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This is for every musician who wants to make music their career in 2025.
The 2-step path to making money...
Here's the short answer:
Musicians make money by growing from amateurs to artisans.
What's an amateur?
1. They only create music when they feel inspired
2. They dabble, don't learn new things, and forget their goals
3. They let other things (a non-music job, distractions, or doubts) stop them from making music more than a hobby
This sentence kills the amateur's dream:
“I’ll make music a career once I have more time/money/confidence...”
What's an artisan?
1. They create music every day, even if they're uninspired
2. They're always growing, learning, and chasing a goal
3. They don't let distractions stop them because they know their musical skills are valuable and career-worthy
This sentence fuels the artisan's dream:
"Every day is an opportunity to make music my career."
Amateurs are common. Artisans are rare. What keeps amateurs stuck?
Confidence: Every artisan has failures, but they improved and found new opportunities to win. Amateurs are too afraid of failure to start.
Planning: Artisans manage their calendars so they can work on their music career every day. Amateurs wait for the perfect time to work.
Ego: Artisans know that having a music career means having business/professional skills. Amateurs worry about being "true artists."
Becoming an artisan isn't about being successful already, it's about walking down the path that leads to success.
Treat yourself like a professional and you'll BECOME one.
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Let's make 2025 your biggest year in music so far.
Part 1: The #1 mistake hurting musicians...
Here's the short answer:
Musicians struggle because they're in the wrong business.
Most artists chase 3 ways of making money: Streaming. Selling. Touring.
But these paths weren't made for small artists.
They're made for the already famous and successful.
How can you (as an independent artist) win on Spotify when:
1. They're paying you less than 1c per stream
2. You don't get put on their sponsored playlists
3. You can't afford to promote your album with ads
How can you survive by selling beats when:
1. Music libraries already have millions of tracks
2. Tools like Splice + AI make it so easy to start
3. Being famous is the only way to stand out
How can you make a living from touring when:
1. You can't afford to tour the country/world
2. Clubs exploit small artists with pay-to-play shows
3. It takes so much rehearsal, travel, and setup for 1 night
Stop picking paths where only big artists win.
The biggest artists make these paths look simple, but that's because they already have an audience.
Follow these 3 paths as a small artist, and you'll find yourself fighting for scraps, hoping to hit it big one day.
But since you can't live off the scraps, you'll have to split your time working another job, never getting ahead.
Take a page out of Bach's playbook.
Bach didn't make his living by selling tickets (or sheet music).
He didn't even need the masses to know he existed.
Instead, he made his living getting paid by the rich (royalty, nobility, churches)
to perform and write music in their honor.
Bach had a music career of:
1. Famous clients who needed musical talent (to flex on everyone else)
2. Big commissions/fees for writing a single song
3. Never having to worry about building an audience
If only that existed today...
Don't worry, it does exist today. We call it "Making Music for Brands."
Our famous clients need music to get your attention (Nike, Google, Apple).
Our big commissions/fees range from $1,000 - $50,000 per song.
And we don't have to worry about building a big audience.
THAT sounds like the right business for small artists.
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Hey folks,
We've got another killer interview in the works...
But in the meantime, what future content do you want to see from Zee & Co.?
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