10 Rock Musicians With Surprising Day Jobs

10. Jack Conte (Pomplamoose) - CEO Of Patreon

For over a decade Jack Conte has been carving out a pretty unique career for himself.

Primarily working as musician, he gained early notoriety in the 2010s with a series of music based creative videos. His most successful musical venture, however, is the project Pomplamoose. A band consisting primarily of Conte and his wife Nataly Dawn. Together and with the help of a handful of session musicians they perform creative mash ups of well known songs in an enthralling fusion of rock-electro pop.

But Conte hasn't limited himself to the realms of online music.

No one really knows how the mysteries of the YouTube algorithms work. View count = advertising = tiny little pay out... , something like that. What's clear, however, is that very often creators don't get paid a fair wage for their work.

Influenced by his desire to continue making content but being disheartened by his small revenue stream, Conte co-created Patreon in 2013. It has since become one of the leading platforms for creators to monetise their creative output in a way that more fairly reflects their workload.