I think your best course of action is to take that success and build iyt online to the point where the record companies come to you.

If you’ve sold 10,000 albums you have to be getting the music right. Connect directly with those fans and collect their email address to build a fan list. The more you do that the more obvious you’ll become to a record company.

Read this post and do the steps at the bottom – http://makeitinmusic.com/how-to-build-your-fanbase

Ian

We’ll look at this in detail as soon as possible on the site. Make sure that you’re signed up to our mailing list so that you can be alerted whwn we do that post.

In short, I would be making every effort to get more songs written and I would build a website and a myspace page asap. It will help you to come to the attention of record companies….eventually, but also collaborators and band members will see that you’re serious.

Plus, your site is your most important tool in building a following and awareness.

Where to find collaborators – local scene, online ads – Craig’s List, Gumtree – rehearsal rooms, recording studios, Production magazines, music production forums – a host of places.

Hope that helps.

Ian

I would like collaberators as well as players. Does anyone know where you can find these a little easier?

Carrie

It is perfectly possible to make it without being a songwriter.

Most pop artists signed to major labels can’t write, or certainly not on their own. There is a whole part of the industry that is dedicated to hooking up singers / artists with writers and producers. The easiest access to these people is through a record label or manager but that’s a little chicken and egg as you usually need songs and demos to get these people interested.

You can go and find these songwriters and producers yourself.

Search on Google for them – look for songwriter workshops. Call local studios and ask them if they know anyone – they may well. Look in the studio gear magazines – in the UK ‘Sound on Sound’, US it’s several such as ‘Electronic Musician’. People looking to help singers often run classifieds in there.

Then get on MySpace and look for collaborators and try Gumtree, Craig’s List, Facebook etc.

You can even try getting an industry trade directory and calling pubishers (the companies that songwriters sign to – the ying to the record label yang) and tell them you’re looking for collaborators. And look for management companies that manage them as well.

Hope that helps.

Ian

Krista

Email me at ian [@] makeitinmusic.com and explain what help you need. I’m sure I’ll be able to help.

Ian

Is this possible and where do we start?

Thanks you in advance Micheal.