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More Take some good advice and stay with your fan base, at advice would be to stay true to the path you’ve started on least until you have a large enough quantity of fans to sell — write great songs, read and study the Bible and practice several hundred thousand CDs over the internet or in to be the best you can be. Stir up concerts. In fact, today’s major the gifts within you and practice Take some good advice and stay labels check for a large social what the Bible teaches you. Keep with your fan base, at least until you media presence of fans to even a good reputation and you will give an artist a first look. be a winner. It’s great to be have a large enough quantity of fans Don’t try to do it all —book- inspired by others and to take to sell several hundred thousand ing, managing, label — because control of your own career, but in the long run, your bookings your fans are the most impor- CDs over the internet or in concerts. and fans can make your career tant thing to accomplish for your career. much more successful. The most asked question is “How ® Win an Inspirational Country Music (ICM) Award , do I get more fans to hear my music?” It starts with radio Dove Award or some other award and all of a sudden, airplay, concert appearances, charity events, assisted-care they are ready to take on the big Country music industry. I facilities, restaurants, fairs and any church. Anywhere have worked with some artists who have spent up to there is a door opened, walk through. If your fans are $500,000 trying to break out of Inspirational Country excited about your music, they will tell others and bring music into the Mainstream Country music world. Could friends with them to your next appearance. You must it be that they are Country in their minds and not in their learn how to accomplish this to be successful. heart or music style? It is so hard being brought up in I used to keep every name I came in contact with, on church singing Gospel music and crossing over into checks, churches or people (fans) at my concerts. I sent Mainstream Country music, although few do make it, but out a monthly newsletter. And especially, when returning very few. Artists such as Faith Hill, Amy Grant, the to an area, I would drop all fans living within a 100 mile Mandrell Sisters, to name a few, have proven to make the radius a postcard telling them where I was going to be per- forming in the area. You will be surprised who shows up! Another suggestion is to net- work with friends and other artists in your area and every- where you go. Sometimes you can book venues with other artists performing and meet even more fans and increase the fan base of each partici- pant. God knows, fans are what we need and what is ® missing during ICM Week . Like Southern Gospel Week, GMA Week or CMA Music Fest, their artists bring thou- sands of fans. Now get to work on your own ideas on how to get more fans and keep them. May God Bless YOU! 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