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The Music Industry as it is today.

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Every aspiring musician is currently out there as a solo artist or in a band trying to get your music out to the world and make a living out of it. In the space of just a decade or so, the ways to make yourself heard through your music has evolved substantially. Gone are the old days of the music industry where you would go to a gig and hope a record producer present in the crowd would recognize your undeniable talents and make an attempt to get you signed and then make you a star (i.e. everything would be done for you). So then what are the new secrets to success in Music? Lets start of by unpacking the realities of the music industry as it is today. Just to be clear, this is entirely based on my opinions and the experiences I have had in my country (Nepal). In the current era, you cannot say that you are a vocalist or a guitarist or a producer, you have to be top notch at every aspect, i.e. you have to be a brand, not an individual. What i mean by that is that if you only vie