Seven Things To Do To Become A Succesful Musician

Tom Hess put up a video found on website http://www.musiccareers.net/career-articles/making-music-industry-contacts/. He discussed seven important steps to become a successful musician. They are listed below:
1. Don't Get Caught Speeding: Don't get caught speeding into the next step; first know who you want to become
2. Inspect What You Expect From Yourself, Your Life, From Others
3. Demand and Command: Expect greater things from life and yourself; don't loose momentum when successful; become success-minded
4. Shoot Fire!: Being your intensity, attitude on determination, conviction, expectancy, confidence, and passion
5. Get Congruent: Daily thoughts and actions should focus on what you want to be; expect the desire to happen
6. Weed Your Garden: Surround yourself around a supportive environment and other success-minded people
7. Don't Depend On The Sun & Rain Alone..You Need Fertilization: You need more than just skills to sustain success; you need high quality mental preparedness, knowledge and skills, and physical action, and a mentor

Here's a link to Tom Hess' music assessment to see where your mental preparedness lies and where you need to improve if you want to be successful:
http://tomhess.net/TestForBigSuccessAsAProMusician.aspx

Music Industry Contacts

If you want to have a successful music career, you must attain the right music industry connections. The problem that many artists struggle with is the fact of not knowing who is the most valuable connection. Your contacts should be meaningful, in which you develop good relationships with your connections.
People you should contact: "Concert Promoters"
-Music Industry people who have great influence and power.
-Music industry people who have the greatest number of key relationships with music industry professionals and companies.
-Important music industry people who are easily located in your area.
-The most accessible music industry people.
-Music industry people who can help you with your problems and reach your goals.

Concert promoters have a great amount of influence within the music industry. Your music industry contacts need to feel confident enough to work with you, to help push your music career to the next level.

Source: http://www.musiccareers.net/career-articles/making-music-industry-contacts/
Written by Tom Hess: 2008 Tom Hess Music Corporation