29/07/2022
"Independent Artist vs Signed Artists"
You can record and publish music by yourself but that still doesn't put you in the same league with labels. Being an independent artist is not subject to doing everything by yourself. Y'all want to make beats, record and mix your vocals, make your own artwork and pitch your own music for playlisting...
Being independent is about having ownership of your masters, it does not mean you have to do everything by yourself. If you choose an alternative route instead of a label, build a team, have someone that will do your artwork, hire a professional producer, get a professional engineer, hire a manager and a publicist. BUDGET BUDGET BUDGET! There is a lot that has to be done to turn your stagename into a household brand, you can only do so much by yourself. You might argue that you don't need a label to score a radio interview anymore but there will be a difference in the way a signed artist answers questions and in the way you do. Labels put a budget for artist development, they teach them how to conduct themselves throughout an interview, how they should sit and project their voice on the mic... That etiquette is not something you learn naturally, listen to the interviews of your favourite artists, the way they answer questions, they drop quotables after quotables that's why they leave their fans impressed every time and leave them with a lot of captions.
The logistics are just as important as the music you're recording and they both require equal attention. If you focus too much on the business side, your pen is going to drop. If you focus too much on sharpening your pen, you lose out on the business side. If you decide to go the "f**k a label, f**k a team" route, you should have a big budget to back you. Even big artists like Drake,Rick Ross, YoungThug, Lil Baby etc still put a promotional budget ahead of their releases.
That all I wanted to say have great journey towards your music career
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