Well I haven't written in a minute.Been working on new ventures and I just added sum entertainment companies to my clientele so now I'm doing more than just music. Be on the look out for the website coming very soon..I'm trying to shoot for January so looking forward to that. The name of my new company is called:
Jay Lawrence Management
"Music & Entertainment"
The Music has taken a big turn in our society these days and its catching a lot of artist off guard if they haven't paid any attention to the weather of this biz. These days its taking singles a month longer to even get off the ground ..... It only use to take a month or so to get a single placed now its taking another month or 2...so what does that mean for a artist on the independent level?
In my opinion the thing now for artist to do is to put out as much music as possible while recording their projects cause to me its a way to fish out for a single for a possibly distributed project. I know a lot of artist are living and dying by the mixtape and to be honest Im not a fan of the mixtapes in no way shape or form on the indie level but as far as majors that's a way to keep your name out there in between projects. To me mixtapes are a waste of time because distributors wont deal them and the beat jacking thing has gotten old to me. I mean who really wants to hear someone i may not heard of rap over a beat that i am really sick of?
As from the jump its ALWAYS have been about that " hot " song that can put a artist in place for all kinda deals that are out there. I was reading the other day in one of the urban music outlets of a guy that did a song called " girls gone wild" and they ended up working out a deal with the girls gone wild producers and now he is actually fixing to go out on tour with them. So to me if Im an indie artist im looking at that like a deer in head lights and saying " I need to go in the studio and work on me a hot single and promote it to the best of my abilities ". There isn't a point in doing a WHOLE album unless you have some kind of deal on the table or someone interested and thats making artwork, packing etc etc..It is always good to have a lot of material ready but not fully packaging a project and standing out at the gas station selling it. Put all of that energy into promoting a song that you feel like is hot and catchy an that is on time or a head of the times.
I have been in arguments in barbershops , studios and other place about the mixtape game but it seems dead to me unless you are a major artist and a lot of these guys are switching it up and putting all original tracks on a project and calling it a mixtape. I am just not as confident any more in them but they are still popular and people are buying them. Music has changed in a lot of ways and the economy has to in which it puts a strain on how much music gets and how much music is actually selling. But just be smart and make sure your spending your money wisely and form great relationships with people you are doing business with. Here is my new sayign for 09'
" IF YOU CANT SELL YOURSELF...YOU CANT SALE NOTHING"
Monday, December 22, 2008
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Music and Business......
