What value are you offering to people - to venues - to your audience?

What is the backbone of your music that sets you apart? Is there one? 

If you plan to make money from music, you need to identify the value. Is it in your lyrics? Your vocals? Your live show?

Be honest with yourself or have someone else be honest with you.

You need to identify the uniqueness, strengths and weaknesses in your music to build on the value. Constantly look to improve and seek constructive criticism. Refine and hone those.

There are so many artists who put the cart before the horse and try to do too many things without first setting a solid foundation and building slowly but securely upon it.

Don’t worry about having a well produced full cd, a really nifty website, 10,000 myspace friends or your very own manager.

Focus on creating value for your audience.

I would rather spend $10 on a 1 song cd of Norah Jones playing a toy piano - recorded via a cell phone, than on a full cd of my local jr. orchestra.

Start small. Be excellent. Stay focused. Be willing to move slowly. Create value.