Chapter 5
The Business of Planning Your Career
In This Chapter
◆ Why you need a business plan
◆ Setting goals and developing a roadmap—the key parts of a business plan
◆ Writing an effective business plan
◆ Following your plan—and evaluating your success
In today’s music business, you have to plan for success. You just can’t expect a major label A&R guy to be in the crowd at your local club and sign you up for a recording contract on the spot—the music world’s equivalent of winning the lottery.
Now I’m not sure that kind of Hollywoodesque rags-to-riches story ever really existed, but it certainly has no place in the music industry of the twenty-first century. In today’s music business, smart musicians plan every step of their careers, and then work ...
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