{"id":150,"date":"2008-11-13T08:00:29","date_gmt":"2008-11-13T07:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=150"},"modified":"2022-06-09T12:32:46","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T11:32:46","slug":"self-promotion-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/self-promotion-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Self Promotion II:"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[endif]--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Two words you should think hard about. <a title=\"Just ignore the advertising...\" href=\"http:\/\/www.digitalmusicnews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Music. Business.<\/a> If you\u2019re just having fun playing jam nights and amazing your friends with your mad guitar skillz then that\u2019s cool, and we\u2019d love to help you put out a release if you record anything you\u2019re happy with, but to take music forward as a career you&#8217;ve got to accept that it needs to be a business. This means effort, people!<br \/>\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">First of all, get your <a title=\"Richard\" href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/newstopics\/celebritynews\/3395589\/Rickrolling-Rick-Astley-named-Best-Act-Ever-at-the-MTV-Europe-Music-Awards.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">music right<\/a>. This is the first and most important step in your career as a musician. It\u2019s also the fun part. Regardless of anything else, fans will come to you for this reason first and foremost, and if you\u2019ve got a great sound, the battle is half won. The other half of the fight is a <a title=\"i.e. not  wasting time playing flash games\" href=\"http:\/\/armorgames.com\/play\/2267\/warfare-1917\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dirty slog through the trenches<\/a>, getting your music in everyone\u2019s ears, making yourself impossible to ignore.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two words you should think hard about. Music. Business. If you\u2019re just having fun playing jam nights and amazing your friends with your mad guitar skillz then that\u2019s cool, and we\u2019d love to help you put out a release if you record anything you\u2019re happy with, but to take music forward as a career you&#8217;ve got to accept that it needs to be a business. This means effort, people! First of all, get your music right. This is the first and most important step in your career as a musician. It\u2019s also the fun part. 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