Why being a roblox musician is actually a real job

I never thought I'd spend my Friday nights acting like a roblox musician, but here we are, and honestly, the pay is better than most retail jobs I had in college. If you told someone ten years ago that you were making a living writing tunes for a blocky sandbox game, they'd probably assume you were joking. But the reality is that the Roblox ecosystem has grown into this massive, weird, and incredibly lucrative economy where music is just as important as the code itself. ...

February 2, 2026 · 7 min · Omri Hedwig