The area that you live in may have a small music network, or it may be a city with lots of networks. You need to find out the different groups of people involved in these networks, especially ones that can have an impact on your career. How does the music network operate in the area that you live?
By joining HAIL, you are already a member of a network.
How many times has someone said to you:
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do you know a good drummer? or
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where is the best recording studio? or
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where is the best club night?
Most information flow is down to word of mouth and you are part of that networking process.
You can use the network to its best effect by being fully inside it and knowing as many people as possible.
Task - your existing network
Write down everyone you know who is involved in music in some way or other, but don’t include your close friends or band members (if you are in a band). Start with musicians, then go onto technical people and business people.
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If you can only fill about 5 boxes, you urgently need to do some networking!
If you can fill up all 20 boxes quite quickly, then you are already networked and are in a good position to build on your success.
A good quality network can be dozens if not hundreds of people.
In other tipsheets, we will look at other ways of building your network.
