The article “5 Time Management Tactics Every Musician Must Know” is very helpful in making most aware, musicians or not, of how and where to focus their energy in order to achieve their goals and plans. It dives into 5 Tactics that are very effective when it comes to time management: Planning, Prioritizing, Automating , Delegating Tasks, and Getting to Work! I am personally a very distracted individual so the most important step for me would be Prioritizing, eliminating distractions and making sure that the tasks that I do directly align with my goals. This self awareness leads me to question what the most common distractions are for people when going to work. The article attached below describes these distractions one by one.
This article is all about time management and names the 5 tactics that every musician entrepreneur should know. It starts off by showing us a VENN diagram of all the moving parts that we should be weary of and to name a few like fan nurturing, real life networking, crowdfunding subscription, and the most important MAKING MONEY. The 5 tactic steps are plan, prioritize, automate, delegate, and do the step tactic I really liked was the Delegate. The Delegate portion was all about telling yourself that you can’t do it all by yourself being able to delegate some stuff and relieve some of that stress will help you out in the end. The two main reasons the article gives for why individuals refuse to delegate their work is because 1) they just can’t afford the help or 2) they don’t want to give up control.
This article is a broad and easy guide to manage time as a musician or music entrepreneur. This guide first provides a VENN diagram of all the elements that are related and connected to working in the music industry. The article then proposes five main time management tactics. These tactics include planning, prioritizing, having an automation strategy, delegating, and doing. For a music artist to achieve these tactics, that artist must have goals and deadlines, determine a primary focus, develop a task strategy, accept help in any form, and stop procrastinating. For more information on how to manage time as a musician, click the link here: https://www.tunecore.com/blog/2017/09/less-get-done-ultimate-time-management-tip-musicians.html
Victoria Gonzalez
Time management is the most important aspect of being a musician and even starting a business that has nothing to do with music. You need to stay on top of things and if necessary, hire someone who can help you out in the process. If you can’t keep organized, you will not be able to keep your mind organized and your business may not go as you want it to go.
This article doesn’t cover any new or groundbreaking ideas, but it is a good general guide to get someone that is starting to get their music career off the ground with helpful bits of advice that will direct someone down a productive direction. It’s practical to also take a lot of this and insert it into our student careers. Dr. Kristen Pelligrino here at UTSA holds a seminar at the beginning of each fall semester with what is called her ‘grit’ talk. She covers how to survive as musicians in any capacity that it will take immense endurance and meticulous planning, which I find applicable and related to this article.
I am a firm believer that time management is anything especially when it comes to school, so when it comes to music and being a musician it should be no different. I find this article and website very helpful for independent artists or any type of artist in general manage their time with 5 steps, but with anything this is easier said than done. Managing your time with anything can be a difficult task because other things can get in the way or your simply just being lazy, but I do think with these straightforward steps that the article provides it should be a good foundation to start managing your time.
Here is a website on how to manage your time as a student at a university https://www.topuniversities.com/blog/7-time-management-tips-students
Lynn Nguyen
The article, “5 Time Management Tactics Every Musician Must Know” informs us the basic guide to start a music career. These tactics could not only be used in a musicians life but also in anyone’s life. The first one is time management. Time management is not only important as a musician but it is important in many other aspects.
Here is a link on why time management is important: https://www.appointmentplus.com/blog/why-time-management-is-important/
Savannah Garcia
This article talks about the top 5 most important tactics when it comes to managing well in the music industry. I even think these are applicable to all parts of life outside of the industry of music. These 5 steps include planning, prioritizing, strategizing, delegating and doing. Part of my personality includes becoming sort of a control freak, which is why to me, delegating is the most important thing for an artist to do. Sometimes things may be too far out of our reach that we become overwhelmed with the workload. We have to realize that there are trained professionals that are experts in the field and that is okay to ask for help, we just need to set our pride aside.
This article is super insightful because this is essential to any goals you set to. It breaks down how much you have to juggle with different responsibilities as a musical artist. At a certain level there is things you cannot do all by yourself. But overall this is wonderful advice so I found a great article that generalizes time management skills and goal setting so that anyone in any field could apply it. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.tinypulse.com/blog/10-ways-to-meet-your-goals-with-time-management%3fhs_amp=true
Mariah Almeida
This article is super helpful with helping a musician focus and collect their thoughts about what is needing to be done. In this read, it gives 5 time management tactics that every artist should utilize. If you do not know where to start, this will give you some guidance on how to better put your ideas out and other beneficial tips to help cut down on any unnecessary stress or thoughts. At the beginning of the article, it shows a venn diagram of what a musician has to deal with, and shows many things in the circles. It can get overwhelming having to deal with so much. Some tips that I found useful out of this where to prioritize your work and what needs to get accomplished. I feel like this goes hand in hand with accepting help as well. If you have people that support you, you can ask for help to take care of the smaller tasks that you are not able to focus on. this way you can get all of your tasks done without having to be overwhelmed with everything that you need to do.
Here is another link about time management for artist : https://www.icadenza.com/time-management-tips-for-musicians/
This article was a refreshing read, I’m not a musician, but I do have a lot of things to do and it’s easy to get wrapped up in all the tasks. My favorite tactics were prioritize and automate. You can’t get much done if you’re not working towards your priorities daily, and it’s important to have a consistent schedule so it’ easy for you to complete these tasks.
