The One Thing More Important Than Success
What’s more important than finding success in music? Find out in this thoughtful OpEd written by a musician, husband, and father in 2019.
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What Does “Success” in Music Mean Right Now?
The music industry today operates very differently than it did 20 years ago, and our expectaations around success have to operate differently too.
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Finding Success in Music Without Focusing on Success
A short and sweet think piece on how to find success in the music industry without focusing on what that success tends to represent (fame).
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The 10 Best Day Jobs for Aspiring Full-Time Musicians
When you’re a musician, it helps to have a job that you can take off every now and then when you go on tour or into the studio, here’s a few of our faves!
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The One Thing You Must Do to Make Money from Your Music
Musicians condem themselves to failure by subscribing subconsciously to the “starving artist” mentality, but it’s time to shift the paradigm and start anew.
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16 Podcasts to Inspire Your Inner Music Entrepreneur
There’s something kind of incredible about podcasts. As stories and reports told in audio, they have this way of transporting you to another world. Almost as if you’re being read to by someone very close to you, they can inspire in a way that’s unlike any other medium. If you’re like me and constantly on…
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4 Myths Musicians Believe About Succeeding in the Music Industry
Musicians are led to believe in the mythology of the popular mainstream, but there are so many hidden routes to success. Let’s debunk those myths.
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How to Diversify Your Music Income While Maintaining Your Sanity
If you plan on making a living from your music, then you plan on being an entrepreneur. While many DIY musicians envision themselves more like a freelancer, focused on bringing in income from one main skill set, an entrepreneur creates multiple streams of income in order to ensure that there’s always money coming in, even…
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7 Key Members of Every Artist’s Team
Being a musician is a full-time job. You chose to pursue this journey because of your desire to write, experiment, and perform — not to chase club promoters or make pitches to media outlets. And while being an independent artist is empowering, it doesn’t mean you have to do it alone. As many artists start…
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How to Figure Out If Prospective Band Members are Worth Your Time
The hardest part of trying to figure out if someone would be a good band member is that it’s hard to know a person until you’re around them for a while. A person fine in small doses may be a nightmare once you start to depend on them. Likewise, a person who rubs you the wrong…
