As I’m sure you know, you fan base is one of the most important parts of your musical journey. After all, it’s your fans who you’re providing your music to, and it’s your fans who will largely determine how successful you are. Even if you get big DJs to play you, if the fans don’t…
Please note, I’m not qualified to give tax advice so please talk to a professional tax adviser if you have any questions about the below. That said, this article is my understanding of an aspect of taxes in the music industry, so may be helpful to you. As I’ve mentioned about 100 times before (and…
I’ve mentioned a few times on this site about how you need to treat your music career like a business. I’ve mentioned some things that this involves, and I’m sure you also have your own ideas about what this entails. One thing I definitely do mean by this saying, is that you need to keep…
As an independent musician, money can often be an issue. To make music, you will need to invest in tools that allow you to do just that. Your money could go on instruments and equipment, studio time, musical education, travel costs, artwork for your first release and more. A lot of the time, these kinds…
As you probably already know, getting fans involved in your music career is essential. While it was once possible to appear ‘untouchable’ and not communicate with fans bar seeing them at live shows, this is no longer the case. With the internet making it easier to connect with sociable musicians, if you as an independent…
Be with fellow musicians as much as possible. It’s easier to grow in a group than when one is alone… It’s also more fun.” Yasmine Modestine. All right, I’m about to share with you another big tip that most independent musicians never take advantage of. Along with the info given in the “The Importance Of…
With the internet now being a big part of how people promote their music, it’s easy to think that all of your promotional efforts should be made over the internet. If you want to build up a diverse fan base, however, it’s important that you also promote your music using offline methods. Yes it’s easy…
As you probably know, many of the tools that are freely available to independent musicians are online. On top of that, an increasing number of people find out about new music online through browsing or recommendations. It therefore makes sense that you create a strong online presence for you and your music. Now if you’ve…
“There is no shortcut to success, you have to put in the hours to reap results from your music.” Sp3kkTrumn. OK, so while all of the things mentioned in this book so far are important if you want to make it as an independent musician, the following is one of the most important things you…
Promoting your music can take up a lot of time. That said, ongoing promotion is needed to get things moving for you, as without it you won’t get very far in terms of recognition or finances. It’s because of this that wherever you can make things easy for yourself in the marketing department, you should….
All right, so I want to quickly talk to you about laziness. This is a trait I’ve seen a lot of musicians have, and it’s one that has killed music career after music career. A lot of people seem to think that music is an easy way out of working a 9 to 5 job….
Success is knowing you did something worth while. Ronise Lukasiewicz. So now you know that it’s possible to make money from your music career, and you also know you should take things one step at a time. But before you go out and start trying to earn money from your career, it’s important you take…
As I’m sure you’re aware, there are a lot of musicians out there. Even in the smaller genres there will be a lot of competition for you, each musician fighting for their moment to get heard. With all this competition, it’s understandable why people could think there’s no more space for them in the market….
Practice hard and often, it WILL make you a better player.” Ekow Armah, Biggroove Records. If you’ve spent any time reading experiences of musicians online, you will have come across many different stories. The ones I want to talk about now though are the ones where people say “Music should only be done as a…
Hi guys. Today we’re going to look some more at how you can use (non traditional) product placement to get in contract with companies, and getting some of them work with you. Potential rewards include them licensing your music for their promotions, them giving you freebies, them reviewing your music and sharing the review with…