Tag Archives: music business
Costly Songwriter Mistakes
It’s Important To Understand The Business Side of Songwriting © 2019 Vinny Ribas You many be amazing at writing lyrics and/or music. You study the craft to ensure you know the all rules and when and how to break them. But have you taken the time to fully understand the business side of your songwriting…
How Will You Accelerate Your Music Career In 2017?
Suggestions for moving your music career dramatically forward in the coming year. Remember, you CAN make money making music!
Why Can’t I Just Play My Music And Write My Songs?
© 2012 Vinny Ribas I meet hundreds of talented artists and songwriters every month, some of who have attained widespread success in the music industry. I am often shocked by the high percentage of them who do not really know how the music industry works. It’s one thing to have a hit song, or songs.…
12 Strategies For Long Term Success As An Indie Artist
Steps every indie artist should take to lay a solid career foundation! © 2012 Vinny Ribas Never stop networking. Always seek to meet new people and develop and maintain relationships. This includes all people from all walks of life. You never know who they know or will meet. You can’t know who is going to…
9 Timing Mistakes That Many Indie Artists Make
© 2011 Vinny Ribas The old saying goes, ‘An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.’ With that in mind, here are some of the most common yet damaging timing-related mistakes that many artists and songwriters make.
Down To Earth Advice For Indie Artists
© 2011 Vinny Ribas Here are a few pieces of advice that I wish I had known when I quit college and jumped into music full time. There is nothing new and revolutionary here; just practical, common sense thinking. But with music being such a creative and emotionally charged industry, I found that sometimes my…
An Aspiring Songwriter’s 2nd Job
Part Two of a Two-part series By Rand Bishop At the risk of appearing arrogant, pedantic, professorial, or even coldy academic, I have distilled the work required to become a successful professional songwriter into three general job descriptions:
Networking In The Music Industry
© 2011 Vinny Ribas There is no denying that whether you are a band, singer or an individual musician, you need the help of other people to have a successful music career. It doesn’t matter if you can play every instrument, sing all of the vocal parts and make great recordings all by yourself in…
10 Serious Music Industry Misconceptions
© 2011 Vinny Ribas Many indie artists set their goals and their carer path based on common music industry misconceptions. The purpose of this article is to shed some light on some of these common falacies so that you don’t spend countless time and money chasing a dream that may not come close to meeting…
Why I Failed (It’s The Music Business)
(c) 2011 Steve Grossman www.whyifailed.com Failure! Eleven years ago, my music career collapsed. After a moderately successful 20 year run, and for reasons I did not understand at the time, I had to face the reality that my time as a musician was over and it was time to move on. It was time to…