The track to success for todays musicians and artists is quite different than it was even five years ago.
For any artist, songwriter, musician, and or performer. Even if you don't inspire to start and or manage your own Independent label, Or even if you don't want to learn how to start your own record label if you are somewhat serious about gaining any level of success in the music business, you must obtain as much knowledge as possible so that you understand the business that you have a desire to succeed.
You absolutley must research, learn, study, and try your best to understand topics such as music contracts, independent music labels, major music labels, music publishers, who does what, where, and when. If you think your just going to put together a few songs, toss them in the mail to a few people from a list, or get noticed playing in some club one night, then I wish you luck!
Todays artists must be pro active in moving their careers forward. Your approach should be that you will manage, publish, and promote yourself until a better manager, publisher, and or promoter appears that maybe has more resources than you, at which time you decide wether to partner with to expand on what you are already accomplishing yourself.
This approach is what separates the winners in the game from the losers, or the successful V.S. the Non-Successful.
As an artist, you immediately begin learning as much as possible about every aspect of the music industry, and this is best accomplished by a systematic approach, and having dependable resources with which you can turn to for ongoing advice as you continue to develop yourself into a professional artist.
You will be much more likely to open doors when you are approaching Major Labels, Publishers, and or Indie Labels if you approach them with an goal of wanting to join their team, as a partnership. If your approach is I think my music is cool, I want you to give me a big contract to sign, and a bunch of money with fame and fortune, then again GOOD LUCK!
You will gain the attention of music business players much quicker, and with far more respect if your approach is backed up with proof that you have been working hard to develop, and promote yourself, and that you are not looking for someones small indie label, or publishing company to dump a cash investment into you, but rather you are looking for someone that maybe has resources that you dont have, and that you believe in your music and talent enough to show them that if they can join in and add additional resources to take your product to the next level, that you honestly believe that the both of you will greatly benefit from the partnership.
Heres an example, lets say that you have written and completed a demo of two or three songs, and you have maybe seven or eight songs written but have not yet recorded.
Which do you think would look better when you approach a small but fairly successful Indie Label. Lets look at the first, not so favorable approach.
Now lets look at a much smarter approach, an approach that will typically bring great results, or at least real attention.
Say you set up a meeting with the head of a indie music label, and sit down with them let them listen to your demo CD with three songs, and show them the copy written lyrics of seven other songs that have been written, but not yet recorded. Then show them that you have a copyright on the recorded material, as well as a copyright on the lyrics of the other songs.
You then proceed to tell them that you are promoting the three songs that are recorded on various web sites, and that the three completed songs are available for purchase as singles on Amazon.con, Rhapsody, Emusic, and Napster, and that last month there were a total gross sales of $67.00 You then continue to explain your current promotional strategy, and that you are scouting around for an independent label, or team that believes in your music, and can help take your current successes, add some additional resources, and boost the product up substantially.
You then continue to show to them your plan to continue self promotion, and working promotional efforts geared to get increased sales up every week, and you believe that with your passion, motivation, and work ethics, aligned with their high end connections, and resources that as a team all of you can turn this into a highly profitable venture.
Even if the small independent label that you are meeting with was not able sign you at that time, they most likely would be so impressed with your level of professionalism, that they would be more than willing to refer you to everyone they know in the industry to help you out.
Even if that Indie label was not able sign you in at that time, most likely they would be so taken with your level of professionalism, it's highly likely they would be more than willing to refer you to other people they know in the industry which could really help you. Again, you MUST take a truly pro active approach towards developing yourself as a pro level musician and or artist. - 15634
For any artist, songwriter, musician, and or performer. Even if you don't inspire to start and or manage your own Independent label, Or even if you don't want to learn how to start your own record label if you are somewhat serious about gaining any level of success in the music business, you must obtain as much knowledge as possible so that you understand the business that you have a desire to succeed.
You absolutley must research, learn, study, and try your best to understand topics such as music contracts, independent music labels, major music labels, music publishers, who does what, where, and when. If you think your just going to put together a few songs, toss them in the mail to a few people from a list, or get noticed playing in some club one night, then I wish you luck!
Todays artists must be pro active in moving their careers forward. Your approach should be that you will manage, publish, and promote yourself until a better manager, publisher, and or promoter appears that maybe has more resources than you, at which time you decide wether to partner with to expand on what you are already accomplishing yourself.
This approach is what separates the winners in the game from the losers, or the successful V.S. the Non-Successful.
As an artist, you immediately begin learning as much as possible about every aspect of the music industry, and this is best accomplished by a systematic approach, and having dependable resources with which you can turn to for ongoing advice as you continue to develop yourself into a professional artist.
You will be much more likely to open doors when you are approaching Major Labels, Publishers, and or Indie Labels if you approach them with an goal of wanting to join their team, as a partnership. If your approach is I think my music is cool, I want you to give me a big contract to sign, and a bunch of money with fame and fortune, then again GOOD LUCK!
You will gain the attention of music business players much quicker, and with far more respect if your approach is backed up with proof that you have been working hard to develop, and promote yourself, and that you are not looking for someones small indie label, or publishing company to dump a cash investment into you, but rather you are looking for someone that maybe has resources that you dont have, and that you believe in your music and talent enough to show them that if they can join in and add additional resources to take your product to the next level, that you honestly believe that the both of you will greatly benefit from the partnership.
Heres an example, lets say that you have written and completed a demo of two or three songs, and you have maybe seven or eight songs written but have not yet recorded.
Which do you think would look better when you approach a small but fairly successful Indie Label. Lets look at the first, not so favorable approach.
Now lets look at a much smarter approach, an approach that will typically bring great results, or at least real attention.
Say you set up a meeting with the head of a indie music label, and sit down with them let them listen to your demo CD with three songs, and show them the copy written lyrics of seven other songs that have been written, but not yet recorded. Then show them that you have a copyright on the recorded material, as well as a copyright on the lyrics of the other songs.
You then proceed to tell them that you are promoting the three songs that are recorded on various web sites, and that the three completed songs are available for purchase as singles on Amazon.con, Rhapsody, Emusic, and Napster, and that last month there were a total gross sales of $67.00 You then continue to explain your current promotional strategy, and that you are scouting around for an independent label, or team that believes in your music, and can help take your current successes, add some additional resources, and boost the product up substantially.
You then continue to show to them your plan to continue self promotion, and working promotional efforts geared to get increased sales up every week, and you believe that with your passion, motivation, and work ethics, aligned with their high end connections, and resources that as a team all of you can turn this into a highly profitable venture.
Even if the small independent label that you are meeting with was not able sign you at that time, they most likely would be so impressed with your level of professionalism, that they would be more than willing to refer you to everyone they know in the industry to help you out.
Even if that Indie label was not able sign you in at that time, most likely they would be so taken with your level of professionalism, it's highly likely they would be more than willing to refer you to other people they know in the industry which could really help you. Again, you MUST take a truly pro active approach towards developing yourself as a pro level musician and or artist. - 15634
About the Author:
Brent Thomason is the owner of a small indie music label, and music publishing firm. Proactive Musicians Music Tool Reviews. Click here for Article Submissions.
