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# This is GUARANTEED to Hurt Your Music Career
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/hurt-your-music-career/
- Published: 2025-08-01T14:31:20.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-01T14:31:28.000Z
- Description: As experienced music marketers, Michael Brandvold and Jay Gilbert know there while some strategies help some times, there are no guarantees in the music business. But there are things that musicians too often do that can hurt your music career.
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: DIY Advice & Tips, Indie Music, Music Marketing, DIY musicians, music, Music Business, music industry, musician, musicians, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:15

As experienced music marketers, Michael Brandvold and Jay Gilbert know there while some strategies help some times, there are no guarantees in the music business. But there are things that musicians too often do that can hurt your music career.

On a new episode of The Music Biz Weekly Podcast, the pair dive into the things that hurt your music career and how to avoid them.

Watch and listen here or on your favorite podcast platform.

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