A successful career in music doesn't happen overnight. It takes patience, tenacity, openness to critique, and even some failure to clarify your goals and make them happen. Let there be no mistake—pursuing a career in the music industry may look easy, but it is highly competitive. The successful musicians you see today in the media—getting millions of hits on YouTube, performing in front of large audiences at the coolest music festivals, or getting streamed on popular playlists—represent only a minuscule percentage of all the musicians in, or trying to break into, the music business today. Knowing these odds, why would anyone continue to pursue a career in the music business?
This book is a unique perspective on how the music business started, and where it is today. The result is a must-have for anyone hoping to navigate the increasingly complex yet advantageous landscape that is the modern music industry.A successful career in music doesn't happen overnight. It takes patience, tenacity, openness to critique, and even some failure to clarify your goals and make them happen. Let there be no mistake—pursuing a career in the music industry may look easy, but it is highly competitive. The successful musicians you see today in the media—getting millions of hits on YouTube, performing in front of large audiences at the coolest music festivals, or getting streamed on popular playlists—represent only a minuscule percentage of all the musicians in, or trying to break into, the music business today. Knowing these odds, why would anyone continue to pursue a career in the music business?
This book is a unique perspective on how the music business started, and where it is today. The result is a must-have for anyone hoping to navigate the increasingly complex yet advantageous landscape that is the modern music industry.
