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Know Your Why: Start with a Personal Development Plan
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Know Your Why: Start with a Personal Development Plan

Eleven Music Career Center2021-05-07T10:08:41-05:00

"Many musicians find it hard to develop their music career professionally because their “real lives” and the complexities of the music industry have gotten in the way. When musicians stop learning and investing in themselves, they hurt their chances of succeeding in their career." Maybe you read that first paragraph and thought "sure, but what does that have to do with Eleven?". This paragraph is a part of Eleven's guiding principles: a one-page definition of our mission, key characteristics, critical actions, story pitch and theme that make up our reason for being. It very clearly defines who we are, where [...]

Know Your Why: Start with a Personal Development PlanEleven Music Career Center2021-05-07T10:08:41-05:00

Connecting With the Audience: Making a Meaningful Moment and Keeping It Real

Connecting With the Audience: Making a Meaningful Moment and Keeping It Real

Keith2015-02-10T12:00:19-06:00

What’s the secret to connecting with an audience? If you’re a solo performer, how do you give the people gathered to hear you a meaningful experience? What about for bands? Is it even possible? […]

Connecting With the Audience: Making a Meaningful Moment and Keeping It RealKeith2015-02-10T12:00:19-06:00

Getting Inspiration From the Greats

Getting Inspiration From the Greats

Keith2014-12-23T08:00:40-06:00

My favorite concerts make me want to rush home, grab my guitar, and practice into the night—until I’m so tired I just can’t hold the instrument anymore. […]

Getting Inspiration From the GreatsKeith2014-12-23T08:00:40-06:00

Are you Employable? Finding a Survival Job Outside of Music

Are you Employable? Finding a Survival Job Outside of Music

Keith2014-11-25T12:00:53-06:00

For about a year, I held a factory job, performing quality control tests and working on creating a database to organize the results. It was enjoyable work, with pleasant colleagues, providing some of my earliest computer training in SQL. […]

Are you Employable? Finding a Survival Job Outside of MusicKeith2014-11-25T12:00:53-06:00

When Should You Give Up? (Hint: Never?!)

When Should You Give Up? (Hint: Never?!)

Teri2014-07-29T21:56:36-05:00

“We know what you want to accomplish. We may even know how you’d like everything to turn out. The real question ends up being– what are you willing to push through any dips for– what are you willing to stand up for, bleed for, commit to, and sometimes be unreasonable about because you want it so much? It is what’s actually going to get done.” […]

When Should You Give Up? (Hint: Never?!)Teri2014-07-29T21:56:36-05:00