25/11/2025
If you're an artist, producer, songwriter, manager, or A&R who truly loves music, you need to understand the business side of it. đź’ˇ Many creatives talk about passion, but passion without knowledge leads to frustration. When you grasp how the industry works behind the scenes, your career trajectory changes.
Here are 4 things to hear today: 👇
1. *Music is bigger than creativity*: The studio's exciting, but after you release a song, who owns the rights? Who gets paid? How do you get revenue? If you don’t know, you can work hard for years and stay stuck.
2. *The business secures your talent*: Your publishing, masters, contracts, and splits are your future income. Ignore them, and someone else might profit more than you.
3. *Research saves you*: Most music failures aren't due to lack of talent, but lack of understanding. One hour of research can prevent bad deals, wrong strategies, or setbacks.
4. *Knowledge turns creatives into pros*: Understand the business, and everything you do has direction. Releases become strategic, content intentional, collaborations structured, and your brand valuable.
Talent opens doors, but business keeps you in the room. Build a career, don’t chase music blindly.
——DEMAS.