Page 1 of 3
musicians with highly skilled jobs
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 5:01 am
by ruckus49
just wondering if you guys know of any signed musicians who have or have had highly skilled jobs outside of the music/media industry. Something like a chemist, lawyer, or engineer.
Re: musicians with highly skilled jobs
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 5:06 am
by collige
Girl Talk was a biochemical engineer before he made a living off music.
Re: musicians with highly skilled jobs
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 5:34 am
by spire
Floating Points was working on a degree in molecular genetics last i read. Kinda big, lol.
Re: musicians with highly skilled jobs
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 6:03 am
by knell
collige wrote:Girl Talk was a biochemical engineer before he made a living off music.
ill be damned...
wiki says biomedical... close enough.
Re: musicians with highly skilled jobs
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 6:38 am
by Badman Juice
buju banton, shotta.
Re: musicians with highly skilled jobs
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 7:45 am
by Words
collige wrote:Girl Talk was a biochemical engineer before he made a living off music.
this rules.
Re: musicians with highly skilled jobs
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 11:26 am
by test_recordings
Kode 9 is a philosophy lecturer...
Re: musicians with highly skilled jobs
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 12:50 pm
by nicenice
Badman Juice wrote:buju banton, shotta.
Must have trained for years.
Re: musicians with highly skilled jobs
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 1:04 pm
by Duffman
Brian May has a PhD in astrophysics and Bruce Dickinson is a pilot.
Re: musicians with highly skilled jobs
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 1:17 pm
by Badman Juice
nicenice wrote:Badman Juice wrote:buju banton, shotta.
Must have trained for years.
I reckon they'll play boom bye bye while they're raping him.
Re: musicians with highly skilled jobs
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 5:39 pm
by gnome
test recordings wrote:Kode 9 is a philosophy lecturer...
OP asked for "highly skilled"
Re: musicians with highly skilled jobs
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 5:46 pm
by AllNightDayDream
oh snaps
Re: musicians with highly skilled jobs
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 6:45 pm
by bright maroon
gnome wrote:test recordings wrote:Kode 9 is a philosophy lecturer...
OP asked for "highly skilled"
ooof...dude has spent 6 years formally studying the labrynth of the human mind..
I certainly wouldn't challenge him to any kind of game..
I think he maybe a little dizzy though...after that much information
Re: musicians with highly skilled jobs
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 6:55 pm
by bright maroon
..see he will probably read my post and go fucking crazy internally..
- yelling into the void about how it's Labyrinth - not Labrynth...
..then he would refuse to be my friend.
Life can be tough for people like that..
Re: musicians with highly skilled jobs
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 8:46 pm
by ruckus49
well, yeah hes got a PhD that's definitely highly skilled!
Re: musicians with highly skilled jobs
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 8:48 pm
by wubstep
Matt Pike (Sleep/High on fire) works on a construction yard in-between tours.
Wino is a 'stay-at-home-dad'.
Re: musicians with highly skilled jobs
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 9:56 pm
by firky
test recordings wrote:Kode 9 is a philosophy lecturer...
Re: musicians with highly skilled jobs
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 9:57 pm
by firky
ruckus49 wrote:well, yeah hes got a PhD that's definitely highly skilled!
am a professor of kebabs
Re: musicians with highly skilled jobs
Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 12:08 am
by Gusto
I think I read somewhere that Caribou has a PhD in mathematics.
Re: musicians with highly skilled jobs
Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 12:02 pm
by test_recordings
Oh yeah some of the guys in the punk band Bad Religion have PhDs...