You have no album to sell yet?
Or you do have one but feel music is not selling well in the
country yet?
Well we gathered up a few tips on how to make money as a
musician. With no album whatsoever!
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| Qibho Intalektual |
1. Build rapport with the fans.
These are the people that
support you, and buy your product. Tweet them, update FB fan pages often,
collect email addresses. Repeat!
Qibho Intalektual updates his fans through his FB page
often. He makes them laugh; he involves them in his everyday adventures. AKA in
SA has regular Q&A sessions on twitter with his fans.
2. Branch out.
After being around for quite come time in the industry, you
will have created a brand big enough to sell other products. You may then be
able to sell branded material, like t-shirts. Or have a brand designer have you
wear theirs to sell it.
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| Look at how local-born Crax wears his own branded t-shirts. |
3. Involve the corporate world.
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| Mozaik of ClamingGround |
In a country where music doesn’t sell as much as we would
like it to, it’s wise to make music for the people that will pay! This stems
from 1 and 2 above. After building a huge fan base and branding yourself, large
profit-makers will want to use you sell their product.
4. Play live music.
With the tremendous growth of pubs and nightspots in the
country comes a great need for entertainers. Requesting to perform live for
their guests in exchange for splitting profits will make you money.
5. Sell Tracks
Why do you have yo wait until you have an album or mixtape out to start selling your music?
If you happen to be able to hook up gigs, you then should be able to sell your tracks to fans; via Bluetooth and maybe at E5 per track. If, say, 70 people buy the track, you could make E350 per day!
Announce before you leave the stage the tracks you have and the spot at which you shall be selling from.
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