Build Your Own Music Career
 

If you are looking to start a career in music, here are some tips that should help you.


1. Find a label. Before the advent of the digital download goldrush, musicians were forced to take the only route to success, getting hitched to a major record label. For young musicians, this seemed like a dream come true. The music business was indeed a mighty empire, a slick machine that was oiled by profits and balance sheets…not the love of music itself. Musicians were merely ‘assets’ owned by ‘suits’….lawyers, accountants, publishers, managers, etc. Now, thanks to the internet and digital downloading, you can make your dream come true yourself by cutting out the middlemen and being in total control of your product. Here’s how.

2. Put your mp3 tracks on social network sites specially for musicians, there are loads of them out there and most are free.
There are lots of them, and making you own songs and making covers helps it to have a great music career.

3. Create your own website. When you do this, you can link in to your other sites and vice versa, so you can gain maximum exposure and increase your web traffic.

4. Create your own EPK (electronic press kit) easily, there are scores of tips on the net on how to create your own press kit what to put in and leave out and who to send it to. There are lots of free information sites with loads of tips.

5. Get yourself a copy of books about marketing in music for loads of information on publishers, radio, television and internet stations that will gladly play your music for free. The books aren’t cheap, but they are a worthwhile investment. Also, try to find tips or obtain books that contain information about royalty payments and general copyright laws.

6. Make sure your songs and lyrics are copyrighted to the person/s who created the songs, music and lyrics or all of that. You can send your songs to yourself by special delivery, you sign it when it returns but you don’t open it. It’s just a guarantee that you copyrighted the songs on a particular date…actually, a song is copyright after its committed to paper and signed and dated.

For Tips 7-11, Click on the Signature and go to my blog.

i dont agree with #1....back in the day, labels use to mold artists...theyd take someone with "promise" and show them the ropes, get them hip to the music industry...today, if you dont have a million followers, multiple videos with multi-million views, ect.. ect.. labels wont take a chance on you...there too much time and money to invest in someone who may not pan out...today its all about the quick flip...if anything, you should run from a label because if you already meet the requirements, you dont need them to be successful

how about some sugestions for #2

poor-mans copyright...alot of people dont know about that, and its free...good looks on the knowledge drop man

Examples for number 2 would be to sign up to a site like soundcloud and post your song on Facebook, Myspace, twitter, etc. just google social networks for musicians. uploading links to.your songs on those site

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Also check out myfreecopyrights.com. Very good stuff