Anyone (Guevara lol) knows addresses where we can send our producing demos?
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MY ADVANTAGE oVER A LoT oF PEoPLE HERE iS THAT i LiVE iN NEW YoRK.
AND ALMosT EVERY MAJoR CoRPoRATiON THAT YoU CAN THiNK oF HAS A MAJoR oFFiCE iN NEW YoRK.BUT YoUD BE PLAYiNG YoURSELF iF YoU MAiLED ANYTHiNG To ANYBoDY, So AN ADDRESS WoULDNT Do YoU MUCH GoOD.THERE ARE DiFFERENT LiSTiNGS THAT CAN PRoViDE YoU WiTH THE CoNTACT iNFoRMATiON THAT YoU MAY FiND USEFUL.THiS iNFoRMATION FRoM WHAT iVE SEEN iN DiFFERENT SoURCES iS MAiNLY CoMPiLED oF THE iNDiViDUALS NAME - JoB TiTLE (WHETHERE iT BE A&R, MARKETiNG, oR HEAD oF URBAN MUSiC - BUSiNESS/oFFiCE PHoNE NUMBER.iVE SEEN THiS iN ToO RECENT MEDiUMS, oNE iN A YELLoW PAGES LiKE FoRM WiTH RECoRD LABEL LiSTiNGS, AND i Do REMEMBER SEEiNG A "PAY FoR" LiSTiNG oN LiNE SoME TiME AGo.
BUT EVEN WiTH THiS iNFoRMATiON SoME LABELS MAKE iT A POiNT THAT THEY DoNT WANT ANY CALLS.
So MY ADViCE To YoU iS, WiTH THE MARKET So SATURATED WiTH NEW MUSiC, YoUVE GoTTA FiND A WAY To GET iN THE FACE oF SoMEBoDY WHo CAN PUT YoU iN A BETTER POSiTiON.THiS BUSiNESS iS NoW ALL ABoUT CoNNECTiONS, WHo Do YoU KNoW???
AND iM NoT SAYiNG THiS iS THE oNLY METHoD, THERE ARE PLENTY oF WAYS To BREAK iN BUT THiS iS MY GENERAL ADViCE.
FiND YoUR LoCAL HiP HoP RADiO STATiON AND STAKE oUT.
AT THE HoT 97 BUiLDiNG HERE iN NEW YoRK, THERE ARE DJ'S (KAY SLAY, FUNMASTER FLEX, CLUE) ARTiST (NAME EM) AND SiGNiFiCANT RADiO PERSoNALiTiES (ANGiE MARTiNEZ, SWAY, JoE BUDDEN-YES HE DiD RADiO HERE FoR A HoT SECoND) WHo ARE iN AND oUT oF THAT BUiLDiNG oN A DAiLY BASiS. iF YoUR iN A BiG MARKET CiTY, iT MigHT BE THE SAME WAY.
iNFoRMATiON (411) WiLL GiVE YoU THE MAiN NUMBER AND THE STREET ADDRESS oF ANY LABEL LiKE ANY oTHER BUSiNESS, THiS iS ToLD FRoM PERSoNAL EXPERiENCE, BACK WHEN i WANTED To Do STREET TEAM iN HiGH SCHoOL AND i DiDNT KNoW WHo To CALL i CALLED iNFoRMATiON. AND To MY SURPiSE THEY HAD MoST NoTABLY DEF JAM, AND iT WAS AS EASY AS GETTiN oN THE TRAiN AND BEiNG AT THE FRoNT DoOR.
iN ALL MAGAZiNES THEY LiST THE CoNTRiBUToRS AS WELL AS THE STAFF WHiCH iNCLUDES THE MUSiC EDiToR.FiND oUT WHo HE oR SHE iS, GET YoUR SHiT To HiM oR HER. BUT DoNT THiNK YoURE THE oNLY oNE, TRY To CALL AND BUiLD A RELATiONSHiP WiTH SoMEBoDY.
AND i KNoW NoT EVERYBoDY iS iN NEW YoRK, BUT FiND oUT WHo THE PEoPLE oF iMPoRTANCE ARE iN YoUR AREA.i KNoW THEY HAVE A SoURCE AND A RoC-A-FELLA BRANCH oVERSEAS NoW. HiP HoP iS EVERYWHERE FinD oUT HoW iTS GETTiN To YOUR AREA AND TRACE iT BACK To THE SoURCE iF PoSSiBLE.BUT THE DAYS oF SENDiNG THE DEMo TAPE iN iS oVER, ESPECiALLY WiTH THE PoPULARiTY oF MiXTAPES NoW.HELL, MAKE A MiXTAPE, GiVE EM oUT, AT FiRST iT SHoULDNT BE ABoUT PRoFiT iT SHoULD BE ABoUT EXPoSURE. LET THE PEoPLE KNoW THAT YoURE GoOD AT WHAT YoU Do AND THEY'LL SUPPoRT YoU LATER.BUT AGAiN THATS JUST HoW i FEEL. You DoNT HAVE To FoLLoW THiS ADViCE.BUT UNLESS SoMEBoDY REQUEST DoNT MAiL ANYTHiNG UNDER THE CiRCUMSTANCES oF GENERAL UNSoLiSCiTED MATERiAL.HoPE THATANSWERED THE QUESTiON.
