Becoming a successful musician

Success stories in music

• Take your music seriously
  • Understand that your band is a business, in order to be profitable
    • Bands like “Face the King” understood this by selling their merchandise instead of giving it away for free was better for the band’s success
  • Don’t slack off on your art/craft
    • “Face the King” practices 30 hours a week and put on great performances of shows
  • Develop your skills as a musician and entertainer
    • Musician “Marshall Dane” says that he learned more songs and watched how other musicians performed to become better
  • Invest in the tools to help the business grow, and invest wisely
    • “Face the King” invests in reliably tough road-cases so that their equipment lasts longer when they travel and they can make more music and put on more shows
    • They don’t spend on things they want just things that they need, like strings for a guitar rather than a new guitar
    • Ultimately they save money by spending wisely on what they need to keep their business successful
    • “The Upset Victory” says that investing on a solid instrument will last longer than fancy amps and pedals.
    • “Wild Cub” invests on quality items for the band for a consistent quality of what they put out
    • “Wild Cub” learned how to put on their own light show with minimal lighting fixtures for their performances instead of paying more for a lighting designer and many lighting fixtures
  • All profit goes back into your music
    • The band “The Upset Victory” uses all the profit from their sales in records, merchandise, and shows to go back into their music whether it is to buy more merchandise or pay to record new music so that their business continues to flow in success
  • You need to start somewhere before anything can move forward
    • “The Upset Victory” suggest that playing small local shows are the best way to start out for newer bands instead of trying to go for a big arena show in the beginning
    • “Marshall Dane” performed shows for very little or no money but got noticed for doing so many of them
  • Owning more of your equipment is better than renting
    • “The Upset Victory” advises bands/musicians to own your own PA system as it is easier to use for your rehearsals and when you play shows and no need to rely on someone elses, the same goes for owning your own instruments.
  • Take opportunities
    • “Marshall Dane” took advantage of an offer to play bigger shows
  • Do as much for your music on your own as you can
    • “Moovalya” do their own merchandise
    • “Moovalya” design their own artwork
    • “Wild Cub” taught themselves to do their own light show

Becoming a successful Author

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• Invest into your goal
  • “Gloria Mallette”She bought a book on a guide to self-publishing
  • She designed her own cover instead of having someone else do it
  • “Gloria Mallette” paid to self-publish her books online
  • “Linda Pressman” sold her books online
  • “Denny Sheehan” sells his books online
• Be resourceful
  • She looked for book distributors in the Yellow pages to sell her books
  • Self-published her work and pays for her own costs for making that happen
  • “Linda Pressman” sought advice from the CreateSpace community so that her self-publishing experience was easier
  • “Linda Pressman” also paid for her own expenses in self-publishing
  • “Denny Sheehaan” knew a publisher and contacted that publisher
• Be attentive when an opportunity reveals itself
  • She received a call from an Editor to sign a book deal and took it
  • “Linda Pressman” put her books out with CreateSpace when no other publishers would sign a deal with her
• Take advantage of those opportunity
  • “Linda Pressman” did not wait for someone else to publish her books when she was already ready to have her finished work published
• Believe in your work
  • “Linda Pressman” was confident her work was worth being published even if she published it herself
  • “Gloria Mallette” took those opportunities in her own hands when self-publishing because she believed her own work was worth it as well