Claudia Lozano
I loved the helpful tips this article provided, out of all the tactics mentioned I liked #4: Delegate. What struck me the most was that you have to learn how to delegate other people to help you with the stuff you are stressed out about first. Most musicians and teams of artists struggle financially when they start out so its important to build that relationship with fans to create the “superfans” that can help with certain tasks. I know of people who are coordinators for big music festivals around Texas and those coordinators have at least 4-5 assistants on their team that they delegate. Here is a great article from eventbrite that explains a little bit more about delegating within a team. https://www.eventbrite.ie/blog/how-to-delegate-ds00/
Sydnie Gudson
The information provided in the article as well as the venn diagram not only gives great advice, but also a good insight into the insane and berserk life of a musician. Just like any other job, musicians must rely on time management and self discipline in order to stay on a focused path, so I appreciate the article for providing some clarity on that. I think the best advice that I have ever gotten from a musician is to provide intent for your practice and your goals. It can be really easy to mindlessly play and have a difficult time making improvement, but setting a set plan to your practice can help immensely.
One of the best time management practices I have ever done is the Pomodoro method. It is meant for studying, but you can use it for anything, here is how to do it: https://francescocirillo.com/pages/pomodoro-technique
This step-by-step list was really insightful and I hope that I am diligent enough to actually implement these five tactics into my life. It was disappointing to me that I do not even utilize tactic one yet. I have been known to manage my time very poorly and, as a result, I do not do a lot of what I want to do because I can barely complete everything that I am required to do. It would be ideal for me to start marketing my own music well before I graduate so I can be in a position to make a steady income when I do graduate, but I frequently find myself to be “too busy” to work on that. I especially liked tactic two and I hope that I will be able to start prioritizing instead of wasting most of my time and then staying up late to do homework without doing anything to pursue my dreams. I often wonder how I will be able to more successful than many people who chase the same dream that I am chasing, and I think that planning and knowledge of the industry can really be a defining factor in the success of the artist, regardless of the level of talent. One of the first things that I am working toward is releasing an album, so I looked for articles talking about how to release an album and I found this one from CDBaby’s DIY Musician: https://diymusician.cdbaby.com/music-promotion/tips-make-cd-release-success/
Gregory Fuentes
Planing your course of action while also being an artist at night can sound daunting at first. That’s why articles like this are helpful for gaining momentum and practicing the practical steps necessary for being successful. An easy way to start the day with momentum is to send a few emails after you wake up for networking purposes. Here’s a website that has collected email marketing sites to use as a tool for networking.
What an interesting read. The 5 ways to manage your time wisely. Some of these topics were things that I already knew but needed a reminder. What I want to know is was this article made for musicians only or does it go into the business side of the music industry? I just feel that this article was more aimed toward the solo artist while the management team has a different article to read. Lastly, it mentioned about “Daily Jobs” with that in mind are they supposed to have two jobs one as an artist and one as a safety net?
here’s some more information on musicians and daily jobs http://blog.sonicbids.com/balancing-your-day-job-with-a-music-career
Savannah Simon
This article is about time management and is geared specifically towards musicians. I think that the article is helpful and can be taken into consideration even if you aren’t a musician as well. My favorite tactic that was discussed was “Don’t Try To Do It All Yourself” because I’m personally really bad at asking for help even if I’m really struggling to balance a lot of things at once. I have to remind myself a lot that it’s okay to reach out to people when you need assistance especially if you would do the same for them.
I really enjoyed this article because it was really helpful and motivating for artist. Sometimes we only think about the fun part of being an artist and forget about all of the hard work that goes on behind the scenes. I think it is very important to plan out what needs to be done and prioritize the aspects that you feel are the most important to your success. Personally I enjoyed the part of the article that talked about consistent content creating because I know that is one of the hardest things to do as an artist when handling everything else. Below I added a video about how to create content consistently.
The article given to us about time management tips which every musician should be more aware of is of great value for anybody pursuing a credible career in the music industry. The article begins to discuss planning as one of the tips as it should include goals and deadlines, along with a marketing plan to keep up with in order to fully expand a person’s own brand and opportunities in the future. Along with a plan, come the priorities of someone’s life which comes adding importance to some things as somebody starts their career more than others as it redeems some stress off someones shoulders in order to succeed in their music careers. One other tip which I found had lots of importance was not to try and do everything by yourself. Their are different outlets in the world which can take a huge load off someones back in order to plan or prioritize a lot better in their own music careers.
One of the hardest parts of being in the music industry or being a musician is having to manage your time. Constantly being on the road and rehearsing only adds to the time that is taken away from a musician’s personal life. Some of the things that can help with time management are writing things down on calendars, scheduling dates months ahead of time, and prioritizing things that are important, such as tour dates and meetings with industry personnel. This article was useful and provided much information about time management specifically targeted at musicians, and I found this very helpful. Here is another article that helps musicians manage their time. https://blog.discmakers.com/2017/07/musicians-follow-this-time-management-plan/
Shawn Horne
I found it interesting that the article doesn’t mention at all a key part of any musicians development: practice! Sure most of the points about time management related to marketing are helpful but it your product sucks it really doesn’t matter how good your marketing and time management are. For the sake of argument though I think the article has some good tips. Below is an article that has 100 more tips to improve productivity that can be applied by musicians to our routines:
This article that details how musicians should handle the multitasking that it takes to do the job is not only relevant for musicians, but for pretty much any job. The strategy of plan, prioritize, automate, delegate, and do is a very important strategy for any job. I wish this article was geared a little more towards musicians, because it’s pretty general as is. Below is an article about how musicians are better at multitasking. https://www.sciencealert.com/musicians-are-better-at-multitasking
Orlando Rodriguez
This article was really good, not just for musicians, but any sort of entrepreneur. One thing that really liked about the article was that they mentioned automate and delegate. It is really easy for someone to get caught up in what they want to do detail by detail, but it is important to let some tasks be handled by someone other than you. I also liked that it added not to procrastinate, since that is also one of the bigger problems when you have to come up with your own plans and make sure everything is going smoothly for you.
