Music Career Advice

7 steps to break your band in 2012

by Ian on December 31, 2011

Another year over and what have you done? That imperfect Lennon quote is the question that every musician will be asking themselves as this year ends and the next starts. If you feel or know that you didn’t achieve what you wanted with your music in the previous year, what are you going to do [...]

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Never Give Up

by Ian on November 11, 2011

I’m not a Michael Bublé fan. It doesn’t matter though, because he is an example of effort and application that you can follow regardless of what you think of his music. Nonetheless, I have enormous respect for what he’s achieved and how he kept going to get to where he is today. He never gave [...]

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Music Business PDF – twice!

by Ian on August 12, 2011

You need to learn what the music business is all about, right? And you need to learn from people who actually know what they’re talking about? If that’s you, read on. Knowing how the music business works will help you chart your way through it and tell you what you need to learn to promote [...]

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DIY Musician – how Florrie did it

by Ian on May 6, 2011

This is a tale of a DIY musician who hasn’t quite made it yet, but  is well on their way. There are lessons that everyone who reads this blog can take from her story so far. This is the sort of post that I’d normally put on our Daily Tips for musicians site – kind [...]

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This is a second guest post from the very knowledgeable Nick Lewis. Nick is MD of online mastering studio Brighton Mastering. It’s easy to hear stories about Michelle Shocked being discovered thanks to a warped dictaphone recording and Justin Bieber’s YouTube genesis and think that your music will shine through even the most woeful of [...]

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Daily tips for musicians

by Ian on September 23, 2010

Whether you’re a long time subscriber or new to Make It In Music, I hope you know from the site and our tweets that we are working on a total revamp of the site. When it’s complete, the site will have a whole new look, lots more content and much more focused particular training to [...]

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