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…
Ok, so on to the big question of money. How much can you expect to make from your music career? This is a subject that everyone seems to have an opinion on. If you ask a relatively new musician that hasn’t already tried their hand marketing in the music business, they will tell you that…
A successful musician is one who knows what they really want from their endeavors, is able to find the resources that will expedite their progress, and is willing to do the work it takes to provide a living or better.” Doug Garvey, Geiman Brother Records Before I go any further, I want to make one…
Due to what I do, I’m always speaking to independent musicians. While a good percentage of them are happy remaining independent, there are also a lot that eventually want to go on and sign a record deal. To many, obtaining a record deal is like a sign that they’ve ‘made it’. That they are officially…
Hey guys, today we’ll be looking at product placement, but not in it’s typical form. Usually product placement is when a company compensates you to have their product in your video or to mention it in your song. In the strategy I’m going to share with you today and next week however, we’re going to…
Getting a good mix of your song is important for many reasons. You’ll want your beats and instrumentals to sounds good on any system they get played on, from studio quality speakers, to personal mp3 players. That said, it’s not always easy to know what you should be doing when you’re just starting out producing….