heres another article talking more about how to stay productive as an artist: https://www.erikalancaster.com/art-blog/time-management-for-artists-how-to-stay-productive
Coleman Strauss
This post makes really demonstrates how many different aspects there are to the music industry. One cannot simply just create the music and be finished as there are so many things that go into being a successful artist. The most important asset we have is time and in order to be successful we need to allocate that time effectively. These 5 steps are great ideas for getting organized. I like how the author takes into account that outside of music human beings have so many other obligations as it is. Here are 5 tips you should know to be a successful music producer. https://www.first.edu/5-things-you-should-know-to-become-a-successful-music-producer/
This article was based on 5 tricks that will help with not only a music career but any sort of self business.These 5 steps include planning, prioritizing, strategizing, delegating and doing which when you think about it play a huge factor and are your keys to success. The first thing they showed was a vinn diagram which covered all the moving parts of the industry that we should look out for. The 5 steps also gave us an outlook on what we need as an individual from the steps in order to make it in basically life.
Here is a website that shows you 15 steps to make it in the music industry. https://diymusician.cdbaby.com/musician-tips/15-things-must-make-music-industry/
Darius McClain
This article is extremely helpful because everyone can benefit from good time management skills. Tactics number 2 and 4 are what i think are very important. Tactic 2 says to learn to prioritize; some tasks hold more weight and should have priority. Tactic 4 almost piggybacks on 2 which is to Delegate. Delegate the tasks that you arent as god at or that stress you out. Proper time management is essentially for a musicians because they often have outside obligations.
Time management has always been an issue for me. This resource is very useful to musicians or anyone else who just needs to manage their time effectively. Strategic planning and consistency are what I learned most from this article. Throughout life, bad habits become routine if people were to start off the day right good habits will develop into their routine. It’s also interesting to know that this article advises the reader to delegate. Even if its DIY, it doesn’t mean all the work, some of it can be handled by someone else like a fan or friend.
This article is about the 5 tactics that every musician should know when it comes to time management. With that being said, the 5 tactics that every musician should know are plan, prioritize, automate, delegate, and do. I feel this resonate with so many people in there every day life, not just musicians. This is a very good article though, I feel like this is information most musicians need because planning out time is not easy. This is a very helpful guide and I think more musicians should look into time management. Below I am adding an article about time management for producers: 6 tips for working like a pro. https://heroic.academy/time-management-producers
Tyra Brown
When coming into the music business making the music is just s small fraction of the work that goes into it. I liked how the article provided a Venn diagram to map out the strings that come along with the music business. My favorite part of the article was the Tatic number five it was very relatable and good to hear that im, not the only one that has a hard time with procrastinating.
For more tips go to this website for more help: https://www.tunecore.com/blog/2017/09/less-get-done-ultimate-time-management-tip-musicians.html
Devin A. Saucedo-Rivera
Time management – one of the things I can be both amazing and poor at. This article focuses on just that, but in regards to time management for musicians and 5 strategies they should know. Although this was made for the purpose of musicians adopting these strategies, I feel as if they could be helpful to many people nowadays. I can only imagine what it is like for musicians to be able to juggle writing, producing, touring, staff, and whatever lies ahead in the future. Here is another article about time management for musicians.
The article in question is all about time management and 5 commonly used tactics that every musician/entrepreneur should know and use. It starts off by showing us a VENN diagram of all the factors that artist should take into consideration; to name a few there is fan nurturing, real life networking, crowdfunding subscription, and how much revenue you actually incurred. The 5 steps for these tactics are plan, prioritize, automate, delegate. The Delegate portion was all about realizing that although you’re able to delegate some stuff for yourself and relieving some of that stress will help you in the end and in your career. The two main reasons the article gives for why individuals refuse to delegate their work is because 1) help is not affordable or 2) control is too big of an asset to give up.
Time management is important in any industry, but it can be especially important to musicians. As shown in the Venn Diagram in the article, there are a lot of different tasks that a musician must do in order to be successful, making good time management essential. This article provides several tips on how to improve time management, including planning, prioritizing, and delegating. I know that I personally struggle with prioritizing, because in my head all of the things that I need to do often carry the same weight. However, I think everyone could benefit (and save a lot of time) by taking a look at all of the things they need to do and really recognizing which things are the most important.
Time management has always something that I have struggled with. With this article it is able to provide you may ways in the music industry. It shows you many ways that you are able to accomplish new ways to help you as an artist. Giving you many examples to provide you the most information. I found this article that gives you more in depth information on time management for musicians. https://watchmeexplode.com/cgi-sys/suspendedpage.cgi
Emily Krupa
Time management is important in any business, especially if you are an aspiring artist. The music industry is so complex itself, so managing every aspect of your career in the music industry can make or break your reputation. Artists today have such a high standard to be held to that every moment counts.
