As you start to get more noticed in your music career, you’ll no doubt start to come across people who are negative about you and your music. That’s just the way it is. No matter how good you are, there will always be a percentage of people who don’t like what you do and end…
Getting good pictures to represent you as a musicians is important. Sure you can get away with a half decent picture taken with your sister’s iphone when you’re starting out. After all, having a picture of yourself is better than not showing yourself to fans at all right? That said, when you want to start…
As a musician, you’re competing for music fan’s attentions with hundreds of thousands of other musicians. If not millions. There’s no sure way to tell for sure. What is sure though, is that if you want to get people to buy into you as a musician and build up a loyal and profitable fanbase, you…
Welcome to part two of our series on building and managing a successful online stream team. If you want to build a ‘real world’ offline street team, this guide will also help you too. It’s my hope that musicians, record labels, and others in the music industry will be able to use this to form…
Being an independent musician over one who’s signed seems to be the cool thing to do these days. But while it’s become possible for independent musicians to market themselves without the help of a record label, that doesn’t mean you can make a success of your music career by yourself. The simple fact it, you’re…
Hi, my name is Chad Grooms. I’ve been a part of the midwest music industry for over 18 years. But enough about me, let’s get started. Question: Can you really create pro-level recordings at home, and on a tight budget? After years of curiosity, I finally booked studio time at a popular pro studio in…
While there a few sites on the internet which give independent musicians and music industry figures good advice on progressing (e.g. this one), there are also a lot of sites which give out bad advice. Dated advice which sounds like it works in theory, but really doesn’t. It’s easy to get caught with this and…
This is part two of the musician’s guide to membership websites. For what a membership site is and why you should build one if you’re a musicians, record label, or music industry company, check out part one: How A Membership Site Can Bring Consistent Income For Music Industry Professionals. Once you’ve read that, have a…
Today I’m going to show you how to overcome one of the biggest problems musicians face today: building up a consistent income. While I’m not saying this strategy I’m going to share will be the only thing you need to do to make your music career financially stable, it’s definitely a step in the right…
Does age matter in music? Are you ever too old or too young to make a successful music career for yourselves? Today we’ll look at that, and delve into common conceptions about the music industry and age. Many people feel that once you hit a certain age, let’s say 30 onward for this article, your…
So you know you need a music manager, but aren’t sure what qualities they should have. No problem, as today I’m going to show you just that. While I’ve looked at how to find a music manager, I haven’t yet covered what to look for in one. But considering you need to know the type…
Making music costs you money. Further more, if you make good music it can enhance people’s lives. So why do so many treat great songs like disposable music which isn’t worth much?! Not only is it fans who sometimes do this, but this mentality is often also adopted by event organizers, musicians and the like….
There are many good musicians out there, but a lot less who are widely seen as being great. Usually this status takes time to achieve, and is the result of a number of things being in place for a prolonged period of time. If it’s your aim to one day be seen as one of…
Modern day battle rap is largely based around prewritten lyrics. It’s become the norm. If you can therefore freestyle battle rap well, you instantly give yourself a huge advantage over the majority of other battle rappers. No longer will you have to think of all your lyrics before hand, then look silly when they say…
Want to get more eyes to your next Youtube music video? Finding it hard to get past your first couple hundred views? Then the below tips should help. Today I’m going to show you a number of things you can do to get more views on Youtube. If you’ve ever uploaded a music video to…