Diary of an Indie Artist - Sharks (Episode 10)

Sharks, sharks, sharks... the music industry is full of them. We gotta know it & accept it. And... be aware! They hide behind the name of managers, producers, promoters, artists, even friends! Let me tell you something, first thing you have to do in your artist life is to decide what way to take, once you've done that the next steps will be easy... I recommend you to choose the right way! Which normally is not as easy as we think, but not as difficult as we would think either. Know one thing, in the music industry there is one gold rule: THERE IS NO GUARANTEES. So following that rule, anybody telling you they can GUARANTEE something should raise a red flag in your mind. So here you have a few scenarios that should tell you to RUN: - You are working with a producer, but you happen to find ANOTHER producer that tells you that the producer you're working with is too expensive, doesn't have experience, blahblahblah... (it can come with different words after, however, the second producer is always trying to imply that he's better than the first one) that HE can do better than that and has better contacts to get your music signed to a major record label. RIIIIGHT.... - A manager comes in BEFORE (or even while) you have something going on and tells you: "You know, for THIS MUCH money, I can get you to sign with this major record label, open up for "place-big-artist-name-here" & you will be the next big thing". WRONG!!!!!!! Managers should always be paid by commission, you should ...

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