[musictlk] turning my music into a career

[Timothy Clark Music]

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god bless 
 Timothy 
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On May 20, 2013, at 3:22 PM, Tyler wrote:

> 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?
>> 
>> 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,
>>> 
>>> 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.
>>> 
>>> 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.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 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'!
>>> 
>>> 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.
>>> 
>>> Peace,
>>> 
>>> sheri
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----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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