Eager Music - The Independent Musician's Resource

What does it mean to “make it” in the music business or to find “success” doing what they are passionate about?   Some people say that to have made it, your band needs a top 100 song, sell out an arena, have over a million spotify plays, double platinum album, hand shake with the queen, etc. But thats not necessarily true. Of course those are metrics of success, but those shouldn’t be the only metrics for success.   There are many indie musicians who make a career out of playing music that they don’t need all the aforementioned common-place standards.   I read a great book last year…and then again this year…twice…entitled, How to Make it in the New Music Business by Ari Herstand, where he dissected the topic down into every minute detail to explain what making it really means.   Does someone who has 100million spotify plays, but can’t get 100 people to show up at a live performance have success? How about someone with a 50 thousand plays but is licensing their music on commercials, TV shows and music? Has the