Intro (Creating A Buzz)

[Intro]

How do you go about creating a buzz as a performing artist or song writer?

How do you get your foot in the door?

And how and when do you start gathering your team of advisors around you?

How do you get your work noticed?

The idea is to create a buzz by whatever means you can

We'll see later that lawyers and accountants can help you get noticed but you also need to work out your own plan and make it unique to you

You can play as many gigs as you can and hope to be recognized by a scout on the lookout for a record or music publishing company

Or you can make a demo of your performances and songs, and send it to an A&R person and hope

However, more and more companies - particularly the bigger ones, the majors, are refusing to accept unsolicited demos

They are following their us colleagues in this respect and many now only accept demos from a tried and tested or well known source

Others are streamlining their submissions policy and asking for MP3's rather than CD's through the post

I think is safe to say there's no guarantee of success n

No one is older living in his business

And you have to earn it often through sheer, hard, slog

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