Question 1

What is the single biggest suggestion you would give to someone wanting to get into this career?

Brennan Carley · Accepted Answer

“Go to concerts. Email Publicists. Email Editors. Keep your ear to the ground and try to break stories before the mainstream gets them. If you have an angle nobody else is taking, that’s unique enough to get people interested in your stories.”

Question 2

What’s the #1 mistake people make when trying to get into this career?

Brennan Carley · Accepted Answer

“When I first started out, I think I took rejection a bit too personally. Until you’re in the game, it’s hard to understand exactly how inundated Editors and Writers are with emails from freelancers, Publicists, and more. If you don’t hear an answer back, follow-up a week later. If you get a no, ask what kind of pitches they’re looking for. Stay positive and work your way in however you can.”

Question 3

What is the question people should ask about this career but rarely do?“People should be asking what blogging hours look like, and the answer, boringly, is that it changes all the time!”

Brennan Carley · Accepted Answer

“People should be asking what blogging hours look like, and the answer, boringly, is that it changes all the time!”

Question 4

What is one thing I should have asked which I didn’t?

Brennan Carley · Accepted Answer

“How much sleep a Music Blogger gets! (The answer depends on whenever Artists decide to surprise release their albums, basically).”

Question 5

If you could describe in one word what makes you successful, what would it be?

Brennan Carley · Accepted Answer

“Accuracy.”

Question 6

Extra Credit: The Beatles or Rolling Stones?

Brennan Carley · Accepted Answer

“Oh man…Rolling Stones. I’m seeing them for the first time ever in Pittsburgh this summer!”

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