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Episode 14: Creating a Successful Business & Career in the Music Industry

We just recently shut down our large studio, because simply technology has taken over, and thank God we did. Because of COVID. The large studios that have been really successful are just not getting much traffic now so they are having to let people go. You can do so much with just your iPhone now for crying out loud…

Nobody signs these major record deals anymore. Because of YouTube you can be your own artist, get your own social media platform out there and you do your own distribution. Labels don’t do that anymore, and if they do, they want you to have your own following. Then they are going to give you a check to release your album, and for what? You don’t need that money…

What you have to be prepared for is the word, NO. And the phrase “not right now,” and “maybe later,” and “you’re not what we’re looking for.” I tell my students don’t get discouraged, keep trying. Don’t delete, don’t get rid of tracks. Keep that because there’s going to be a bass line or a drum sound that you can tweak five years from now and it’s going to be a hit!

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