Music Career¶
Access via Work → Alternative Careers → Music (from age 14). Start by performing at open-mic nights, then build a catalogue, sign with a label, and tour the world.
Note
Music only becomes your occupation once it has paid you. Your day job stays your primary income until then. Your fame is a single value shared across acting, boxing and music.
Getting Better¶
Train your singing skill at the Singing School (Misc menu → Skills & Training) and hire vocal coaches — each has their own skill level and fee, just like boxing trainers. Coaches and your agent appear in your Relationships screen.
Voice decay
Your voice ages: from about 70 it slowly declines each year (faster at 80+, and worse if you smoke). Keep performing and training to stay sharp.
The Pipeline: Write → Produce → Release¶
- Write songs your way — choose the genre, theme and approach. Better choices mean better songs.
- Produce written tracks in a studio. Studios rent by the hour (from a cheap garage up to a legendary room); every hour raises quality, and you can hire producers (real registry NPCs with portraits) for a further boost.
- Release a produced track as a single, or bundle produced tracks into an album (a coherent single-genre album lands harder).
You can also sell written songs for quick cash, or submit produced demos to labels once a year to get noticed as a new artist.
Making Money¶
Every release earns across four streams, tracked on your finance dashboard:
| Source | How it works |
|---|---|
| 💿 Sales | Copies sold — decay each year, but fame and touring revive them |
| 🎧 Streams | Fractions of a cent per play, with a much longer tail than sales |
| 🚌 Touring | Per-show ticket income, gated by audience demand |
| 🎙️ Gigs | Live performances and private bookings arranged by your agent |
A signed label takes a cut of your sales and streams but pays an advance and boosts marketing. You can negotiate for a better royalty split and larger advance.
Certifications¶
Releases earn physical award plaques as lifetime copies sold climb — displayed in your Items collection:
| Award | Lifetime copies |
|---|---|
| 🥉 Bronze Music Award | 100,000 |
| 🥈 Silver Music Award | 500,000 |
| 🥇 Gold Music Award | 1,000,000 |
Agents, Labels & Tours¶
- Agent — hustles for better gig pay, extra bookings, earlier label interest, and organises your tours (for a commission).
- Labels — approach you for highly-rated music; there are several to negotiate with, from small indies to major players.
- Tours — only available when there's genuine demand for you (driven by your draw: fame, catalogue and reputation). Ask your agent to organise one to see the proposal. Longer international tours pay more but take a bigger toll.
Tip
Fame and a big tour can revive your entire back catalogue — an old hit can sell and stream for years. Getting signed forces you to commit to music as a full-time career.