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Create Your Own Music and Grow a Tribe...
...Your Way!


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Create your own music and join the new class of independent artist-impresarios who aim for financial and creative independence and use the Web to manifest the music-business-life they envision...

My name is Marius van Dyk, and I have created this website to provide you with the information and resources you need to develop the music, business and life you envision for yourself.

The path of the independent music artist is a tough one to walk because it requires a ton of practice, patience, determination and persistence. You'll also not have the "luxury" of others taking care of the business while you focus on music.

It's not a path for everyone! You have to take full responsibility for your situation and follow through with conscious actions to create 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 and how to create your own music.
  • 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 create 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 your own music and 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 create your own music.

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 and start a movement, Renegade!

Marius van Dyk
Editor and Fellow Renegade

What others have to say...

"Thank you for your help with our web strategy and social media presence. The integrated setup of the web site and our social profiles you helped us establish makes life so much easier. The buzz so far has been great and just keeps growing!" - Gareth, The Commercial Hippies / Nano Records thecommercialhippies.com

"As the owner of a music studio, I have found this site to be extremely beneficial to musicians at any stage of development. Way to go, Marius!" - Lynne, may-studio-music-lessons.com

"Marius has a very informative site on how to be a self-managing musician, and he takes the time to get back to you if you've got questions. He's a cool guy!" - Nate Maingard, Musician twitter.com/NateMaingard

"It refreshing in so many ways to find something that's the truth and not just some "sign here pay this and tomorrow you're famous" website!! Marius has lent direction in gray areas for The Brokekings and certainly its been the most honest approach in getting our brand from our hard-drive to our tribe's ears." - Cliff Barns, The Brokekings http://thebrokekings.bandcamp.com

"Yes, your site is great. I devoured all of it, watched all the Vids because you cover all the important current marketing strategies a band/artist should be doing. I totally agree with your angle on things, especially the way the old music biz paradigm is crumbling away and there are new ways for all of us Artists to empower ourselves."
Paul Abrahams, The Reels

You can start your exploration of the site here...



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Becoming a Music Producer - Renegade Style
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Your Musician Career Guide
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Basic DIY Home Studio Guide
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Music Creation Software Guide
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Renegade Music Production School
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Music Mastering for Renegades
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Independent Music Distribution
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Your DIY Music Marketing Plan
Discover how to create your own DIY music marketing plan to get your music to your tribe...

Your Music Business Information HQ
Music business information for the independent music artist and producer.

The Renegade Internet Music Sales, Marketing and Promotion Guide
Free Internet music sales, distribution, marketing and promotion guide for the independent music artist.

Renegade Music Industry Jobs Search
Find music industry jobs with this cool little Google gadgets search tool.

Renegade Vault: Music Industry Resource Downloads
Music industry resource downloads for readers of the Renegade Report.

Music Industry Articles for Renegades
Read music industry articles by various authors...

Music Business News Feed
The Renegade Producer Music Business News Feed

Services for Independent Musicians
Discover companies and services for independent musicians which you can trust.

RWP Independent Music Marketing Video Series
Video series with independent music marketing tips, tools and strategies. Get your music web presence rock-solid!

About Me and This Web Site...
Find out more about me and why I've created this web site for independent musicians and producers...

Renegade Producer Disclosure
Disclosure of this website's relationship to sponsors.

Help the Musicians Helper
Ways you can contribute to this web site and help a musicians helper on a mission.

RenegadeProducer.com Contact Page
Let me know what you want to say...

The Renegade Producer Blog
Stay up to date with new content added to RenegadeProducer.com about independent music production, distribution, marketing, business and more.

Music Business Newsletter: The Renegade Report
The music business newsletter for independent music artists and producers. Strategies, tips and ideas for your music-business-life.


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