HOW TO ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS IN MUSIC 

My overarching goal is to have a stable fanbase that supports my music to the point where I can tour the world

Releasing a single every month throughout this year with the purpose of increasing my audience. Thanks Damian♥️

My goal is :" To make music which people will feel inspired by." Thank you for great content.

Our goal is to become a reference in the metal industry and we are ready to do everything to achieve that🤘

It’s great that you teach not just business and how to make constant, but doing so while still remaining human. It’s refreshing

My overarching goal: writing music. I hope I'm not missing the point you made. I know my goal sounds like a means to get somewhere, but to me happiness lies in sitting down writing music, and I want to be able to do it as consistently as possible. That's my baseline.

I'm a creative entrepreneur and can't wait to work with all of yall. One love

Totally feel you! I'm stuck at the how do I quit my job and go full time phase, and that's also my main goal. Make music my full time job

my goal is to create an upbeat song that when played live creates a giant amount of energy in the room. haven't been able to write with my band yet but i hope to soon

You got me thinking...just need to get into a band.

Full time musician. Great advice Damo! Once you have the goal, write out the path and follow the steps. Maintain focus and you’ll get there. 🤘

We want to give as many people as possible the chance to fall in love with our music. Legend Damo. We follow a lot of your advice ✌🏻

Releasing a live video every month with a wide range of musicians!

My over arching goal is to be the leader of the movement that keeps rock alive. I aim to be the biggest rockstar and the frontman of the best trio since Hendrix. Real talk

Ever since it was suggested to release a single every month, Frantic Romantic has been trying really hard to do so. So far its been great, honestly. Slow and steady, but we're keeping folks engaged.

I'm a songwriter I want people to hear my music..the more the better..I don't care too much about the money..only want enough to keep the music flowing....

Pretty creepy how all of this resonates so much with what I’m currently going through (again!). My goal is to develop my solo fingerstyle project and growing my « fan base » on YT (gave lots of effort to it on FB recently, and worked quit well). But for now I am involved in lots of different projects (at least 2 gigs a week) and that helps to secure a bit of money (I am also teaching) to spare some time later to create content, building a go to set up to be able to do it on a regular basis, etc...). Which is quite exciting, but for now I am working to excess and have to split my brain into as many parts as the different activities (let’s say 8, 5 music projects and 3 teaching jobs) and I can only feel the tension created by what I really want to do artistically and what I have to. But I guess that’s part of the game and patience is needed. I’ve been doing this for 25 years and I started this project almost two years ago, by myself, from scratch and have to admit that it feels right and better than any project I’ve ever been involved in and things are moving forward in a very pleasing way, according to my values. I never thought I would be capable to create music on my own, recording and produce it, promoting it on social media (something I wouldn’t even think of a couple of years ago), finding gigs, playing them alone, talking with people, creating personal music that finds resonance in them. So I am in this delicate transitional spot but more than ever, I can feel the goal is worth it. Which is progressively lifting off some activities from my weekly schedule to concentrate more on the most satisfying ones. Great advices on this one mate, thanx!

My overarching goal is to find a place in the music business for myself as a person that musicians, film makers, producers and students of music come to for advice or to have a problem solved. I want this place to be able to support an active lifestyle, allowing me to do what I am passionate about the very most: Making people have fun and joy in their lives.

My goal is to move from being a sideman to a bandleader and getting my own gigs. Love the content: it really gives us quite a bit to ponder.

That was very genuine, no rules. I never chased money, because when i even thought about it, creativity stopped. But, i guess i'm looking at that intersection in the middle now:)

dude you are a real source. thanks...my over arching goal is ...to be playing the top venues in and around my area. have at least 2 festivals in the summer and radio play.

Being world known for my music and selling records like the big names 🙏🏼

To be a successful EDM/Pop producer, travel around the word and meet new people. By “successful producer” I mean to produce a lot of great music that will be in the top charts, but rather then following the typical style of music, I’ll try to interpret something new and exciting. Also, writing not just for myself and my brand but for other amazing artists. Yes that’s my goals, thx for reading and I’ll go working towards my goals;)

A big thank you Damian. I suffer from depression and I guess part of that was thinking that I'm a bit of a loser because I am not in a position to make money from what I love doing. However, as you said, I am successful because I do what I love doing. My goal is to be able to mix a song to a radio ready standard. I am very close to achieving that but I am a perfectionist as well as a coward lol.

Thanks Damian, found this really interesting. I had my first national radio play this week, which has been a goal I set myself for this year. I've also started interviewing creatives about making a living in the arts and when I ask them about their idea of "success" the answers have been very enlightening because everyone has their own definition and measure of being successful. I find this whole area fascinating and have been enjoying your videos since I discovered you last week. Your suggestion to look after fans has really opened my eyes. Thanks!

