Never Forget That Music Is a Business

That's why bands and artists hire managers!

If you want to run things yourself, you have to understand the fundamental faqct that, much as you want your music to speak to the souls of your listeners, to change the way they think, to have an emotional effect on them, you have to sell your music first. You have to manage yourself (and your band) like a small company - which is in fact exactly what it is.