Knowing Your Limits With Social Media Promotion

It is not a profound statement for me to say that trying to promote yourself as a new musician in the quick-to-shudder market of today is frustratingly difficult. You’re exhausting many hours trying to find ways to get out there, and maybe sometimes it works. You’re getting everything online that you think you should: a Facebook fan page, a Twitter, a ReverbNation site - all of the goods. 

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Why Learning To Read Music Will Enhance Your Success

Many musicians who have entered the big leagures within the industry have long claimed that they have no knowledge of general music theory; that the creation of their music is contingent upon a emotional context. Consider the eclectic guitarist, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, most known for his work with the progressive-rock group The Mars Volta. He claimed complete ignorance of theory, saying that the work comes within. This is a very ideal and perhaps romanticized way of self-perceiving yourself as an “artist” rather than musician. Fact is, it is rather unwise to go by this, since the yielding results are simply non-dependable. 

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