If you had 10 songs in a demo format and you were unknown in the music scene, where would you start your advertising? And just as important I guess, how much money would you be willing to spend on marketing?
I would start on a busy street with a guitar and an upside-down hat. From what I hear, the business side of music is cutthroat. Seriously, that's where I would start my "advertising". Preferably within a half-mile of a music studio.
Rusty Messages: 1186 Registered: May 2018 Location: Kansas City Missouri
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It's a risky life to choose being a musician. I know peripherally a jazz drummer who always lamented that he took the oath of poverty to do what he does so well. I'd say the odds making it big are like winning a big lottery.
Wayne Parham Messages: 18786 Registered: January 2001
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I have a lot of friends that are excellent musicians. They work regularly and are well-regarded locally, in Tulsa. But Tulsa doesn't pay much, so it's definitely a labor of love.
From what I've seen, you either have to travel - still being a "bar band" doing cover songs - or you have to go to a city that has a bustling music scene, like Austin. And either way, you have to be really lucky. Luck beats skill any day.
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