I am negotiating my 5,000 + Song Music Catalog; myself. This industry is full of plastic people. I approach everything as business first. This is the simplest industry, that has been made complicated. Rhymes and beat. Albums. Ep's. Singles. Music videos and an online store/ market place. Streaming is GARBAGE/ highway robbery. Do. Your. Own. Thing. Seriously.
This was certainly a take, but...this feels more like some "If you want to get to the NBA, you have the practice every night." type of advice. I think your audience would benefit from a more descriptive and realistic approach with a genuine investment from you. "Why Call to Actions are important" "How to more boldly create content and how to aim it at a rich demo" "How to build a plan with 6 passive incomes that can turn music into a career". I get that it may not fit into your algorithm at first, but you'll actually help real ppl who actually need the guidance. Anyway, gud luck with your channel. All the best.
Something shady about this comment and the way you worded it , you need to also realise people are in different spots in their journey and sometimes the most descriptive information won’t help someone who isn’t there yet. Musicians think very differently from say a manager or a strategist. The video is for who it was intended for.
I'm working on using my time constructively. I know I have said it before but I truly appreciate you and have been working diligently to get things off the ground. I can't wait to meet you and get to work with you.
Great guidelines!!! Found a lot of value from this! I think the people in the comments don’t understand that it isn’t your job to hold their hand throughout the whole process and that your purpose is to set them onto the right path with digestible concepts in which they themselves need to build off of, or that maybe you’re charging for your premium information which is understandable. Either way, good stuff. I’ll take the guidelines and implement them how I see fit 💪🏽
Honestly I see why this says "fool" proof instead of full. Musicians please wake up and don't do this. This is right up there with playing shows to "gain" fans as some of the worst career advice you could be given. Let's get one thing straight. While there are different job descriptions amungst professional musicians they all share one thing in common. Whether you are a session musician,a touring international act,a beat maker/producer,dj,or even a karaoke host they all share one thing In common. They earn their livelihood from music. Being a musician is hard enough. If your goal is being a successfully well known artist from making your own music the road is already hard and the deck is stacked against you. By taking the path suggested in this video you've now taken one low probability road and created 2. Want some facts? For all the b.s posted about how this is the best time to be an indie artist 98 % of indie artists would be insolent without full time jobs and many are with them. Everyday more and more people are trying to become content creators. 90 % phase out after realizing after hours and hours of commitment and dedication they are no closer to monetization than when they started. This video takes a huuuuuge assumption when calling this a "fool proof plan". Theyre assuming that somehow because you are a musician you'll be a great content creator when the two jobs are completely different. The second problem with this angle is even if you become a great content creator and reach monetization this in no way has any relation to your actual goal of becoming a successful professional musician does it? If anything it creates the opposite. People watch videos on RUclips and tik tok to pass time In their daily lives. Most bounce from video to video and with tons of choices and hallways they quickly leave one to go down a different rabbit hole. I've never seen literally ANYONE say omg my favorite content creator is performing their music live tonight at a large venue or even a small one. What professional musicians that you know are putting 90 % of their time and resources into making content. The answer will always be zero because real touring musicians spend their lives recording music,performing music,and doing press interviews. Even if they wanted to have an extremely close relationship with their fans (scary) they don't have the time and would be losing money doing so. So again how does this lead to there? Let's look at the next part. Having 10000 dollars vs having 10000 to invest are not even remotely the same thing. If you have 10000 to your name and you chose to spend every cent without a dime coming in you'd be a fool no matter what you spent it on. If you have 10000 to invest why would you spend 9000 dollars on creating content or 1000 dollars on Facebook adds if you are an artist with no name or traction? Creating content is virtually free so why am I spending 90% of my budget on something that I don't have to? The next part about Facebook adds I can agree with. It should be less than 10% of your marketing budget because to an artist no one has ever heard of frankly it isn't a good choice of resources. If you honestly have 10000 dollars your initial marketing plan as a while should only be 2-3000 and any cent spent on Facebook should solely be spent on promoting your first show (record release party) to recoup your initial investment. The sum of your initial 3000 should at minimum be designed to break close to even while giving you the highest possible visibility and bringing out real local listeners to your shows. Then you can respond the same 3000 on developing analytic Insight to invest more money for future growth. I'm not saying you shouldn't create content but if you do you need to leave plenty of room for mystery and intrigue. Just like if a girl knows everything about you and how much you love her she's quick to dump you the press and media are no different. What's left to interview if you've given all of yourself away for free on tik tok? The whole world can see you there so there is no angle left to cover. Wake up musicians. They want to dull your creativity and turn you into an infomercial. Know who you are. Use your creative minds to create a real plan. Understand that marketing is about visibility and content creators and musicians are not the same no matter what they say. All these " experts " tell you that losing thousands of Facebook campaigns is good to get a few thousand plays in Afghanistan and that's gonna lead to your career. Paying to submit to blogs with 95% rejection rates is the answer. Buying playlist promotion that gets you banned was the answer. None of those things were the answer. Only you are and there is no such thing as a full proof plan In music or life.
