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Dealing With The Risks Of A Music Career
Becoming a full-time, well-paid artist or songwriter is risky business. You must understand the risks right from the start and put things in place to either minimize or completely eliminate them.
5 Things That Make You Attractive To People In The Music Industry
Copyright 2016 Vinny Ribas 1. No attractiveness’ list would be complete without including having a pleasing personality and being easy to work with. This includes showing up on time, following up on phone calls, catering to the venue rather than just ‘doing your own thing’, acting professionally at all times, taking breaks and returning from them…
Music Industry Illusions
© 2016 Vinny Ribas One of the biggest challenges within the indie music industry is that there are far too many illusions, misconceptions and distorted beliefs. Here are a few things that you might believe or that people will try to tell you about the music industry that are, 99% of the time, far from…
Overcoming The 3 Greatest Indie Artist Challenges
Contrary to popular belief, the biggest challenges that talented indie artists have do not stem from a lack of promotion or the state of the music industry in general.
What Makes Artists and Musicians Successful?
© 2015 Vinny Ribas As with any business, those who ‘make it’ tend to have a number of things in common. These range from what they know and how they think to who they surround themselves with. Here are a few short things every successful artist and musicians has in their tool belt. A Professional…
7 Possible Reasons Why Your Career Isn’t Taking Off
You might have unbelievable talent. You may be investing a lot of money into recording, gear etc. You can be spending countless hours talking yourself up on social networks. But if you don’t seem to be making any progress in your career. there is still something amiss. Here is a brief checklist ofsome reasons you…
7 Critical Mistakes Many Recording Artists Make
© 2015 Vinny Ribas One of the most rewarding experiences that artists have is recording their music. It’s exhilarating. It’s a tremendous creative outlet. It’s the payoff for a lot of hard work. And it’s their legacy. Unfortunately, many artists don’t achieve all they hoped for out of their recordings, and often it is because…
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.…
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…
DIY or Delegate – Using Experts To Increase Your Chances Of Success
© 2010 Vinny Ribas I believe there are 6 primary categories in which a DIY (do-it-yourself) artist needs to be proficient in to be successful. They are performing, recording, songwriting (if you’re not just playing covers), booking, marketing (your act and your music) and business management. That is a lot for one person to handle.…