Three Simple Steps Every Artiste Must Take to Start Making Money With Their Music!

Every artiste wants to be able to make a living from his/her music. The problem is not always about the quality of the music (Though quality matters a lot as well), but often time it is about the know-how. To so many artiste, once the song is ready... mixed and mastered... they are clueless as to what next to do to start earning some income from the material. Below are three steps that must be taken so that you can start making money with your music:

Step One:

Get a smart phone. A simple android phone with a substantial processor speed can suffice. This is so important because phones are becoming an integral part of every business nowadays. You can do a whole lot with your phone. Most of which we shall discuss in subsequent topics. For now, just get a smart phone if you want to start making money with your music.

Step Two:

Build a social media presence by registering with the three most popular social networking platforms. This is a very important step as you will need to market yourself to the world. Believe me, the social media offers a huge marketing audience; potential fans and consumers of your music. 

Facebook, Instagram and Twitter are the three most popular social networking platforms among others. They are very easy to join and also FREE. It will take you less than 10 minutes to sign up and start marketing to the world. Each of them has features that makes communication with potential fans easy and fast across the globe.

Step Three

Get your song to be uploaded on digital stores so that people can purchase or stream them; that is one of the ways all big artistes earn income from their songs. I shall talk more about digital stores in subsequent blogs, but it is enough for now to just ensure that your song is on the stores. 

There are over 150 digital stores worldwide, and for effective distribution, you'd need to have your song in all the stores. It may please to learn that the process to do this is also very easy.

Examples of these digital stores are: 

Spotify

iTune

Amazon Music

Google Play

As simple as these steps might seem, they will determine your ultimate fate in the music business. Just be faithful and ensure that you have those areas covered. Next Saturday i shall talk more on how to harness these three steps in your career growth. Take care and keep writing those songs.