You think to become successful in the music industry you will need to face tons of competition? Really is quite different. Read this article and find out how it it.
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Take this quick music career quiz:
True or false: To gain access to all the music business opportunities you want, you must beat out a lot of competition.
True or false: To become successful in the music industry, you must overcome tons of competition.
Both of these statements are completely false!
The music business really isn’t filled with tons of competition. Music companies are in dire need of new musicians to offer great contracts to, but have a hard time finding such musicians. You read that right.
Extremely successful pro musicians don’t think about competing with others. They invest their time into becoming the kind of musician that other music industry types are looking for. This helps them get the music business opportunities that others don’t get/don’t know exist.
What makes someone the right kind of musician who gets the best opportunities? Specifically, what must you do to become this kind of musician? Take this free music business assessment to find out.
Why Fearing Music Business Competition Sabotages Your Music Career
Here’s how it is: The majority of musicians put an end to their music careers way before they even see a small amount of success. They are under the impression that they are up against massive levels of competition. As a result, they quit too soon because they are intimidated by the overwhelming (and imaginary) competition they believe they are facing.
Competitors? What Competitors?
Moving beyond competition in the music industry is extremely easy to do. First, you have to remove all fear from your mind. This is a lot easier once you understand who your competitors are.
Most musicians have bad attitudes, mindsets and habits that make success totally impossible for them. These things include:
1. Having Fear Of Failure. Tons of musicians have strong fear centered around what will happen if they try to get into the music industry and never achieve success. They are afraid of not being able to sustain themselves through music income alone. They are afraid of looking like a failure, not being talented enough, not finding opportunities and many other things.
Rather than trying to do whatever it takes to succeed, they do whatever it takes to not fail. Their music careers stall and/or they create backup plans that take them further away from building a career in music.
2. Not Being Committed. If you want to achieve big goals, you must be committed. So many musicians lose sight of their goals when faced with challenges and difficulty. Their commitment eventually fades and they quit taking action.
99.9% of musicians have or do at least some of these things. These qualities instantly disqualify them from becoming successful in the music industry.
3. Small Amounts Of Passion And Desire. Most musicians think they want to be successful, but really don’t want it bad enough to take major action. Most aren’t working actively to build success. They sit back waiting for success to just happen for them. Others become reckless in their approach. They accept the life of a starving artists, expecting success to come from struggle.
People in the music industry can tell whether your desire for success is real. They are very good at observing both your intentions and the actions you take. Note: wanting success really bad doesn’t necessarily mean struggling for years before you make it in this industry.
4. Procrastination. Many musicians talk a lot about how they don’t know what they need to do to become successful. Truth is, it’s not too hard to figure this out. Making yourself actually DO the right things is a lot harder.
Here is an example: almost any musician would agree that a music career mentor would help their careers grow at a faster rate. However, only a small amount of musicians seek mentoring of any kind. Everyone else says: “I can’t afford to pay for it” or “I don’t have time for it” or “I’m just not prepared for mentoring right now” or “I’ll try it later”.
These are all rationalizations to justify procrastination. We all make time and have money that which is important to us. However, it’s a lot easier to make excuses than to work hard and become successful.
5. Fear Of Success (Yes, You Read Right). Musicians who are afraid of success sabotage themselves when they are close to achieving great things in their careers. They worry about the following:
-Whatever thoughts others might have about them when they become successful.
-If they are even worthy of achieving success.
-If they will be able to sustain long term success after they initially reached it.
This fear prevents many musicians (with a lot of potential) from attaining their musical dreams.
The Main Key To Tons Of Music Career Success
Want to become one of the top musicians in the world? Overcome the fundamental issues that destroy your music career success. This quickly puts you above your perceived competition. Yes, that’s all you need to do!
How to end self-sabotage in your music career and prepare yourself for success in the music business:
1. Start choosing the things that matter most. You need to choose to take action on things that move your career ahead. Find out what you need to do to become successful. Then dedicate yourself to taking frequent action on what you learn.
Understand the difference between an expense and an investment. An expense removes money from your pocket and costs time/resources. This money never comes back. Paying rent, buying food or paying your phone bill are examples of expenses. Spending time on Facebook, playing games or watching TV are also examples of expenses.
An investment is something you invest your money (or time) into in order to get long-term value on the back end. Investing time to learn how the music business works, getting music career coaching, and joining a music industry mastermind group are all examples of making investments into your music career.
You must try to eliminate expenses and increase the amount of investments you make.
2. Replace any time you say “I should” with “I will”. For example: “I should invest more into my music career” becomes “I will invest more into my music career”. “I should stop procrastinating on reaching my goals” becomes “I will stop procrastinating on reaching my goals”. Saying “should” gives you way out of taking action. This mindset lacks the urgency needed to take action and succeed.
3. Pro musicians who become successful have more urgency than most people. They say “I WILL invest more time and energy into my music career”, “I WILL stop procrastinating” and “I WILL learn more about the music industry.” This kind of mindset refuses to accept failure. It gives you unstoppable motivation to do whatever it takes to achieve your musical goals.
These basic changes in attitude make it easy to beat your competitors and become a successful professional musician.