When music is at the core of your being, it isn’t that “nothing else matters,” but rather, all that matters is orchestrated correctly through music. Whether it be a nuance of jazz or a surreal, synchronistic “ending” to a piece, it is the “flavor” to a writer that determines whether the writer will perform it. But enough with the deep and the esoteric. We are in a very tough economy now, in case you have been (surprisingly) able to lose sight of it.
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If your music is deep and esoteric, you might feel a spiritual obligation to share the musical work you are so very proud of, so that others may be a bit more inspired or enlightened with their lives as well. The problem is that little 5 letter word that begins with an “m.” That 5 letter word that begins with an “m,” for those of you who were running around a bit too late last evening, is “money.” For better or for worse, the most important thing you should be building a supply of if you want to have a successful music career is money. If you are just getting started (or even if you are seasoned “but on the rebound”), money has that funny little ability of leveling the playing field when it comes time to your level of control, your productions, and your life accommodations you need for your music (if you’ve saved money, that is). Money knows no specific record label. Money knows nothing, but fortunately, you do. Money does actually buy one thing: FREEDOM. But you have to HOLD ON TO your money. You have the freedom to at least make responsible decisions regarding its proper use. The type of job that you work at now to earn money does not matter, but should (preferably) be at a recording or production company, even at the bottom rung. What also matters is that money is money, and can afford you the very same provisions as anyone else, regardless of your (current) lot in life. However, once you get it, even if you’re working a night shift at a fast food restaurant, you know that your dollar will buy you the same as the person who works the night shift at The White House.
If you work hard for money and also save money to increase your own personal character and influence within the demands of your music career, you must use your money responsibly. Do not let anybody charge you for goods, services, or promotions promising you a music career. They will only (cheat) you out of your hard-earned money. Money takes so much time to earn through working, yet so very little time to spend in foolish, unneeded ways.
There’s nothing that bothers critics more than a “scaled-down project,” or a project that illustrates the notion you have cut corners somewhere, but think that all who listen will see the song’s potential. Even if you do have the engineering skills to create a world-class recording on a shoestring budget, you should still SAVE, SAVE, SAVE, not spending your money on “making” your music (that part should be “free” as much as possible if you invest in inexpensive but “functionally sound” equipment), so that you can secure a financial future for yourself REGARDLESS of when the money you (might) make from actually selling music starts to come in.
More to come.
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