Getting Started In The Music Industry

This might seem obvious, but unfortunately many songwriters simply send out a shotgun blast of their music to whoever they can, hoping “someone” important will hear their music and make them famous. That strategy simply doesn’t work.

West Indians would tune up to anything to make a rhythm. Consider steel pan, that evolved in 1930s. The music played on it was incredible yet it was created out of the discarded 50 gallon drums of the Trinidadian oil industry. Steel pan is also an ideal instrument for providing the food inspiration for the weddings. Calypso is another inspiring style of music with great rhythms. During Carnivals, Caribbean music, particularly in Calypso, is sometimes about protest and social community but yet it is about dancing. West Indians leave their jobs to get back for carnival.

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But not everything is about the money. Just because you sold many MP3s online does not mean you have quality music. Good is not great. Good is mediocre at best. If you want people to spend the time to listen to your music, make it a spectacular experience that they would never ever forget.

Well the strongest and/or most popular music may get most of the income and the big bucks. But they are not necessarily the only ones making money with music. OK I may not be talking millions or new cars or houses here. But small amounts of revenue can be accrued by the most lightly active musicians. If you perform gigs at live music venues, release or sell your own music or get play on less mainstream radio shows you can still make some money with music.

I recommend keeping the music intro to no longer than 20 seconds. I suggest a 10 second “pure music” intro, followed by about 10 seconds of you talking over your music track as the music track fades out. On the “outro” you can probably go a little longer, probably 30 seconds or so, but still only about 10 seconds worth of you talking over the music track as it fades in.