Music industry truths-part 1, Hasti Amiri

 This is going to be brutal, but I had to do it. Hello, welcome or welcome back. I'm Hasty and I'm a musician. I've been a musician for the past 10 years or so, a little more. I [music] started in 2014. And these are some of the facts about the music industry that I haven't come across anyone else talking about them. So I thought I would give it a go. >> First and the most obvious one. [music] It is hard but not in the way most people think. It is hard because it's not like in general it's not going to be a quick thing that you will get the answers that you want and it requires the true dedication but on the other hand I think that's a requirement for everything else like if you want to be good at something and if you want to go are doing something that you really want to leave your mark on the industry, >> whatever it is, it's the same thing. But I think because it requires more energy and more love and dedication, people sometimes misunderstand [music] it. And this is, by the way, part one. I'm going to do a couple of videos on this because I have a lot of these and not all of them can be, you know, in one single video. We're going to do five facts in each part. Number two, not everyone wants to sell out arenas. And that is something that I actually recently learned. You know, some artists just like to have a normal life. That's what they call it. Um, but it came across as a really shocking thing to me because I used to think that, you know, every single musician, every single singer, songwriter would want to sell out arenas. But turns out I was wrong. And some people just, you know, want to perform in one single city, you know, in a town that they grew up in [music] and they just want to perform there and that makes them happy. This was something that I recently learned, but [music] it was really new for me to know this. Uh, number three, the people behind this stage are more important. Now, of course, every single person that's involved in music is important because we all need each other. [music] But the people that you have behind the scene, the people who are working behind the scene that are not on camera, they make the most changes. Their impact is more than the people only coming on stage. For example, you know, a drum player or a guitarist, [music] they do matter. But the people making everything possible for a guitarist or a singer like me to come on stage, if we didn't have those people behind the scene, we would not be able to do this. And I feel like so many people underestimate the power of the people behind the scene. The same thing goes in our de our daily lives. The friends that we have that are not musicians, [music] they are more important because they impact how we feel and that transfers itself into the songs that we create. [music] Number four, chemistry matters. And it's, you know, the the concept of two musicians breaking up is something or, you know, like two musicians dating, which I have multiple songs about and I've published those before. But the chemistry matters in more situations that people pay attention to. It's not only about, you know, who's dating coup. For example, I had great connection with my sound engineer whenever I've recorded a few songs and those songs turn out better than the tracks that me and the engineer or you know other people in the studio we didn't have chemistry really. So the connection and the chemistry matters more than the tools. We had the best tools for I'm thinking of two times that I worked with two different people, two different teams, and we had the same tools, but the [music] song came out better with the team that I had more chemistry with. And the last truth, the last fact that I like to mention in this [music] video is that it is connected to the fourth one. [music] Emotions are also more important than tools because well of course you know the better the quality of for example the mic you have or god knows we have so many different tools in this industry. They matter. They do make [music] positive or negative changes but the emotions matter [music] more. You can have with the best mic, the best engineer with you, the best producers, and you know, every single technical tool being the best that it is in the industry. But for example, if you're not feeling good about the song you're singing or in general you're having a bad day or maybe the studio that you're in just does not make you feel comfortable, those things will have a negative impact on your work and it would not turn out into something that you could always feel proud you kind of sometimes feel obligated to, [music] you know, just do the job because, you know, that's your job. And I have been in this situation. I've there are a few studios that have great reputation and they are good studios, but I personally did not feel comfortable in >> so I [music] didn't even make it. even for, you know, I wanted to give the studio a try and I did, but it only took a couple of hours and I was like, I can't I can't record anything in the studio. But yeah, these were the five facts about the music industry that I've thought of and experienced. And there's going to be more of these. If you are a musician, I would also like to hear your opinions and how you feel or deal with any of these facts that I mentioned. And on board Sierra Lers.