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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Tell him he has to graduate high school, but otherwise why would you stop him? [/quote]

Talk to your brother and ask if DS can go on the road after HS and work for him.

If DB agrees tell DS he can apprentice with his uncle if he gets a reasonable GPA and graduates HS. (Up to you guys what you think is his best GPA.)

Then let him go! He’s better off getting into the industry by hanging out with his uncle. You’d at least know how he’s doing.

He can spend a couple of years figuring out if he’s talented enough. Or maybe he will find another music industry related job. He doesn’t have to become a top level guitarist to be satisfied. He may find he fits in somewhere else in that orbit.

If he’s practicing guitar seriously, let him do it! As long as he graduates HS he can go get a college degree later.

But he’s got an awesome low risk opportunity to follow his dream here. And if it’s his dream, you can’t stop him anyway.

Wasn’t this a long shot for your brother too?

—former dumb kid who gave up scholarship for chemical engineering, got an art history degree, and became a successful art objects photographer[/quote]

This is a great solution.  Give him a few “gap years” to try it out.  He can always go back to college later.[/quote]

Give him a few gap years? You act as though the parents have control over what the kid does. Once he turns 18, he’s an adult. They can’t force him to do anything.[/quote]

And that is fine.  I was encouraging OP to let him spread his wings.  This is actually great because if he is with his caring uncle, he’ll have an eye out for him.

He can always go back to college.

I have a friend who was a rock star for about 15 years.  He later got an Oxbridge Ph.D.  There are many paths to life, let him explore them.[/quote]

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