One of the very big mistakes most upcoming artists do is the fact that they don’t conduct much research into the kind of industry they are before taking the oat.
I wouldn’t blame them much, how better could he have done it? There is the musical talent all that is left is to go forward, pursue your dreams.
But the unfortunate case is the showbiz industry doesn’t work like that. Being a musician is like being a company. You need workers in this case a team, financial, personal assistance, manager, and a whole lot.
You can start it alone, but you can’t end it alone. Below is a top ten things you should know before you go into the music industry.
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1. SEE MUSIC AS A BUSINESS
I will say one thing even til date most artists miss is the fact that they miss out the chance to be great by not looking at themselves as a business. Being a musician is like being a company like Coke, or Nike or even Facebook.
And as a company, you need a lot of things in order to start making revenue. You need to invest, get an office, working tools, and a team that will do the work. As far as music is a concern.
You need a producer, a sound engineer who will mix and master the songs you record. You need a manager to manage all the other affairs that matter as a musician whiles you focus on writing, performing and others as well.
In conclusion, you provide a service just to your fans, and in return they buy your songs and other product such as merchandise, coming to your shows and many others. Just like coke invest to produce the product, and a consumer buys it with cash.
2. FIND A GREAT TEAM
Teaming is King. Make sure you find the best team you could or would ever get. The people around you are the most important thing as a musician.
These positions include Manager, Marketer, Security, Driver, Advisor, Lawyer, and many others.
People been to hell and back to find a loyal people loyal team to work with. Spending time, effort, and money to find the best team is worth it.
3. PLAN EVERY STEP IN YOUR CAREER
You can’t just do things anyhow if you wanted to achieve your dreams as an upcoming musician. Every step that needed to be taken or decision needs to be talked off with the team before executed.
You can’t be taken authorities on your own hands and be doing things the way you like when it comes to your career. Put that in mind, from song releasing, tour, recordings, donations, to even respond to critics.
4. BE DYNAMIC AND WORK ACCORDING TO TRENDS
Being dynamic is the following trends. You can’t just be doing one line or genre of music for all your career. Time and music trend changes from time to time.
You have to go with the trend, that’s being dynamic. Always follow the trend in the industry to avoid falling in a lost genrn or past trend.
5. BE COOL WITH EVERYONE ESPECIALLY MEDIA PERSONALS
Love and support from media is one thing you can’t do without. You can tell your career wouldn’t last long when radio and TV stations decideds they wouldn’t show or play your songs or videos.
That’s why you have to create a solid and firm releationshio with these people, Radio and TV presenters, DJ’s, Bloggers, Podcasters and Vloggers these and others added support and make up project your career as a musiciain.
Even if an issue emerges between you and a personality, make sure to settle it as the media industry is connected. Hint, information flows over there.
6. REMEMBER WHERE YOU ARE FROM AND ALWAYS PUT IT ON THE MAP
We all started from somewhere. The people who show the vision and believed in you from the very beginning when you were no body shouldn’t be left alone.
In their times of need, you are responsible to help them as they did for you some time ago. The people you started with should be the people you end up with if possible.
World best music superstars don’t joke with where they are from. You shouldn’t too.
7. DO WELL WITH SOCIAL MEDIA
Make sure you’re on all these platforms, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, and other platforms. Build large audience of following and always interract with them when you have the time to.
You can have a schedule of when you talk to reply to some of their comments and even ask them when to release songs or a project. They are the fans, they buy your stuffs and support you, support them back.
8. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF STREAMING PLATFORMS & YOUTUBE
YouTube is vision over 30 Billion times a month and it’s also the world’s second largest search engines in the world. Why don’t you take advantage of this as a musician.
You can work on both the live and upload sections and connect with world and your fans across the globe.
9. IS ALWAYS HARD EVEN WITH A PLAN
Becoming a superstar as a musician isn’t a small deal when if you have all the things I have mentioned in this articles. There are things mostly you don’t prepare for which you have to go through.
Things like criticisms, hate, insults of no reason and other unexpected attacks. Just make up your mind and always project your goals that will help break through every storm.
10. BE PREPARED FOR EVERYTHING
Long story short, be ready for everything. Anything can happen in your career. Issues with team, media, personal life, family and a whole lot you never imagined or expected.
Be on top on everything, look sharp and let the dream guide you.
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