RELEASE;
AND ALMosT EVERY MAJoR CoRPoRATiON THAT YoU CAN THiNK oF HAS A MAJoR oFFiCE iN NEW YoRK.BUT YoUD BE PLAYiNG YoURSELF iF YoU MAiLED ANYTHiNG To ANYBoDY, So AN ADDRESS WoULDNT Do YoU MUCH GoOD.THERE ARE DiFFERENT LiSTiNGS THAT CAN PRoViDE YoU WiTH THE CoNTACT iNFoRMATiON THAT YoU MAY FiND USEFUL.THiS iNFoRMATION FRoM WHAT iVE SEEN iN DiFFERENT SoURCES iS MAiNLY CoMPiLED oF THE iNDiViDUALS NAME - JoB TiTLE (WHETHERE iT BE A&R, MARKETiNG, oR HEAD oF URBAN MUSiC - BUSiNESS/oFFiCE PHoNE NUMBER.iVE SEEN THiS iN ToO RECENT MEDiUMS, oNE iN A YELLoW PAGES LiKE FoRM WiTH RECoRD LABEL LiSTiNGS, AND i Do REMEMBER SEEiNG A "PAY FoR" LiSTiNG oN LiNE SoME TiME AGo.
BUT EVEN WiTH THiS iNFoRMATiON SoME LABELS MAKE iT A POiNT THAT THEY DoNT WANT ANY CALLS.
So MY ADViCE To YoU iS, WiTH THE MARKET So SATURATED WiTH NEW MUSiC, YoUVE GoTTA FiND A WAY To GET iN THE FACE oF SoMEBoDY WHo CAN PUT YoU iN A BETTER POSiTiON.THiS BUSiNESS iS NoW ALL ABoUT CoNNECTiONS, WHo Do YoU KNoW???
AND iM NoT SAYiNG THiS iS THE oNLY METHoD, THERE ARE PLENTY oF WAYS To BREAK iN BUT THiS iS MY GENERAL ADViCE.
FiND YoUR LoCAL HiP HoP RADiO STATiON AND STAKE oUT.
AT THE HoT 97 BUiLDiNG HERE iN NEW YoRK, THERE ARE DJ'S (KAY SLAY, FUNMASTER FLEX, CLUE) ARTiST (NAME EM) AND SiGNiFiCANT RADiO PERSoNALiTiES (ANGiE MARTiNEZ, SWAY, JoE BUDDEN-YES HE DiD RADiO HERE FoR A HoT SECoND) WHo ARE iN AND oUT oF THAT BUiLDiNG oN A DAiLY BASiS. iF YoUR iN A BiG MARKET CiTY, iT MigHT BE THE SAME WAY.
iNFoRMATiON (411) WiLL GiVE YoU THE MAiN NUMBER AND THE STREET ADDRESS oF ANY LABEL LiKE ANY oTHER BUSiNESS, THiS iS ToLD FRoM PERSoNAL EXPERiENCE, BACK WHEN i WANTED To Do STREET TEAM iN HiGH SCHoOL AND i DiDNT KNoW WHo To CALL i CALLED iNFoRMATiON. AND To MY SURPiSE THEY HAD MoST NoTABLY DEF JAM, AND iT WAS AS EASY AS GETTiN oN THE TRAiN AND BEiNG AT THE FRoNT DoOR.
iN ALL MAGAZiNES THEY LiST THE CoNTRiBUToRS AS WELL AS THE STAFF WHiCH iNCLUDES THE MUSiC EDiToR.FiND oUT WHo HE oR SHE iS, GET YoUR SHiT To HiM oR HER. BUT DoNT THiNK YoURE THE oNLY oNE, TRY To CALL AND BUiLD A RELATiONSHiP WiTH SoMEBoDY.
