Getting 'Discovered' as an Artist: What You Need to Know First

Getting 'discovered' is a timeless dream of sorts for most artists. And online media does take the actual probability of this to a very different league, as many artists like Jacob Collier (who started his career off documenting his bed-room studio experiments) for example, have gone on to prove.

This spontaneous blurb wanted to emphasize my thoughts on one essential step that comes first though.

Setting up a foundation that can actually handle the prospect of getting discovered.

A wise man once said '..getting a gig is easy. Keeping it is what really counts'.

The importance of authenticity, continuous improvement in one's craft, building genuine relationships, and personal growth are what help us do that.

Highlighting talent and ambition alone are not enough in the long run. They're just the beginning of a potentially successful career.

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''All artists want to make dreams come true''

All artists want to make dreams come true. And that is something I'm going to say is a good thing.

Ambition is a good thing if we're doing it from a space of authenticity. And one constant amongst all ambitious artists is the wish to be discovered.

In an age where social media does give you access to a certain kind of visibility, that is not an unrealistic dream to have either. However, what we often end up neglecting in the meantime, is building the foundation of our artistic ''system'', (for lack of a better term).

Now, what does this foundation encompass?

1. Are you working on your art? Are you trying to get better at it every single day?
2. Are you building relationships? I'm not talking about networking or selling stuff. But really trying to build genuine relationships, with genuine people by being your genuine self?
3. Are you doing the inner work? This is a time when being a crappy human being is not going to get you anywhere. Times have changed. (And rightfully so). Thankfully, finally, times have changed. You can't be an absolute D-head and expect to get respected for what you do as a zeitgeist-relevant, independent artist.

So these three things: working on your art, building genuine relationships, and trying to be a decent human being.

The kind of human being whose taking care of what's going on inside and trying to commit that to their external world.

Hope that helps.