If you are an aspiring musician in today’s CRAZY music economy, these are the people you need in your corner to help you navigate!
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Mike Monday – @MikeMonday
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Mike Monday is a music producer/dj turned musician mentor. He focuses on helping musicians instill the habits that propel them towards success (like making music everyday). His blog offers great tips for musicians who struggle with procrastination and his free video series is a great way to learn the best ways to make your music a career rather than a hobby.
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Cari Cole – @CariCole
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Cari Cole has it all! She is one of the few people in the biz who actually focuses on the artist development side of the music industry (an aspect that has seemed to all but disappear in the last 10 years) rather than just music marketing. Not only does she help music artists develop their true sound, she is also a kick-ass vocal coach and music marketing master! Check out her blog for tons of music career advice.
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Ariel Hyatt – @CyberPR
Ariel Hyatt is the founder of CyberPR, an online publicity company that is an especially great resource for independent music artists. Her twitter is jam-packed with helpful music industry tips, and her book Music Success in 9 Weeks is basically a classic.
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Daniel Coyle – @DanielCoyle
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Daniel Coyle is the author of The Talent Code and The Little Book of Talent. If you want to learn the best ways to grow your talents, whether it’s learning the most effective ways to practice your instrument or write songs, his blog is a great resource. The process of practicing and getting better is never over for musicians!
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Katie Reilly – @KatieReilly06
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Katie Reilly runs Intern Like A Rockstar, a website focusing on music industry internships. A great way to make connections and network within the industry is through internships, so Katie Reilly is definitely a powerful mentor to have!
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Tim Ferriss – @tferriss
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I’m sure you are wondering why Tim Ferriss of the 4-Hour Workweek, 4-Hour Body, 4-Hour Chef fame is on a music industry list…Well, he is a brilliant strategist and marketer, and his blog offers TONS of ideas that musicians can adapt into their own career strategies.
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Maneesh Sethi – @maneesh
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Maneesh Sethi’s blog Hack The System featured an amazing guest post called Becoming A Pop Star With Zero Experience by Alex Day. Hack The System offers tons of techniques and strategies musicians can use to to ‘hack’ their way into the music industry. Be sure to check out his video series 90 Days to Becoming a Berlin DJ!
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Sophie Shear – @SophieShear
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Sophie Shear is a brilliant Nashville vocal coach who defies traditional methods to get way-better-than traditional results. Check out her YouTube channel for singing tips and feel your vocal chords transform!
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Robert Greene – @RobertGreene
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Acclaimed author Robert Greene provides musicians with the mental tools needed to sustain in such a cutthroat industry. Mastery and 48 Laws of Power are essential reading, even if you think some of the advice is brutal.
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John Oszajca – @JohnOszajca
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John Oszajca is in a unique position because he understands the music industry from the artist’s perspective. He has been signed to record deals with Interscope and Warner Brothers and definitely understands the positive and negative aspects of signing to record labels, firsthand. He has taken his experiences to create an amazing blog called Music Marketing Manifesto where he talks about different ways to get your music out into the world.
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Cal Newport – not surprisingly, he doesn’t have a Twitter!
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Georgetown professor Cal Newport’s blog mostly offers advice to students, but his productivity and time-management advice is GOLD for musicians (and all creative types). He is one of the few productivity writers who understands creative peoples’ need for long periods of focused time (5 hour long songwriting sessions anyone?). Check out this genius blog post about scheduling creative time into your already busy life.
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