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Originally Posted by American Psycho
How many days a week do you work. Now tell the truth jay.
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I just started doing mainstream again I don't work much my wife is the primary breadwinner right now I am back to playing music a few nights a week in a Houston Cover Band for a couple hundred a night. I am barely getting my new company off the ground
http://houstonmediaservices.com
I moved out of LA and back to Texas because I just wasn't worth being away from my friends, family, & the music scene I am well connected in just to be struggling. I am much happier here without the struggle of LA and hustling to get a few porn shoots a month.
I am now back where I have real friends and family that makes me feel like a real person again. I had a good run with porn but I will leave it to the cheap guys unless it comes back. Keep in mind I started out shooting Met Art where I would make 2k in one day or Hustler magazine where they payed me $2500 for one photo set that took me 2 hours to shoot. If you were in my position you would have a different perspective.
I have a very awesome wife now that supports me not settling for less money when I had the chance to lower my rates she was the one that told me that I shouldn't. We moved to Texas and are starting over. She got a management job starting out at 60K a year even after she left her job in LA she was able to find a great job here. Our cost of living is 1/3 of what it was in LA for the same type of lifestyle. I am a much happier man now. If I see there is profit to be made in shooting I will gladly shoot for any company that is willing to pay I think it would be easier to live here and just travel to LA once in a while for a shoot.
It is possible that porn will never be as profitable as it once was. Even when you are doing well in porn I have learned that there is no security in being employed and clients are no more loyalty than the porn models you are shooting.