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Beat This!The next Beat This! Competition is from November 27-28th!
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Do you still buy recording magazines?
I don't really read magazines, period. Sound on Sound was my holy grail, but you can just read that shit online. Plus, you have forums where you can learn the latest shit from producers in the studio, like IllMuzik, Gearslutz, etc., and you get all your answers questioned for you. On a side... -
New hot rap group all the industry heads are talking about.
Well, I don't know when this happened, but it all comes down to your artist trying to control their general geographic location. If you want to get picked up by a major label, you have to own your city, state and general geographic location. Music Industry 101 type shit. They have their folks... -
OH BOY.
Some cats think they walk on water and are tough to work with. What I find funny is most of these paparazzi videos are actually made with the tip-off of the celebrity's publicist. So this shit is just an act so he can stay relevant, since he's marketing his new album and, quite frankly, his new... -
JAY Z IS EITHER A GENIUS....
I call bullshit. Jay-Z is a hustler. He positioned it as "art" in order to show that he has a level of sophistication involved and that "Picasso Baby" exemplifies this newfound knowledge to any critiques the elite NYC white society may hold against him (if you ain't ever been to NYC and saw... -
100 STACKS A VERSE
Yep. And people pay him. One of the quickest ways to get notoriety and social proof is having an investor pay for someone like Gucci or 2Chainz to get on a track. -
I am getting really bored with hip-hop
They call the music BUSINESS a BUSINESS, because all business is about money. Do you know people who work in advertising. Advertising agencies put on a facade about how "funky" and "creative" they are-- when it all comes down to billable hours and retainers. Advertising is equivalent -- if not...- God
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Crushed Hopes And Dreams: Why Am I Still Pursuing Fame, Money and Glory?
We get old. We lose our edge. We think like our parents instead of erasing all that old shit and thinking of the new hot music we can capitalize on. We lose our looks. We get fatter. We have kids. We have a wife. We have child support. We have bills. We have car payments. We have...- God
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I am getting really bored with hip-hop
It is fairly evident that the hip-hop of today is primarily pop music. The primary discrepancy between today and the nineties which were the purported "glory days" of hip-hop are fairly straightforward: First, there was actual A&R and talent scouts involved in artist development. Once an...- God
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- Forum: The Basement
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Beats going for $10.00 $20.00 $4.00... What's the issue?
I agree, but it is still very possible to make a living creating songs for artists. If you are a songwriter and producer that writes hooks as well as the beat, you are far more marketable and sought after than a 13 year old messing around with Fruityloops. I continue to believe that... -
Jay-Z's new shit
The album is solid. I do not hear any outright "hits," notwithstanding the JT track, but it is an elegant album. Furthermore, I was surprised there were more than 10 tracks on it. This very much reminds me of the old days when rap CD's racked up to 20 tracks on an album. I like much of the rap... -
New hot rap group all the industry heads are talking about.
It doesn't matter whether someone is better than someone else. Take Chris Langan, the person with the highest IQ in the world The dude works as a bouncer in a bar. It's not what you know or how good you are at something, it's about how you're leveraging your contacts and social circle... -
New hot rap group all the industry heads are talking about.
It's simple. A big time agent flies down to Atlanta and talks with his contacts there to see what's hot in the hip hop community over there. The contact says "MIGOS." The agent learns more about them and finds out there's a lot of competition over them. Basically, you need to have a big buzz... -
New hot rap group all the industry heads are talking about.
MIGOS. Yep, they're hot right now among industry folk both in NYC and LA. Everyone is looking to sign them. Here's a link to their site. I believe most of this forum will despise their music. http://migosonline.com/ -
Real Talk From Former Guns N' Roses Manager On The Music Biz
Alan Niven managed Guns N' Roses from their start to their superstardom. He also managed a couple other successful bands. But don't think this thread is just for rock fans. This is the realest talk I've heard on the internet about the BS that goes on behind the scenes that no one really talks... -
I know an industry secret
Well, I think it comes around. One of the downsides of the internet is that it fragmented the marketing capabilities of the recording industries to come up with "new" movements. This is seen when music pushed the hippies in the 60's or grunge in the 90's. These were counterculture subcurrents... -
I know an industry secret
I know. I'm just being real with you. People like stupid shit though. Sites like Buzzfeed and WSHH give them stupid shit, because most of their market are people who probably don't have a college degree or are lucky to have graduated high school. -
I know an industry secret
It's not a catch 22. Start a new site or switch up IllMuzik to cater to the lowest common denominator. Make it like a Buzzfeed for rap. http://buzzfeed.com "5 Reasons Why Lil' Wayne Might Be Gay" "10 Things Every Rapper Should Do Before Sex" Dumb shit like that. Your numbers will spike. -
Copyrighting Your Material (now Or Later)
Honestly, people can steal your beat and you likely will have no recourse. It all depends on the strength of your relationship with the person in power and if they respect you enough to not steal your shit. The legit way is to make sure to have a copyright with the Library of Congress in case... -
I know an industry secret
Look Fade, you gotta look at this realistically. First of all, the psychographic of your site is the beatmaker, not the average dude interested in hip-hop looking at getting their latest news. So you're at a disadvantage there. Yeah, World Star Hip Hop is dumb. But so are the middle school... -
1 Quality Track or a bunch of Ok tracks?
This particular post discusses making music for a client that is not an artist. I believe the difference between receiving placements and creating beats for an artist are fairly similar. There are generally three tiers of beats which a client or artist chooses from. Your best tracks are placed...