Our goal is to help revive 60's R&B and garage rock and target it to the younger generations. We love these music styles too much to want to let them die. The original 60's music fans are getting too old to go out to venues and buy physical music, so we need some kinds of strategies to be able to appeal to younger fans. Thanks for this video, Damian! :-)

Just love the performing of your music. Money etc is a byproduct of what you love. Im on tour right now spreading raw pure punk rock

Amen to that Damo! This ties in with what I was saying on the last video. For me my goal is pretty simple. To be able to create, release and perform my own music, keep engaging with the people who love what I do and make enough that it pays for itself. That to me would be success in a nut shell. Little bonus things tend to happen along the way and if you keep integrity, love what you do and frankly, don't be a dick as you go. You'll find a great musical life. I am...

1000 followers on Spotify and RU-vid

Great video, Damian ❤️! My goal is to be able to live off my music and have a dedicated fanbase who can enjoy what I do as much me.

Thanks Damian, very interesting insights there! Our goal is to become self sufficient with our music. We are working hard daily to achieve that, like you said: 1% improvement each and every day!

I want to be a well known musician/artist by doing something good and that makes me proud of myself and of my work.

Hi Damian, I’m liking the new video style. My goal is a simple one, it’s to get to a space where my passion projects pay for themselves and become self financing. Over the years I’ve spent small fortune pursuing my passion for music. I’ve seen peaks and troughs in terms of rewards (rewards not really my motivation). It would be nice for projects to pay for themselves or fund the next. Keep up the good work👍

My overarching goal is to make a living playing the Trombone going Freelance, and being a part of a band or two. Already in a couple bands, one is very serious and committed to touring and making a real brand and such :D Thanks for these videos, Damian! I haven't really seen musicians share some of these tips as far as goals, motivation, and social media insight on building a brand around your music. You and Adam Ivy are the only bigger ones. People in the comments = anyone other than these two??

Great video man! My goal is to keep growing as an artist, and a business, and of course to continue making a living doing it.

My over arching goal is to improve my vocal recording and mixing skills. Train my ear. I just recently got a bedroom set up(studio). Going in full time musician, hoping for great success, seems possible with content such as yours. Thank you.

My goal: to make a regular and decent income while having fun playing the best music with a band I love being in :). A wonderfully motivating video, thank you :D

Fully support my family as an online session drummer.

My overarching goal is to be able to sustain myself financially through music related endeavors as a well-established and respected female producer, singer, rapper, and dancer in the music industry.

To explore rap and other music styles within the genre, for the passion

Whos the weirdo that disliked this lol....good advice....I guess right now I want to play a bit better than I do. I never set out to be a great musician, I set out to write songs that's it. So playing better I believe will ease that in together.

Complete the recording of my punk/grunge album to a standard that satisfies me.

Good stuff Damo! 🐒My sentence: Be the musician. Every person I know has been taken from their lowest to their highest at some point in their life by music. Be the musician.

my overarching goal is to have control of my music style ,artistic expression and have fans who like it

To bridge what I love about music with current trends, in order to connect people together and tour around the world.

putting out an album on 4/24. I will keep watching

get to play some festivals next year , and put out our first album.

My goals: Listening my music on the radio, stop having to take money from my salary and "feel the love" in the gigs. Thanks for the good advices ;)

To be a badass Ableton Live performer

What camera/lens do you use, Damien? It's fantastic.

Succes is freedom!

Building an audience with my own music and content 🎸

A very effective method to finding the steps to get to your goal, is to start at the end, start at where you want to be, and go backwards until you reach where you are. For example, i want a ferrari and a 50 million dollar company. Then ask, how did I get there? And take a step back. This requires you to fully know your goal of course

My goal is to help people who have taken the red pill not to be depressed and to stay positive in difficult times.

I want to record 50 songs on my eight track, then evolve, rerecord, etc. I have alot more on four track, but for some reason, 50 will make me smile. After that, i'd love to get my channel monetized, and do less yardwork, and have more time for music. Right now, it's a big challenge. I've played in cover bands, had my own original band. The toughest thing is to have everyone wanting the same thing. I haven't been successful with that, because bassists and drummers want $. I felt like band members had their hands out instead of being supportive, and i didn't want that. Too much pressure. I wanted comrades, not hired guns. I've accepted it, and realized that my greatest satisfaction is creating, even if it's just 8 track recordings.

You were right from your previous video, it definitely did help haha. Added this one to my favorites for whenever I have a bad day in the future, you've given lots for me to think about again dude! My goal is to be able to travel the world with my music and play guitar to lots of people who want to listen to it :) .. Now just gotta work on that!

Bring back rock music to Egypt!

My overarching goal is to create timeless pieces and be an influencer through my music. Yes, success is highly subjective, just like beauty. Of course the mainstream culture would try to force it down your throat what success means, but when you go with their definition you are not going to unleash your full potential nor get proper satisfaction from what you're doing. The greatest artists in history were not those who made the most money, or those who had the most followers in their times. One big problem now is via Internet you see the commercial performances involuntarily, unlike in the past. So, how you stay focused and determined on your own path becomes harder in a way. Anyway, let your passion guide you. Music and other art forms need diversity to flourish.

