How To Make It in the New Music Business: Practical Tips on Building a Loyal Following and Making a Living as a Musician (Third)

the Providence String Quartet developed its innovative urban residency, Community MusicWorks (http://www.communitymusic works.org), over ten years ago in Providence, Rhode Island. Violinist/violist Sebastian Ruth founded Community MusicWorks on the conviction that musicians have an important public role to play in creating and transforming communit

The kind of musician who puts these success principles into action can be described as an entrepreneur. Cultivate your entrepreneurial skills, and you cultivate your career.

In order to be a financially successful artist, it helps to understand that there are lots of artists already doing it, and that there are many ways it can be done. When you know what’s possible, you can make an educated decision on how you would like your career to progress.

ICE is an outgrowth of this early 21st century trend of the musician as entrepreneur, the artist as the producer. Although it might be too early to make this prediction, it is my hope that this spirit of entrepreneurship in the arts will be one of the defining characteristics and contributions of my generation of artists.2

An essential guide for artists of all levels on how to live and work as a creative, from a popular artist and TED speaker.