An Artist Led Business: The Realities of the Music Business - by Gilli Moon

An Artist led business

The realities of the music business

A chapter excerpt from Gilli Moon's book Just Get Out There.

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 Gilli Moon, a multiple award-winning Australian singer, songwriter, producer, global artist community builder, and author is an unprecedented DIY Indie Music success, role model, educator and inspiration for thousands of artists worldwide. In her new book, Just Get Out There, she has created the Artist's bible to achieving abundance, self-empowerment and professional success as an Artist entrepreneur. 300+ pages filled with in-depth tips, tools, steps and resources on getting out there as an Artist, all the while achieving personal, financial and professional success and joy.  The following article is a chapter in her book, called "An Artist Led Business", describing the realities of the music business. All artists need to read this!

Just Get Out There.... I dare you!

I'm at the Taxi Road Rally in Los Angeles, one of my favorite songwriter-centric music conferences that hosts hundreds of songwriters, composers, music industry representatives and retailers over a power-packed weekend at a hotel near LAX. I'm here to speak to songwriters in my own workshop and run my own book booth. I launched my new book, JUST GET OUT THERE, this weekend.

JUST GET OUT THERE is the Artist's bible to achieving abundance, self-empowerment and professional success as an Artist entrepreneur. 300+ pages filled with in-depth tips, tools, steps and resources on getting out there as an Artist, all the while achieving personal, financial and professional success and joy. 

What legacy will you leave?

When I was in line behind a loud, boisterous cowboy hat clad man, who was speaking to a boy in his early twenties who hust claimed he had brought a 1976 Gran Turino, I knew I was heading to the South. This was a full flight and I know that no matter where I stood in line to board the plane, I wasn’t going to escape the cowboy’s hollering. I knew that I had to expect certain personalities when traveling and so I just plugged in my earphones and drowned it out with some peaceful music on my iPod.

I love going on my “music meccas” as I call them. At least once a year if not three times, I send myself to an exciting destination that always includes music, fun, new friends and lots of adventure. Thus time it was Nashville, Tennessee, home of country music, and where all songwriters are either getting cuts, or giving you business cards and networking in the hope to get a cut. (A “cut” traditionally is when one of your songs is chosen for a well known Artist’s record.)