Music Business Skills Your Day Job Can Teach You
"I can't wait to quit my day job and do music full time!" How many times have you said that to yourself and everyone around you? The necessary evil of a day job that has nothing to do with music can make you feel you're never progressing fast enough to get your career off the ground. It takes up too much of the time you could be spending practicing, writing new songs, networking, engaging with your fans, or anything else in the world that's more important than what you do. Bu
Ways to Boost Your Music Income Without Leaving Home
Making it as a musician isn’t easy. It takes a lot of grit, determination, and long hours to make your mark and, if you’re lucky, start seeing some financial gain from it. But I’m a firm believer that you can make a living as a musician if you’re willing to get creative and step outside the box of what you think that looks like. At the very least, you can certainly add some extra income to your pocket, and a lot of times, you can do it without even leaving the house. (So, no
Ways to Get Fans Buying Tickets to an Upcoming Show
Concerts are one of the primary ways you’re going to make money as a musician, so while it can be exhausting to promote all of your shows over and over, it’s what you have to do to stay in business. In fact, you’ll probably end up spending more time promoting concerts and pushing tickets than actually playing onstage! After initially releasing dates and announcing a tour, how do you make sure you sell as many tickets as possible? Social media will quickly become your best fri
Things Music Journalists Expect After Reviewing Your Album
It finally happened: that hot music blog called your album "inspired" and urged its voracious readers to give it a listen. You do a happy dance and text your mom to tell her you're on your way to bonafide rockstar status. This one 300-word post has made your entire day, week, and month. But before you get too swept away by seeing your band's name in print, don't forget whose fingers typed it. You likely either cold called the writer or blog, worked with a publicist or PR agen
