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5 Reasons Why Indie Artists Should Invest In Their Own Music Blog

December 15, 2020December 16, 2020 by Pat Fraser

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It’s time to end the “starving indie artist” tag and be serious with our hustle as indie artists. Enough with the nonsense that if you’re an independent artist not signed to some famous major music label, you’re probably going to be broke. One of the many reasons for this prevailing…

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Indie Artists Need To Demand Money Instead Of Exposure

July 2, 2019August 11, 2020 by Pat Fraser

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The Blurred Mindset Of The Working-Free Indie Artist Music is an art, and a quality art is worth all the investment—to get the necessary exposure and create a market for the art, and to reap financially from that market as compensation for the investment and quality put into the art.…

Top 3 Reasons Why Indie Music Artists Should Be Against Censorship

May 28, 2019August 31, 2022 by Pat Fraser

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Censorship eliminates everything that defines art and what artists do to be artists Today's music is an important part of our lives. It is a way of expressing ourselves as individuals and is an art form that helps us define who we are. We use it to express our feelings,…

Artists, Do Yourself A Favor and Charge More for Your Services

August 31, 2016June 27, 2019 by Pat Fraser

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It is an unfortunate current occurance, but indie music artists need to know it is perfectly fine to charge their full worth. When you as an indie music artist, graphic designer or music video producer undervalue yourself by charging a low price you are not doing yourself a favor. Let…

Top 3 Things Lazy Indie Artists Don’t Do

April 28, 2016June 27, 2019 by Pat Fraser

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Being an indie artist means taking a lot of time beyond just your creative work for promotion. The modern tools that surround us can allow us to have great success in creating our own career with our passions, but it takes self-motivation to learn how to use those tools correctly.…

Real Followers vs. Fake Followers: Social Media Credibility

January 16, 2016June 27, 2019 by Pat Fraser

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Are more likes always better than less likes? Not necessarily, and this is a very important lesson to learn in the early stages of Internet marketing. The Internet can allow indie artists, indie music artists, indie graphic designers and more to share their work with a much wider range of…

Stop Opinion Policing & Disregarding The Power of Social Media

December 30, 2015May 28, 2017 by Pat Fraser

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We’re in the age of social media, and that means it’s possible to have a platform to share with the world your ideas, thoughts and dreams. While once it may have been nerve racking to difficult for a single person to reach many people at once, today it’s quick and…

3 Reasons Artists Should Never Be Starving

November 9, 2015May 28, 2017 by Pat Fraser

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“Starving artist”. We’ve all heard that term before. Maybe you heard it from your parents when you told them you wanted to drop out of school and join a band. The term comes from the fact that many artists work hard to put out work that they have literally put…

Internet Age Double Edge Sword: Why True Artists Can’t Make A Living Off Of Their Art Anymore

October 11, 2015May 28, 2017 by Pat Fraser

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The internet and social media now allows everyone to make their voice heard to the world for free, and that means artists too. More than ever before, people can make music and art and showcase it to the world. That means it must be easier than ever to become a…

Rappers Need to STOP Being Afraid to Make Money!

August 26, 2012September 29, 2017 by Pat Fraser

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I hate to pick on rappers, but let's be real; even though rappers brag about all the money they have, the truth is A LOT of them don't have money like that. Ladies and gents, most of these rappers aren't "making it rain." While a lot of musicians are broke and are…