Seminar attendees

If you would like to receive information on attending the upcoming June2010 Detroit area Tour Send your e-mail request to yourmusicbiz1@gmail.com 

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FUTURE OF MUSIC & TECHNOLOGY SEMINAR

Information request received before May 31, 2010 will be eligible for a seminar discount

Take assessment of Your Music Career

This month, we would like to discuss a few key issues in preparing yourself for success in the music industry. There are many things to consider when attempting to launch a successful music career, many of them are discussed in detail in our DVD download ”The Business of Music”.  This month, we would like to address the subject of assessing your career. In order to get a full assessment of your career potential, you must take inventory of three key issues:

1. Where you are currently
2. What are your strengths and weaknesses
3. What you need to improve

Let’s take a look at each of these in more detail.

Where you are currently? Make a list of the things you’ve accomplished at this point in your career, than make a second list of where you want to be over the next two years. Don’t be discouraged if the list of accomplishments is short, the list of where you want to be will give you greater focus. Your list should include things like: where you’ve performed, who you’ve worked with, where your music has played, how you’ve set yourself up in business and the team you’ve built around you to enhance your career. Make sure your second list includes how you want these things to look in the next two years. This applies to singers, songwriter, producers and managers as well.

What are your strengths and weaknesses? In doing this, you must be willing to be totally honest with yourself. You must learn to identify your weaknesses in order to improve them if possible. On the other hand, not being able to recognize your strengths and capitalize on them is a major mistake that a lot of good potential music enthusiast make.  For example, a singer may write song after song for themselves to record while over looking the fact that they have star power writing potential and would be better suited pursuing the industry as a successful songwriter.  Ask people you encounter to be honest with you about your skills and do not just depend on the compliments of family and friends.

What you need to improve? Once you have finished points 1 & 2, make a list of the things you’ll need to improve and the tools you’ll need to improve them. This could mean, developing your management team, hiring a consultant, taking voice lessons, finding new people to produce your product, raising investment capital for equipment, getting a makeover or most important of all, developing your understanding about the Business Of Music and The New Technology and how it can effects your career.  To learn more, check out “The Business of Music" download.