Originally Posted by
Ancient Dragon 
Why not put your music degree to work in the IT field. I should think you could get a job at one of the big game houses providing and/or writing music for the games. You might also want to get back in school and get another degree in computer science.
Perhaps instead of writing music for games, he can work in some IT industries that require domain knowledge in music.
I had a friend who worked in this company that develop Autocad, but she is just an average programmer. The reason she was employed was because of her mechanical engineering knowledge on top of her programming experiences.