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Surviving the Music Busines
Paperback
Series: The Musicians Playbook
Music Instruction: GeneralMusic BusinessMusic Recording & Reproduction
Publisher: Wilburn Media
Published: Aug 26 2024
Pages: 110
Weight: 0.35
Height: 0.26 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
You did everything right. So why are you still broke?
You've got the talent. Maybe even the degree. You followed the advice, waited on the gatekeepers, and did it the way they told you to.
And it left you stuck - overlooked, underpaid, and quietly wondering if your dream has an expiration date.
I know that road. I walked it.
I chased the right way until it left me broke, evicted, and back in my mother's apartment. Then I stopped doing what everybody else was doing - and started doing the opposite. From a bedroom studio, with no label and nobody's permission, I built a career out of the same music business that nearly buried me.
This book is how I did it.
Surviving the Music Business isn't another recycled how to get discovered manual written by someone who's never been in the trenches. It's the blueprint I built from real scars - for the independent artist who's done waiting to be picked.
Inside, you'll discover:
- Why the industry quietly works against independent artists - and the hook to watch for before you sign anything away
- How to take back control of your career instead of handing it to people who don't hear your music
- The shift in how you see the business that makes everything else start working
- How to build real income from your gift - from home, on your own terms
- The tiny mindset change that turns a stuck artist into an unstoppable one
- How to line up your craft, your purpose, and your money so you're building a life, not just chasing a break
I'm not a guru. I'm an artist who got knocked flat by this business, figured out another way, and graduated at the top of my music business program proving it wasn't luck.
If you're ready to stop waiting for permission and build the career nobody can take from you, your next step is one click away.
Scroll up, hit Buy, and let's get to work.
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