In the music industry it very difficult to keep up with the constant change of stars and music that's been released on a daily basis. If you've been studying the trends in Reggae Industry you probably realized that almost everyday existing artistees release new music and videos and their's million of new artistess that's trying to get that one hit song just to buss in the business.

For us, the music beiness became very hard to fllow and the spotlight of one hot riddim for a three month period has been narrowed to one week. This lead us to analyze how much we would lose if we were to take one month leave of absence from the music industry. Let's pretend I gave up the business and decide to get a regular job. That would mean I gave up on the artistees that I supported, the companies that relies on us to advertise their business, the fans that rely on us for up to date coverage of their favorite artistees. It would now be pointless to accept submission of music from upcoming artistees and labels, because we would no longer provide promotional services.

Base on that scenario, the business relationships that were established while we were active in the business would be tarnished we would no need to maintain them and services we use to provide will no longer be accessible to them. Basically, I we have nothing to offer, why maintain relationships? Think about it, if you were a producer and you help produced two great artistees that made it big, they then move on to larger producers and sometimes you get left out, which means you will have to return to your 9 to 5 and that relationship would become a figment of your memory. The bottom line in this business, taking a leave of absence can prove to be very detrimental to the success of your business and the relationships that you developed in the course of that business. At all cost, you have to maintain the relationships no matter what it cost and how many contacts that's exists.

As musicians, our careers rely on the support we receive from these business relationships, therefore it is in our best interest to maintain those relationships even when we are no longer under the scope of the pop culture. Sometimes it would be wise to make a different career move and use what you've learnt from the business and the relationships you develop to your advantage. For example, if you're moving from Artistees to Producer, Artistees to Manager, Artistees to Music Business Owner.

Breaking these relationships will never be the wisest choice if you have any desire to remain active in the business. You can stay in contact by sending out weekly newsletters, written commentaries on blogs and music news sites, go to seminars and appear on radio and television programs providing opinions on topics concerning the music business.