How to Get a Job in the Music Industry In 2023

In this video, I'm going to show you how to get a job in the music industry in 2023. I'll share with you my tips on how to achieve success in the music business, from finding your niche to networking and getting your music heard.
If you're looking to make a career in music, then this video is for you! In 2023, the music industry is booming and there are more jobs available than ever before. By following my tips, you can start your music career today and reach your goals in the music industry in 2023!
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Hey! I’m Damian Keyes and I've worked with musicians every day of my life for the past 20 years. The internet is de ply untrusting understandably and here is my background so you can have the full picture.
When I was 18, I was signed to a major label and at 23 I co-founded a Music University in Europe called BIMM (valued at $300M). I’m also a bass player, I’ve played for a number of artists including Eric Clapton, Alanis Morrisette and Billy Cobham. I initially retired at 30, but realised that life gets boring if you’re not building!
I have always been in-between the music industry and education which is how I ended up building my KZbin channel - I’ve been teaching artists how to release music long before it was a ‘niche’! I now educate artists around the world with my Academy, KZbin channel and Social Agency.
It’s great to meet you and looking forward to working together on your music!

[@yago2891]

I appreciate that you remain honest in your videos, sometimes people just need to hear the truth, even if it’s harsh.

[@DamianKeyes]

I try to 💪

[@maikatrann]

Thank you so much Damian! I don't usually comment on videos, but your videos really help me to know myself better, to re-check myself and knowing what to do. I'm so grateful and thank you for your amazing works!

[@virtascendgmbh5322]

Very good points and thanks for the motivation. I love Forrest Gump. Was he smart? No. But he just went through the basics of ping pong, business and every other endeavor over and over, , without overthinking it, and he became the master of it.

[@polmorgan3533]

I was born and raised in Scotland, I went to Hollywood in my thirties to ''Make it'' I did pretty good and had a good lifestyle, but i got caught up in that and lost everything. Now i have lived as a studio zombie for years. but i have written and recorded two full albums of decent songs with album titles and artwork. BUT.....I have lived as a recluce for years in a nowhere town. Yet i feel there has never been a better time to be making music and Even though i'm starting social media from scratch I am Hopeful that it's just a matter of time and effort now.

[@hleet]

WOW ! the Toyota Corolla example was mindblowing ! Love it

[@chrisvanhove]

I j just got an amazing insight from your video. Thank you!

[@RinnEryr]

Thanks Damian! I’m going to use your advice however in the Design field. I think it can apply just as easily there 😊

[@DamianKeyes]

Definitely agree :)

[@evoj.]

Luv ya Damo, you’re the man. 💛🙌🏻

[@DamianKeyes]

Appreciate you ❤️

[@Jennyxrodall]

love this !

[@7saturns]

love ur vids damo! thank you for everything 🙏

[@DamianKeyes]

Appreciate you!

[@pm4562]

@@DamianKeyes Hello damian, can you make a video about, " How to break a new artist with 1 million dollars? " This would be really interesting to watch

[@carolinaoliveira7082]

Fantastic video!

[@erocksemler]

I love your videos, I love your aesthetic, I love your metaphors, and I really love your content. I’m a little newer to your channel and I’m not sure if you do coaching, but I do know that we’re going to talk in the future. Thank you, and you rock! 🤘

[@DamianKeyes]

Hey! Great to meet you 😊😊 Appreciate your kind words dude, I really do. I’m always here to help and just DM me on insta to chat further! All the ways to work with me are at damiankeyes.com too, whenever you’re ready!

[@pm4562]

@@DamianKeyes Hello damian, can you make a video about, " How to break a new artist with 1 million dollars? " This would be really interesting to watch

[@tysonbiornstad2205]

A Tennessee Oilers shirt! Awesome!

[@mrfleamino9350]

thank you

[@20BigPaulyPaul12]

Needed this

[@DamianKeyes]

Appreciate this, thank you! 🙂🙂

[@drewlangdon]

Awesome

[@Scrappym4]

Thanks, Damian. Good video.

