So You Want To Be Successful: How to get money without selling records

again, I'll be posting tips on how to get money out of this music industry.. so here's tip 2. and this comes from one of my mentors so pay attention..

"create capital around the record sales. With all the web leaks on music in general, you have to look for different outlets to survive in this industry, especially if your independent. Believe it or not, my logo generates alot of the growth of the companies assets. It catches the eye of our minorities and peers around. People can relate and attract a sense of comfort with just a visual. Establishing your own brand will carry you a long way. It's been times where I had a performance, didn't get paid to do it. Without a CD in my possession, had 40 t-shirts at $25 a pop, logo small print on front, big print on back and was able to sell all in one night. Remember, I did the show for free and no CD copies pressed up. I would have sold my album for say, 1 for 10, 2 for 15, or 3 for 20 depending on the atmosphere. People were more intreged on spending that extra dollar because I gave people a voice that they could wear instead of just listening to on the way home. Thats when I realized that it's so much more to the game and I still look at the industry on a whole different aspect than before. "Be able to see the game as a web instead of a stran of silk"

Good tips man, appreciate it.

fasho.. I'll post more tips to success a little later