SURVIVING THE MUSIC INDUSTRY
As a young artist, it’s important to know the industry as best you can. There are powerful and controlling people in the industry who will try to take control of what you have created and change it to fit their version of the song. Stand your ground and make your own decisions.
Do your homework and read up on how to you’re your carrier forward. Once you get recognition for a song and you are getting noticed it’s your responsibility to take it to the next level. Contact record companies and look into publishing companies, management companies and touring. Just putting a song on Tiktok, Instagram or Youtube will get you recognition but you have to carry it and move your career forward with these other companies. Never sign a 360 deal, this gives the record company a percentage of all your earnings from every revenue stream. Also, make sure you look at the percentage a manager and record label are asking for, learn to negotiate.
Make sure you keep music ownership of your songs. Do not sign a deal that relinquishes publishing rights. Did you know that the Beatles do not own their own music. How sad is that, all of the genius, creativity and labor that went into writing so many amazing hits and they don’t own them.
Lastly, stand your ground with your music. Be strong in your principles and what you feel your music should sound like. Do your best to create the music your feel strongly about. Do not let others push you into creating something you don’t feel. Learn to say “NO,” have faith in yourself, your talent and stand strong!
JOKE FOR THE DAY:
“I used to jog but the ice cubes kept falling out of my glass.”
Dave Lee Roth
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