Interesting question! I think it differs for all of my main OC’s, tbh

Starting with Jesse, he always played music since childhood and always had it as his goal to make it his job, though seeking fame was never on his personal agenda— he’s mostly just in it as an outlet and hoping other people can find solace in his art. I think he never really anticipated it actually being viable as a career for him though

Someone like my guy Eddie however was all about the “I wanna be a ROCK STAR” from the get go, he’s a confident dude and there really wasn’t any doubt in his mind at any point he was gonna make rocking out his whole thing

Pink on the other hand always liked music but I don’t think making it came to him til he got around to his teens— when he started having problems in school and with his family as a kid it was a means of him channeling his energy into something that was less destructive

My character Wiley I think didn’t necessarily anticipate it at all. I think he was more just bored and wanting something to do and when he saw his friends getting into learning instruments he was like “oh shit can I try?” and decided it’d be fun to just kind of stick with it. I think up until the band took off he was more of a visual artist and probably did posters for local bands or sold weird art pieces at swap meets or something

That was a bit of an infodump LOL if you have any other characters of mine whose relationship to music you’re curious about feel free to ask specifically, those were only just a few examples