Is Your Music Being Rejected Enough?

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If your music isn’t being rejected this week, were you even out there promoting it? Rejection is a part of the music business, well actually life, but in the biz of music, it happens quite a lot, so it’s something you need to learn to deal with. How you react to it will make or break you. Sure rejection stings, but move past it – quickly.

The first thing to learn is DTIP. Don’t take it personally. Just because you get that rejection letter saying your song “doesn’t fit what we need right now” doesn’t mean your song is crap and start looking for a bridge or tall building. It means it “doesn’t fit what they need right now”…but may later.

Though this article called “Rejection” by Chris Mara is a tongue in cheek way of viewing rejection, it’s point is very well taken:
http://musicscene.org/blogs/chrismara/archive/2006/08/08/71133.aspx

Rejection, most especially pertaining to new artists, should be happening quite a lot to you. It means you are out there doing a big part of your job, exposing your music to people. Not every person on the planet is going to like it or need it the first time. You may have to grow on the listener. But think about it…they are listening.
 
hey what up yipee - what kinda music u do or into? any hip hop open mics in your area? i would like to be able to hit up nova in addition to where im at - Central VA - 804
 
Yippee said:
If your music isn’t being rejected this week, were you even out there promoting it? Rejection is a part of the music business, well actually life, but in the biz of music, it happens quite a lot, so it’s something you need to learn to deal with. How you react to it will make or break you. Sure rejection stings, but move past it – quickly.

The first thing to learn is DTIP. Don’t take it personally. Just because you get that rejection letter saying your song “doesn’t fit what we need right now” doesn’t mean your song is crap and start looking for a bridge or tall building. It means it “doesn’t fit what they need right now”…but may later.

Though this article called “Rejection” by Chris Mara is a tongue in cheek way of viewing rejection, it’s point is very well taken:
http://musicscene.org/blogs/chrismara/archive/2006/08/08/71133.aspx

Rejection, most especially pertaining to new artists, should be happening quite a lot to you. It means you are out there doing a big part of your job, exposing your music to people. Not every person on the planet is going to like it or need it the first time. You may have to grow on the listener. But think about it…they are listening.
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That's a good article. It makes a lot of good points. Basically, in a nutshell, it says that if you aren't getting rejected a lot, you aren't pursuing it enough.

Some people may not want to pursue it that way, though, but I agree with the overall point of the article.

Some people may not have the time to pursue it that way. I don't have the time (nor the money) to send out hundreds of demos, make hundreds of phone calls, and do a lot of "personal visits" per week. Not with my job, and spending precious time with my wife and son in the evenings.

Although, I will do what's in the article, to a point.
 
Thanks folks, I do think it is definitely more productive view to take.
 
Just remember, promoting rock to country lovers will get you even more rejections.
 
JoeBannon said:
Just remember, promoting rock to country lovers will get you even more rejections.
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That's true...but there are a lot of folks out there (myself included) who prefer one style of music, but listen to other styles.

I prefer country music. I listen to a wide variety of music, though.

Your point, though, is make sure you're targeting correctly, so if you're rejected, it's by the "right" people.
 
mjr said:
Your point, though, is make sure you're targeting correctly, so if you're rejected, it's by the "right" people.
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Dallas has good separations. You know where to play country and were to play rock.
 
JoeBannon said:
Dallas has good separations. You know where to play country and were to play rock.
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Yeah, that's true. Although I have been to a couple of "country" places where the band did play a few rock songs.

But you're right...in Dallas, people know where to play country and where to play rock.
 
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