Why Most Musicians Don’t Make It In The Music Business

The others quit and usually end up working full time at a non-music day job.

The following are three reasons why so many musicians struggle to make it in the music business and what you should do instead in order to succeed:

Reason #1: Having A Mindset That Sets You Up For Failure

A lot of musicians have the wrong mindset when it comes to trying to succeed in the music business. They:

• *Feel entitled to success and opportunities.
• *Think that record companies (and businesses) are evil and take advantage of musicians.
• *Blame other people or circumstances for their own failures.

These mindsets make failure inevitable. Successful musicians understand the importance their mindset has on their careers.

Action step for you: take action daily to strengthen and develop your mindset by: being around success-minded people and studying proven resources about success and achievement.

Reason #2: Not Having The Time, Money Or Resources To Grow A Career

Let’s face it: you need to have the freedom of money and time to successfully grow your music career. A lot of musicians have neither of these things (or only one of them). Some have tons of time but no money. Others have tons of money but are forced to work full time and never get to enjoy it. This keeps you from growing your career, joining music projects, touring or recording music.

Here’s the action to take: find out how to earn money from many different sources in a passive manner. This musical income needs to be:

• *Congruent with your ultimate goals in the music industry. So all the time and effort you put into it goes towards your future and is not just spent working at a meaningless job.
• *Passive and residual for the most part, so you can do all the work ahead of time and reap the rewards later (without having to continually spend your time working to make money with the same product/idea).

Finding a music career mentor is instrumental in learning how to create multiple streams of passive income.

Reason #3: Doing Things In The Wrong Order

Building a successful music career is about doing the right things, in the right order and in the right way. The order in which you do things is specific to your music career goals and challenges.

Even if you take the correct steps… doing them in the wrong order is very destructive for your music career(just as much as doing the incorrect steps to begin with).

This column helps you plan your music career so you can become a professional musician very quickly.