Heres some time management tips written by a musician: https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2016/09/time-management-a-musicians-guide.html
Nicolas Needham
What a timely article! I’ve been overwhelmed so much lately and seeing the points highlighted here are incredibly helpful. One point that stuck out to me was TACTIC #2 – PRIORITIZE. Often times, I struggle with prioritizing things, because I see everything as needing to get done all at once, and I try to multitask. I think this article says it best – “determine which tasks are most aligned with your goals and do those tasks first.” I will execute these rules in my daily life – I’m sure I’ll see promising results.
Time management is essential for any profession. However, I do like the 5 tactics in this article, Plan, Prioritize, Automate, Delegate, and Do. The one that sticks out to me the most is delegate. Most of the time, we try to do everything ourselves so we can say, “I did it, by myself,” but the important thing to remember is that not always it doing everything by yourself the best. Being able to delegate and pass on some of that responsibility will help the music group feel they are all important and keep you from getting too stressed out. Let someone help you.
The article describes essential characteristics of time management that are essential for musicians and entrepreneurs alike. It is important to realize that both musicians and entrepreneurs are responsible for shaping their own careers, but without time management it will not be successful. I found the article to be quite beneficial especially in terms of the 5 steps, plan, prioritize, automate, delegate, and do because it creates a strategic approach for any musician and entrepreneur to follow. Here is another article I found about time management and key tips for musicians, https://www.icadenza.com/time-management-tips-for-musicians/
Carlos Garza
Time management is an essential aspect to any business person but especially to those in the music field which makes this article very handy. In the article, there are 5 time management tactic that are listed that should be utilized by every musician as these tactics include planning, prioritizing, strategizing, delegating, and doing. For someone like me who struggles with procrastination, I found “Prioritize” to be very insightful as it explains the importance of doing one task at a time and focusing on not stressing on all the other things needed to be done as they all do not hold the same weight of importance. Attached below is an article I found that gives more tips on how to avoid procrastination: https://www.collegexpress.com/articles-and-advice/majors-and-academics/blog/top-10-ways-avoid-procrastination/
Bao Lg
This article is great but it is extremly diffecult to done most of these thing when you are a college student with little to no money that is trying to pursuit music. Music is like a business that takes money to make money. Unless there are investor who are willing to fun d your project. There are alot more then just 5 time managment tatics to every artist needs to know. To me this article is not really relevant because if you are really dedicated to making music and being successful at it. Time managments should be your first priority. This article can only help so much to an artist, but if the artist doesn’t know how time pace or management or dedication, he or she or they won’t go as far in the music industry. Reading can only do so much but actually go out there and experincing the field is much better.
I can’t add a link to this but i would recommended a documentary by Artist like lady gaga, Travis scott on youtube to show their accomplishment through managment and dedication and hardwork
Michelle Aguilar
This article is a good read whether you’re a musician or not. Without proper time management, it can eventually make anyone feel as if they are not able to accomplish anything. Time management helps reduce stress and anxiety. Here’s an article over the correlations of time management and stress: https://www.mentalhelp.net/stress/time-management-to-prevent-stress/
Learning how to be prodictive in the studio was the hardset part about learning to record for me personally. Often times I will get distracted and waste time messing around on my instruments. I also have problems with getting side tracked and focusing too much on small things. A tip that really helped me was stopping after 3 takes. If you can’t get a good take after 3 tries, you need to stop and practice the part more then come back. I’ve linked to a video from musician Andrew Huang and he discusses this strategy among with other productivity hacks.
This article is an all around great resource – not just for musicians – but for anyone who’s trying to get it together. It is no secret that time management has never been my strong suit (for instance: I’m finishing up my blog posts right now because I didn’t keep up with them throughout the semester), but it is something that as an adult (at least technically) with ADHD I have to continually work on. I often refer to ‘Professor Google’ when trying to work on my time management skills, but what’s different about this guide is that it outlines all of the moving parts that come with a career as a musician, on top of the personal obligations I need to juggle. Here’s one of my usual references: https://themorningbuzzblog.com/2019/06/how-to-have-a-productivity-day/
The article “5 Time Management Tactics Every Musician Must Know” is very helpful in making most aware, musicians or not, of how and where to focus their energy in order to achieve their goals and plans. It dives into 5 Tactics that are very effective when it comes to time management: Planning, Prioritizing, Automating , Delegating Tasks, and Getting to Work! I am personally a very distracted individual so the most important step for me would be Prioritizing, eliminating distractions and making sure that the tasks that I do directly align with my goals. This self awareness leads me to question what the most common distractions are for people when going to work. The article attached below describes these distractions one by one.
https://www.snacknation.com/blog/workplace-distractions/
This article is all about time management and names the 5 tactics that every musician entrepreneur should know. It starts off by showing us a VENN diagram of all the moving parts that we should be weary of and to name a few like fan nurturing, real life networking, crowdfunding subscription, and the most important MAKING MONEY. The 5 tactic steps are plan, prioritize, automate, delegate, and do the step tactic I really liked was the Delegate. The Delegate portion was all about telling yourself that you can’t do it all by yourself being able to delegate some stuff and relieve some of that stress will help you out in the end. The two main reasons the article gives for why individuals refuse to delegate their work is because 1) they just can’t afford the help or 2) they don’t want to give up control.
