| It's the end of the music industry as we know it. You | | | | filing taxes at the business level, getting tax breaks |
| no longer have to depend on someone who doesn't | | | | that businesses are allowed by the government, |
| get your music to discover you and make you a | | | | becomming a member of RIAA and many more |
| success. If you're into rocking a la Alternative, we are | | | | Step two, build your personal studio. Again this is a |
| excited for you! Alternative Music is one of the | | | | very easy and inexpensive step to take to succeed |
| leading genres taking the Internet by storm. | | | | in the music biz. Some advantages of owning a |
| Today, with digital technology, the only thing that is | | | | personal recording studio is that you can; take your |
| holding you back from experiencing a life of infecting | | | | time to develop your sound, you can make changes |
| your fans with your music is you. With the Internet | | | | that will improve your songs without having to pay |
| anyone can get their music out into cyberspace, get | | | | thousands of dollars to a professional studio and you |
| some recognition and make some money. | | | | can master your music in minutes. |
| - Will you become rich? - | | | | Step three, learn where and how to promote your |
| Getting rich is a possibility in the digital market place. | | | | music. Back in the day you needed to get your music |
| The Artic Monkeys sold 360,000 copies in one week | | | | heard on the radio or on a video channel to get |
| by using the internet to market their music. If you do | | | | enough exposure to make any money selling your |
| the math, if they charged, $10 per CD, times 360,000 | | | | music. Today if you can read this article, you can |
| that's 3,600,000 - three million six hundred thousand | | | | promote your music over the internet and expose |
| dollars! Getting rich is a possibility in the digital age. | | | | your music to millions of people. |
| Let's face it. Every artist and musician could use a | | | | Step four, build your fan base. Building a fan base |
| little more money. It doesn't matter what genre | | | | used to require you to get massive exposure on TV |
| you're in. You know that having a little extra money | | | | or radio and then enbark on endless tours to |
| could help you. It doesn't matter why you sing or | | | | promote your CD. After all at work and investment, |
| play. You could use a some extra money, to make | | | | you'd be doing well to have a fan base of a couple |
| whatever you're doing today even better tomorrow. | | | | thousand fans. Today you can promote your music |
| Alternative rockers are often frustrated with lack of | | | | on many of the Peer to Peer sites sprouting up like; |
| mainstream media attention. Alternative rockers | | | | myspace, msnspaces, isound and many more and |
| usually feel insulted and abused by corporate record | | | | reach millions. Plus you can build a fan base of |
| labels. Alternative rockers know that there are many | | | | hundreds of thousands. If you need proof of this |
| people in the world who appreciate their kind of | | | | fact just go to and check out the top artist and see |
| music. Using internet submission sites allow the | | | | how many friends (fans) the top artist have. |
| alternative rocker to connect with fans on-line and | | | | Step Five, convert your fans into customers. Having |
| off-line. | | | | many fans who don't purchase your music is honestly |
| In the past, artists and bands needed a record | | | | a waste of time. Fans do fill the ego, but if they |
| company to pay for everything (studio time, CD | | | | don't purchase your music, they aren't filling your |
| dulication, promotion etc.). Today, it's up to the | | | | bank account. Without making money in the music |
| alternative rocker to get his or her music heard. The | | | | biz, you won't get respect or the recognition that |
| Good thing is that it doesn't cost a lot of money to | | | | matters. You'll have to learn the steps to getting fans |
| make your music dreams come true. All you have to | | | | buying massive amounts of your music to really |
| do is follow these steps to succeed in the music biz. | | | | succeed in the music biz. |
| Step one, start a record label. It's very easy and | | | | The good thing is all the steps above are easy to do |
| affordable to start a record label. Plus, there are | | | | but there can be lots work involved if you don't take |
| many reasons to start your own record label like; | | | | the correct steps. |