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# 3 Reasons Why Your Music Career Fails (Even If You’re Talented)
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/3-reasons-why-your-music-career-fails-even-if-youre-talented/
- Published: 2017-11-15T09:44:54.000Z
- Updated: 2017-11-15T09:44:54.000Z
- Description: Having skill and a degree of talent can certainly help you to go a long way in the music industry, but ability alone may not necessarily be enough to propel. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2017/11/3-reasons-why-your-music-career-fails-even-if-youre-talented.html]
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Having skill and a degree of talent can certainly help you to go a long way in the music industry, but ability alone may not necessarily be enough to propel you into a successful career. Here we look at three things that may cause your career to fail, virtuoso or not.

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In this recent post to [MusicThinkTank](http://www.musicthinktank.com/?ref=hypebot.com), **Tom Hess** shares three factors which can cause your music career to crash and burn.*"One of the most common music career traps you need to avoid is getting stuck working 40 hours per week at your day job while your music career slowly fades over time. To avoid the frustration and regret that comes with this, you need to learn how to create multiple sources of music-related income."* *[\[Continue Reading\]](http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/3-reasons-why-your-music-career-fails-even-when-you-have-a-l.html?SSScrollPosition=648&ref=hypebot.com)*