Little Simz, Run The Jewels and Ray Blk give advice for DIY musicians in this ...
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In his new book Slacker Guide To The Music Industry, radio DJ, former musician and all-round music biz whizz Phil Taggart offers up an easily digestible guide to the ins and outs of a career as a jobbing musician. In our next exclusive excerpt we hear from Little Simz, Run The Jewels, Rory Friers (And So I Watch You From Afar), Rou Reynolds (Enter Shikari) and Ray Blk on how to survive as a DIY musician. Phil Taggart´s Slacker Guide To The Music Industry is out now, and comes supported by Help Musicians UK. Order it here. At the very beginning, roughly 99.9% of artists have had to walk that lonely road into the music industry by themselves. Kanye West didn´t just beam onto Earth as a...