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Find me a musician who only does one thing. There's no reason you can't be a programmer while teaching during the after school hours, playing in a band with friends and finding late-night and weekend gigs while doing your own compositions when you can.
Don't count on composing to make you money right away. You'll do a lot of composing because it's what you love before anyone pays you for it. Luckily, if you love teaching, that's a wonderful job to have to make money while you wait for your "big break." And being a computer programmer, a teacher and a composer can all happen simultaneously. You may decide that you like doing those enough that you don't even want to give one up.
For example, my primary income right now comes from my teaching jobs. I don't have private students, I teach acting classes. I also work as a music copyist for a composer, as well as freelance for singers. I'm also a songwriter and playwright, but that's not bringing in any money right now. I'm also running a small theatre company in NYC, which isn't bringing in any money for me, either. The latter two are things I do because I love it and I hope that they will eventually bring me some income. But I also LOVE teaching, and don't plan on stopping.
So, you don't have to choose just one, and in this kind of business, you'll do better by not choosing, and making money wherever you can.
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~David
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