to persue my dream of being a proffesional illustrator after 5 years of steady designer work. It will be tough I am aware, but I saved quite a lot and I have a couple of small gigs now and then, a lot of savings and a plan B and C as well as me willing to work on a shitty part time job in serviceindustry. I am aware the failure chance is big but I decided to risk it. I agree with everything you said, even when trying to accomodate my passion with full time almost drove me to a mental breakdown (in my country extrahours onregular jobs are expected, withno extra pay, so I worked aprox 12 hours a shift every day ) it CAN be done. I don't regret my desision though, lets see how it rolls out. I gave myself a year to make significant progress or otherwise it's back to normalcy. Wish meluck Anthony ur the man.

"the next Eminem" Very poor choice of words.

Good advice, Anthony. I'm in highschool right now and I really want a career in cinema, but I'm going to pursue it after I get a stable job (as an engineer, probably). I think having a fallback plan is important as well.

Music is all I have... I don't have a choice I just gotta move forward

graphic design is my passion 🐸

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Dadthony Carestano

This is really helpful, thx!!

Great video Fantano!!!!!!

Love you, keep it up melon

shit this is hard too think about. i hope i make it someday

Hey Anthony, personally im ready for spotify to go public and for the music industry to boom with the latest wave of trap music. hell yeah money + music. I'm ready to invest. :)

Much luvv fantano

Good video, I work at at a pizza parlor full time, come home, start recording music.

Awesome video, this is valuable advice

I don't agree with the idea of "if you really love something you will make time for it no matter what". I was a full-time computer programmer, slowly learning that I was much more into arts than programming. I did it for 3 years. Yes, I was able to make small projects here and there on the side, but as an artist I couldn't grow until I left my job and went to art school. If you're working 40 hours a week, yes you'll have time to do what you love on the side, but those 40 hours a week will be extremely taxing, especially if it's an intense logic-driven career like programming. And at least for me, it landed me in a state of depression and stagnation. Have a fall back plan, but also recognize when you're in a situation where your focus on building your fall back plan is doing more harm than good. Yes, I have a degree and 3 years of programming experience to fall back on, but those 3 years absolutely sucked. Bonus points if you find an arts program that can also provide stability (ex. graphic design, 3d animation, ui design, web design, all these things that can land you in a cold, depressing corporate office environment). But never stop trying to do what you want. Just also work on less cool but more stable things at the same time, slowly. There's a balance to it, and saying that someone can hold a full-time job and still find a way to make time for what they want just isn't realistic, and kind of shows that you might have not lived that situation yourself.

First Thatistheplan dies, then Fader blackmails Melon, and now we get a fantano video about having a fallback plan after a couple weeks of pretty low activity on TND...

this is wonderful thank you for doing this anthony

Thanks, good advice!

Fallbackthony Plantano