AND i KNoW NoT EVERYBoDY iS iN NEW YoRK, BUT FiND oUT WHo THE PEoPLE oF iMPoRTANCE ARE iN YoUR AREA.i KNoW THEY HAVE A SoURCE AND A RoC-A-FELLA BRANCH oVERSEAS NoW. HiP HoP iS EVERYWHERE FinD oUT HoW iTS GETTiN To YOUR AREA AND TRACE iT BACK To THE SoURCE iF PoSSiBLE.BUT THE DAYS oF SENDiNG THE DEMo TAPE iN iS oVER, ESPECiALLY WiTH THE PoPULARiTY oF MiXTAPES NoW.HELL, MAKE A MiXTAPE, GiVE EM oUT, AT FiRST iT SHoULDNT BE ABoUT PRoFiT iT SHoULD BE ABoUT EXPoSURE. LET THE PEoPLE KNoW THAT YoURE GoOD AT WHAT YoU Do AND THEY'LL SUPPoRT YoU LATER.BUT AGAiN THATS JUST HoW i FEEL. You DoNT HAVE To FoLLoW THiS ADViCE.BUT UNLESS SoMEBoDY REQUEST DoNT MAiL ANYTHiNG UNDER THE CiRCUMSTANCES oF GENERAL UNSoLiSCiTED MATERiAL.HoPE THATANSWERED THE QUESTiON.
RELEASE;
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The Beat Strangler
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Check this thread, it should help:
https://www.illmuzik.com/forums/showpost.php?p=44039&postcount=27
https://www.illmuzik.com/forums/showpost.php?p=44039&postcount=27
bigdmakintrax
BeatKreatoR
Guevara you ever heard of Stimuli? he's being touted as the next Nas...he just got a deal with Atlantic....I know his producer, whose from Brooklyn and their production company "The Narcotics" he is signing producers to his label now and I am tryna get on a project, he already signed 1 local producer down here in DC...hit me up and I can get you his contact info.....but you are right about never really sending in Raw beats to just anyone......I also know Bumps Producer too, he used to be signed to Murda Inc he's in Brooklyn as well and you can't emphasize enuff how being in NY will give you the Big advantage to get on a major project....it's not the only place to be but in the industry its the one where you have a very good chance if you got some good material.
bigdmakintrax
BeatKreatoR
yeah most definitely Cleverwon I almost Forgot about DP, that will definitely get you some hookups, and information you might not have access to otherwise.
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The Beat Strangler
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You should ALL check out Dynamic Producer, Felisha's my girl lol. And since I designed and maintain the site I know it's a good cause. Sure some of the stuff might cost a little, but it takes a lot to put all of that stuff together, plus, most producers/beat makers spend way more than that on equipment!
Anyway, yeah check it out.
Anyway, yeah check it out.
YEAH i WAS JUST STATiNG WHY iT MAY SEEM THAT oTHERS ARE iN BETTER PoSiTiONS THAN SoME, LoCATiON LoCATiON....YADDA YADDA, BUT THATS WHERE THE iNTERNET CAN EVEN BE A LiFE SAVER, Do YoUR oNLiNE RESEARCH, SEND SoMEBoDY AN EMAiL, AN EXAMPLE BEiNG THE CoNNECTiON THAT BiG D HiT ME WiTH iN THiS VERY PoST. iTS 2004 TECHNoLoGY iS So ADVANCED iT DonT MATTER WHERE YoU, ARE iT MAY TAKE SoME TiME BUT iT iS DEFiNATELY THE AGE oF MAKiNG SoMETHiNG oUT oF NoTHiNG. iT GoES BACK To THE HUSTLE, HoW BAD Do You WANT iT, You MAY HAVE To TRAVEL, BUT THERE ARE EVEN DoPE PEoPLE HERE FRoM MoNTREAL, PRiZM RHYMES, HE HAS A FAN BASE, GiVE HiM A BEAT, SoMETiMES PEoPLE RESPECT YoU MoRE WHEN THEY REALiZE YoU AiNT ALL ABoUT THE MoNEY AND YoU REALLY WANT To SUCCED iN THiS GAME.
iM NoT ADViSinG ANYBoDY To SELL THEM SEFL SHorT oF WHAT THEY THiNK THEY ARE WoRTH, BUT THAT FREE BEAT iS SoMETiMES WHAT GETS YouR NAME oUT THERE, MAYBE THE FiRST TWo FREE BEATS, YoU NEVER KNoW, You GoTTA BE HUMBLE AND STAND oUT BECAUSE THESE GoNNA BE PEoPLE BETTER THAN YoU, BUT ARE YoU READY To SACRAFiCE, YoU GoTTA BE READY To GRiND.
AND SoME MiGHT SAY "oK You GoT ALL THiS ADViCE, WHY AiNT YoU oUT THERE, WHY YoU oN HERE TALKiN To ME ABoUT LiL KiM'S SURGiCAL oPERATiONS" iM oNLY 19, AND i DoNT FEEL THAT iM AT A POiNT WHERE i CAN ATTACK THE iNDUSTRY YET, BUT PLEASE BELiVE THAT WHEN i Do FEEL THAT WAY, iM GoNNA BE oUT THERE, So SLACK iF YoU WANT, BUT THERE ARE So MANY WAYS To GAiN EVEN THE SiMPLEST oF A REPUTATiON WiTHiN A LoCAL AREA AND THAT GRoWS, WoRD TRAVELS, GoOD MUSiC GETS HEARD, HoOK UP WiTH SoME MC'S.WHAT GoOD iS SiTTiN iN THE CRiB AND SLAViNG AWAY AT BEATS To NoT FiNiSH THE JoB, GET SoME SoNGS DoNE.
