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By Heather McDonald, About.com Guide to Music Careers

Music Industry Myths: Someone Can Tell You How To Make It In The Music Industry

Friday July 10, 2009

I'm sure you've seen the ads. Someone promises they can make you a star in three days, seven days, a month, what have you. All you have to do is pay them X amount of dollars for their ebooks/seminar/phone call and they will tell you how. Wow! This is it! Your big break!

Except, not really. The frustrating truth is that no one call tell you exactly how to make it in the music industry. Sometimes even perfectly executed plans that have worked in the past fail to make an impact, while the most fly by night, destined to fail on paper plans can sometimes take someone to big leagues. The only ingredient required across the board is good music. From there, your path to your music industry goals will require creativity, hard work and some trial and error. The road map is not available to download for $49.99.

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