………………………I am a music artist in Nigeria, what business can I do?….

It is so obvious that when a young Nigerian artist is hustling, he usually has good listing ears and works with those he believed in but when the money gets to six figures, people who didn’t grow with him start managing his hearing. Not too long he starts driving the latest cars, renting very expensive apartments, getting shows and endorsements.

“The life sweet, no be lie!” but imagine how it will be when the endorsement deals are over and his styles of music is saturated. I guess travelling abroad for unwanted retirement is the only option.

If you are an up-coming artist or a celebrated one, I wish you comfortable retirement.

Here is a business idea you can try out, it's free in here.

Business Idea for the day

Consider having a clothing line and having your designers as a member of board of directors.

Now let’s look for some reason why I considered this idea:

1. When you go through most music videos, you find artists to wear brands like Gucci, Prada & so many other top-class designers, and you
also find orders wearing a nameless designer. For real! How many of these designers do have their direct measurements.

2. Some designers contract you to put on their fashion line when your name is a hit on music chats but, after your reign no designer will honestly need you, so you don’t get paid for wearing clothes anymore.

3. You hit the night clubs and dinner parties with a designer's outfit, of course many others there have been maybe even better designers do their clothes. In the Gucci store, its current t shirt ranges from 150 pounds (N45, 000) to about 460pounds (N138, 000) per t shirt. When money dey! Its affordable but, what of down times? You are not a salary earner o!

Saying all these doesn’t mean you can’t wear a good designer you like but, just remember say “tomorrow matter pass today”

So, if you are still with me, let me give you some low down on how you can go about it.

Where can I get designers and materials to start my own fashion line? 

1. You can get a graphic designer through friends, Cyber Cafes, Online, Large-format printing houses and here in this forum.

2. To get a fashion artist, visit some good fashion house, ask friends, search online, or you can also request through this forum, you never know!

3. As for materials and labour with my experience in fashion designer, I strongly believe Aba in Abia State is the surest place you can get even more. If you haven’t been there before this is the time.

4. It will surprise you to know that some expensive rear wears you put on are duplicated in Aba with same quality at a surprisingly cheap price. If not for government negligence & lack of motivation in good direction, there is supposed to be the China of Nigeria.

5. You have the opportunity take  advantage.

How to sell out my fashion designs

1. In all your videos and other events, try to always put on your design from head to toe, with some mixture of your favorite designers once in a while. I remember in the past. I wore a t-shirt and shoe designed by me to a party. I wasn’t half as rich as the guys there but my outfit kept me 5-star rated because nobody could measure my outfit worth. Now imagine you an already blessed STAR.

2. Don’t use your name as the brand because you will need to sell to your haters too.

3. Sometimes persuade other artists you will be futuring in your videos to put on your design in the video shut. You will be surprised some will need one of your special designs for their own video.

4. Once in a while mention your design brand name on your hit tracks.

5. On social media avoid mention your fashion line so your haters can’t beef you on that but let your pictures in there artistically show them.

6. Give out your designer outfits on radio music and game shows but make sure they are designs you or other artists have already shown cased.

7. Don’t forget your pastor o! Even if the man doesn’t know the style, you can rearrange him. I will not need to tell you that God will use him in your favor.

8. Before you shut a video, produce whatever designs you will wear in quantity enough to cover your video expenses when sold.

9. One week after your video is out, release the products to reputable boutiques in high and low places in at list two or three states. Don’t forget Lagos as N0.1 on your list.

10. I can imagine how you will feel when you are performing on stage and find out a couple of people are putting on your design.

11. Lastly, there will be piracy of your wears after that period, don’t worry they are marketing your name. You can deal with them when you are less busy with music.

I must tell you that it is easier to make a fashion line move greatly as a music artist than being a producer after you drop an album.
Wow! Really spent almost a whole day trying to summarize this on paper. I hope you find these small pieces of information quite helpful.

Let me still say like on my first post, don’t work alone. GOOD LUCK!!!