song submission guide
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Something for the songwriters

Here’s the deal:

My team and I receive dozens of messages via email and direct message from songwriters hoping to share their songs with us.

While we appreciate the courage it takes to put yourself out there, most of these messages miss the mark and doesn’t help the sender make their point or reach their goal.

Sometimes they are just links, like this one:

When we see this, we wonder if it’s spam or a cyber attack. There’s zero information about the purpose of the message or the person sending it.

Here’s another example:

While we somewhat have a clue of what’s going on, the information can definitely be communicated with more professionalism and clarity.

That’s why we created the Songwriter Submission Guide. Here’s a first look at the training and its components:

In addition to best practices, you will receive a song submission template that you can customize for your song(s) as well as customizable templates for emails and direct messages. You’ll also receive instructions on how to write your songwriter biography.

If you are an Ataca Sergio Music House Member, you automatically have access to this training as part of your membership.

You can access the training (as well as all of the other masterclasses and resources) here:

FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY: If you are not a member of Ataca Sergio Music House and you want to access this training, you may purchase access here:

Your work is too important to get lost in your message and formatting. While we can’t guarantee your success, we can guarantee that you will communicate with clarity and professionalism so that the recipient of your message understands its purpose.

Try it out and let us know what questions you have.

All the hits,

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3 reasons why failure is important

Failure is a part of the process.

Every single successful person has a list of failures. In fact, that list is probably way longer than their list of successes.

Unfortunately, we live in a world that shuns those who fail and glamorizes success. This has created a society of people that are afraid to try new things because it means 1) starting at the bottom 2) dealing with the probability that the endeavor will fail.

However, if we don’t try, there is no innovation. There is no progress.

If you are fear failure, that’s okay. It means you’re human. I also want you to consider the following reasons why failure is important (and actually good).

  1. Failure is a sign that you’re actually doing something.

Famous hockey player, Wayne Gretzky said, “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” If you’re failing, it means you’re actually doing the work. You’re putting yourself out there. You’re learning and you’re growing. It’s easy to sit on the sidelines and criticize those who are actually trying. I respect the people who get up every single day and go get it. They dream big and then make those dreams come true.

  1. Failure gives you feedback.

Once the initial sting of failure wears off, you have a huge opportunity to rationally look at your effort and analyze the outcome. What did you learn about your approach? What needs to be changed? Was there anything that worked? Can you ramp that up? If you reframe it, failure is simply learning what didn’t work – and oftentimes that’s more important than knowing what does work.

  1. Failure gives you an opportunity to decide who you are.

Though you may fail, you are not a failure. You were born to win and failure doesn’t change that. The idea is to not let the failure deter you or fool you into thinking that you can’t have what you desire. Failure gives you an opportunity to embody your beliefs and to emit a positive aura regardless of what’s going on around you.

(In fact, your aura is your most powerful resource and determines your 3D reality. We’re talking all about aura during the month of May over at Ataca Sergio Music House. It’s truly the secret weapon behind my career.)

The truth is that failure will either be a deterrent or a stepping stone to success. It all depends on how you choose to view it. You can’t have lasting success without having failure along the way.

Now it’s your turn. Leave a comment and let me and my team know how you’ll implement these ideas this week.

All the Hits,

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Ataca Sergio Music House is waiting for you

Real talk:

However, it doesn’t work that way. Oftentimes the fastest way to complete the process is to simply go through it, instead of trying to find shortcuts.

Let’s be clear: no one can promise or guarantee you success. Not even me.

There is a divine intelligence that guides your life and prepares you for your path.

The work is part of the process. Figuring it out is part of the process. The challenges are there to make you stronger and to show you how capable you are.

Always remember that the process prepares you for the success that you desire. You can’t rush the process, try as you might.

The truth is that you’re probably not ready for the success you dream of. You are focusing on the end result, but you may not realize just how much work goes into making it happen.

For example, you may dream of selling out Madison Square Garden.

But the truth is, if someone were to offer you the gig right now, you’d realize very quickly that you’re not ready. You might not have a set list, band, team or the showmanship needed to pull off a show of this magnitude. Also, your current following might not be big enough to sell out the stadium yet.

Turns out that the process lays the groundwork for your success – the small-time gigs you’re playing now play a big role in preparing you for the big ones.

Ataca Sergio Music House is here for you. I believe in this membership program and I believe in music creatives.

It is such an honor to help you reach your highest potential by giving you access to the wisdom, experiences, best practices that have helped me to thrive for more than 40 years.

I wish you every success and I look forward to having you in the program.

See you soon,

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I’ve got serious questions for you

Moment of total honesty:

Will you be able to look at yourself in the mirror and say that you’ve done the best you can to live your purpose and to share your music with the world?

The truth is that it’s all up to you.