ITS FUNNY HOW THINGS WORK HAND IN HAND ESPECIALLY IN MUSIC....WHO WOULD HAVE EVER THOUGH THAT MUSIC AND BUSINESS WOULD GO WITH EACH OTHER....NOW DAYS WHICH WORD IS STRONGER MUSIC ? OR BUSINESS??IN ALL HONESTY MUSIC WISE I WAS RAISED ON 2 PEOPLE: CHAKA KAHN AND MIKE JACKSON. IM NOT THE MUSIC HEAD LIKE I SHOULD OR SUPPOSE TO BE LIKE MOST OF THESE GUYS HERE AT THE LABLE BUT I WASNT RAISED ON THE AL GREENS, TEDDY P. ETC ETC LIKE MOST BUT I DO KNOW GOOD MUSIC. SO LETS LOOK AT MUSIC....MUSIC IS THE HEART AND SOUL OF WHAT WE HEAR ALL THE TIME...REGARDLESS OF THE LYRICAL CONTENT WHAT YOU HEARING IS MUSIC OF SOME KIND. A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD SAY THAT MUSIC ISNT WHAT IT USE TO BE AND THAT IT HAS FELL OFF. SO MUSIC HAS CHANGED OVER THE YEARS AND CONTINUALLY CHANGING ON A DAILY BASIS....MUSIC CAN LAST FOR A PERIOD OF TIME...NOW DAYS THE RAP/HIP HOP /R & B MUSIC DOESNT LAST LONG AS FAR AS THE "HIT" SONGS THAT ARE PROMOTED HEAVILY AND SONGS COME IN AND OUT REAL FAST BUT ON THE FLIP SIDE COUNTRY "HIT" RECORDS STAY IN PROMOTION A LONG TIME AND CREATES A DIFFERENT AVENUE THAN A LOT OF OTHER GENRES...SO WHY IS THIS? ARE WE AS THE "URBAN" CULTURE NOT SUPPORTING ALL THE MUSIC AS A WHOLE?...NOW TO BUSINESS- NOW DAYS A LOT OF THE MUSIC YOU HEARING IS PUT IN PLACE BY A LOT OF BUSINESS AND MONEY THAS BEING PUT OUT BY RECORD LABELS...WITH SOME ARTIST HAVING MORE OF A BUDGET THAT OTHERS BUT REGARDLESS A LOT OF IT IS BUSINESS AND POLITICS. THE THING IS... ITS 2008 AND IN ALL HONESTY TALENT HASNT ALWAYS SHOWN ITS HEAD TOO MUCH NOW A DAYS ESPECIALLY THE NEWER TALENT THAT IS OUT AND GETTING HEAVILY FUNDED. SO WHAT IS MAKING THE NEW TALENTS POPULAR?..ITS THE BUSINESS THAT FOLLOWS IT STRONG BECAUSE YOU HAVE MORE ARTIST THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE GAME FOR YEARS AND THEY JUS NOW GETTING TV SHOWS ..INTO MAJOR FILMS..CLOTHING LINES ETC ETC BUT NOW YOU HAVE NEW ARTIST THAT ARE COMING IN AND GETTING FUNDED FOR THINGS LIKE THAT BECAUSE ITS WRAPPED UP IN THERE DEAL AND THEY HAD THAT BUSINESS KNOWLEDGE TO KNOW THAT MUSIC WILL BE A SPRING BOARD TO DO OTHER THINGS THAT THEY BEEN WANTING TO DO.SO MUSIC AND BUSINESS WORKS HAND IN HAND BUT AS WE SEEING NOW IN THE INDUSTRY THE BSUINESS IS TAKING OVER THE TALENT SCENE FOR THE NEW GENERATION AND I JUS ENCOURAGE ALL ARTIST AND IF YOU KNW ANY ARTIST TELL THEM AND LET THEM BE KNOWLEDGABLE TO THIS.90% BUSINESS AND 10% TALENT......THINGS HAVE CHANGED
Monday, September 22, 2008
STEP BY STEP........
LIFE IS WHAT WE LIVE EVEN THOUGH PEOPLE RATHER SAY MUSIC IS LIFE BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT ISNT THE TRUTH ..MUSIC IS A PART OF LIFE...I RUN INTO INDIE ARTIST ALL THE TIME THAT HAVE SO MANY PROBLEMS BUT WANT TO RECORD AND PURSUE A CAREER IN MUSIC. YOU HAVE TO HAVE YOUR LIFE IN ORDER TO MAKE A DREAM HAPPEN OR IT WONT HAPPEN RIGHT. I HAVE BEEN IN THE SAME BOAT TO WHERE I HAVE HAD MANY PROBLEMS IN MY LIFE PERSONALLY AND I WASNT ABLE TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN BUSINESS WISE BUT I MADE DECISION TO CLEAN UP MY LIFESTYLE SO I CAN MAKE BUSIENSS HAPPEN CAUSE I KNEW I HAD SOMETHING INSIDE ME THAT WAS THE "REAL DEAL" AND THAT I COULD HELP CHANGE A PERSONS LIFE IF THEY ALLOW ME TO.
