Music Entrepreneur Dame Ritter- Always Focus on Your Fans

Dame Ritter is best known as the co-founder of the successful Indie Hip-Hop label Funk Volume (Hopsin, Dizzy Wright, Jerren Benton).  After the dissolution of the label, Dame founded the Music Entrepreneur Club, a music business educational platform. Dame also continues to work with a select group of artists, including Dizzy Wright and their Still Movin' Movement.

After all of his accomplishments, Dame continues to keep striving for more success, and both his persistence and business acumen are on display throughout the interview. This is a great episode for anyone interested in building their own label, brand, or business.  Take notes.

Show Notes: 5:07 Funk Volume focused on the fans 5:51 You don’t have to take huge risks 7:15 Put out content and tell your story before you waste money putting out an album 8:50 Focus on visuals 10:01 You might have to become your own team until you can attract a team 17:52 The transition from Funk Volume to the Music Entrepreneur Club 22:00 How Dame got into music education 23:45 Dame's side hustles while building Funk Volume included substitute teaching 26:27 How to be a true leader 28:14 Dame finds out about the dopest artists from the fans, not directly from the artist 30:32 Early conversations with Russ 33:05 Sometimes artists overlook the uniqueness of their own talent when they give advice to others 34:22 Your branding has to be consistent 35:06 Giving back to your community 40:52 Starting the day with small wins 43:32 Building the Music Entrepreneur Club 48:56 At some point you’ve got to jump! 53:49 Figure out what your passion is before you can follow it 58:35 Donald Passman’s book All You Need to Know About the Music Business is only relevant for artists who have achieved at least limited success