HOW MUSIC MADE ME A MILLIONAIRE

So recently I've been getting a lot more questions about me, my background and how much of my money comes from working in music vs teaching. I put a post out on my Instagram Stories with a bit of my background, and I was a bit overwhelmed by the response of people wanting to know more. My number one thing is trust - and I completely understand that you want to know everything about my background to have that trust in me. So I hope this helps :)

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👇 ABOUT ME:
Hey! I'm Damian Keyes and I've worked with musicians every day of my life for the past 20 years. The internet is deeply untrusting understandably and here is my background so you can have the full picture.

When I was 18, I was signed to a major label (dropped 6 months later) and at 23 I co-founded a Music University in Europe called BIMM (valued at $300M). I’m also a bass player, I’ve played for a number of artists including Eric Clapton, Alanis Morrisette and Billy Cobham. I initially retired at 30, but realised that life gets boring if you’re not building!

I have always been in-between the music industry and education which is how I ended up building my YouTube channel - I’ve been teaching artists how to release music long before it was a ‘niche’! I now educate artists around the world with my Academy, YouTube channel and I work directly with labels internationally alongside owning a live agency and management company.

It’s great to meet you and looking forward to working together on your music!

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Distributor Recommendations:

[DamianKeyes]

Rumour has it that if you REALLY smash that like button, YouTube will give you £1 million 😂 (seriously tho, really helps my algorithm, scroll up and turn the like button blue!)

[kaysha]

There is nothing wrong about making money from your hard work. Congrats

[theupsiders]

Damian Keyes: Living proof that you should NEVER underestimate the capabilities of a bass player.

[KydaDoesMusic]

This man is absolutely living the dream

[VMac]

"This contempt for money is just another trick of the rich to keep the poor without it..."

Never be afraid to talk about your finances Damian, I've followed your teachings to help aid my masters degree this year and you're a proper dude that doesn't need to feel dirty about money, you have ABSOLUTELY earned the right to tell us all how it's done in the world of music and we should be so lucky to have someone like you to use as an online mentor!

All the best!
Vinnie.

[MegaDragonOfficial]

Your entrepreneurship is absolutely inspirational man - we're currently following your 20 day release guide for a single we're releasing about a North Korean Kaiju called Pulgasari on Thursday, and we're having a lot of fun with it, so thank you so much for all guidance Damian, and congrats on the 100, 000 subs! (almost 110, 000 actually!)

[mantrinbago]

Wow. A genuine music entrepreneur who ain’t afraid to spill the beans

[itsmase]

This is why i watch you DK! getting straight to the point and being real and honest with your audience. Huge reason I will continue to follow you

[TheHagbert]

This was not painful to watch at all! The music industry should be much more transparent, and you are contributing a lot by making your these videos. Thank you.

[phatlooper]

Make no mistake this man is an insanely hard worker.

[DonnyJ]

You are a boss Damian. And you deserve all the success. Kudos and thank you for being a constant source of inspiration!

[LEEDAVEY]

You're so right about it being a British thing when discussing money. I don't like telling people I am a song-writer but skint.

[TheRoseSavage]

Don’t feel bad about how much you make!! You’re not only helping us growing artists out, but you’re being real with us. I appreciate the hell out of that and all of your videos/lessons! They’ve been guiding me with my single release and I’m so grateful for that. A million thank yous, Damien!!

[GeoZero]

People forget that "business" is in the term Music Business.
And that's where so many fail. You have to treat this as a business.
Thank you for your humbleness and your videos.

[GraemeCampbellMusic]

You have nothing to feel bad about. I really appreciate your honesty. Your videos are benefiting us all, and you are doing a lot of good, effectively for free. I got back into performing, gigging & teaching guitar a few years ago (I’m 47) after a long hiatus out of it. I had lost a ton of confidence but guys like yourself, with your practicality and authenticity have inspired me to get back to doing this stuff. I’m far from being a millionaire but I’m getting paid to play the guitar, and I love it. All the best to you, and keep doing this stuff, it is so helpful.

[nickbay]

Best video I’ve seen all day 🔥 not many people are as transparent with they’re people..you’re a real one for this

[FXWLL]

I find this inspirational. It's definately not a bad thing or dirty. If you have made music products and services that people actually want to interact with and give you money for, then you made your money completely legit and actually gave something valuable to people. They exchanged value for value (they gave you money) for your music, music services, teaching etc. You had to work your a** off to provide that value so they would want to give you money for your services. It's awesome mate and crazy impressive. Money is simply one tool to achieve any number of goals and you prove this in your vid.

[zafari_xl]

Man firstly congrats. Secondly thanks a lot for these videos.

[LydiaWalker]

Thanks for sharing your story! It shows what’s possible. I appreciate the great content you keep putting out!

[ChakFournier]

Weird.. A millionaire without a monocle... never seen that before.