2 WEEKS AGO I GOT A RANDOM CALL FROM A FEMALE RAPPER AND SHE SAYED SHE ENJOYED ONE OF MY CLIENTS MUSIC AND WAS WANTING ME TO MEET HER SO SHE CAN GIVE ME A HER DEMO....SO I MET UP WIT HER WITHIN THE HOUR AND GOTG IT AND LISTENDE AND I DID HEAR A LIL TALENT THERE BUT I ALSO HEAR A PAIN IN HER VOICE THAT CASUE MY ATTENTION AND I KNEW IT JUS WASNT THE MUSIC..SO I CALLED HERE AFTER I LISTENED TO HER MUSIC AND ASKED HER " WHAT DO YOU WANNA DO WITH YOUR MUSIC ?" AND SHE SAYED SHE DIDNT KNW... AND IT SHOCKED ME WHEN I HEAR THAT AND MADE ME THINK " HAVE ANY ARTIST EVER TOLD ME THAT BEFORE?" AND I DID ANSWER MYSELF..LOL..AND SAYED NOPE!.SO I ASKED HER WHAT WAS HER SITUATION AND SHE TOLD ME THIS LONG DRAWN OUT STORY ABOUT THIS INDIE LABEL SHE WAS AFFILIATED WITH AND TO FIND OUT THAT SHE HAD JUS GOT OUT OF JAIL AN CURRENTLY ON PROBATION. SHE WANTED TO DO THE TYPICAL MIXTAPE BUT SHE SAYED SHE HAD NO MONEY TO PUT INTO A PROJECT BECAUSE OF HER PROBATION FEES...AND THEN SHE ADMITED THAT SHE WANTED TO SKIP OUT ON PROBATION SO SHE COULD DO HER PROJECT ( AND SHE WAS ON 11 MO 29 DAYS PROBATION) I WAS SHOCKED THAT SHE SAYED THAT...BUT SHE WAS DEAD SERIOUS BUT I HAD TO BE REAL WITH HERE AND WE TALKED............NOW SHE IS OUT GRINDING WITH MY ONE OF MY CLIENTS AND LEARNING THE GAME FOR WHEN HER PROJECT IS OUT SHE WILL HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW TO GRIND HER MUSIC.
SEE SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO PUT YOUR GOALS ON HOLD AND WATCH AND LEARN AN AVENUE THAT CAN GET YOU THERE FASTER THAN THE WAY YOU WERE MOVING AT FIRST. WE ALL LEARN ON DIFFERENT LEVEL AND IN MUSIC THERE ARE SO MANY AVENUES TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN OTHER THAN BEING AN ARTIST...AND I THINK THEY MAY BE THE NEXT TOPIC. " GOOD MUSIC NEVER HAS A TIMESTAMP" - J.LAWRENCE HILL
2 WEEKS AGO I GOT A RANDOM CALL FROM A FEMALE RAPPER AND SHE SAYED SHE ENJOYED ONE OF MY CLIENTS MUSIC AND WAS WANTING ME TO MEET HER SO SHE CAN GIVE ME A HER DEMO....SO I MET UP WIT HER WITHIN THE HOUR AND GOTG IT AND LISTENDE AND I DID HEAR A LIL TALENT THERE BUT I ALSO HEAR A PAIN IN HER VOICE THAT CASUE MY ATTENTION AND I KNEW IT JUS WASNT THE MUSIC..SO I CALLED HERE AFTER I LISTENED TO HER MUSIC AND ASKED HER " WHAT DO YOU WANNA DO WITH YOUR MUSIC ?" AND SHE SAYED SHE DIDNT KNW... AND IT SHOCKED ME WHEN I HEAR THAT AND MADE ME THINK " HAVE ANY ARTIST EVER TOLD ME THAT BEFORE?" AND I DID ANSWER MYSELF..LOL..AND SAYED NOPE!.SO I ASKED HER WHAT WAS HER SITUATION AND SHE TOLD ME THIS LONG DRAWN OUT STORY ABOUT THIS INDIE LABEL SHE WAS AFFILIATED WITH AND TO FIND OUT THAT SHE HAD JUS GOT OUT OF JAIL AN CURRENTLY ON PROBATION. SHE WANTED TO DO THE TYPICAL MIXTAPE BUT SHE SAYED SHE HAD NO MONEY TO PUT INTO A PROJECT BECAUSE OF HER PROBATION FEES...AND THEN SHE ADMITED THAT SHE WANTED TO SKIP OUT ON PROBATION SO SHE COULD DO HER PROJECT ( AND SHE WAS ON 11 MO 29 DAYS PROBATION) I WAS SHOCKED THAT SHE SAYED THAT...BUT SHE WAS DEAD SERIOUS BUT I HAD TO BE REAL WITH HERE AND WE TALKED............NOW SHE IS OUT GRINDING WITH MY ONE OF MY CLIENTS AND LEARNING THE GAME FOR WHEN HER PROJECT IS OUT SHE WILL HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW TO GRIND HER MUSIC.
