[musictlk] turning my music into a career

[Tyler]

So far,  I have music on soundcloud.com, and have appeared several times on the Song Fight 
online songwriting show at songfight.org. I am also a fanfic/comedy writer, and 
I'm thinking about using filkarchive.org.uk, a site just for fan music (such as songs about Star 
Trek characters). I post my lirics on amiright.com, a parody/comedy site.
Tyler Z
On Mon, 20 May 2013 15:18:03 -0400, Debbie wrote:


>What about cdbaby and/or tunecore?
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>I have contemplated either of those, but haven't decided which might work.
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>Keep singing and creating!
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>Debbie Human
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>From: "Sheri Beth Wells-Jensen" <swellsj at bgsu.edu>
>To: "Tyler" <programmer651 at comcast.net>; "Music Talk Mailing List" 
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>Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 12:26 PM
>Subject: Re: [musictlk] turning my music into a career
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>>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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>>sheri
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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
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>>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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