Dom Kennedy Says Independent Artists Need To Move Like Small Companies

82 Points of View with Dorian

Dom Kennedy Says Independent Artists Need To Move Like Small Companies Dom Kennedy with the truth 🗣 “Why don’t you start a record label?”⁣ ⁣ “Are you a record label?”⁣ ⁣ I get asked this everyday, 3-5 times a day. ⁣ ⁣ I am a label. ⁣ ⁣ How?⁣ ⁣ Because I’m an artist. ⁣ ⁣ And my music is out. ⁣ ⁣ It’s marketed. ⁣ ⁣ And I get paid off of it. ⁣ ⁣ Isn’t that what a label does?⁣ ⁣ If you do this, you’re a label too. ⁣ ⁣ Dom Kennedy is a label⁣ ⁣ Russ is a label⁣ ⁣ Chance The Rapper is a label⁣ ⁣ Record label doesn’t mean having an office in Manhattan or Beverly Hills telling young kids what to do. ⁣ ⁣ It means you manufacture your product (music) and you get paid from it. ⁣ ⁣ You have to start thinking like this. ⁣ ⁣ Start calling yourself a record label. ⁣ ⁣ Start moving like a record label. ⁣ ⁣ And then you’ll start thinking like a record label. ⁣ ⁣ Everything they do, you’ll do. ⁣ ⁣ You’ll understand their moves better. ⁣ ⁣ You’ll be more locked into everything that you need to do to make music full-time. ⁣ ⁣ That’s how I got to the point I’m at today. ⁣ ⁣ I studied my competition (labels). ⁣ ⁣ Mimicked their strategy. ⁣ ⁣ And made it my own. ⁣ ⁣ Which is why I tell you to steal my stuff. ⁣ ⁣ You want my success?⁣ ⁣ Mimic what I do. ⁣ ⁣ It’s our time. ⁣ ⁣ No more sidelines. ⁣ ⁣ Time to get in the game. ⁣ ⁣ What do you think?⁣ ⁣ Is every artist a record label?⁣ ⁣ Should we mimic them?⁣ ⁣ I wanna know ⁣ Sell My Course and I’ll Pay You $500 Need more help developing the foundation for your brand so you can make $100,000 yourself? Click the link and buy my “How To Market Your Music On Social Media” Course: www.group82university.com Do you want to make $5000/month from YouTube? Download this free tool Dorian uses to optimize his YouTube Channel to get the most views and revenue. It's FREE: https://www.tubebuddy.com/doriangroup82 Get Your Free Ebook: “How To Get 1 Million Streams On Spotify” by clicking the link below. It's FREE. https://www.group82music.com/linkinbio Follow Dorian on Instagram - https://instagram.com/doriangroup82?igshid=ful32lx6msk4 Subscribe to Dorian’s YouTube for free daily content - https://youtube.com/c/DorianGroup82 Follow Dorian on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doriangroup82 Song: “Dope” by Dorian Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/track/6faBSmokD3ZGzQXINrlpdV?si=iJOT3pggSimbi9o_8n017A Apple Music - https://music.apple.com/us/album/dope/1523054326?i=1523054328 Watch the full video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/MgYvPh-Q0qU --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/82pointsofview/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/82pointsofview/support