SEE SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO PUT YOUR GOALS ON HOLD AND WATCH AND LEARN AN AVENUE THAT CAN GET YOU THERE FASTER THAN THE WAY YOU WERE MOVING AT FIRST. WE ALL LEARN ON DIFFERENT LEVEL AND IN MUSIC THERE ARE SO MANY AVENUES TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN OTHER THAN BEING AN ARTIST...AND I THINK THEY MAY BE THE NEXT TOPIC. " GOOD MUSIC NEVER HAS A TIMESTAMP" - J.LAWRENCE HILL
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
NETWORK, NETWORK, NETWORK
I JUST WANTED TO WRITE A SNIPPET BIT ABOUT NETWORKING AFTER HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH A INDIE ARTIST THE OTHER DAY THAT KINDA FUELED ME A LIL BIT.......
N-E-T-W-O-R-K : IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST WORDS IN OUR SOCIETY TODAY. NETWORKING IS HOW YOU BUILD FOUNDATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS TO GUIDE OR HELP IN A CAREER OR PATH THAT YOU ARE TAKING. IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS NETWORKING IS A LOST ART AND ART THAT ALMOST HAS TO BE TAUGHT. IM SEEING A LOT OF INDIE ARTIST THAT ARE NOT NETWORKING AND THAT ISNT A GOOD THING BECAUSE RELATIONSHIPS IN MUSIC CAN HELP YOU AS LONG AS YOU ARE SMART ABOUT WHO YOU KEEPING YOURSELF AROUND.
WHEN YOU ARE OUT AT MUSIC CONFERENCES, AWARD SHOWS, VIDEO SHOOTS OR ANYTHING THAT HAS OTHER PEOPLE AROUND IN THE INDUSTRY MANKE SURE TO MINGLE WITH THEM AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND IF THEY DONT KNW WHAT YOU DO TELL THEM (IF YOUR PRIDE ISNT IN THE WAY , SINCE A LOT OF ARTIST THAT HAVE BEEN OUT ASSUME THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW WHO THEY ARE) YOU JUST NEVER KNW WHO YOU CAN MEET OUT IN ABOUT AT DIFFERENT EVENT NO MATTER HOW BIG AND SMALL. GETTING CONTACTS FROM THEM IS ONE THING BUT GETTING A CONTACT AND USING IT IS ANOTHER. THE MAIN THING OF GETTING A CONTACT IS TOO CONTACT AND GET A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PERSON AND FIGURE HOW AND IF THAT PERSON CAN HELP YOU WITH YOUR CAREER. ALSO KEEP THAT PERSON AWARE OF WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND CONTACT THEM EVERYONCE AND AGAIN JUST TO KEEP THINGS GOIGN BECAUSE AS THEY SAY : " ITS NOT ABOUT WHAT YOU KNOW , ITS WHO YOU KNOW "
N-E-T-W-O-R-K : IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST WORDS IN OUR SOCIETY TODAY. NETWORKING IS HOW YOU BUILD FOUNDATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS TO GUIDE OR HELP IN A CAREER OR PATH THAT YOU ARE TAKING. IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS NETWORKING IS A LOST ART AND ART THAT ALMOST HAS TO BE TAUGHT. IM SEEING A LOT OF INDIE ARTIST THAT ARE NOT NETWORKING AND THAT ISNT A GOOD THING BECAUSE RELATIONSHIPS IN MUSIC CAN HELP YOU AS LONG AS YOU ARE SMART ABOUT WHO YOU KEEPING YOURSELF AROUND.