@@MusicMoneyMakeover nobody is the expert. That's the point. There isn't "one way" however there are things that gain traction to where one is trying to go and things that don't. .Many people are pushing the "become content creator" angles. This simply isn't good advice for everyone. Some of the greatest artists in the world are socially awkward and would have made horrible content creators. Would anyone honestly have advised them to invest 90 percent of their time in money into something they are awful at instead of what they are actually good at? What I'm saying is truth man. If you put 90 percent of your energy in content creation what percent is left for music if that was your goal? This advice is essentially telling a musician to give up on music or put it to the extreme background while focusing on content. Do these musicians have a story? Do they have natural camera charisma? A wide variety of topics to keep their listeners engaged? If the answer is yes to all 3 they may be a good fit to create content. I still see in no way how this is going to in any way build a music career which again means your time is spent and money is earned by music. Is there any evidence that creating content leads to packing musical arenas ? If an artist spends 9000 dollars on creating content and has no following how does spending 9000 dollars on content creation alone then a thousand dollars on an ad campaign through meta lead to anything but a net loss of 10 thousand dollars? How do these two plans even connect to one another? As I said an artists goal whether with or without a label in the beginning should always be that the sum of all parts of the plan equal the highest amount of visibility for the least amount of money. A good part of that visibility needs to occur in an area near or within reach of the artist to allow for recoupment of costs to occur and for a foundation to be built. Without testing the market a bit why would one blow its full load with no data behind it? In this full proof model you've presented it doesn't explain how the sum of the 2 parts even work together. It doesn't explain what the musician is actually accomplishing or striving to accomplish by doing it. It just essentially says spending 90 percent of your time and money making content and spend 10 % on Facebook adds and this is a full proof plan. My question is a plan to what?
This was very helpful. Thank you
This dropped right on time for me! Glad I found you brotha, thx a million 👌🏾👍🏾
Glad I could help
bro you be dropping gems
I am negotiating my 5,000 + Song Music Catalog; myself. This industry is full of plastic people. I approach everything as business first. This is the simplest industry, that has been made complicated. Rhymes and beat. Albums. Ep's. Singles. Music videos and an online store/ market place. Streaming is GARBAGE/ highway robbery. Do. Your. Own. Thing. Seriously.
You wrote 5,000 Songs? Nice.
Thank you I appreciate the game 🙏🏽
Thanks
This was certainly a take, but...this feels more like some "If you want to get to the NBA, you have the practice every night." type of advice. I think your audience would benefit from a more descriptive and realistic approach with a genuine investment from you. "Why Call to Actions are important" "How to more boldly create content and how to aim it at a rich demo" "How to build a plan with 6 passive incomes that can turn music into a career".
I get that it may not fit into your algorithm at first, but you'll actually help real ppl who actually need the guidance.
Anyway, gud luck with your channel. All the best.
I've been doing all of that. Even if the videos are not directly titled that. However videos like that are on the way.
Something shady about this comment and the way you worded it , you need to also realise people are in different spots in their journey and sometimes the most descriptive information won’t help someone who isn’t there yet. Musicians think very differently from say a manager or a strategist. The video is for who it was intended for.
Thank you so much for you channel! For public relations do you recommend I hire a company or shop around myself?
It depends on the level you’re at. Most public relations can be handled by you.
This here is the win (self-discipline) > 07:17 - Yeah, but I don’t have the time that’s the problem! 💯
@@rehab101onsw yeah man self discipline is key!
What’s a CTA?
Call to Action
I'm working on using my time constructively. I know I have said it before but I truly appreciate you and have been working diligently to get things off the ground. I can't wait to meet you and get to work with you.
You got this!
Thanks for taking the time to teach us sh*t man
@@MwelwaOnCos anytime
A Good Book is:
Buy Back Your Time by Dan Martell
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Thanks and you're welcome!
Great guidelines!!! Found a lot of value from this! I think the people in the comments don’t understand that it isn’t your job to hold their hand throughout the whole process and that your purpose is to set them onto the right path with digestible concepts in which they themselves need to build off of, or that maybe you’re charging for your premium information which is understandable. Either way, good stuff. I’ll take the guidelines and implement them how I see fit 💪🏽
Honestly I see why this says "fool" proof instead of full. Musicians please wake up and don't do this. This is right up there with playing shows to "gain" fans as some of the worst career advice you could be given.
Let's get one thing straight. While there are different job descriptions amungst professional musicians they all share one thing in common. Whether you are a session musician,a touring international act,a beat maker/producer,dj,or even a karaoke host they all share one thing In common. They earn their livelihood from music.
Being a musician is hard enough. If your goal is being a successfully well known artist from making your own music the road is already hard and the deck is stacked against you. By taking the path suggested in this video you've now taken one low probability road and created 2.
Want some facts? For all the b.s posted about how this is the best time to be an indie artist 98 % of indie artists would be insolent without full time jobs and many are with them. Everyday more and more people are trying to become content creators. 90 % phase out after realizing after hours and hours of commitment and dedication they are no closer to monetization than when they started.
