1. Don't sign local record label deals. Unless they are the exception, most local record labels only offer you "perks" you can easily achieve yourself. Things like "we can get you on Spotify". TuneCore is the website to get your music on multiple streaming platforms and it doesn't cost much. 2. Music videos can be expensive. Phone cameras are pretty great these days. If you can't afford music videos from actual videographers, simply create visualizers on your phone. 10-20 sec reoccurring clips tend to keep viewers engaged more than just a simple picture. 3. Expenses add up BUT lease your beats WITH STEMS. Makes the engineer job so much easier plus you can add your own special spin to the beat. 4. Work with other artists. Trying to be so individualized stunts, not just yours, but everyone's growth. Together we all achieve more. Gather as many contacts as you can. Communicate often with other artist. This is how organic movements can occur. 5. Stop trying to be the next (insert artist(s)). Be the 1st you. Of course, we are all inspired by artist before us but the goal is to carve out your own unique style. 6. Make music that is true to your life. Listeners generally can tell if you are just a persona. There are some exceptions but the majority of the time listeners can dispel the cap. As a result, they won't support you. 7. Don't get discouraged if your city doesn't support you. Alot of times, you have to receive love outside your hometown before home shows love. Network, do shows, and collab outside your community. Prove to your hometown you are really him/her ......if anyone has any tips I missed or don't know. Feel free to comment. I am always open to learning 🙏🏾

Who is in the central Florida area looking to network and build? I have two projects I am writing and I am starting to get into ghostwriting. I've been rapping seriously for maybe 6 years but just recently went solo. Excited for the new journey and new sounds I am making so far.

Not many people know this but becoming a music marketer and building this amazing community was never something that I planned. It was more of a fantasy that was just never realistic as I shared the thought that I’m sure many of you do… “there’s no money to be made in music.” Before I elaborate more on the money that YOU could be making, let me take you back. I was a freshman in college, making music with my friends all the time doing whatever I could to just be around music, I just had to be around it. So whether it was going to shows, helping friends that have creative events for their music, being in their music videos, scouting locations for their photo shoots, or being a character in some of their projects, it was all fun. I just loved to soak up that creative energy. Nothing felt even close to what I felt when doing this and that's what I did all throughout college — even though I was majoring in computer science and computer information systems... But after college, I just did what my family wanted. I didn't go into music at all. I got my computer information systems degree, got a job, and started making money. Everything was all good until I began to feel stuck. In my free time, I started figuring out how to be around music again and started helping out my friends who are artists and DJs market themselves, get attention, build their audience, sell merch, set up house parties, and do real-life pop-ups in the middle of the street with my friend, interviewing people on the streets. I had to keep my creative juices going. But at the same time, I kept working my 9-5 job. I wanted to work in music but I just had no idea where the money would come from. It just seemed like those people never made money and I didn't grow up with money — so a career not making money wasn't an option for me. But boy I loved what I was doing. Every time my friends came to me needing my help it was always “I need more people to listen to my music, more people to show up to my event more people to buy my merch more people to follow me on Instagram or YouTube”. These folks needed marketing. And for some reason, for me, once I was able to put it together like that, I realized, oh, there's a legitimate opportunity here…

Sharing a Twitter thread full of gems from @BigSto. Definitely give him a follow! sample ALBUM rollout (not exhaustive) pt. 1 Week 1: post a snippet/montage of you in the studio. album to be announced soon. Week 2: post a trailer containing the snippet of the lead single Week 3: drop the single. Week 4: post a lyric breakdown of the lead single Week 5: post a trailer for the music video. Week 6: release the music perhaps with the album release date at the end. Week 7: sit down with the director and upload a breakdown of how the video was made. Week 8: upload a trailer for the album. Week 9: send your album out to Newsletter subs EARLY but demand they give feedback. Week 10: gather your collaborators and have them breakdown their verses (this can be used later). Week 11: post a video breaking down what this album means to you. Week 12: post the feedback you got from subscribers. Week 13: drop the album Week 14: ask fans what their favorite track was which can be used to fuel a music video. Week 15: upload visualizers to the entire album on YouTube. Week 16: post a video thanking the fans. Week 17: by this point, you've probably gotten some Press repost it...even if you've posted it before. Week 18: release the acapellas, then in a different week drop the instrumentals. Week 19: if you've been performing upload a LIVE rendition to one of the tracks. Week 20: upload studio outtakes. Week 21: ask supporters to make a quick video on what their favorite song is and what it means to them...upload one a week maybe. Week 22: got some tracks that didn't make the original cut put out a Deluxe.

Hi, all. My name is Abiel I'm from London. I'm a search/social media marketer (day job), producer and engineer and lover of music and business. In all honestly, I'm trying to take over the world, and who better to partner with that you guys! I'm hoping that I could be of help here also with my knowledge, and that we all can learn and grow together!