Wendy DayCEO/Coach, PowerPlays Coaching, LLC · Helping rappers make money with their music. Building millionaires in the urban music industry since 1992.

If you only focus on the money, you're going to burnout...

25 Feb 2025 · 1 min

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An artist warns emerging creators to monetize early but not obsessively. Building a career requires free shows, events, and networking alongside paid work. Chasing only money means missing the buzz and relationships that actually sustain you.

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I think you monetize from day one, but— and it's a huge but, big but— you don't, you don't focus on the money because there's a lot of stuff you're gonna have to do for free. And if you, if you focus only on the money when it's time to like do free shows and, um, show up to events and you're not getting paid yet, if you focus only on the money you're gonna kind of screw yourself out of an opportunity to promote and meet people and build your buzz. And that's so important. That's so key. People want to connect with you as an artist, right?