Networking

Time to put in work. This week I am going to talk about networking. This is an important part for artists or anyone who is trying to make a career choice as an artist or musician. Most people just use the online presence as a good way to network with other musicians, beat makers, or artists. This is a good way to get started but there is more than just the online presence that makes a person network better. Social media networking is a way to reach out and get attention from people like friends and family. You should also be looking forward past friends and family since those people will support you on every single thing that you do. Social media networks can also be very time consuming and take a lot of time and patience to check each individual social media site daily. There are a lot of sites that help you manage your Facebook, Twitter, and other social media sites together and post one time and it post onto all of social media sites at once. This is a great way to always post and have people on all of those other sites to see what you are doing at one time instead of individually. Beyond social networking sites you need to get out and meet people. My best suggestion is meet DJ’s, other artists, and music managers that manage artists. Even though you as an artist do not have a manger you have to do all the networking yourself. This shows people you are serious and striving to get that record deal. Once you get into contact with people and make some connections you will only better yourself in the long run. This can help get you shows, or have someone host your album or mix tape. If you make the right connection someone can even show major music labels your music and you can get your foot in the door. So young artists don’t be afraid to go outside your comfort zone and get your music out to the people that can help you. If you don’t try you will never know what it could have been. The worst thing that people can say is No. Don’t get discouraged just move onto the next connection. Be open and be respectful. Have confidence but don’t be cocky. Hope this help good luck and keep networking.