There isn\u2019t just one straight path for every musician, engineer, or producer in the music industry. Aside from making records for artists, think of all the other types of music that\u2019s being produced. There are TV and movie scores, and Broadway soundtracks, just to name a few. Whatever your interests are, I think there\u2019s one topic worthy of conversation: your career path. By the time you move to a major music metropolis like London or NYC, your concept of how to make money has to change. It\u2019s possible you\u2019ve been able to wear many hats before, switching your focus to follow the quick money.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I\u2019m not saying this doesn\u2019t happen in the city, but one thing changes considerably\u2026 the competition for work. In a place like the Big Apple, there are many who take their work seriously. There\u2019s a career path for just about every category in the music business. There isn\u2019t just one straight path for every musician, engineer, or producer in the music industry. Aside from making records for artists, think of all the other types of music that\u2019s being produced. There are TV and movie scores, and Broadway soundtracks, just to name a few. Whatever your interests […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":22993,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179],"tags":[1428,1429,1120],"class_list":["post-22997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-info-articles","tag-music-business","tag-personal-development","tag-tech-articles"],"yoast_head":"\n
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\nWHAT KILL YOUR CHANCES FOR MUSIC CAREER SUCCESS?
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\nAnytime you have told your friends or family that you want to become a professional musician, what have they told you? Probably something like this:
\n\u201dYou\u2019ve got to get a safe job first in order to have a solid backup plan for your music career.\u201d
\n\u201dMusicians can\u2019t make a good living\u201d \u201dAll musicians have to play street corners for change just to get by\u201d
\nIn most cases you are told these things out of the best intentions\u2026 However, these ideas are highly misguided. Truth is, it\u2019s not as hard as you might think to earn a good living in the music industry if you know specifically what to do to make money as a pro musician (and actually DO it). With this in mind, it\u2019s exactly because the above false beliefs about the music industry are so widespread, that they cause many musicians to fear not being able to make money. They then do things that lead to the exact OPPOSITE of what is needed to earn a good living.
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\nWhat you believe becomes your reality. If you think you have a good excuse for why you simply can\u2019t become a successful musician (such as any of the things above), you will rationalize it and use it as a way to avoid advancing your music career. When you do this, you are GUARANTEED to fail at breaking into the music business. The other side of the coin is also true: if you believe that you are definitely going to become successful, and you are the master of your destiny, you will find a way to do whatever needs to get done to reach your goals. It\u2019s clear that the latter mindset has a massively higher rate of success (both in the music business and in everyday life).
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\nIf you don\u2019t even attempt to grow a successful music career \u2013 you have failed. Even worse than this guarantee of 100% failure, is you are going to regret not taking action to do what you dreamed of with music when you look back at all the opportunities you missed.
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\nDoes it sound ridiculous to be afraid of becoming successful? It\u2019s not. While the above fear of \u201cfailure\u201d is a frequent occurrence for musicians who are new to the music industry, the fear of \u201cbecoming successful\u201d is common for more seasoned musicians who are close to making a major breakthrough in their music careers.
\nThese musicians can easily self-destruct by worrying about how their lives will be different when they become successful, how others will view them, how difficult it will be to continue their success or believing below the surface that they do not truly \u201cdeserve\u201d to be successful. This causes many musicians begin to intentionally sabotage themselves by NOT doing things they know are in their own best interest (such as joining bands, going on tour or getting the training that they know they need that will build their career).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"