Indeed. I'm not going from a standing start here - been releasing stuff for a couple of years and take part in a couple of (brilliant) music communities.
Whenever I've discussed this before, and we've discussed it a lot, that's exactly where I start - what does success mean to you? Without knowing that, how can you plan to get anywhere? And the answer will be different for most.
So I've been happy to release the odd track or EP as I've been going along, but more recently - mainly as I've been getting good feedback from artists I respect and opportunities to work with folk like that as well - I thought, could I take things further? Whatever that means. ;-)
I think there's loads of folk like me - amateur/hobbyist musicians of a certain age. Not necessarily interested in making it big anymore (again, whatever that means) - but my observation is that many of the tools and services are one size fits all.
I thought it'd be interesting to scribble some notes and thoughts down as I develop my thinking as I go along. It'll not be some earth shattering insights, I'm sure - plenty have gone before me.
We'll see - it's likely to be quite sporadic, as music is squeezed in when I get time. And the main point for me is to make music - so that first, planning next, blogging after that. It'll be interesting to see how it pans out...
Ok ok :) Sounds you are already at a good place. Always nice to get some good feedback from those you respect and this indeed may lead to 'wanting' more. Regarding becoming big: There is a difference between becoming big, or for instance, a wish to perform from time to time. In the electonic music business I came across quite a few DJs/artists who don't think big, but are comfortable when they can play at a friends party. Private, but also public events. Maybe playing in a side room, or being the opening DJ, or closing when this is way into the next day and no big names are required anymore for the last die hards on the dance floor. In any kinda of music you have this. Anyways. Sticking to music creation is also good. You can think of ghost producing for others. More and more artists, use ghost producers for their music. Doing this for the right artists, can make considerable money. At the same time, it'll also become a job with deadlines and all :) Another way of monetising could be to teach those who want to be taught and oay for it. A 'job' that is maybe lesser a job than ghost producing, with more freedom and felxibility therefore easier to fit into your schedule. The whole think with Spotify is, one needs to get the tracks onto popular playlist to get some solid stream counts. Looking forward what you're gonna scribble down about the paths you are exploring.
Interesting...deffo some food for thought there 👍