I’ll tell you something about the journey – it never turns out exactly the way you plan AND it’s still important to plan. Things may not turn out as you had hoped, but you still need to make the effort.

The worst thing to do when you have big dreams is to do nothing at all.

Remember that your dreams are from the Creator. As you walk your path, you receive feedback, learning, guidance, and inspiration that cause you to evolve. Over time, you may find that your dreams evolve, too. That’s okay. It’s all part of the process.

But you owe it to yourself to give it a shot and to set yourself up for success.

They say when the student is ready, the teacher appears.

I created Ataca Sergio Music House to give to the new generation of music creatives what I didn’t have as I came up in the music industry: mentorship, encouragement and access to knowledge. Each month you get access to the Ataca Sergio Music House masterclass library, a brand new monthly masterclass and live Q&A session where you can ask me questions about the new material. You also get access to the Music House community so that you can network with other music creatives.

Here’s the truth: no one can guarantee your success, not even me.

However, what I can say is that when you invest in yourself, believe in what you’re up to and take consistent action every single day, you will see yourself evolve into the person who has made their dreams come true.

I’m so excited about this program and I hope you’ll join me on this journey.

All The Hits,

P/S Send us an email over at info@atacasergio.com to let me and my team know what questions you have about Ataca Sergio Music House.

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Let me tell you a story

I can tell you he had a lot of negativity around him. We started doing tracks and every step of the way, we heard, “Oh, that’s not salsa music,” from the naysayers.

Because I was already trained a little bit by the business to handle negativity, I told him, “Marc, forget about that. Let’s move forward. I believe in you.”

(Sometimes it takes someone seeing your potential and believing in your talent to help you reach your biggest dreams.)

We continued to work and still received a lot of pushback about his sound. The industry was intimidated and other singers were scared of the sound we were developing. Why? Because it had never been done before.

Once the project was released, the fans started understanding and falling in love with his music. Then the world started to see what I saw from the beginning.

One thing you have to understand is that people will more than likely not be happy about your success, especially in the music business. They see you as a threat.

However, you must persist.

That’s what we did. We kept going. We finished when nobody believed in us.

A funny thing happened as we were preparing to mix the record. My assistant was carrying the tapes.

(At that time, it was 2 inch tapes. Thank God for technology, right?)

It was raining that day and you can probably guess what happened.

My assistant dropped the box with all of the tapes. They started rolling down 42nd street … in the rain.

Here we are, after nine months of recording, and there go the tapes rolling down 42nd street and they got wet. I didn’t have a copy, either.

It was as if negative forces were conspiring to keep us down. I said to myself, “Man, if this record didn’t just get erased in the rain, it’s going to be a freakin’ hit.”

That’s exactly what happened. We salvaged the tapes and the rest, as they say, is history.

What is the lesson here?

If you’ve been working towards your dreams and you’ve got a lot of negativity surrounding you, it probably means that you’re close. You have to understand that negativity is going to be present. When there’s even more pressure than you think you can bear, you are close to your breakthrough.

Don’t stop.

I share this story and more in Activate Your Aura, the very first masterclass I created for Ataca Sergio Music House.

Why do we start our Music House journey talking about aura?

Because what you emit, you attract. If you don’t have a solid foundation and mindset, you will either never reach your goals OR if you do, you won’t be able to handle the success you’re dreaming of.

I’d love to see you inside the program.

All The Hits,

P/S Are you ready to take the leap? Here’s the direct link to join.

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Are you ready to level up?

Dreams are beautiful.

They spark joy, give us hope and a desire to act. This alone can give us a reason to keep going. Dreaming makes us believe that the future can be better than the reality we are living now.

Where people get mixed up is they think that’s all there is to it. They don’t realize there’s more that needs to happen to make a dream actually come true.

Just as I mentioned in Your Music Business Roadmap, you have to consistently emit a positive aura to attract the people, opportunities and resource aligned with where you want to be.

That’s only part of it, though.

You also have to take consistent action day in and day out towards the life of your dreams. Old ways won’t open new doors, so you can’t do the same thing every day and expect different results. You have to do something new.

But what exactly is that?

I receive thousands of DMs on social media asking me this exact same thing. Because of the amount of messages I’ve gotten, I started to think about how I could be of service to all of these talented people from all over the world.

How can I help music creatives and professionals eager to learn and implement the knowledge that it’s taken me over four decades to acquire?

That’s how my music education program, Ataca Sergio Music House, came about. At this point in my career, a huge priority of mine is to give back to the new generation of music.

Coming up in this business, there was no one there to guide me. Everything I learned was through the school of hard knocks and trial + error. Believe me, it’s been a lot. I not only survived, but I’m still here and I’m thriving.

