[Intro]   7.13.9

The real music industry. Independent record labels. Major record labels. Upcoming artists. Do these words strike a cord in your aspirations.

Spending money on studio time? Who or what decides which artists make it in the industry?

What are the things you need to be considered a successful and serious upcoming musician? Do you have the passion?

What about the passionate entrepreneurs out there trying to start a record label? What are the first steps? Where do you start, and what do you need?

Welcome to Music Biz 101 on MasFlowNation.com. Right in this section is where you will find information on some of the answers to the previous questions. And, you will get tips on what are the right steps you should be taking if you are in the music business, and you're serious about making it.

[Article 1]   7.13.9

What can you expect as a new and serious upcoming artist or burgeoning indie record label?

- Realize that your career or existence does not start until at least 2 to 3 years of heavy internet and ground work. So if you just began 9 months ago, you haven't  even started yet.

- If you're just starting off, and you find yourself doing what some of your favorite established and successful musicians did when they first started. STOP!

- What Jay-z, Linkin Park, or any other successful veteran musicians did to get their foot in the door, in today's world is obsolete. We're living in a totally different world. So if you're still just handing out your CD's in downtown Brooklyn, or by your local movie theatres, you're wasting your time.

- Do you have a team behind you? If you don't, you should go out and find a group of people that believe in you.