Opportunities As A Independent Artist
Preparing Your Music For Opportunities As A
Independent Artist
Have you ever heard the term
opportunity meets preparation? Well it’s absolutely true! Surely you don’t want
to run into an opportunity and you are not prepared to take advantage of it
right? Many of us are never prepared for that one instance where we may get
that chance to break through. Then we sit back and wonder why we never can get
a break. Next we start to blame everything and anything around us for our
misfortune, when the fact remains we were not prepared.
Being unprepared can be
easily corrected with planning. As a musician a simple action, such as keeping
your latest music on your cell phone is good planning. Why you may ask? Because
we are in a mobile and digital age. What if you attended a casual party and you
ran into a music professional and after you introduced yourself they were
interested in hearing your music. With something as simple as watts app you can
message them your catalog directly. Waiting to get their email and then sending
your music the next day is giving yourself greater chances to lose that
opportunity. They may not remember you the next day.
Many independent artist
neglect this next subject that is vital in the preparation of their music. Its
been mentioned several times. Get your music mastered! Some artist, feel it is
okay to put out music that is not mastered. The truth is, it’s not okay.
Whether you like it or not, if you are serious about your music as a career at
some point it will become a business. You are going up against talented artist
who are seeking fans, just as much as you are. You need to put your best
forward. Many independent artist, are investing into their brand and catalog of
music and you must do the same to become successful. Take the time to get a mix
and master done to the songs you know are going to grab people’s attention
before you release your music. You don’t want to miss the opportunity of
grabbing the attention of a new fan.
Another mistake is artist do
not take steps to put in place agreements, if they are collaborating with other
artist. What’s going to happen if you work with another songwriter or producer
and no points of percentages have been agreed upon? Then the song go’s
international, you open yourself up to lawsuits. Now all the royalties you have
earned are tied up, because of one simple preparation that was neglected.
Artist must put in place agreements with collaborators and other contributors
to a project. Usually when there is only 1 song writer and 1 producer its
usually 50/50 on a split, but when other people are involved there’s more
people to feed. Get your songwriting and publishing splits figured out before
any release of a record. You never know what can happen with the song.
There are many things you can do to better prepare yourself as an
independent artist. It would be impossible to cover everything in one passage
though. Thankfully these are some of the pointers you can start with, to open
your mind up to creating ideas to make yourself prepared as a independent artist.
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