The Secret To Building More Fans!

Every up and coming rap artist should want to achieve five things through out their music careers.

Those four things are: To make good music people can connect to, create die hard fans, make money from those fans and other business opportunities, and finally have a long career in the music industry.

Out of all the new rappers that emerge every year, only a handful actually accomplish these four goals. I can get further into why new rappers are not successful, but I will save that for another time. Today I wanted to tackle how you can gain more fans through putting out music on a consistent bases.

This method also works for retaining the fans you already have. So if you are an artist who has been putting out music once or twice every few months you might want to pay attention to this topic.

Why Is It Important To Release Music Frequently?

It is important to release songs on a frequent basis in order for you to stay relevant as an artist. This especially goes for artist who are on the come up. The only way people are going to know you exist is through releasing songs on a consistant basis. Not only should you release songs frequently, you should also know the most effective Hip Hop Platforms that you can showcase and promote your music on in order to get good exposure.

In marketing there’s a saying that goes “Visibility equals credibility.” The more visable your product or service is, the more credible it is in the eyes of consumers. We can apply that same saying to music. The more music you put out, the more collaborations you do, the more you perform, the more rasio spins you get, the music videos you release,; the more credibility you will build in the eyes of rap fans around the world.

Make More money With Frequent Releases

It’s pretty obvious that if you release more music, you have more music to sell to your fans. You can even bundle your songs with murchandise and tickets to your shows. The more songs you make the more songs you can distribute and license to mainstream radio and online radio for royalties. In order to get paid you have to first be registered to a Performing Rights Organization. They will help collect your royalties from radio stations. To collect music royalties from Satelitte and Internet Radio make sure you Register to Sound Excvhange.

Help Develop Your Skills

As the old saying goes “Practice makes Perfect.” When you write more music you will become more skilled at it.

Not only that but when you perform more you become better at it, so releasing more music will help develop your skills as a song writer, and performing more will help develop you skills as a performer. Both are needed to become a great rapper.

So what are you waiting for? Go and build your fan base by creating more music! One of the major keys to becoming successful in the music industry is being consistant. Start now and never stop making music until you retire!