Make Your Own Rules

Stories and Hard-Earned Advice from a Creator in the Digital Age

By: Andrew Huang

Narrated by: Andrew Huang

USA TODAY Bestseller

YouTube sensation Andrew Huang offers practical tips and hard-won advice for creatives seeking financial stability while staying authentic.

How does a musician with acute hearing loss, a refusal to perform live, and no industry connections carve a path to millions of followers and lucrative royalty checks? In Make Your Own Rules, Andrew Huang shares stories from his two decades as a music industry misfit and offers advice on both the artistic and business sides of working as a creator in our digital era.

Beginning with auctioning his songwriting skills on eBay as a teenager, Andrew continuously found new ways to thrive in a music career over the last twenty-plus years. His storied career and hard-won wisdom can help aspiring digital creatives find success as well. Organized by sections on building your creative foundations, growing an audience in the digital age, making money, and staying true to yourself, Make Your Own Rules pairs personal anecdotes with concrete advice applicable to any freelance digital creator. You’ll learn how Andrew became an early adopter of sharing music online—for free!—and how he leveraged social media to grow an organic following and amass millions of song streams and video views. Additional chapters provide insight into his designing an online course and music production tools that have been used by tens of thousands of people, and how he created revenue streams for himself that didn’t exist previously.

With open-minded perseverance, Andrew made up his own rules for life. His unlikely journey will inspire creators to find opportunity, financial stability, and fun in their pursuits.

The authenticity of our journey isn't set in stone

As a musician myself I really respect and resonate with Andrew. I've watched so many of his videos. and to hear his story through and have him give us nuggets of wisdom along the way was very inspiring; not only to try things that work for you but to explore more avenues.

You need to hear this, I need to hear this.

Eye opening insights from a massively creative individual with no quit. Personally there have been so many golden nuggets and it's so inspiring to hear Andrew's journey. I plan on revisiting this book many times. I love that he reads the audiobook.

The struggles we all go through, that you think you only go through are all here and more. Hearing how he worked through these and how you can is just so refreshing.

Thank you Andrew!

Insightful, relevant and actionable

Andrew’s journey combined with the lessons learned along the way were inspiring, insightful, and in some ways surprising. It was refreshingly open, authentic and vulnerable. He was open about how luck has sometimes seemed to play a role in his success, but also how much hard work, practice, planning and thought are essential as well. I’m older than Andrew but I also appreciate his discussion about how important mindset can be. Very enjoyable listen!

Great general proccess advice

There was a lot more to this book than I was expecting at first. I had assumed it would be only about the music industry or how Andrew does YouTube (like so many series/books/etc. are) l, but he goes through his background and gives great insight on what he does and why. The background and step by step life processes make the advice much more meaningful and generalized. I can easily see how to apply not the specific rules Andrew has for himself, but how to make and follow my own rules and how those rules can bring personal success no matter how I view success to be.

Andrew Huang the GOAT

Love Mr. Huang. The book is a beautiful extension of himself. Give this a read, important for any artist.