Quick Funds for Indie Music.
Every artist wants to make money from his work. But is it as easy and certain as a job? Certainly not. With fierce competition, ever-growing number of music available online and online sales at an all-time low, it is becoming increasingly difficult for indie artists to depend only on money from online sales to sustain in the industry. The younger generation does not want to purchase music or pay for it. They are more than happy with the pirated copies and free music available online. In this situation, only the most successful artists are able to make ends meet through just record sales. So what options is an indie artist left with? Read these to know your options:
Gig and More Gig
What can be better than making money when performing your own music. Check out websites that help you find gigs. There are many such available; just search the web. Playing shows and selling tickets is not an easy task; but hey that’s the business you’re getting in. Try to setup shows locally and see if you can charge $5, $10, $15 a person.
Investors
Unless you’ve proven your worth through previous releases, getting someone to invest in your music career is incredibly difficult to do. However, getting someone to invest in you as a human being and future impact-maker may be a different option. Anyone around you who has money to spend can be an investor for your music. You just need to look around. There are infinite ways that you could use to finance your work, but majority of these options (at least the most practical ones) begin with a really strong development process. The idea here is to package your upcoming work in a way that will make it irresistible to investors, no matter which investor or platform you’re going to target. And the entire process really begins at the base – the talent.
I can’t stress enough how important it is to create music that is marketable to the general public, because if you don’t have something that interests the listeners on a basic level, it doesn’t matter how good your development process goes. No one will invest. An investor would typically like to know how the money will be spent and what kind of a return can you offer on their investment. One way to structure an investment deal is to give them 50% of your publishing and executive producer credits to your songs, but keep 100% of your copyright. Do this only for the songs that they are investing in; not your entire catalog. You should also think about when their publishing split should revert to you, in case your music turns to a big success. Keep this in mind before structuring the deal, so the investor does not get more than you intend to give out from your profit. There are many music lovers who are also successful. They are always looking out for talent to invest in. Search the web for music supporters who can invest in your music or probably loan out the publishing amount for you. Make sure your introduction kit is extremely well recorded and professionally presented to get such a deal. There are many others trying these tips.
Part-Time Jobs
If you already have a full schedule, you may consider weekend jobs for a few months so you can save money. To support an increase in business and store traffic, a lot of retail stores hire additional staff seasonally. The last quarter of a calendar year is heavy holiday shopping months, so retail stores may seek additional stock room employees or cashiers.
Smart Phone Smart Money
Did you know that there are apps currently available on the PlayStore and iTunes that you can download and make money from today? There are apps that ask you to go to a store, such as Best Buy, and then take pictures of a display. The reason the product manufacture pay you to do this is because they want to make sure their product is on display properly. There are other apps that ask you to be mystery shoppers. And apps that pay you to check-in at locations. There are quite a few that you can use to make money. No, this is not through music, this is just a quick tip!
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