Create a Music Business – Turn Your Passion Into Your Career
Posted by in Music Business on December 1, 2011
One characteristic most successful people have in common, is that they all manage to find a way to make a living doing what they most enjoy. For example, a famous actor finds a way to make acting his life career, a successful business man build his own business, a music producer turns his music studio into his full-time business.
So if, music is your passion– One must find a way to make a living in the music industry. One of the things we hear a lot from local music bands today is: “It is too hard to make money these days as a musician.” Yet, every day we are seeing new artists emerging in the industry, selling millions of tracks, records, and winning Grammys. The music industry Is a multi-million industry; so there will always be money in it, the only difference is that today record labels are not taking the same chances as before signing new artist.
The reason why so many independent artists struggle in their music career is because their lack of business knowledge. The most common mistakes musicians make in the music industry: Is not to learn about the music business itself. Most musicians despite the business side of the industry, and tend to focus only on making music. Unfortunately, this why so many talented musicians have no other option, but to get regular jobs, and take music just as a hobby, and not as a career. The excellent news is that everyday new music artists are turning their music into their business. Read the rest of this entry »
Five Factors to Break Into the Music Industry As an Unsigned Band
Posted by in Music Industry on November 28, 2011
I have previously worked as a music journalist for a music magazine, reviewing local gigs, as well as new releases and upcoming talent. For this job, I was based in a small cramped office in Leeds producing a semi-weekly magazine and maintaining an online blog.
Firstly, I should say that Leeds is an absolutely amazing place to work and I found all my time working there very enjoyable; however Leeds is a markedly expensive place to live, as rents are increasing and there is a lack of supply for young professionals.
Listed below are my top tips for breaking into the music industry and becoming successful, without worrying about the age of the band, current popularity in the scene or history of gigs.
5. Sign up to a plethora of online blogs and magazines NME and Kerrang are generally thought of as the best magazines to keep up-to-date with music news; however there are a number of alternative magazines with unique stories in which you can retrieve news and get a lot of information from. Online blogs written and published independently can also provide up-to-date information before any magazine can publish; you should however check that the writer of the blog is using reliable sources. Using this information, you can help to improve your band and increase publicity. Read the rest of this entry »