Thanks for this Damien! My goal is to be a singer-songwriter playing my own, intimate shows in cafés and music clubs all over Europe

To play at Reading Festival UK - Main stage

always great talk

Such a great video as usual!

Thank you damian

Releasing my EP by Xmas.

Finally connecting to suscribe to your channel after watching lots of your videos. Keep it up, you give sound pieces of advice, and I like your energy. Success is indeed or should be different for everybody. Keep rocking that bass 😎. Greetings from Berlin

My goal is to get my Music more out and grow a Big fan base, so i Can go on a small tour

Awesome video. Overall goal... live off of my music/art by doing what I love, having fun in the process, and making money. =)

My circles don't overlap

Play live to as many people as possible on the biggest stages possible. Have people have my music mean something to them.

Great lesson

to be a top DJ in this world

Amazing, amazing content

My overarching goal is to release my EP next year.

My overall goal is to be a rockstar,and have an elite rock band

Bring Metal To the Mainstream

If I post a RU-vid video on Facebook, will RU-vid count those views when they click the link and watch it?

My Band is The Raspy Devils, Our Goal is to Interact and try to make 1 superfan a show, Its sounds small and if we make more than that great!, but a thousand shows and 1 fan made each show that would be a success to us, Matthew d lee of the Raspy Devils

My overarching non movable goal is; To be able to feed my passions no matter the cost. (Is this too vague?)

My overriding goal is to become the songwriter I know I can be and release my music so the world can hear it. If I get to have a career and earn a living that would be a dream, if not, so be it.

Goal - to be a full time professional musician

Where I'm struggling right now is getting my music heard/recognized by labels. Is this the best way to make progress as an artist? Ultimately I'm aiming to be booked and travel to play at shows locally/worlwide. I've shared my music with artists in the scene would have said that its quality and should be signed. Any advice?

Amazing video mate

My overarching goal is to create a mini universe based around my music and other media.

An unchanging overarching goal is a difficult thing to create. I often ask myself, 'What do I really want?'. It's just about the deepest question you can ask yourself. I think of Kurt Cobain. He had what I always thought success was. Obviously, it wasn't what he truly wanted. So how does one create an overarching goal that won't disappoint, that won't be misguided? I don't know, which is why I do not have such a goal.

Right now, The Righteous Noise's big goal is to record & promote a single.

To be a full-time singer/songwriter

My goal is to play with my blues rock trio in a big festival

Damian, has anyone told you that you sound like Richard Hammond?

I want to create an Intentional Community. A place were a child is raised by a tribe. I will achive that by doing Comics, music and RU-vid. Making kiss ass art work, that inspires evey fan to become their authentic, creative, sexy self.

"Your attitude is everything when you're trying to reach your overarching goal"

I want to make music and earn money doing so, but with little compromise.

World dominion!

My overarching goal is to support my family financially from realising my original music and performance ideas.

My goal is to be the best vocalist that I could be

I want to learn how to play violin

Hello Damian and guys reading me!I just started managing a pop-electronic artist who finished her EP(5 titles).Recording cost was 1.500$.She paid the studio 900e but she owes them 600e to receive her E.P and she needs on top of that 1.000$ for the first video clip(she can't do it for free.She really wants to work with one videographer who had a vision for her single). Any ideas where we could find that money?She comes from the busker scene and is not know at all in the bar-club scene. Playing where I live in bars will only get her 50$ for a show.Doing 30 shows to get that money will take 6 month.We don't have 6 month to wait and at the moment I don't have myself 1.600$ to invest on her(and it's not also the job of the manager to do that).Any super guerilla marketing ideas guys?

Holy fuck my goals are so mixed up o_o I want to express my ability to see things that I think other people can't, through my music, and somehow bring lessons and value but now I am stuck in making some "funny tutorials" which don't really define my personality but I still kinda love making them... I'm heading nowhere lol

Very informative. and a big part of the truth. But: as I understand this, this means: I have first to behave like a drug dealer and give away some free stuff to make the persons to addicts (which then are called „fans“) to make them buy something from me (which I also have to produce. And my music (which is the thing, I want to produce) is worth nothing, but it is the bait, the lure, i have to use to get the addicted ones to get them on my hook. And I have to produce some things I do not want to produce (hoodies, a journey of my life, etc). As I see, this works only for musicians who love to be on tour (gigs). Or who love to prostitute their live on the internet (classic showbiz people, extraverts). But what about the introvert musicians (I fear, this are about 50% of the musicians!) who dont want to produce Hoodies, their Live or gigs? Is there a chance for those as well?

People need to start uploading their content onto bitchute and other places aside from RU-vid. They have been showing more and more that their guidelines and rules are arbitrary and eventually it will lead to their decline.

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