Tag Archives: Music Industry

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!

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Top Music Industry Podcasts

Listed here are my top music industry podcasts for anyone who wants to get educated about various aspects of the music business.

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Interviewing Potential Band Members

Most artists have expereinced the challenge of finding and keeping the right band members. Hopefully these interview questions will help you find exactly who you ae looking for: How serious are you? Be sure that their level matches that of your own. What experience do you have? What bands have you been in, if any?…

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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:

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With Influence Comes Responsibility

© 2011 Vinny Ribas As an artist who performs in public, you want people to pay attention to you. That’s how they become fans. But in chasing this, whether you realize it or not, you put yourself in a position of influence. You are the man or woman on stage who is telling the audience…

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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…

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How Much Has The Music Industry Changed?

© 2011 Vinny Ribas Everywhere I go, I hear that ‘the music industry has changed’. Just the thought of that has thrown many artists and record companies into turmoil. Some people, and companies, resist change with every fiber of the their beings! But having been ‘indie’ before indie was cool, I thought I would take…

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