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Top 10 Mistakes Artists MakeBy David Hooper | August 2008

If you want to get a record deal, get people to your shows, or sell music like crazy, the answer isn't some kind of "magic pill" website that you post your music on, blindly sending out a bunch of demos, or anything to do with having good music... although good music certainly helps. The answer is to develop a mindset that naturally attracts people to what you're doing as well as an understanding of how the music business game is played. As you develop as a person, your music career will develop with you. Sounds crazy, but it's true, and I've seen it time and time again, with thousands of acts that I've worked with, from garage bands, to the guys selling out arenas.Of course, part of developing includes making mistakes along the way. Check out these ten common music business mistakes, and ways to avoid them... 10. Being too difficult (or too nice)First of all, let’s get this clear... Just because you wrote a few good songs and recorded them, it doesn’t me