“Don’t believe the hype – the music industry isn’t dead! The digital age is quite simply the best time for music and musicians. Ever. We can’t get enough of new music, there’s never been more of it available and artists are retaking control of themselves.
A DIY career in music is possible, but you have to be self-starting, entrepreneurial and creative-as-hell to stand out. This book will give you the tricks and advice you need to get started and help you turn your passion into a viable, sustainable living.” – The 10 Truths about Making it in Music.
The Dotted music blog has released a new ebook entitled ’10 Truths About Making it in Music‘. The ebook, which is 53 pages long and available in pdf format is completely free of charge, and most importantly – if you are an independent musician – is a resource that will provide you with invaluable information on how to improve your musical career – and profit from it.
The ebook’s 10 ‘truths’ are based quotes from an assortment of musicians who are up there on the ‘made it’ list from members of Anthrax to Puddle of Mudd, and even Jared Leto. The book is packed with advice such as ‘you are a record label’ in this digital age, and can host, market, sell and otherwise distribute your own music, but more importantly it tells you how to do this, with advice on scheduling your releases, and ideas on how and where to host, sell and promote them.
There is a discussion on the all important topic of artist to fan relationships inspired by a quote from Jared leto which is one of the most important and relevant segments of the book. The nature of artist fan relationships is changing, with social media such as twitter and facebook fans and artists can engage in discussions together surrounding their music, tour dates, contests or otherwise and ‘get to know each other.’ This personal community feeling makes fans feel part of something and keeps them coming back for more, so is therefore very important, and completely different to how artist to fan relationships worked in the past, with bands such as Led Zeppelin being good at interacting with their fans – but could only do so at signings, live shows, appearances etc – back then there was no such thing as the internet. The internet is your biggest asset in this regard. Utilize the right websites in the right way and you will not only gain new fans, but you will keep them as well. And Dotted Music’s book tells you just which websites to use and how – and which ones not to.
Other topics covered include -monetizing your music even when 61% of 16-24 year olds surveyed as mentioned in the ebook feel they shouldn’t have to pay for music, the importance of your band being on Youtube, coming up with your ‘unique selling point’ and marketing it, believing in yourself and more.
