Create Your Own Genre of Music!

In my prior blog called Create Your Own Style, Your Own Sound, I suggested that you stay creative and consistent and essentially "brand" your music. Well, I want to continue encouraging you to think outside the box!


Because the music industry is changing and there are more indie artists and indie labels than ever, you as an indie artist/songwriter can now find recording artists who will record your genre of music. Yes, your genre! Did you know that besides the main genres of music (country, pop, rock 'n roll, R & B, Hip Hop, jazz, Punk, Hardcore/Heavy Metal), that there are HUNDREDS of different genres of music! New genres are being created all the time! Genres are also being fused together all the time: Wikipedia has a long list of music genres that is listed from A to Z. Every letter of the alphabet on that list has more than one genre, even Q! There's even a genre called Mushroom Jazz!

So songwriters, you can find a genre that fits your style of music, or you can be like Ray Charles and make your own sound! In fact, Ray Charles was the pioneer of soul music because he was the first to secularize gospel music and add blues lyrics to it. Thus, he created his own sound and we are still singing his songs today! Ray Charles defied genre labels by being popular with pop, R & B, country, and jazz fans alike. He had hits in all four genres. So again just be creative, and create your own sound, or your own genre, whichever you like!

Thedy B, Attorney/Songwriter
Hits A Million, LLC
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