NETWORK, NETWORK, NETWORK

I JUST WANTED TO WRITE A SNIPPET BIT ABOUT NETWORKING AFTER HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH A INDIE ARTIST THE OTHER DAY THAT KINDA FUELED ME A LIL BIT.......

N-E-T-W-O-R-K : IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST WORDS IN OUR SOCIETY TODAY. NETWORKING IS HOW YOU BUILD FOUNDATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS TO GUIDE OR HELP IN A CAREER OR PATH THAT YOU ARE TAKING. IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS NETWORKING IS A LOST ART AND ART THAT ALMOST HAS TO BE TAUGHT. IM SEEING A LOT OF INDIE ARTIST THAT ARE NOT NETWORKING AND THAT ISNT A GOOD THING BECAUSE RELATIONSHIPS IN MUSIC CAN HELP YOU AS LONG AS YOU ARE SMART ABOUT WHO YOU KEEPING YOURSELF AROUND.

WHEN YOU ARE OUT AT MUSIC CONFERENCES, AWARD SHOWS, VIDEO SHOOTS OR ANYTHING THAT HAS OTHER PEOPLE AROUND IN THE INDUSTRY MANKE SURE TO MINGLE WITH THEM AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND IF THEY DONT KNW WHAT YOU DO TELL THEM (IF YOUR PRIDE ISNT IN THE WAY , SINCE A LOT OF ARTIST THAT HAVE BEEN OUT ASSUME THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW WHO THEY ARE) YOU JUST NEVER KNW WHO YOU CAN MEET OUT IN ABOUT AT DIFFERENT EVENT NO MATTER HOW BIG AND SMALL. GETTING CONTACTS FROM THEM IS ONE THING BUT GETTING A CONTACT AND USING IT IS ANOTHER. THE MAIN THING OF GETTING A CONTACT IS TOO CONTACT AND GET A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PERSON AND FIGURE HOW AND IF THAT PERSON CAN HELP YOU WITH YOUR CAREER. ALSO KEEP THAT PERSON AWARE OF WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND CONTACT THEM EVERYONCE AND AGAIN JUST TO KEEP THINGS GOIGN BECAUSE AS THEY SAY : " ITS NOT ABOUT WHAT YOU KNOW , ITS WHO YOU KNOW "