NoTABLE iLLMUZIK MEMBERS FRoM MoNTREAL - CRAiG RiP,PRiZM, STRADiVARiUS (HE EVEN HAS SoME JOiNTS DoNE WiTH SoME DoPE UNDERGRoUND ARTiST), FADE LiVES THERE, AND i KNoW THERE ARE oTHERS, THE HiP HoP SCENE CANT BE THAT BAD.AND THE KiD PRiZM iS A DoPE LYRiCiST ToO.HAViNG SoNGS UNDER YoUR BELT FEELS GoOD, BECAUSE NoW YOU HAVE SoMETHiNG A LiTTLE MoRE TANGiBLE THAN JUST A BEAT.oNLY PRoDUCERS AND DJ'S REALLY LiSTEN To BEATS LiKE WE Do, BUT GoOD SoNGS GET PUT oN REPEAT AND NEW SoNGS FRoM GoOD ARTiST ARE REQUESTED, WHiCH MEANS SoMEBoDY NEEDS MoRE BEATS.iTS A CYCLE.
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iM NoT ADViSinG ANYBoDY To SELL THEM SEFL SHorT oF WHAT THEY THiNK THEY ARE WoRTH, BUT THAT FREE BEAT iS SoMETiMES WHAT GETS YouR NAME oUT THERE, MAYBE THE FiRST TWo FREE BEATS, YoU NEVER KNoW, You GoTTA BE HUMBLE AND STAND oUT BECAUSE THESE GoNNA BE PEoPLE BETTER THAN YoU, BUT ARE YoU READY To SACRAFiCE, YoU GoTTA BE READY To GRiND.
AND SoME MiGHT SAY "oK You GoT ALL THiS ADViCE, WHY AiNT YoU oUT THERE, WHY YoU oN HERE TALKiN To ME ABoUT LiL KiM'S SURGiCAL oPERATiONS" iM oNLY 19, AND i DoNT FEEL THAT iM AT A POiNT WHERE i CAN ATTACK THE iNDUSTRY YET, BUT PLEASE BELiVE THAT WHEN i Do FEEL THAT WAY, iM GoNNA BE oUT THERE, So SLACK iF YoU WANT, BUT THERE ARE So MANY WAYS To GAiN EVEN THE SiMPLEST oF A REPUTATiON WiTHiN A LoCAL AREA AND THAT GRoWS, WoRD TRAVELS, GoOD MUSiC GETS HEARD, HoOK UP WiTH SoME MC'S.WHAT GoOD iS SiTTiN iN THE CRiB AND SLAViNG AWAY AT BEATS To NoT FiNiSH THE JoB, GET SoME SoNGS DoNE.
NoTABLE iLLMUZIK MEMBERS FRoM MoNTREAL - CRAiG RiP,PRiZM, STRADiVARiUS (HE EVEN HAS SoME JOiNTS DoNE WiTH SoME DoPE UNDERGRoUND ARTiST), FADE LiVES THERE, AND i KNoW THERE ARE oTHERS, THE HiP HoP SCENE CANT BE THAT BAD.AND THE KiD PRiZM iS A DoPE LYRiCiST ToO.HAViNG SoNGS UNDER YoUR BELT FEELS GoOD, BECAUSE NoW YOU HAVE SoMETHiNG A LiTTLE MoRE TANGiBLE THAN JUST A BEAT.oNLY PRoDUCERS AND DJ'S REALLY LiSTEN To BEATS LiKE WE Do, BUT GoOD SoNGS GET PUT oN REPEAT AND NEW SoNGS FRoM GoOD ARTiST ARE REQUESTED, WHiCH MEANS SoMEBoDY NEEDS MoRE BEATS.iTS A CYCLE.
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StraDivaRius
So determined....
Yo Qwerty I am from Montreal too and Imma tell you something, i use to think that my location is an handicap but in fact it is an advantage......how many beat cd from Montreal people in NY get ??!?!?!?! you know at the Dynamic Producer this year I got most people remembering me as the Montral guy!
Fuck distance, It should discourage you, go out there and netwrk!
Yo Big D send me some of those connects PM ahahaha!
Peace
coldvibe@gmail.com
Fuck distance, It should discourage you, go out there and netwrk!
Yo Big D send me some of those connects PM ahahaha!
Peace
coldvibe@gmail.com