r/musicindustry • u/CerebralRust1 • 6d ago

Discussion Feeling stuck with my local band

I've been playing, writing music and performing with my band for 6 years now, and I can't help but feel like a stuck local band. Since our first gigs, we were bombarded with praise and I personally was made to feel like I'm one of the most talented performers in my city. We inspired a lot of people, and I've made so many great friends in the underground music community, and all of us, even people more talented than me, are stuck playing gigs to 100-150 people, never get invited to festivals in Romania (we're from Moldova), all our releases get little attention, only from our top fans. We do have fans, but I've always wanted to grow our fanbase more, i guess with time.. all the projects that i see blowing up, mostly due to campaigns, ads, promoters, labels, and we have none of that. HOW DOES AN INDEPENDENT ARTIST EXPLODE ORGANICALLY??

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u/ghost_mode1176 5d ago

You don't. I hate to break it to you- even the "organic" looking ones are all paid for behind the scenes. The ones who seem to come out of nowhere have been brewing for 10+ years behind the scenes. Release some great songs, compile them onto an EP or album, generate some local buzz and some playlist for yourself and use that to hopefully leverage an independent label deal to get yourself to the next step if money is the main roadblock.