Wondering how to start a music career, especially if you don’t have any Industry contacts? Being proactive is the secret to Rebecca Hollweg’s success as a musician. She didn’t sit back and wait for someone else to help her start a music career, she got going and did it herself.
Rebecca Hollweg didn’t wait for the stars to align to start a music career. In fact, she jumped right in and never gave up, even though finding success was different than her lifelong idea of what success looked like and how it would happen. Her persistence over the years has built a successful musician career where she has released three albums and toured Europe, Australia and America and even involves her young daughter. Rebecca Hollweg understands the struggles of being a mom and a musician and has some great advice for musicians to start a music career.
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How To Start A Music Career by Start Your Own Record Label
- Frustrated with not getting a record deal
- Encouraged by her musician husband to start the label
- How to start a music career by taking her success into her own hands
- Saw several “next big thing” artists get signed and dropped
How To Start A Music Career While Balancing Touring and Family
- Had someone in the audience hold her daughter at her first gigs
- Bribed her daughter with ice cream to get her off of the stage
- Her mother and mother-in-law helped out
- Daughter has played at some of her gigs
- Has found a way to balance and work it out on a gig by gig basis
This article will also help you understand the steps to take to go from an unknown Indie artist to a profitable, professional musician.
Booking Gigs
- Does her own bookings
- Has booked large festivals through a connection to someone
- Share your credibility markers early in a conversation with a potential booker
- Share press quotes and media coverage
- Has gone back to focusing on making personal connections
Fan Engagement
- Uses Facebook
- Maintains a handwritten list of her e-mail list in case the digital list is ever lost
- Uses Mailchimp to manage her email list
- Building up her YouTube channel
- Has embraced Spotify
Resources
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