Everyone wonders if there is some secret to getting started in the music buisness. If you are a artists,musician,group, songwriter,producer,singer etc.stop beating yourself over the head and wasting time trying to fiqure out what the industry want and ask yourself what the industry needs from you. Its important to understand first and foremost how the industry operates. learn the buisness side of the music industry is more vital than anything else. Its important first of all to sell yourself and put yourself and or music out there. The most important part of the music industry is the buisness aspect. In todays times its much easier to get involve than it was years ago. The use of technology has open the doors for instant stardom for many. But first and foremost its vital to first rethink and strategize how to first put your music talent whatever into package format and detemine its market. Sales sales sales sales i say documented sales and fanbase plays a bigpart not to mention the support of management and promoters. We have all sat back and wonder how some out of no where crappy band or artist made it big. They had a plan, marketiblity and fanbase backing up their sales. So regardless of the fact if you love them or hate them they got up and out there and got people to buy into music. But it starts off with the simple things that alot of bands forget about sales,branding ability and buzz. The rest is elementary and comes with the territory.