‘It’s paradise but you have to be a pro’: the musicians swapping the industry grind for holiday resorts

One might assume that there is something dispiriting about performing night after night to audiences for whom music is a mere backdrop to recreation, forgoing the chance to focus on your own songwriting in favour of covering singalong hits to a party crowd. But in a music industry that is increasingly precarious, particularly in an era of economic uncertainty, Brexit and streaming, an established residency in a holiday resort can offer artists a degree of financial and emotional stability.

People will always prefer to listen to songs they know, and money is hard to come by as a musician.