Owning Your Own Music Business – As Easy As a Few Pen Strokes
Owning Your Own Music Business – As Easy As a Few Pen Strokes By Deeann Mathews Don’t laugh. Many businesses began from nothing more an idea, and those melodies you have rolling around in your head just might be as good as any other ideas. When you write down or record your new song, you are essentially starting to own …
A Music Business Plan is Indeed in Need!
A Music Business Plan is Indeed in Need! By Duss Rodgers So you’ve got the guys or gals together and you’re starting the next best music thing since the The Beatles. You’re guitarist is slamming riffs down like Fat Albert at an all you can eat breakfast buffet, your bass player is shaking your mom’s windows to the core, your …
Marketing Small Music Businesses: Brand Identity
Today’s music industry demands that musicians have an in-depth understanding of marketing; it is now a prerequisite for indie talent aspiring to make a break in the music business. Unfortunately, it is all too common for musicians to take the subject of music marketing and branding lightly, specifically in regards to brand identity. A musician’s brand identity is defined as the visible elements of a brand (such …
Music Budgets: How To Finance Your Music Career
Our music business guide continues this time discussing music budgets and finance with a contribution from Indiehelp.net. Raising adequate funds to fuel your music career is critical to your success. As a working recording artist, music producer, etc., you should be developing a strategic plan and setting realistic goals that you can move toward on a regular basis. Consider this to be …
Social Music Networking: Online And Offline
In the previous edition of the musician’s business guide series, we discussed some fundamental ideas on how to get started in the music business. This post will cover how to develop a strong social music network for your business. The One Many Army Doesn’t Exist There are very few businesses in this world that can function with only one individual running …
How To Get Started In The Music Industry
Today’s music industry is fertile with opportunity and filled with talent. The great equalizer, we call the internet, has caused audio equipment manufacturers to drop their prices to historic lows making professional recording equipment more affordable than ever before. Combine this with the fact that social media has completely leveled the music promotions playing field, and you have a recipe for success…or …
Music Industry: Understanding 360 Recording Contracts
What Are 360 Deals? 360 record deals or 360 recording contracts have become increasingly more common in the music industry as it continues to be impacted by the internet. These multiple rights deals are typically agreements between a musician and a record label/music publishing company. Under these all encompassing agreements, a record label or publishing company shares in the …
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