realizing...

that in order to be successful and heard in this business, you need incredible amounts of marketing, promotion, and advertising. Thats wat runs companies from the small mom and pops to the major corporations. Marketing, Promotion, and Advertising. Promotion is FREE...Marketing and Advertising is what costs. If you are going to make it in the music business as an independant you cannot negelect marketing and advertising. Especially online in the digital age. You cannot and i stress CANNOT just put ur album up online and expect it to sell. It simply won't. You may get a few sales from people who happened to stumble across your music but thats about it. Trust me i know, that was my first mistake when i dropped "love chronicles" on CD baby. But that was wat 4/5 years ago? i learned and grown from my mistakes and am taking the business side of music very seriously. Its one thing to create but marketing...thats a whole nother ball game. Lets see if my business degree from MSU comes in handy...