 Anyone you meet today could be a future music star, your shop assistant, your bartender, your barista, and even your CVS photo technician. In Boston, a lot of them come from Berkeley College of Music. Apart from their famous alumni who have already made their name out there, a lot of young aspiring musicians are still working hard to fight for a music career. I mean, I was a photo tech, so I was just spending all day just developing pictures. Bobby Etienne, a bass player at Berkeley, is transitioning to be a full-time musician with his band, NWA Soul Project. It's recording their first album, and Etienne is mapping out the future for the band. Although the CVS job pays the bill, he is not lingering. The long run, it's better for me to be out there, that way I can get more work. Because working at CVS kind of takes away a lot of my free time. Many musicians come to the number one Hollywood Music School, ranked by Hollywood Reporter, for a leg-up in today's competitive music industry. When not everyone is able to rise to fame like John Mayer or Psy overnight, the struggle might seem like a failure for some of them. It doesn't have anything to do with Berkeley. It's just the business in general. It's a struggle. There's not a lot of jobs. There's a lot more people that want the jobs than there are jobs to fill. Most of them for the first few years are not high-paying jobs. This Tobin has worked with many Berkeley musicians as a Berkeley business graduate for a couple of years. Being on the other side of the table, bookings shows for bands, and now for Brighton Music Hall, Tobin says Berkeley does give you an edge, but it matters more that young musicians use the tools after they walk out of Berkeley. Figure out what's going wrong with you personally, and I think most of that doesn't have to do with Berkeley. It has to do more with the person. And Berkeley will help prep you for that. You do lots of projects. You do things that force the weaknesses out of you. We're really what the goal of the school is. Besides, not everyone is trying to be as known as John Mayer. Bobby Eaton is happy with who he is. Yeah, because I'm doing the music, and I'm supporting my family, I'm good. Reporting for BUTV, this is Alex Shee.