[@DamianKeyes]

Appreciate it!

[@pm4562]

@@DamianKeyes Hello damian, can you make a video about, " How to break a new artist with 1 million dollars? " This would be really interesting to watch

[@flameinkz]

♨always cookin gems!

[@DamianKeyes]

Thank you!!

[@StampedePressUK]

Wise wise words of wisdom. 👌

[@DamianKeyes]

Thanks bro!

[@satinsage9237]

Aye I'm from Nashville. That Oilers sweatshirt is a classic!

[@DamianKeyes]

Yes! Thanks bro!

[@PrettyPeony04]

You just gained a new subscriber. I needed this today. Your presentation is very encouraging. Thank you so much.

[@polmorgan3533]

A thing nobody tells you is you can be working for years as Slash'es Guitar tech or Fleetwood Macs secretery and if you are aspiring to make it you will find that Nobody will let you cross over that line from ''the Help'' to ''the star''. I knew a guy who was an actor. he worked for Newline and was a great guy with looks and personality, his job was to take new young starlets around and introduce them to people. but he found cos he had that job nobody would take him seriously as an 'actor' You have to pick a side of the fence you want to be on.

[@mindovermania6567]

This is so true. I've met quite a few professionals that thought the hard work will just result in the promotion or the higher rank. Nope. It's a social game and in order to play, you can't stay where you're at if you're not focused on your growth.

[@anonymike8280]

The worse thing is, no one will help you cross over line from the help or the outsider to a contributor. I have had at least one experience with someone using my work and not acknowledging it or paying me for it. This was in the advertising business. All they had to do was pay me a nominal amount of money, and by that I mean $20 or even $10 back in the 1980s. This was in the free lance advertising business where you are not credited by name. But having credit for selling an idea is still something you can put on a resume.

[@Cityboy.84____________________]

Love that Tennessee Oilers shirt. What 2nd hand thrift store in Nashville did you get that from?..

[@rsherid]

lol Ed Sheerhan. Great question there.

[@punkrock_princezz]

Graduated with my bachelors in Music Business in July. Been applying since then. Haven't even gotten an interview. I worked in instrument sales, directly with artists, I was a roadie for years... very disheartening lol. Wish me luck 😅

[@belove0705]

🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@LuckySinghMusic]

Hi Mate, have you ever discussed Sentric Music? Sorry if you have and i missed it, the reason i ask is because i have signed up to them and im a little confused with the way they have submitted the splits over at PRS. They have registered 50/50 on Performance and taken 100% on Mechanicals, as i understand they take 20% and i get 80% and im assuming they will sort this when they receive the 100% on Mechanicals but.... 50/50 on Performance royalties? Doesnt seem right 🤔

[@gabi.genova]

Personally I find struggle in finding people to collaborate with, how do you find serious writers, producers who want to write together, who have the time and resources and want to do it as an adult. How do you know they're serious? networking is a struggle for me, people will say they are up for working together and then they ghost. How do you follow up when you've met someone you'd like to collaborate with, or met someone who possibly could offer you a job. Also, time is a big one, if I am working a job so I can live and that is nothing to do with the music industry then I am just building experience for that another industry so then my CV looks irrelevant to the music industry and I loose time to build music experience. Yes I build "transferable skills" but does the industry really value those? Working in the music industry seems extremely unattainable unless you're from a privileged background and got the resources and time. Or this is just my limiting beliefs, either way.... from my experience institutions like BIMM, ACM etc they sell a dream and exploit young people telling them they will get a job in the industry after graduating when that simply is just false. most of my classmates, probably more than 80% now do nothing relating to music even though they graduated form these institutions with 1sts. But that is another subject in itself. Anyway I love your videos, very informative and helpful. Hope you could address some points in your future videos, especially with collaborating/networking, would love to hear you experience and tips on it.

[@gabi.genova]

Also how does one get gigs if you want to be a session singer? are open mics a good way of gigging ?

