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TRUE CURRENT INDUSTRY FACT:
NOBODY... I REPEAT NOBODY IS GETTING SIGNED FROM A DEMO, A CD-R OR EVEN A PROFESSIONALLY MANUFACTURED CD AS LONG AS YOU ARE A NOBODY IN THE INDUSTRY.
STRAIGHT UP AND DOWN, THE LABELS AND A&R'S AND PEOPLE IN POWER DO NOT GIVE A FLYING FUCK HOW "DOPE" OR HOW "GOOD" YOU ARE. THEY WANT SALES FACTS...
THERE ARE 3 WAYS... PRETTY MUCH AND 3 WAYS ONLY OF GETTING A MAJOR DEAL:
1) YOU ARE CO-SIGNED AND/OR ALREADY ROLL WITH AN ARTIST OR TEAM THAT IS ALREADY IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES AND THEY PUT YOU ON.
2) YOU GARNER ENOUGH SALES INDEPENDENTLY ON YOUR OWN TO GAIN THE ATTENTION OF EXECS LOOKING AT SOUNDSCAN AND REGIONAL SALES REPORTS. THIS WOULD BE OFFICIAL SOUNDSCAN SALES. IF YOU'VE SOLD ABOUT 5,000 CD'S OUT YOUR TRUNK OR ON THE STREETS ITS ALWAYS A GOOD WAY TO MAKE MONEY AND TO RE-INVESTED. BUT I'M TALKING 30,000 OFFICIALLY SOLD UNITS, SOUNDSCANNED. ALSO IT IS IMPORTANT YOU DEVELOP A FANBASE ON YOUR OWN, NOT JUST TRYING TO PUSH CD'S IN EVERYONE'S FACE OR BUY MAGAZINE ADS... YOU NEED A STRONG FOLLOWING OF AT LEAST 15,000 DEDICATED FANS IN ADDITION TO SELLING 30,000 UNITS, HALF OF WHICH MIGHT'VE BEEN PURCHASED BASED ON A FEW SONGS ALONE AND THE CONSUMER MIGHT NOT BE A DEDICATED FAN, BUT THEY BOUGHT ONE OF YOUR CD'S.
ALSO A SUB-POINT TO THIS METHOD IS JUST STIRRING UP ENOUGH BUZZ IN GENERAL... LIKE THEY DO IN NEW YORK WHERE "MIXTAPE RAPPERS" GET SIGNED BECAUSE THEY ARE THE "TALK OF THE STREETS" IN NEW YORK AND ON NEW YORK RADIO, EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY HAVE NOT SOLD UNITS INDEPENDENTLY, THEY HAVE A FANBASE BUILT UP FROM MIXTAPES AND RADIO FREESTYLES. BE ORIGINAL WITH YOUR MIXTAPE!!!
3) YOU MAKE AN UNDENIABLE HIT SONG AND IT WORKS IN THE CLUB AND THE RADIO DJ'S SHOW YOU LOVE. YOU REGISTER THE SONG WITH BDS AND IF YOU GET ENOUGH SPINS IN ONE REGION, THE BDS NUMBERS WILL START RINGING BELLS AND IT'S POSSIBLE IF YOUR SONG IS HOT ENOUGH THAT THE EXECS THINK THEY CAN FLIP IT INTO A NATIONAL HIT. SOMETIMES THIS DOESN'T REQUIRE ANY DUES PAYING OR ANY HUSTLING, SOME CATS ARE JUST LUCKY ENOUGH TO MAKE THAT HIT AND THEIR CAREER STARTS FROM THERE (IF THEY ARE CAPABLE OF MAKING MORE HITS OR QUALITY ALBUMS, OTHERWISE: ONE HIT WONDER)
AND THAT'S IT...
ANYONE WHO THINKS IT'S AS EASY AS MAKING A HOT "DEMO" AND HOPING THAT SOMEONE ELSE WILL "PUT YOU ON" OR BELIEVE IN YOUR "TALENT", IS WRONG.
MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR OF IT ALL... MAKE SOME GOOD MUSIC... GET OVER YOUR EGOS AND OBSESSIONS WITH "MAKING IT BIG", WHEN YOUR PRODUCT ISN'T UP TO PAR... GET HONEST OPINIONS FROM PEOPLE... COMPARE YOUR MUSIC TO QUALITY POPULAR MAJOR MUSIC ON THE MARKET.. IS IT UP TO PAR? IS THE SOUND QUALITY UP TO PAR? ARE THE HOOKS UP TO PAR? IS YOUR PRODUCTION/BEATS ABSOLUTELY FIIIRE? IS YOUR VOICE DISTINCT AND CLEAR ENOUGH? DO YOU HAVE MARKETABILITY? DO YOU HAVE AN IMAGE? AN ANGLE/GIMMICK-OF-SORTS? MOST IMPORTANTLY, WHY WOULD A COMPLETE STRANGER WANT TO SPEND THEIR MONEY ON YOUR MUSIC... IS IT REALLY THAT GOOD? OR DO YOU NEED TO SPEND TIME IN THE LAB? OR... ARE YOU JUST NOT CUT OUT FOR THE GAME???
THINGS TO THINK ABOUT....
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