Making Money WITHOUT Blowing Up Your Music (The End of The Starving Artist) NLN#87 Ft @RuslanKD

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Topics Covered:
0:00 Intro
03:20 Entering the Christian Rap Niche
05:07 You Need to Stay Authetic
07:16 What the Beginning of An Artists Brand Looks Like
09:13 Why Everyone Thinks Art and Commerce Can't Coexist
11:12 The Reality of Making Music and Money
15:22 Applying Pressure To Yourself to Grow Your Music Career
17:52 Ruslan: I'm Not The Most Talented
22:22 Creating a Brand Beyond Music
31:03 Do Artist Truly Want The Fame?
34:56 Are you on The Right Bus?
36:43 Where The Indepenedent Artist Money is At
40:05 Dissecting an Artists Ego
45:30 The Slow Burn of Influnecers on TikTok
48:17 Is The Content Organic or do the Labels Own it
55:00 Creating Finicial and Creative Freedom
58:44 Creating Community
07:36 Building Brand Will Create Networks For You
10:05 Building Product Around Your Brand
20:02 The Problem With The Artist Struggle Narrative
26:55 Ruslan: How Family Nagivates My Business


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