[@anonymike8280]

When people find out that working with someone is work, they walk. Another thing I suspect happens is that potential collaborators quit when they find out that they cannot do exactly what they want. For example, a song composer might walk away when they asked to set lyric in a genre the do not like. My thought would be, people who cannot do something other than exactly what they feel like doing do not have the ambition and drive to turning it into paying venture. Sometimes you have to play for a team other than the one you wanted to play for. You still have play the game. You wear the shirt, you do your best. You won't wear the shirt, you're not one the team, and you get paid accordingly. Maybe money isn't everything, but not having it sure is everything.

[@pm4562]

Hello damian, can you make a video about, " How to break a new artist with 1 million dollars? " This would be really interesting to watch

[@julius6585]

Amen. :)

[@polmorgan3533]

It's interesting how we are all starting from scratch in one way or another but the scratch for some is a long way back and others the scrratch is right there. I started my musical journy decades ago but i'm starting from not knowing any humans and not having a phone cos, who would i call?. Ive lived as a recording recluse for years, and now i have songs i'm happy with but as i poke my head out of my shell i see the world has changed. How relevant am I? What type of videos can i make where i have a new angle? who would be interested in me? its all the questions and nobody to ask, So as most folks make videos saying ''Do this...Do that''' I think I'll Make Posts asking questions and let the comments give the answers. When you have no audience, Life is a Soliloquy.

[@mirothedjplaylist]

I like at 6:06 They could use a Sheeyota

[@belove0705]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@matthughesrocks]

Wow, well said Damian. I think I spelled your name wrong once sorry 😎

[@UrbanstepOfficial]

Gotta say I don't wanna look for a job anymore lol

[@StevenMichaelH]

oh im fkd

[@pulsarstar]

It is utterly hard to understand the relationship between the title and the speech content.

[@anonymike8280]

Gearheads do know what makes the Toyota Corolla so successful. Toyota has meticulous quality control conservative but not out-date-engineering, and even concern for how easy it is to work on their vehicles. I know these things from long experience but someone could find the answer with some brief research. In the sum of these things, Toyota vehicles are more expensive than the similar models from other manufacturers. But they also last a lot longer. In the late 1990s, a long-time friend of mine was given a Toyota Corolla by his brother, who could well afford it. Eventually, due to a combination of declining health and legal problems that came about because of his alcoholism, he no longer was allowed to drive. The car was given to his sister-in-law and as far as I know she is still driving it. I drive a 2001 Toyota Camry, bought three years ago from the family of an elderly military career man who had passed away. Some elements of the maintenance had been neglected but the engine was good as new when I got the car and it still is. Everything else, I took care of myself. The Toyota Camrys of the 1997-2001 series are the only vehicles of that age which you still see on the road in large numbers. Even all of the Honda Accords are gone, although that has something to do also with who owned them and how they were driven. The disadvantage of Toyotas: Even at my age, no second date.

[@DamianKeyes]

Really love the analysis!!

[@anonymike8280]

@@DamianKeyes But what is the application to music? Well, it describes the Beatles for one thing. Conservative but not out-of-date engineering. Meticulous quality to control. Music that was easy for other artists and bands to cover. Add to that, market timing and creating the appearance of being singularly innovative while building on the marketing and creative openings predecessors had developed. It's a good formula. I cite Roy Orbison, Paul Anka, Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, Elvis Presley, and a number of Black American artists as predecessors who has started to break the mold before the Beatles. Then there was Bob Dylan, who was already starting to crossover into pop. Toyota and the other Japanese carmakers built on the success of Volkswagen in the American market and, probably, Fiat worldwide had manufacturing extremely economical compact cars. The Beatles songbook was not very adult in the beginning but it still was a great departure from most of what preceded it.

[@TheFeelButton]

I think it's well documented how Ed Sheeran got where he is and he started on a street corners that are likely still wide open! Cheers Damo!! 🐒

[@reggieboyd2717]

Thats CAP! Toyota sold 222,216 Corollas in 2022. You probably meant 50 billion grossed from the Corolla alone because they made like 257 billion last year

[@mhagenn]

don't do my man Ed like that