Here is a link that provides more tips on how to manage time for musicians.
https://www.icadenza.com/time-management-tips-for-musicians/
This article is a broad and easy guide to manage time as a musician or music entrepreneur. This guide first provides a VENN diagram of all the elements that are related and connected to working in the music industry. The article then proposes five main time management tactics. These tactics include planning, prioritizing, having an automation strategy, delegating, and doing. For a music artist to achieve these tactics, that artist must have goals and deadlines, determine a primary focus, develop a task strategy, accept help in any form, and stop procrastinating. For more information on how to manage time as a musician, click the link here: https://www.tunecore.com/blog/2017/09/less-get-done-ultimate-time-management-tip-musicians.html
Time management is the most important aspect of being a musician and even starting a business that has nothing to do with music. You need to stay on top of things and if necessary, hire someone who can help you out in the process. If you can’t keep organized, you will not be able to keep your mind organized and your business may not go as you want it to go.
Here is an article on the importance of time management: https://www.appointmentplus.com/blog/why-time-management-is-important/
This article doesn’t cover any new or groundbreaking ideas, but it is a good general guide to get someone that is starting to get their music career off the ground with helpful bits of advice that will direct someone down a productive direction. It’s practical to also take a lot of this and insert it into our student careers. Dr. Kristen Pelligrino here at UTSA holds a seminar at the beginning of each fall semester with what is called her ‘grit’ talk. She covers how to survive as musicians in any capacity that it will take immense endurance and meticulous planning, which I find applicable and related to this article.
Linked is the video she shares with the grit talk, a TED presentation.
https://www.ted.com/talks/angela_lee_duckworth_grit_the_power_of_passion_and_perseverance?language=en
I am a firm believer that time management is anything especially when it comes to school, so when it comes to music and being a musician it should be no different. I find this article and website very helpful for independent artists or any type of artist in general manage their time with 5 steps, but with anything this is easier said than done. Managing your time with anything can be a difficult task because other things can get in the way or your simply just being lazy, but I do think with these straightforward steps that the article provides it should be a good foundation to start managing your time.
Here is a website on how to manage your time as a student at a university
https://www.topuniversities.com/blog/7-time-management-tips-students
The article, “5 Time Management Tactics Every Musician Must Know” informs us the basic guide to start a music career. These tactics could not only be used in a musicians life but also in anyone’s life. The first one is time management. Time management is not only important as a musician but it is important in many other aspects.
Here is a link on why time management is important:
https://www.appointmentplus.com/blog/why-time-management-is-important/
This article talks about the top 5 most important tactics when it comes to managing well in the music industry. I even think these are applicable to all parts of life outside of the industry of music. These 5 steps include planning, prioritizing, strategizing, delegating and doing. Part of my personality includes becoming sort of a control freak, which is why to me, delegating is the most important thing for an artist to do. Sometimes things may be too far out of our reach that we become overwhelmed with the workload. We have to realize that there are trained professionals that are experts in the field and that is okay to ask for help, we just need to set our pride aside.
Here’s another article that talks about how the most successful people ask for help from others.
https://researchguides.library.wisc.edu/GIS
This article is super insightful because this is essential to any goals you set to. It breaks down how much you have to juggle with different responsibilities as a musical artist. At a certain level there is things you cannot do all by yourself. But overall this is wonderful advice so I found a great article that generalizes time management skills and goal setting so that anyone in any field could apply it. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.tinypulse.com/blog/10-ways-to-meet-your-goals-with-time-management%3fhs_amp=true
This article is super helpful with helping a musician focus and collect their thoughts about what is needing to be done. In this read, it gives 5 time management tactics that every artist should utilize. If you do not know where to start, this will give you some guidance on how to better put your ideas out and other beneficial tips to help cut down on any unnecessary stress or thoughts. At the beginning of the article, it shows a venn diagram of what a musician has to deal with, and shows many things in the circles. It can get overwhelming having to deal with so much. Some tips that I found useful out of this where to prioritize your work and what needs to get accomplished. I feel like this goes hand in hand with accepting help as well. If you have people that support you, you can ask for help to take care of the smaller tasks that you are not able to focus on. this way you can get all of your tasks done without having to be overwhelmed with everything that you need to do.
Here is another link about time management for artist : https://www.icadenza.com/time-management-tips-for-musicians/
This article was a refreshing read, I’m not a musician, but I do have a lot of things to do and it’s easy to get wrapped up in all the tasks. My favorite tactics were prioritize and automate. You can’t get much done if you’re not working towards your priorities daily, and it’s important to have a consistent schedule so it’ easy for you to complete these tasks.
I loved the helpful tips this article provided, out of all the tactics mentioned I liked #4: Delegate. What struck me the most was that you have to learn how to delegate other people to help you with the stuff you are stressed out about first. Most musicians and teams of artists struggle financially when they start out so its important to build that relationship with fans to create the “superfans” that can help with certain tasks. I know of people who are coordinators for big music festivals around Texas and those coordinators have at least 4-5 assistants on their team that they delegate. Here is a great article from eventbrite that explains a little bit more about delegating within a team. https://www.eventbrite.ie/blog/how-to-delegate-ds00/
The information provided in the article as well as the venn diagram not only gives great advice, but also a good insight into the insane and berserk life of a musician. Just like any other job, musicians must rely on time management and self discipline in order to stay on a focused path, so I appreciate the article for providing some clarity on that. I think the best advice that I have ever gotten from a musician is to provide intent for your practice and your goals. It can be really easy to mindlessly play and have a difficult time making improvement, but setting a set plan to your practice can help immensely.
