Dear Independent Music Artist,

My name is Marius van Dyk, and I have created this website is to provide you with the information and resources you need to develop the music, business and life you want to develop as an independent music creator.

The path of the independent music artist is a tough one to walk because it requires a ton of practice, patience, determination and persistence. It's not for everyone.

You have to take full responsibility for your situation and follow through with conscious actions to make your own music and build the business and career you want. There's no way to get around this, so if you're looking for quick solutions or shortcuts you may as well look elsewhere.

This site will help you make important decisions about...

• Your DIY studio.
• Your music production.
• Your distribution methods.
• Your marketing and promotion strategies.
• Your music financing and business. And...
• Your artist web presence.

You'll discover practical ideas, articles and recommended resources to help you make your own music and build various music-related income sources to fund the music-business-life you want to create.

You won't find much information about how to land record and publishing deals because the goal is to move beyond old paradigms from THE pre-web music business model to think about YOUR own custom music business model or models.

Yes, the "New World" of the web has just been discovered and as you know the nature of the music business has been changing since, and fast!

You can't predict the future even a few years from now.

You can however choose to take matters into our own hands and take definite actions to create the music-business-life you want as an independent music artist and producer. This site will help you make progress and adjust once you've decided to make your own music your way.

So, where do you begin?

I suggest you first follow the 4-Fold Way of the Renegade Producer which you'll find in the first 4 pages in the navigation menus below and to the left.

You'll discover all further articles and resources on this web site via the navigation menus to the left and below.

RenegadeProducer.com is updated at any time and all the time so be sure to sign up for the RSS feed to the left above the navigation bar to stay up to date with the latest information added to the web site for you.

Make good music!

Marius van Dyk
Editor and Fellow Renegade