5 . Build solid relationships with the people who book your shows , venue owners and your fans . This increases your chances of getting better gigs in the future .
Music Industry Challenge Three : Getting Valuable Opportunities In The Music Business : Musician # 1 thinks : " If you want a shot at valuable music industry opportunities , you just have to get lucky , be in the right place / right time or know someone in the business ." These kinds of musicians take control out of their own hands , and put it into the hands of people they never knew and will probably never meet . They are full of excuses , and avoid taking responsibility for making their musical lives better . Musician # 2 thinks : " If I just put in a lot of hard work , I ' ll eventually reach the goals I want ." This mindset supports self-motivation , taking responsibly and having a great work ethic all important traits to have in the music industry ). This is light years ahead of the negative mindset I just described , and will help you go far in the music business . However , hard work alone will not bring you long-lasting success . A lot of musicians fail to achieve success in the music business , because they aren ' t sure exactly what to do or how to do it . Musician # 3 thinks : " I ' m not sure how to get really big music business opportunities ... but I ' ll do whatever I have to in order to find out . I have to get training from someone who has already done it before . I can ' t make assumptions about how the music industry works based on advice from people who have never succeeded in it at a high level ."
No matter how much you know about the music industry in this moment , having an empowering mindset will help you discover the things you don ' t know , and put you on the best track for success .
About The Author : Tom Hess is an online guitar teacher , music career mentor and guitar player . He trains and mentors from all over the world on how to develop a successful career in music . On his musician improvement website you can find a lot of free music career resources and music industry articles .
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Put Together a Couple of Great Tracks First , you have to take some time and decide which songs are your best songs that will grab the attention of someone who might want to invest some time in you . Three to five songs are all you really need .
Special Track Structure for a Demo To improve your chances of having more than one song listened to you should set your demo CD up like this : take 30 seconds of each song and put those clips as your first three to five tracks . Next , create another three to five tracks of the same songs at their original lengths and put them at the end of the CD . This will help when someone important listens to the CD , they will hear just a little preview of each song and they can quickly move on to the next one . When and if they do hear something they like they can go forward to the track that contains the whole length of the song for more .
Important : Make sure that you label the CD cases with the information that tells the person who will be listening to the CD that the track structure is set up in this special way to avoid confusions .
Also , make sure that all artist names or the band ' s name are on the CD insert or cover along with each member of the band and their responsibilities .
Press Kit The ideal of a press kit is to essentially tell whoever picks up your CD to listen to it , who you and or your band are , what your accomplishments are , where you have performed , and any proof of a local , Internet , national and international fan base that you have acquired throughout time under the bands or artist name .
You may also want to have some live performances recorded at a venue you frequent or in the studio where you record . Yes , it would make more of an impact to have a live performance at a venue , but you can still do some really cool stuff in a studio with a camera .
Putting Together a Demo for Your Break Into The Music Industry
In this press kit you also want to include a bio - make sure to include what ambitions and intent you yourself or your band has along with any other info that can help you or your band standout . by Brian D . Hensley
As a band or as a solo artist , eventually you have to start thinking about making a demo CD for A & R reps , producers , production companies , and record labels to help market , fund , and traffic your music .
Getting someone in the music industry to take the time to listen to your demo is not an easy task . Most demos are tossed in the garbage before they are even opened and if they are listened to , even if you only put three songs on the CD , most people in the music industry won ' t even bother listening to the whole thing . Don ' t take it personally ; it ' s the music industry .
But if you do have something special and you are ready to put together a demo CD in the attempt to get the attention of the music industry , there are some things you need to know to be successful in this venture .
Make Contact Take some time and network with people who are involved in the music industry - ask questions and make connections . The idea here is to find places you can send your demo CD to that are worth your while . My first demo CD I sent out , I made the mistake of sending it out to every place that was or maybe wasn ' t excepting demos , and to this day I wonder just how many demos I sent out that never made it out of the package before finding its way to the trash can . I ' m going to assume out of probably 150 demos I sent out , only about 2 percent of them made it into a CD player , that ' s a lot of wasted time .
The best way to avoid wasting your time sending out demos to places or to people who won ' t listen to it is to make your music solicited . Sounds tough right ? It ' s not , a lot of bigger record companies do not accept non-solicited music , but all you have to do is talk to someone and get them to agree to listen 25 to your