One of the best time management practices I have ever done is the Pomodoro method. It is meant for studying, but you can use it for anything, here is how to do it:
https://francescocirillo.com/pages/pomodoro-technique
This step-by-step list was really insightful and I hope that I am diligent enough to actually implement these five tactics into my life. It was disappointing to me that I do not even utilize tactic one yet. I have been known to manage my time very poorly and, as a result, I do not do a lot of what I want to do because I can barely complete everything that I am required to do. It would be ideal for me to start marketing my own music well before I graduate so I can be in a position to make a steady income when I do graduate, but I frequently find myself to be “too busy” to work on that. I especially liked tactic two and I hope that I will be able to start prioritizing instead of wasting most of my time and then staying up late to do homework without doing anything to pursue my dreams. I often wonder how I will be able to more successful than many people who chase the same dream that I am chasing, and I think that planning and knowledge of the industry can really be a defining factor in the success of the artist, regardless of the level of talent. One of the first things that I am working toward is releasing an album, so I looked for articles talking about how to release an album and I found this one from CDBaby’s DIY Musician: https://diymusician.cdbaby.com/music-promotion/tips-make-cd-release-success/
Planing your course of action while also being an artist at night can sound daunting at first. That’s why articles like this are helpful for gaining momentum and practicing the practical steps necessary for being successful. An easy way to start the day with momentum is to send a few emails after you wake up for networking purposes. Here’s a website that has collected email marketing sites to use as a tool for networking.
https://www.getapp.com/p/sem/email-marketing-software?t=Top%20Email%20Marketing%20Software&camp=bing&utm_content=o&utm_source=ps-bing&utm_campaign=COM_US_Desktop_BE-Email_Marketing&utm_medium=cpc&account_campaign_id=267725080&account_adgroup_id=1188572776130335&ad_id=74285969073875&msclkid=e54ec9aa457b1b6d649894606534dccf&utm_term=%2Bwriting%20%2Ba%20%2Bprofessional%20%2Bemail
What an interesting read. The 5 ways to manage your time wisely. Some of these topics were things that I already knew but needed a reminder. What I want to know is was this article made for musicians only or does it go into the business side of the music industry? I just feel that this article was more aimed toward the solo artist while the management team has a different article to read. Lastly, it mentioned about “Daily Jobs” with that in mind are they supposed to have two jobs one as an artist and one as a safety net?
here’s some more information on musicians and daily jobs
http://blog.sonicbids.com/balancing-your-day-job-with-a-music-career
This article is about time management and is geared specifically towards musicians. I think that the article is helpful and can be taken into consideration even if you aren’t a musician as well. My favorite tactic that was discussed was “Don’t Try To Do It All Yourself” because I’m personally really bad at asking for help even if I’m really struggling to balance a lot of things at once. I have to remind myself a lot that it’s okay to reach out to people when you need assistance especially if you would do the same for them.
Here’s an article about how it’s okay to ask for help:
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/asking-for-help-ok_b_814796
I really enjoyed this article because it was really helpful and motivating for artist. Sometimes we only think about the fun part of being an artist and forget about all of the hard work that goes on behind the scenes. I think it is very important to plan out what needs to be done and prioritize the aspects that you feel are the most important to your success. Personally I enjoyed the part of the article that talked about consistent content creating because I know that is one of the hardest things to do as an artist when handling everything else. Below I added a video about how to create content consistently.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz5-alkgLIs
The article given to us about time management tips which every musician should be more aware of is of great value for anybody pursuing a credible career in the music industry. The article begins to discuss planning as one of the tips as it should include goals and deadlines, along with a marketing plan to keep up with in order to fully expand a person’s own brand and opportunities in the future. Along with a plan, come the priorities of someone’s life which comes adding importance to some things as somebody starts their career more than others as it redeems some stress off someones shoulders in order to succeed in their music careers. One other tip which I found had lots of importance was not to try and do everything by yourself. Their are different outlets in the world which can take a huge load off someones back in order to plan or prioritize a lot better in their own music careers.
Here is more information on time management in the music industry.
https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2016/09/time-management-a-musicians-guide.html
One of the hardest parts of being in the music industry or being a musician is having to manage your time. Constantly being on the road and rehearsing only adds to the time that is taken away from a musician’s personal life. Some of the things that can help with time management are writing things down on calendars, scheduling dates months ahead of time, and prioritizing things that are important, such as tour dates and meetings with industry personnel. This article was useful and provided much information about time management specifically targeted at musicians, and I found this very helpful. Here is another article that helps musicians manage their time.
https://blog.discmakers.com/2017/07/musicians-follow-this-time-management-plan/
I found it interesting that the article doesn’t mention at all a key part of any musicians development: practice! Sure most of the points about time management related to marketing are helpful but it your product sucks it really doesn’t matter how good your marketing and time management are. For the sake of argument though I think the article has some good tips. Below is an article that has 100 more tips to improve productivity that can be applied by musicians to our routines:
https://learn.filtered.com/hubfs/Definitive%20100%20Most%20Useful%20Productivity%20Hacks.pdf
This article that details how musicians should handle the multitasking that it takes to do the job is not only relevant for musicians, but for pretty much any job. The strategy of plan, prioritize, automate, delegate, and do is a very important strategy for any job. I wish this article was geared a little more towards musicians, because it’s pretty general as is. Below is an article about how musicians are better at multitasking.
