Is Your Music Being Rejected Enough?

Promoting your music as a DIY indie and unsigned artist or band means you should be hearing a lot of NOs. Don't be discouraged, rejection can be a good thing if viewed properly.
If your music isn’t being rejected this week, were you even out there promoting it? Rejection is a part of the music business, well actually life, but in the biz of music, it happens quite a lot, so it’s something you need to learn to deal with. How you react to it will make or break you. Sure rejection stings, but move past it – quickly.

The first thing to learn is DTIP. Don’t take it personally. Just because you get that rejection letter saying your song "doesn’t fit what we need right now" doesn’t mean your song is crap and start looking for a bridge or tall building. It means it "doesn’t fit what they need right now"…but may later.

Though this article called "Rejection" by Chris Mara is a tongue in cheek way of viewing rejection, it’s point is very well taken:
Rejection

Rejection, most especially pertaining to newer artists, should be happening quite a lot to you. It means you are out there doing a big part of your job, exposing your music to people. Not every person on the planet is going to like it or need it the first time. You may have to grow on the listener. But think about it…they are listening.

By Donna Liguria
Published: 10/12/2006
 
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