For all amateur Recording Artists, your largest expenditure of money will be in the sector of the nature of your job. Recording. The literal only way you can create music for distribution with your vocals on it, is to have your vocals captured through a microphone. Although most Recording Artists can recall days in the homie’s basement on the USB Yeti or even as dressed down as recording through the speakers in their apple headphones, eventually the time will arrive...
When you become a Working Professional in the Industry, it’s a lot easier to look backwards and notice the distance you’ve come. You’re never somebody until you’re somebody. But in that hindsight you notice that there were distinct phases, changes, and milestones that you had to reach to get to where you are. At those late night smoke and shoptalk, gatherings of successful individuals, and even public interviews (Interviews are free game, by the way), the highest earners in our...
If you’re anything like most alive people, you’ll probably want to get paid for your time and energy. If you’re a Recording Artist, you don’t particularly clock in to work or have a salary, so many don’t really grasp how to receive payment for making records. You’ll first need to consider that producing Records for sale, as with anything for sale, makes them quantifiable and therefore comes with specific metrics. Remember, you’re moving “Units” now, not just putting your song out. When you...
Imagine sitting down to make that one beat that you swear has the raw potential to change everything only to realize nine hours have passed and you’ve barely laid down a skeletons worth of product, let alone anything substantial. For some this is a horrifying reality consistently, and not for the sake of creative block. Instead, and in many cases, it’s due to sheer inefficiency. That being said, even a creative block can be overcome with proper workflow, the navigation and...
