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Why can't I get a record deal?
Why is no one buying my music?
Why can't I get and bookings?
Why can't I write a hit?
Why, why, why?
It can be very frustrating and depressing for artists in the music game, you dedicate your life to your goal of music business success and forsake everything else but are you being repaid for your commitment? NO!
No matter what you do your efforts seem to fall on deaf ears, or you even get positive, honest sounding responses by potential collaborators (creative and business) but no action. This is the story of pretty much everyone in the business, you are not alone.
Even some of the most successful acts in the world have had experience of many years of rejection, false promises and the most frustrating of all being ignored. For me being ignored is the most demoralising, depressing of all reactions to my efforts, but throughout my years of trying to obtain attention I have learnt that you simply have to make more noise. The truth is if you send your work or try to obtain a response of some kind, unless you have a truly unremarkable or bad product someone will respond, the key is numbers, to be more precise intelligent numbers. Find out if you are sending your stuff to people who actually want your stuff, then find more of those people to send your stuff to!
I Deserve this!
The thing I believe contributes the most to artist frustrations and unstable state of mind is having the wrong attitude. If you go in to this industry thinking that because of your immense talent you deserve to be famous or successful, you are on the way to a very unhappy existence. You get what you deserve in this industry, even if you put hours, days, months, years if you are not doing the right things you will not get the right results and it is your responsibility to find out what the right things are, no one else.
Treat every success as a blessing or a gift, don't attach "I deserve this" to it and celebrate each success even the small ones. Find a non musical outside interest that breaks up your quest for stardom or success so you don't get cabin fever, spend time with friends and family don't sacrifice the life you have for the one you have not achieved.
Most of all in your career journey you must learn as you go, if your responses are less than satisfactory, find out why, fix and re engage. Everything is a cycle even when you achieve success you have a hit, find out what made it a hit and see if you can improve it and repeat.
Attention is not deserved it is given so appreciate it when you receive it.
P.S.
Make sure you are making your project as desirable as possible!
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