How to Navigate around music economy

Ok! So now you have skilled yourself as a musician and maybe you want to make a living at it. Maybe your playing gigs and your audiences love what you do. You have raving fans in the venue where you perform. You don't know how to navigate this economy. I would say that first have to analyse your position in terms of skill level not just in your art but in technology as well that is readily available to help you get out there and find your place in this economy.

You first assess your level of ability with technology matters that will help your access to earning a living and always be devising a strategy for improvement. There is a huge impact of technology on freelance musicians and it's essential to be able communicate your message. You need to open a facebook account and a website. The website needs to interact with all the online forums such as twitter and instagram. Technology will impact on you because people will want to collaborate with you through the internet. You need to able to share midi files and be adept at sharing audio and video files on soundcloud and forums like bandcamp.

http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/navigating-the-music-business-mapping-out-a-living.html

https://www.themusicmaze.com/

You should probably be thinking about joining a music rights organisation such as IMRO [Irish Music Rights Organisation] https://www.imro.ie/event/making-it-in-the-music-business/

You need to familiarise yourself with royalties and how to make money on the sounds your create and also on earnings on performances you give. This organisation with also advise on streaming and blogging and building relationships on twitter and advertising. There is also useful help there for promotions and press releases.

There are of course some negative aspects of all this technology in that it may impart on your time. As an artist you make just wish to improve your art and that's important too. Creating a good work balance is important but technology and how it impacts you cant's be avoided Navigation is important. Understanding as well that you can't do everything yourself and there are plenty of resources available through agents and promoters and it's worthwhile exploring these agency's as well in the management of your music business. Music Management Bible 2003 [Music Managers Forum Publication] www.okmmf.net

References:

http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/navigating-the-music-business-mapping-out-a-living.html

https://www.themusicmaze.com/

https://www.imro.ie/event/making-it-in-the-music-business/

Bibliography

Music Management Bible 2003 [Music Managers Forum Publication] www.okmmf.net

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