The Importance of Music Collaboration

As an artist, I always enjoyed collaborating with different artists. The power of musicians working together is so strong, that many artists depend on collaborating to push positive music forward. 

According to OpenMicUk.co.uk, a music collaboration consists of two or more artists, producers, or musicians coming together to work on a single or various music projects. In regards to music collaborations, the purpose is to focus on everyone having a chance to express their musical uniqueness. 

Both parties contribute on a levelled scale, instead of a hierarchical structure of conducting a project. Music collaborations work best between artists that complement each other and present clear goals and roles. 

With heavy team-building skills, artists not only can create powerful music but double promotion efforts to expose the solo artists to a larger market.

 For example, some vocal artists do not play various instruments. By collaborating with an artist that is skilled in instrumentation, the vocal artist can gain knowledge in a foreign musical field. 

The instrumentalist may also develop stronger vocal skills from their musical counterpart. In regards to producers, producers are always looking for artists to collaborate with. This notion could be that musicians are not skilled at vocal endeavours. 

Through this certain collaboration, delegating tasks is apparent to show the artist various abilities.

Although the process of collaboration can be fun, here are various aspects and tips on creating a successful collaboration relationship.

The Power of Musical Collaboration

Collaborating should produce a healthy challenge for each artist. Many artists enjoy collaborating with various musicians to experiment with different genres. 

This increases the artist’s ability to stay fresh and innovative. However, within any collaboration, it is important to establish mutual goals. 

Avoiding various goals and ideas can overall lend to the creative atmosphere and relationship of the artists and lessen the chance of not being successful.

Musical collaborations help singers establish strong team-building skills. As an act becomes more successful, the artist will need to have strong collaboration skills. 

These skills can only expand the artist’s opportunities. 

Not Just Physical

However, an artist is not limited to just physical collaboration. With the expansion of the internet in the last years, musicians from all over the world can create collaboration efforts. 

Technology has made it easier to communicate with each other across the globe. Artists can use Zoom, Skype, Instagram video chat, and email to instantly communicate with other musicians. 

The internet also allows the artist bigger chances of collaborating with well-known or more successful artists. Some singers and musicians use YouTube as a popular source of creating content. 

Collaborating with YouTube singers and musicians can be a great way to gain new fans. Once an artist collaborates with another artist, word of mouth becomes a powerful method to further reputation efforts. 

Additionally, with positive exposure efforts, collaborating allows an artist to get featured on streaming services. 

With music streaming amounting to 50% of music consumption, presenting the collaboration on sites such as Spotify or Apple Music and popular streaming playlists is a powerful way to gain music traction for artists.

 Where Can I Find Musicians?

The question often is asked within the music community. How to find musicians to collaborate with? 

The answer is that there are many ways to find solid artists to collaborate with. Outlets such as Music Gateway create a large community of musicians that post possible projects to collaborate on. 

Another amazing way is to post flyers or postcards to local music shops. This increases the artist’s chance of making music within their home locations.

In my humble opinion, as an artist, I find that social media is the best place to find collaboration efforts. I tend to surf the Instagram world, for various, unique, and interesting artists. 

If I find an artist to my liking, I direct message them with a general statement of interest while attaching my artist’s profile (Spotify links, etc.) 

Although it may seem a bit tedious, and time-consuming, much of my collaborations came from this persistent act.

Some may be surprised by the tremendous desire, artists, producers, and other artistic acts have for collaborating with others. 

The best advice I would offer is to follow up and to put your best foot forward. Starting a collaboration is just the first step to having musical success. 

Professionalism is apparent for both parties to create a great musical body of work. It is important that through collaboration, artists maintain a strong work ethic and efficiency for their creativity. 

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