[musictlk] turning my music into a career

[Debbie]

What about cdbaby and/or tunecore?

I have contemplated either of those, but haven't decided which might work.

Keep singing and creating!

Debbie Human
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sheri Beth Wells-Jensen" <swellsj at bgsu.edu>
To: "Tyler" <programmer651 at comcast.net>; "Music Talk Mailing List" 
<musictlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 12:26 PM
Subject: Re: [musictlk] turning my music into a career


> Hi, Tyler,
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> If by, Career, you mean fulltime work as a gigging musician, you've asked 
> the million dollar question! There is lots of associated (and sort of 
> dull) work that goes into promoting yourself and your band.  I am not a 
> fulltime musician, but I'd guess I spend as much time with organizational 
> and follow up work as I do with practicing and rehearsing.
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> There are some folks who have done well starting via some high-quality 
> YouTube posts with links to paid downloads.  This requires some steady 
> attention to your websites, your YouTube channel(s)  and some search 
> engine optimization: it's extremely rare for someone to post a YouTube 
> video and have it go viral.  Even if it does, you then have to be ready to 
> react to that event and actually sell something.  There are some 
> thoughtful commentaries on making your living online written 
> (interestingly enough) by people who draw comics.
> It requires some savvy and lots of time.
> Try googling around for those folks and their advice: if you can't find 
> them readily, then perhaps the online route isn't for you.
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> The standard way would be to start a systematic advance on all the open 
> Mics in your area: be patient.  Set up a schedule for yourself of what 
> bars, coffee houses or other places in your area have open Mics.  Go to 
> each one to check them out and ask how one signs up.  Make sure you follow 
> the rules for each: if they say 'ten minutes' be prepared to get on and 
> off the stage in ten minutes precisely.  If they say 'family friendly' 
> then keep it rated G.
> Know your equipment and be prepared to hand the sound guy the business end 
> of your guitar cable (if you're a guitarist with a pick up) and be tuned 
> and ready to start the instant s/he says 'go'!
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> And, be delighted with anything that comes your way!
> Most musicians never make enough money to be fulltime, but we're out there 
> having fun and spreading the joy.
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> Peace,
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: musictlk [mailto:musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tyler
> Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2013 12:52 PM
> To: musictlk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [musictlk] turning my music into a career
>
> Hello! How can I start as far as turning my music into a career? How can I 
> find gigs in the local area? How can I find indie record deals? I've done 
> Soundcloud, and I've even written songs for the online show Song Fight. 
> Would Youtube help a lot more than either one of those?
> Tyler Z
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