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SIGNING YOUR CONTRACT

Now that you have gone through your contract negotiations and have signed (or are about to sign) your first music contract, let’s take a...

UNDERSTANDING YOUR CONTRACTS

Now that you have officially had your meetings with a few different representatives from the labels, it is time to begin negotiating the...

PREPARING FOR LABEL MEETINGS

You have successfully submitted your music to the variety of different distribution channels mentioned in a previous article. You have...

MUSIC PUBLISHING

It’s now time to begin getting into the industry side of becoming an artist. The next few steps will be less about you as an artist,...

MARKETING AND MERCHANDISE

A major part of making the transition from up and coming local artist to regionally and nationally known, is your marketing and...

LIVE SHOWS/REHEARSAL

Your team is now in place, and you’re ready to start promoting your music and talents. You have released music online and the public has...

ASSEMBLING YOUR TEAM

You have now completed the entirety of the creation process in regard to your songs. You have the records, you have the final mix, you...

RELEASING YOUR MUSIC

Now that you have successfully registered your music with a performance rights organization (PRO) and have copyrighted all of your music,...

COPYRIGHTING YOUR MUSIC

You have successfully completed the creation process for your music. The recording is done, you have the final mix sounding perfect, and...

THE POST PRODUCTION PROCESS

So, you have completed the first step of your song creating process and are ready for step two. Your vocals are all recorded. Your lead...

THE RECORDING PROCES

The recording process is arguably (other than constructing your team) the most important step in starting your music career as an artist....

PRODUCERS VS BEAT MAKERS

It could be said every producer is a beat maker, but not every beat maker is a producer. While this is statement is true, it is not fully...

FIGHT FOR OUR RIGHT

We have seen over the last few years how broken the American system is. With the brutalized beatings by cops on innocent people, the...

THE HISTORY OF UNPAID INTERNSHIPS

Undoubtably anyone who has made it in the entertainment field has gone through some sort of internship at some point in time. These...

THE POWER OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN MUSIC

Generation Z is the first generation to fully grow up with the internet and social media. Anyone born after the year 2000, has no...

SCHOOLING VS ON THE JOB TRAINING

Let me start off by saying this article is by no means saying one is better than the other. I am not saying that schooling isn’t...

DO YOU NEED A MAJOR LABEL

If you go back as little as even 10 years ago the answer to this question was probably yes. In today’s music climate that answer is not...

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