1. Assemble your team, starting with an experienced producer who knows the music 
business. 

   2. Expect to invest resources in your career - time and financial resources.  You invest 
time and finances becoming an architect, a plumber, or a nurse (for instance) too.  

   3. The single most important element in a music session, after your producer, are 
the songs you record.  Get great original hit songs, by hit writers, that haven't been 
recorded yet. 

   4. Your producer will get you great original songs and "marry" them with you;  they 
should "fit you like a glove." 

   5. You can record in Nashville for about the same price it costs elsewhere, but you get 
A List players and superb studio facilities.

   6. Use a producer who records in master scale sessions only.  Do not work with 
someone who scabs or pays under-scale sessions.  

   7. Call ARTIST CAREERS INC at (615) 504.8435 for your FREE consultation. 

   8. Let a trained professional help you with your session preparation.  It will save you 
money and time.  You get the advantage of your producer's contacts and knowledge and 
creative input. 

   9. There's a budget to fit your needs at Artist Careers Inc.  If we simply can't help you, 
we'll try to refer you elsewhere. 

  10. Focus!  "No other personal quality contributes to success more than persistence 
in the pursuit of one's goals."