There is something that was said earlier in this thread that applies to any and every career.

Alot of it has to do with who you know. It is called networking. Learn it.

I work in IT professionally, and the highest paying jobs I have had have been through contacts. Heck, I have a business lunch tomorrow with an old coworker who became my boss in one of my first IT jobs. He is now looking for work and I can probably give him a few contacts to keep him in work.

The thing is, do not blow anyone off. You never know when that janitor (as said before), secretary, jr sys admin, someone you manage, or anyone you meet in your chosen industry will be sitting across the table from you, interviewing YOU for a job you want.

Onto one other point....

I will not pretend to know anything about the music industry, because I don't. I think it is great you have a passion but you need to do something in the mean time prior to launching your career. You said you are working as a masseuse. Is that something you could see yourself doing as a career incase the music industry doesn't pan out? Not trying to be negative, just realistic.

The biggest thing you have going for you it seems is that you have passion, and that will take you far. Don't let anyone tell you that you can't do it, because you can. You can do anything you want to do. Before I was doing what I love, I was washing cars for minimum wage. Just keep at it, and don't get discouraged. If you want it bad enough and work hard enough, you can achieve anything you want.

Good luck