Friday, August 28, 2015

Tips To Building A Career In Music

Being a music artiste is a career just like every other career out there. It’s the same as being banker, lawyer, an engineer, civil servant, etc.  It requires a lot of hard work, time, calculation, sacrifices and expenses.
Here are a couple of tips for those who intend building a career as artistes in the music industry.

*Some artistes coming into the industry think getting signed to a record label is the ultimate to becoming popular and making money. This is a very wrong way of thinking because some record labels will in fact derail you and make a mess out of your career. Take Olamide and Skales for example, Olamide became a success as an independent artiste while Skales was stuck when he was with his former label.
Every artiste should have a solid manager, strive to build a strong fan base, have a good working relationship with OAPs and Djs. Make good music, earn money and be able to bring their own terms to negotiations when any record labels comes calling.

Wednesday, August 26, 2015

About to Record Your First Song? Here are the Things You Need to Know

Recording a song is not child’s play except you just want to record something exclusive for the listening pleasure of selected friends and family.

When going into the studio to record, an artiste has to be mentally, physically, psychological and emotionally stable (except in instances where they want to do a heartbreak song related to their recent experience).

Here are some tips to adhere to when going to record at the studio

*Be on time – it doesn’t portray professionalism when you go late to a recording session

*Bring your lyrics to the studio. Write something down, arrange your song and have a kind of beat in your head. Except you have plenty money for studio sessions or you are doing a freestyle song.