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How Am I Doing? « eleetmusic - Direction in music, marketing and business - 0 views

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    Okay, so your an independent artist, more power to ya. You write, produce, record and distribute your own tracks, but how well is your music being received. Major record labels have numerous methods to track the performance and popularity of their music. Soundscan, and Billboard are some of those ways. But once the music reaches the consumer thats when the metrics come to a screeching halt. Luckily now as an indie musician you have many ways to track your music, some ways actually rival those of the record labels. You can now monitor your brand, and even statistics such as how much time my audience spends listening to my material, and what songs are shared the most in their network.
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Resolving Art versus Business | Insider Music Business - 0 views

  • both art and music require a great deal of energy and time. The balance is how and where you spend it.
  • Record keeping involves maintaining a current list of your songs, contracts with music libraries and publishers, submissions wherever, registrations with your PRO, following up on cue sheet submissions, and anything else relevant. Bookkeeping is the accounting—where your money goes and comes from. Without maintaining your accounts you will dislike tax time even more than if you keep them.
  • divide their time (however much it is) into studio (aka art) time and office time. They never mix the two.
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  • I often listen to tracks I am working on while doing the record keeping, or work on the bridge for a tune while waiting for a response to come back from an email to a music super or library.
  • Einstein said that one definition of insanity was repeating your actions and expecting a different outcome.
  • Make a list of all the things that need doing
  • Prioritize your list
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    The Great Balancing Act Between Art and Business Both art and music require a great deal of energy and time, the balance is how and where you spend it. There are many different factors that go into creating a successful business around your music, including record keeping and bookkeeping. The insider has a great post about the difference between these two chores as well as some good advice on multi tasking business and music creation. Einstein said that one definition of insanity was repeating your actions and expecting different outcomes, if you wanna try a new approach to being a successful songwriter then all you gotta do is READ MORE.
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Metrics: How Am I Doing? (Part 2) « eleetmusic - Direction in music, marketi... - 0 views

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