Fantazzmo: The Modern Musician

Fantazzmo:  The Modern Musician

It would be awesome to learn and create music all day, then perform every night!  That is the dream my friends, (along with earning a great living!) but the reality is much different.  The modern musician must do so much more and wear so many different hats, such as:

Musician
Promoter
Investor
IT specialist
Customer Service Rep 
Media Supervisor
Businessman
CEO
Designer
Video Director/Producer
Publicist
Manager
...and so much more

In order to thrive in today's musical climate, the modern musician must wear many hats very well, if not they will not succeed.  It is a wake up call, but if you want to swim with the big fish, you've gotta jump in the water and take a couple of knocks once in a while or wind up food for the fall by the wayside.

As soon as you can afford to get a team together, do it!  Something has to give, there are only so many hours in a day.  You can get definitely get the ball rolling, but eventually your music or band have to attract people that believe in it and are willing to help.  At first this will be family and friends, then eventually it will be professionals or people with a background in the music industry and its various components. 

Even with a team, you must act as CEO and hold everyone accountable. 

Just like AC/DC sang, "It's a long way to the top if you wanna Rock N Roll."