Team Me

No man or woman is an island all to himself or herself. There is no way you can do it all alone and be successful in the music business as an artist. It may be true that you still have your own vision and dream, however, it's important to write it down and make it plain so that others may be included in the process of bringing it to pass. You also need to have a plan. If you don't know where you're going, any road will get you there. Well, where is there? If you don't know, no one else will know either. It's so important to know where you want to go. You have to at least think about it and then begin to start taking steps in that direction. Otherwise it will become really easy to find yourself going in circles and becoming frustrated with the process instead of enjoying the journey.

With that being said, there are two things that can aid you in your journey of success as an artist in the music industry and help make the process enjoyable:

1) The first thing is to write down your vision with an attainable goal in mind. Come up with a plan. Then it will be important to write down all of the steps that may be necessary in order for you to obtain the goal. This plan will help you maintain a specific focus and give you a tangible way to find out if your making progress. This may require you to do some studying and maybe even some research to find out what's all needed to make your plan work. There have been others who have already achieved the level of success you desire and there will be others who will come after you. There is no need in reinventing the wheel. As you discover the types of things that will lead to your success begin to incorporate those things that work for you into your plan. Within your discoveries you will also discover that you need some help.

2) The second thing that you should begin to do is start building a support team. This team of individuals should be people that you not only trust and have a good chemistry with when working together, but they should also be skilled and knowledgeable in their specific area of expertise. I won't go into the specific details of the duties of every member on your team at this time, but I will give you a list of some of those key players. This list may vary depending on ones individual abilities and needs. As an artist you need a good manager, producer, songwriter, publicist, agent, stylist, choreographer, and entertainment lawyer on your team. Now these are just a few key players that are important to have on your team to help you to establish a certain level of success. You can add to this list and even take away from it. The key is that you know that each one of these players carry out a specific duty and trying to master all of these roles as an individual can become quite in cumbersome.

These are just two things to help an artist who wants a successful career in the music industry. There are many things that can be applied and some things work for some and some things work better for others. The main thing is that you understand the value in preparation and planning as well as the power of having a good team. Teamwork makes the dream work!

-Mike Sears