So it feels really good to open the doors to Music House to you, so that you can learn from my experience and what I’ve seen from others’ experience in this industry.

I hope to see you inside the program.

All The Hits,

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What did you think?

You did it!

You carved out time for your dream and watched Your Music Business Roadmap.

Your opinion means a lot to me and I’d love to know what you think. Would you take a couple of minutes to fill out my survey so that my team and I can improve the Ataca Sergio Music House program?

Here’s the link.

Before I go, I want to give you some things to keep in the forefront of your mind as you work towards your goals:

  1. The framework you received in Your Music Business Roadmap may seem simple. However, always remember that simple does not mean easy. If it did, more people would farther along in their career than they are and the truth is that they’re not.
  2. Challenges are part of the process. You’re always given a dream that’s 10 sizes too big for you where you are now so that you can grow into the person who has achieved them. I’ve been in the music business for over four decades and even I still face challenges. I’ve learned to embrace them and to believe they are making me stronger.
  3. You are never alone. There is a divine intelligence that guides your life and helps you wind up where you are supposed to be. Focus on what you can do right now with what you have instead of worrying about what you don’t have or what hasn’t yet happened. We walk our journey step by step.

Stay tuned because over the next couple of days I’ll be sharing more about my music education program, Ataca Sergio Music House. You don’t want to miss it.

P/S If you already know this program is for you, here’s the link.

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You’re in!

Way to go.

You’ve taken a big step towards success in the music business by signing up for this masterclass. Your future self is so proud of you.

Before we get started, let me introduce myself.

My name is Sergio George and I have worked in the music industry for over four decades. During that time, I have been awarded 19 GRAMMY and Latin GRAMMY awards as well as worked with some of the biggest artists in the world: Marc Anthony, Karol G, Maluma, Daddy Yankee, Celia Cruz, Thalia and more. I humbly share my accolades with you because I want you to rest assured that what you’ll receive during our time together is coming from someone who knows what they’re talking about.

Here are some tips for making the most of our time together:

  1. Give this masterclass your undivided attention. There are so many things vying for your attention. Can you set all of those things aside while we dive in deep?
  2. Don’t be fooled. Many of the concepts we’ll talk about are probably not anything you haven’t heard before. They may seem simple. However, simple does NOT mean easy. If they were easy, more people would be at the top of the game and they aren’t.
  3. Take immediate action. If you get inspired during this masterclass, take immediate action. There’s a saying in Spanish, “Don’t put off for tomorrow what you can do today.”

Now it’s your turn.

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You’ve probably heard this before

“Dime con quien andas y te diré quien eres.” (Translation: Tell me who your friends are and I’ll tell you who you are.)

It may seem like a simple saying that our moms told us, but, turns out, there’s a timeless wisdom in this phrase.

You see, energy is everything. What you emit, you attract. You never see eagles hanging around chickens, even though they’re both birds. They are literally different species.

So it goes with winners. They tend to hang around each other. The conversations are on another level. The ideas are elevated. The dreams are bigger. The possibilities are endless.

It honestly has nothing to do with money. Money is an outcome of winning, not the reason. I’ve met winners at the beginning of their journey and knew it was just a matter of time before the world saw what I did.

So how do you apply this to your life?

You need to carefully curate your inner circle. Pay attention to the words and actions of those closest to you. Do they lift you up or bring you down? Do they inspire you to dream or encourage you to settle? Do they have dreams for themselves that they’re actively working on?

This sounds simple, but simple is rarely easy. Some of the people in your inner circle are members of your family that you see every single day. You may not be able to limit your time with them because of their proximity.

If this is you, it’s so important that you find people who not only understand where you’re trying to go, but who have also been there themselves. Surround yourself with winners and you’ll naturally start to see more opportunities, resources and dreams come to fruition.

That’s one of the reasons why I created Ataca Sergio Music House – to provide a community to the new generation of music creatives and professionals along with the resources you’ll need to be successful.

This month I’ll be releasing a free masterclass, Your Music Business Roadmap, where I’ll be sharing the framework I used to build a career of over four decades. If you’re interested in receiving access to this masterclass, hit reply and let my team know.

I believe in you.

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No one is you and that is your power

You are powerful.

There is no one in the entire universe with your specific set of skills, talents, passions, interests and experiences. Even if at times you question yourself or you wonder if you even have gifts, I can assure you that you do. Maybe you just haven’t realized what they are yet.

What a shame it would be to go through life comparing yourself to someone else just because your brilliance doesn’t look like theirs. It’s not supposed to.

You’re here to run your own race, to live your own journey.

Yes, you will make mistakes. Yes, it won’t all be perfect. But if you will continue to use your gifts to be of service to others, you will find your way. You’ll come to understand that what you bring to the world is unique and deserves to be shared.

Keep going.

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