Who is Marius van Dyk?

Marius van Dyk is a music-loving/guitar-strumming/sound-engineering/music-producing/web-mastering/coffee-gulping life-form.

Is he really all that? Well, as Bill Clinton once famously said... "It depends what IS is". ;-)

Enough with the 3rd person writing! You know just as well as I do I'm writing this so why play-pretend?

Music is magic. It's had me under it's spell since before I could talk.

From the time I discovered the mountain of vinyl in the living room as a kid, through my cheesy 80' Casio keyboard, through the 3-stringed classical guitar I salvaged from our garage, through the bands I played in through high-school to becoming a Sound Engineer.

Music has me hooked and no amount of counseling will ever be able to free me from this obsessive addiction. ;-)

I love music and the people involved in making music. Well, at least some of them!

Enough about me though. Allow me to tell you why I created this site...

The main reason I've created this site is to connect with and support other independent musicians and producers.

What's this web site all about?

This web site serves 2 main functions...

• 1... it provides you with the information and resources you need to create the music-business-life you want as an independent music producer and artist.

  I combine my experience in music and web-business with music business research to help you cut through the noise and hype to get the knowledge and resources you need to empower yourself and advance your mission.

  If you can't find the information you want on this site let me know via the contact form (see below). I'm bound to know a man who knows a man who can feed a cat who can feed a cat!

• 2... it helps me connect with independent-minded music producers and music artists like you.

  You know the old adage... "It's not what you know but who you know". Well, in the music business it's especially true. I may know someone who can help you with your career, you may know someone who can help me. So, let's hook up on the Interweb!

I trust this web site will help you make sense of ever-more complicated music business landscape, and inspire you to empower yourself with the knowledge and tools available to you.

I do my best to improve and update the site as much as I can and hope to grow it into a trusted resource you can come back to again-and-again for great tips, tools and strategies.

So, grab what you need from this site and please tell other independent artists through the share links at the bottom of all pages should you like what you find.

Remember: I can't tell what's best for your art or business. Be wary of anyone who tells you they know what's best for you. You alone can know what's best for your music-business-life because you know yourself and your situation. So, learn what you can from others, then always decide for yourself what to do!

Empower yourself as an producer and artist and help others do the same. We are not in competition with other artists because as creators we know that the only competition we have is our own inner resistance to create our highest art.

Together we spin much larger webs.

So, help yourself, help others, make connections, build relationships and...

... start your own music-business-life revolution right now!

All the best,
Marius van Dyk

P.S. Feel free to contact me via the contact page should you have questions, feedback or suggestions which could help other music artists.

P.P.S I don't charge for the content you can access on this web site. If you want to help me out a bit you'll find many ways you can contribute to this site via this link. I appreciate every contribution, no matter how small. Thank you!

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