u/angrybaltimorean

Hello! I'm a semi-successful electronic musician, and I'm wondering if there are professionals that I could pay to help develop my project, refine my pitches, and consult on advertising. I guess I'm hoping that I could find an agent that has some creative / branding knowledge as well as connections and / or experience with the electronic music scene. Is this a thing? If so, how would I seek that out?

I ask because I have had some decent success just doing things on my own, but feel like I could use some outside help in developing my project to help take it to the next level (playing larger shows on bigger stages, etc.).

For more context, I've been included on a few compilation records, released a whole album on record through a small boutique label, my music has been played on the radio internationally dozens of times, an article was written by a small music publication about my most recent album release, I play small festivals, and based on Shazam data, there are at least a few DJs playing my songs out in the world with some regularity. Based on that level of success with the "advertising" (or lack thereof) I've done in the past, I think that there's some potential for growth within my project.

I suppose that I might be able to find someone like this in my own musical community, but because I live in a small town, it's hard to meet those people, and seeking online feels a little like picking a random name out of a phone book.

Any help here is appreciated, thanks!

Edit: I know that I could do a lot of this on my own, but I also recognize the value of getting an outside perspective on the project to mitigate my own blind spots, as well as getting someone to focus on the marketing so I can focus on the music.

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I'm curious to hear what people have to say as far as what's becoming cool, what's becoming uncool, and the general state of the music industry as we deal with the change of music as a consumable product and the changing of technologies and how people listen to music.

Here's my own ramblings.

To me, it seems like we'll see a continuation of the direct artist to consumer pipeline within the underground circles, but mainstream music will become more and more inorganic and more dictatorial. I'm unsure how AI music will play out in the immediate future, but I'm sure it'll be incorporated in some fashion within the next five or ten years as major music corporations figure out how to capitalize and monetize AI technologies. I'll expect the taboo around "reviving" dead artists with AI technology to lessen for the most part, though purists will always reject these tunes. Think "new" Tupac, "new" Biggie--I'm not sure which families / rights owners will capitalize first, but it'll happen, and it'll open the door for others.

I'm personally unsure what musical styles will emerge over the next chunk of time, but to me it seems that trap beats are finally on their way out. Just recently, the top 40 had no hip hop for the first time since 1990. I do think there's still a lot of momentum and underground support in that scene, but commercially, it's hard to see where things can go here.

Obviously, Country is having a big moment now, and it seems to be pivoting into "hick hop" as well, so I'm not sure if that will die anytime soon or continue to develop.

Musically, it's hard to know what could happen in the electronic underground. As an American, I feel like the 2010s were so dominated by progressive house, American dubstep, and techno, whereas the 2020s seem to be pivoting toward drum and bass and house. Also, there's the rise of popularity of "hard techno" among influencers--what's next for that group? Schranz?

I've also seen whispers among people in the entertainment industry that some major pullbacks in the scene might be happening soon as festivals and clubs try to navigate changing times and difficult economic conditions. Does this mean we'll see the rise of neighborhood DJs over international DJs?

And there's no desktop application, just the Google and iOS versions. I have a Windows 10 PC and an older Mac Pro desktop.

Is there a way forward for me that doesn't require raising a big stink about this? I just don't want to install a stupid tracking app on my phone. The app is rmResident. Thanks.

I forgot to add, I was just paying by check before (dropping it off), but now they want to charge something like $20 for that.