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The best sales pitch from an artist I have EVER received!
lmao. Bigger cats with deeper wallets are gonna go after the cat, dude can get a bidding war if he gets the right representation. I'm just figuring out how to get a piece of the money, man. @2good: Yo, I'm not knockin' you - but the dude that was forwarded to me has a presentation that looks... -
The best sales pitch from an artist I have EVER received!
(Mods: This might be flagged as an industry section post, but I think a lot of cats would benefit from reading this, since I have cats pitching shit to me daily - and the pitches generally suck ass. If you want to move this post, move it - but let cats read this. I know a lot of cats read... -
Death of Sampling=Watering down of hiphop
Ima repeat this. If ANY cat from this forum (or unknown cat, for that matter) came up to a rep and handed him the EXACT same version of "808's and Heartbreak" that Ye released - that cat would be laughed at and the demo submission would be considered "amateur" and tossed in the garbage. The... -
Can I have a moment of silence for this devastating incident?
Body Shop Gets Even Hotter Thursday, Dec 4, 2008 1:01PM A Hollywood strip joint immortalized in Mötley Crüe's "Girls Girls Girls" caught fire early Dec. 4, no doubt bringing a tear to many a bleary eye that's graced The Body Shop since it opened in the 1960s... Full Story...- God
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Death of Sampling=Watering down of hiphop
This statement sums up the the point of my post. The money is in clearing recognizable samples. To me - hip-hop was based on that form of expression. For example, taking dope James Brown samples, fattening them up with some kicks and rapping over it WAS hiphop. Also, a sample from a hit-song... -
Death of Sampling=Watering down of hiphop
I was talking with a friend about the state of hip-hop and rock. At least in hip-hop - samples cost a lot to be cleared, so the cost-benefit of having the sample used - or even an interpolation - is not worth it. This is due to the diminished budgets of acts in the music biz. I found an... -
getting that commercial sound
Most and LDB are 100% right. 1) Getting that "pro" sound means using the pros.\ 2) My opinion is that I can not adequately mix a premaster print for the mastering lab unless I can hear the mix through near-field and wide-field monitors (those costs thousands of dollars.) Home project... -
Guitars
The type of guitar is usually the type of sound you want. I can't say I am specifically going to use a PRS when the track calls for a fuller sounding SRV pickup that just sounds better on a '68 Strat. Obviously, not everyone has 25 guitars or 60 amps at their disposal for recording but... -
Guitars
Agreed - but he didn't really intimate that - though I should probably understand that from the general universe of posts in this specific production forum. Hell - I guess tweak the guitar with an amp modeler plugin. (Damn, I really wanted to get in a good recording discussion.) -
Guitars
It depends on the type of music. If I want to record a heavy rock riff, I'll triple layer tracks with an ESP running EMG pickups (Kirk Hammett model) with a Mesa-Boogie Triple Rectifier (each layer at a different setting). I'll mid-range the eq and put the hurt when I record the... -
I predict Chicago blows up !!!
Cool Kids and Kid Sister are from there. If they can get more acts of the same ilk - they've got a third movement coming out of Chi-town. Record companies have been doing shit like that for years, trying to sign four or five acts that are the "same" musicwise (rap-rock in the late 90's... -
Is it Good For The Producer To Promote The Artist To Get A Buzz??
PR (Public Relations/Marketing) is crucial to the success of your music. There's a lot of shit music and also good music out there. You need to have a PR exec's head to get your shit on blogs and in the media so you can start some buzz. It's tough and I see the marketing cats working late... -
commercial licensing
Cop a book called the "Hollywood Music Directory." It lists all record companies, licensing companies, pubs companies, etc. I would try there before some bullshit internet joint. Cats I know shotgunned demos through there and got representation or deals. Remember that even if your... -
One sheets (if you don't know wtf these are, read this)
Nothing in this consitutes business or legal advice... seek professional counsel if you need advice on such matters. It depends. I heard that cats don't like complex one-sheets, but others think that cats who look "more professional" are "more serious" about their success in the industry... -
360 degree contracts
LMAO. What's your budget for the artist? Is it more or less than $250,000? You said you wanted to use one, that's why I assumed you wanted one. Cheers, God -
Studio Sound Engineer
Bart 5 says in bold: You make a few points there, but all I was saying was that you used FS as the example because it is one of the main schools for engineering. - The main school for conning cats out of their money. Kind of like those "Art Institutes." Sure you may think FS is the... -
Studio Sound Engineer
Bro - I want you to post this exact question about Full Sail on the Gearslutz.com forum and see how many PROFESSIONAL and TRIED and TESTED engineers will: a) tell you how wrong you are b) you're wasting your money c) will laugh in your face because they know Full Sail is bullshit. Why did... -
Studio Sound Engineer
Kontents: Go to the gearslutz forum and ask that question. It's the same situation in those fields as in "traditional" music. Why? Because the market for studio engineers is oversaturated. People are competing for mixing music on video games, cartoons, everything. And the pay sucks... -
360 degree contracts
Holy shit... Relic - hold me back.... Dugsy: Who the fuck are you that can realistically generate enough promotion and media coverage for your artist when you can't even have a real lawyer draft a REAL fucking 360 contract for you? You're going to lead your artist into the shitter and... -
Manager Contracts
Uh, if you want to go to the big leagues immediately, consider: The Firm: http://corporateaffiliations.ecnext.com/coms2/summary_375953_ITM Q-Prime: http://www.qprime.com/ Don't even think about sending anything unless you have something professional set up.