https://www.sciencealert.com/musicians-are-better-at-multitasking
This article was really good, not just for musicians, but any sort of entrepreneur. One thing that really liked about the article was that they mentioned automate and delegate. It is really easy for someone to get caught up in what they want to do detail by detail, but it is important to let some tasks be handled by someone other than you. I also liked that it added not to procrastinate, since that is also one of the bigger problems when you have to come up with your own plans and make sure everything is going smoothly for you.
heres another article talking more about how to stay productive as an artist:
https://www.erikalancaster.com/art-blog/time-management-for-artists-how-to-stay-productive
This post makes really demonstrates how many different aspects there are to the music industry. One cannot simply just create the music and be finished as there are so many things that go into being a successful artist. The most important asset we have is time and in order to be successful we need to allocate that time effectively. These 5 steps are great ideas for getting organized. I like how the author takes into account that outside of music human beings have so many other obligations as it is. Here are 5 tips you should know to be a successful music producer. https://www.first.edu/5-things-you-should-know-to-become-a-successful-music-producer/
Most people including myself struggle with time management, so this was very useful. These aren’t hard to do tips either, you just have to stay persistent which is another thing people struggle with.
Here’s tips on how to be successful in the music industry: https://classifieds.usatoday.com/blog/careers/10-must-know-tips-for-a-successful-music-career/
This article was based on 5 tricks that will help with not only a music career but any sort of self business.These 5 steps include planning, prioritizing, strategizing, delegating and doing which when you think about it play a huge factor and are your keys to success. The first thing they showed was a vinn diagram which covered all the moving parts of the industry that we should look out for. The 5 steps also gave us an outlook on what we need as an individual from the steps in order to make it in basically life.
Here is a website that shows you 15 steps to make it in the music industry.
https://diymusician.cdbaby.com/musician-tips/15-things-must-make-music-industry/
This article is extremely helpful because everyone can benefit from good time management skills. Tactics number 2 and 4 are what i think are very important. Tactic 2 says to learn to prioritize; some tasks hold more weight and should have priority. Tactic 4 almost piggybacks on 2 which is to Delegate. Delegate the tasks that you arent as god at or that stress you out. Proper time management is essentially for a musicians because they often have outside obligations.
This is another time management article for musicians –> https://www.tunecore.com/blog/2017/09/less-get-done-ultimate-time-management-tip-musicians.html
Time management has always been an issue for me. This resource is very useful to musicians or anyone else who just needs to manage their time effectively. Strategic planning and consistency are what I learned most from this article. Throughout life, bad habits become routine if people were to start off the day right good habits will develop into their routine. It’s also interesting to know that this article advises the reader to delegate. Even if its DIY, it doesn’t mean all the work, some of it can be handled by someone else like a fan or friend.
https://medium.com/artists-on-the-internet/how-to-be-a-successful-diy-artist-86648df4ffee
This article is about the 5 tactics that every musician should know when it comes to time management. With that being said, the 5 tactics that every musician should know are plan, prioritize, automate, delegate, and do. I feel this resonate with so many people in there every day life, not just musicians. This is a very good article though, I feel like this is information most musicians need because planning out time is not easy. This is a very helpful guide and I think more musicians should look into time management. Below I am adding an article about time management for producers: 6 tips for working like a pro. https://heroic.academy/time-management-producers
When coming into the music business making the music is just s small fraction of the work that goes into it. I liked how the article provided a Venn diagram to map out the strings that come along with the music business. My favorite part of the article was the Tatic number five it was very relatable and good to hear that im, not the only one that has a hard time with procrastinating.
For more tips go to this website for more help: https://www.tunecore.com/blog/2017/09/less-get-done-ultimate-time-management-tip-musicians.html
Time management – one of the things I can be both amazing and poor at. This article focuses on just that, but in regards to time management for musicians and 5 strategies they should know. Although this was made for the purpose of musicians adopting these strategies, I feel as if they could be helpful to many people nowadays. I can only imagine what it is like for musicians to be able to juggle writing, producing, touring, staff, and whatever lies ahead in the future. Here is another article about time management for musicians.
https://caricole.com/6-steps-for-painless-time-management-the-smart-musicians-guide-to-creating-more-hours-in-a-day/
The article in question is all about time management and 5 commonly used tactics that every musician/entrepreneur should know and use. It starts off by showing us a VENN diagram of all the factors that artist should take into consideration; to name a few there is fan nurturing, real life networking, crowdfunding subscription, and how much revenue you actually incurred. The 5 steps for these tactics are plan, prioritize, automate, delegate. The Delegate portion was all about realizing that although you’re able to delegate some stuff for yourself and relieving some of that stress will help you in the end and in your career. The two main reasons the article gives for why individuals refuse to delegate their work is because 1) help is not affordable or 2) control is too big of an asset to give up.
https://toggl.com/time-management-tips/
Time management is important in any industry, but it can be especially important to musicians. As shown in the Venn Diagram in the article, there are a lot of different tasks that a musician must do in order to be successful, making good time management essential. This article provides several tips on how to improve time management, including planning, prioritizing, and delegating. I know that I personally struggle with prioritizing, because in my head all of the things that I need to do often carry the same weight. However, I think everyone could benefit (and save a lot of time) by taking a look at all of the things they need to do and really recognizing which things are the most important.
