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10 Aug, 2017

Live at Heart Tip off, Use your time.

changing, Live at Heart, Showcase, Tips for artists, use your time

This is a part of a series of a tip off I give in front of the showcase Live at Heart that is going on in Örebro 30 of August to 2 of September. The tip off is not just for Live

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9 Aug, 2017

Live at Heart tip off

Live at Heart, showcasing, Tips for artists

It’s almost time for Live at Heart 30 of August is it opening day in Örebro, Sweden. 220 artists will play and people from the international music industry will come and talk. I will take five days here to give

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9 Aug, 2017

Do you really want to get signed?

record labels, signed, Tips for artists

8) The Goal Is Not To Get Signed The Goal Is To Make a Living Doing What You Love “How do you get a record deal? Don’t try to get signed. Try to become popular first.” – Avery Lipman, President

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7 Aug, 2017

Following the trends

Tips for artists, Write what you want

6) You Don’t Have to Follow Musical Trends to Make it Don’t make music you think people want to hear. Make music that is meaningful to you. You can find your audience. Or rather, the audience will find you if

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6 Aug, 2017

This is why DIY don’t work.

diy, Tips for artists

It feels like 2003 again. When the digital revolution started everybody was talking about that the labels and the publishers and all other professionals could be taken off that the whole thing could be handled by the artist direct. The

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4 Aug, 2017

This is how you do to get real fans.

fake, real fans, Social Media, social numbers, strategy, superfans, Tips for artists

4) Your Follower Numbers Don’t Matter As Much As Your Real Life Numbers Oh really, you have 100,000 Instagram followers? Cool. Oh, you can’t pay your monthly bills? Not so cool. Everyone knows followers AND engagement can be bought. Follower

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3 Aug, 2017

More ways to kill your career.

don't, list, Tips for artists

Just got this in my feed. Another good list of don’t. https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2014/06/09/17-ways-kill-music-career/ Read it, I will go through it later I’m still on the other list. But since it’s a don’t list I will tell you what to do.

3 Aug, 2017

This is the hardest to learn as an artist

branding, Social Media, strategy, Tips for artists

3) Your Branding and Story Is More Important Than Your Music This is a hard pill to swallow for every artist. But the ones who not only accept this reality, but approach it head on are the ones who jump

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2 Aug, 2017

The big advances time is over….by far.

Advances, Money, Musichelp, Tips for artists, work

Today is number two in the list. 2) You’re Not Going To Jump Out of a Day Job into a Million Dollar Advance The days of the big break are pretty much over. Labels don’t sign unproven acts with nothing

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1 Aug, 2017

11 Things Millennial Musicians Just Don’t Get, streams and fans.

digitalmusicnews, musicindustry, Social Media, social numbers, spotify, Tips for artists

I got this article in my feed and it’s brilliant. As an artist (not just millennial) you have to read it to start to understand that some of the features are no longer there. Here is the whole article https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2017/07/27/millennial-musicians/

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