This video takes a huuuuuge assumption when calling this a "fool proof plan". Theyre assuming that somehow because you are a musician you'll be a great content creator when the two jobs are completely different.
The second problem with this angle is even if you become a great content creator and reach monetization this in no way has any relation to your actual goal of becoming a successful professional musician does it? If anything it creates the opposite. People watch videos on RUclips and tik tok to pass time In their daily lives. Most bounce from video to video and with tons of choices and hallways they quickly leave one to go down a different rabbit hole. I've never seen literally ANYONE say omg my favorite content creator is performing their music live tonight at a large venue or even a small one.
What professional musicians that you know are putting 90 % of their time and resources into making content. The answer will always be zero because real touring musicians spend their lives recording music,performing music,and doing press interviews. Even if they wanted to have an extremely close relationship with their fans (scary) they don't have the time and would be losing money doing so. So again how does this lead to there?
Let's look at the next part. Having 10000 dollars vs having 10000 to invest are not even remotely the same thing. If you have 10000 to your name and you chose to spend every cent without a dime coming in you'd be a fool no matter what you spent it on. If you have 10000 to invest why would you spend 9000 dollars on creating content or 1000 dollars on Facebook adds if you are an artist with no name or traction? Creating content is virtually free so why am I spending 90% of my budget on something that I don't have to? The next part about Facebook adds I can agree with. It should be less than 10% of your marketing budget because to an artist no one has ever heard of frankly it isn't a good choice of resources.
If you honestly have 10000 dollars your initial marketing plan as a while should only be 2-3000 and any cent spent on Facebook should solely be spent on promoting your first show (record release party) to recoup your initial investment. The sum of your initial 3000 should at minimum be designed to break close to even while giving you the highest possible visibility and bringing out real local listeners to your shows. Then you can respond the same 3000 on developing analytic Insight to invest more money for future growth.
I'm not saying you shouldn't create content but if you do you need to leave plenty of room for mystery and intrigue. Just like if a girl knows everything about you and how much you love her she's quick to dump you the press and media are no different. What's left to interview if you've given all of yourself away for free on tik tok? The whole world can see you there so there is no angle left to cover.
Wake up musicians. They want to dull your creativity and turn you into an infomercial. Know who you are. Use your creative minds to create a real plan. Understand that marketing is about visibility and content creators and musicians are not the same no matter what they say. All these " experts " tell you that losing thousands of Facebook campaigns is good to get a few thousand plays in Afghanistan and that's gonna lead to your career. Paying to submit to blogs with 95% rejection rates is the answer. Buying playlist promotion that gets you banned was the answer. None of those things were the answer. Only you are and there is no such thing as a full proof plan In music or life.
Ay man you’re the expert. It’s your world I’m just trying to live in it! Cheers🍻
Facts .
@@MusicMoneyMakeover nobody is the expert. That's the point. There isn't "one way" however there are things that gain traction to where one is trying to go and things that don't. .Many people are pushing the "become content creator" angles. This simply isn't good advice for everyone. Some of the greatest artists in the world are socially awkward and would have made horrible content creators. Would anyone honestly have advised them to invest 90 percent of their time in money into something they are awful at instead of what they are actually good at?
What I'm saying is truth man. If you put 90 percent of your energy in content creation what percent is left for music if that was your goal? This advice is essentially telling a musician to give up on music or put it to the extreme background while focusing on content.
Do these musicians have a story? Do they have natural camera charisma? A wide variety of topics to keep their listeners engaged? If the answer is yes to all 3 they may be a good fit to create content. I still see in no way how this is going to in any way build a music career which again means your time is spent and money is earned by music. Is there any evidence that creating content leads to packing musical arenas ? If an artist spends 9000 dollars on creating content and has no following how does spending 9000 dollars on content creation alone then a thousand dollars on an ad campaign through meta lead to anything but a net loss of 10 thousand dollars? How do these two plans even connect to one another?
As I said an artists goal whether with or without a label in the beginning should always be that the sum of all parts of the plan equal the highest amount of visibility for the least amount of money. A good part of that visibility needs to occur in an area near or within reach of the artist to allow for recoupment of costs to occur and for a foundation to be built. Without testing the market a bit why would one blow its full load with no data behind it?
In this full proof model you've presented it doesn't explain how the sum of the 2 parts even work together. It doesn't explain what the musician is actually accomplishing or striving to accomplish by doing it. It just essentially says spending 90 percent of your time and money making content and spend 10 % on Facebook adds and this is a full proof plan. My question is a plan to what?
Time Vs Money !
Yeah man
you are classique
McDonald's marketing can work.
Uhhhh. Thanks for the Idea.
I say this to my artists all the time!
#114👍
giving actual examples of what the organic content is wouldve helped 👍🏾 all this info we already know by now
All of these just to promote a song that is not a hit track. Poorly composed music will just suck up all your budget. Wasteful venture.
Dont you mean FULL PROOF
It’s FOOL PROOF are you’re a whiskey drinker? Cheers 🥃
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