Here are more time management tips for musicians:
https://caricole.com/6-steps-for-painless-time-management-the-smart-musicians-guide-to-creating-more-hours-in-a-day/
Time management has always something that I have struggled with. With this article it is able to provide you may ways in the music industry. It shows you many ways that you are able to accomplish new ways to help you as an artist. Giving you many examples to provide you the most information. I found this article that gives you more in depth information on time management for musicians.
https://watchmeexplode.com/cgi-sys/suspendedpage.cgi
Time management is important in any business, especially if you are an aspiring artist. The music industry is so complex itself, so managing every aspect of your career in the music industry can make or break your reputation. Artists today have such a high standard to be held to that every moment counts.
Heres some time management tips written by a musician: https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2016/09/time-management-a-musicians-guide.html
What a timely article! I’ve been overwhelmed so much lately and seeing the points highlighted here are incredibly helpful. One point that stuck out to me was TACTIC #2 – PRIORITIZE. Often times, I struggle with prioritizing things, because I see everything as needing to get done all at once, and I try to multitask. I think this article says it best – “determine which tasks are most aligned with your goals and do those tasks first.” I will execute these rules in my daily life – I’m sure I’ll see promising results.
Rob Knopper, a percussionist in the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in New York City, wrote an article about making a practice schedule for auditions, which is highly beneficial:
https://www.robknopper.com/blog/2018/5/17/how-to-make-a-practice-schedule-for-auditions
Time management is essential for any profession. However, I do like the 5 tactics in this article, Plan, Prioritize, Automate, Delegate, and Do. The one that sticks out to me the most is delegate. Most of the time, we try to do everything ourselves so we can say, “I did it, by myself,” but the important thing to remember is that not always it doing everything by yourself the best. Being able to delegate and pass on some of that responsibility will help the music group feel they are all important and keep you from getting too stressed out. Let someone help you.
https://www.tunecore.com/blog/2017/09/less-get-done-ultimate-time-management-tip-musicians.html
The article describes essential characteristics of time management that are essential for musicians and entrepreneurs alike. It is important to realize that both musicians and entrepreneurs are responsible for shaping their own careers, but without time management it will not be successful. I found the article to be quite beneficial especially in terms of the 5 steps, plan, prioritize, automate, delegate, and do because it creates a strategic approach for any musician and entrepreneur to follow. Here is another article I found about time management and key tips for musicians, https://www.icadenza.com/time-management-tips-for-musicians/
Time management is an essential aspect to any business person but especially to those in the music field which makes this article very handy. In the article, there are 5 time management tactic that are listed that should be utilized by every musician as these tactics include planning, prioritizing, strategizing, delegating, and doing. For someone like me who struggles with procrastination, I found “Prioritize” to be very insightful as it explains the importance of doing one task at a time and focusing on not stressing on all the other things needed to be done as they all do not hold the same weight of importance. Attached below is an article I found that gives more tips on how to avoid procrastination: https://www.collegexpress.com/articles-and-advice/majors-and-academics/blog/top-10-ways-avoid-procrastination/
This article is great but it is extremly diffecult to done most of these thing when you are a college student with little to no money that is trying to pursuit music. Music is like a business that takes money to make money. Unless there are investor who are willing to fun d your project. There are alot more then just 5 time managment tatics to every artist needs to know. To me this article is not really relevant because if you are really dedicated to making music and being successful at it. Time managments should be your first priority. This article can only help so much to an artist, but if the artist doesn’t know how time pace or management or dedication, he or she or they won’t go as far in the music industry. Reading can only do so much but actually go out there and experincing the field is much better.
I can’t add a link to this but i would recommended a documentary by Artist like lady gaga, Travis scott on youtube to show their accomplishment through managment and dedication and hardwork
This article is a good read whether you’re a musician or not. Without proper time management, it can eventually make anyone feel as if they are not able to accomplish anything. Time management helps reduce stress and anxiety. Here’s an article over the correlations of time management and stress: https://www.mentalhelp.net/stress/time-management-to-prevent-stress/
Learning how to be prodictive in the studio was the hardset part about learning to record for me personally. Often times I will get distracted and waste time messing around on my instruments. I also have problems with getting side tracked and focusing too much on small things. A tip that really helped me was stopping after 3 takes. If you can’t get a good take after 3 tries, you need to stop and practice the part more then come back. I’ve linked to a video from musician Andrew Huang and he discusses this strategy among with other productivity hacks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf4JK3WEW_4
This article is an all around great resource – not just for musicians – but for anyone who’s trying to get it together. It is no secret that time management has never been my strong suit (for instance: I’m finishing up my blog posts right now because I didn’t keep up with them throughout the semester), but it is something that as an adult (at least technically) with ADHD I have to continually work on. I often refer to ‘Professor Google’ when trying to work on my time management skills, but what’s different about this guide is that it outlines all of the moving parts that come with a career as a musician, on top of the personal obligations I need to juggle. Here’s one of my usual references: https://themorningbuzzblog.com/2019/06/how-to-have-a-productivity-day/