WHEN YOU ARE OUT AT MUSIC CONFERENCES, AWARD SHOWS, VIDEO SHOOTS OR ANYTHING THAT HAS OTHER PEOPLE AROUND IN THE INDUSTRY MANKE SURE TO MINGLE WITH THEM AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND IF THEY DONT KNW WHAT YOU DO TELL THEM (IF YOUR PRIDE ISNT IN THE WAY , SINCE A LOT OF ARTIST THAT HAVE BEEN OUT ASSUME THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW WHO THEY ARE) YOU JUST NEVER KNW WHO YOU CAN MEET OUT IN ABOUT AT DIFFERENT EVENT NO MATTER HOW BIG AND SMALL. GETTING CONTACTS FROM THEM IS ONE THING BUT GETTING A CONTACT AND USING IT IS ANOTHER. THE MAIN THING OF GETTING A CONTACT IS TOO CONTACT AND GET A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PERSON AND FIGURE HOW AND IF THAT PERSON CAN HELP YOU WITH YOUR CAREER. ALSO KEEP THAT PERSON AWARE OF WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND CONTACT THEM EVERYONCE AND AGAIN JUST TO KEEP THINGS GOIGN BECAUSE AS THEY SAY : " ITS NOT ABOUT WHAT YOU KNOW , ITS WHO YOU KNOW "
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
BEATMAKERS AND PRODUCERS..DO YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCE??
IN TODAYS MUSIC SCENE THE BIGGEST THING TO GET IS A TOP NOTCH PRODUCER....EVERYONE WANTS THE HOTTEST COMMERCIAL OR HOOD TRACK. I GET A LOT OF PRODUCERS SENDING TRACKS FOR CLIENTS AND THE FIRST THING THAT USUALLY JUMPS OUT IS THE QUALITY OF THE TRACK. QUALITY IS A BIG DEAL IN PITCHING OR SELLING A TRACK AND IF THE QUALITY ISNT THERE WHAT DO U HAVE TO OFFER?
ARE YOU A BEAT MAKER OR PRODUCER?? MOST PEOPLE DONT KNOW THE DIFFERENCE AND IM GOING TO GIVE YOU MY TAKE ON THE SITUATION.
A BEATMAKER IS PROBABLY THE MOST COMMON PERSON ON THE INDIE SCENE, THESE GUYS ARE THE ONES THAT ARE QUICK TO SELL YOU A CHEAP BEAT THROUGH EMAIL OR ON A CD AND YOU NEVER HAVE TO HEAR FROM THEM AGAIN BECAUSE 9 OUT OF 10 TIMES YOU JUST LIKED THE TRACK AND YOU COULD AFFORD IT... NOT SAYING THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT CAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF WEBSITES GETTING BEATMAKERS EXPOSURE BY LETTING THE CONSUMER PURCHASE BEATS STRAIGHT OFF THERE SITES. SO THERE IS AN AVENUE FOR A BEATMAKER OUT IN THESE MARKETS BUT LETS TAKE A LOOK AT A PRODUCER.
PRODUCERS ARE THE ONES THAT SPEND COUNTLESS HOURS INTO MAKING TRACKS COME ALIVE AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERY SOUND, EVERY BEAT BREAK, BEGGINING AND END OF THAT TRACK SOUND AS BIG AS POSSIBLE. THESE GUYS WILL USE REPETITION AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WEN THEY ARE WORKING ON TRACKS. ANOTHER DIFFERNCE WITH PRODUCERS IN WHICH TO ME IS THE BIGGEST DIFFERNCE FROM THEM AND A BEATMAKER IS THAT THE PRODUCER MOST OF THE TIME WOULD LIKE TO BE HANDS ON WITH THE WHOLE RECORDING PROCESS AS FAR AS PUTTING THE SONG TOGETHER, THEY MAY RIGHT HOOKS, THEY MAY GO THROUGH THE BLACKBERRY AND GET A FEATURE FOR THE RECORD..ETC ETC BUT THEY ARE REAL HANDS ON PEOPLE ESPECIALLY WHEN A ARTIST COMES IN WITH A HOT CONCEPT AND IDEAS FOR A SONG. PRODUCERS COME A DIME A DOZEN CAUSE THERE ARE GUYS THATS LOOKING FOR THAT QUICK MONEY AND THERE ARE SOME THAT LOOK FOR LONGEVITY. WHICH ONE DO YOU LOOK FOR ?? AND THERE ARE MORE DETAILED AVENUES I CAN GO IN BUT JUST WANTED TO GET THE MAIN POINTS OUT THERE IN THE OPEN..SO BY THESE POINTS WHICH ONE ARE YOU?? NEXT TIME WE ARE GOING INTO DETAILS ON QUALITY OF TRACKS.....AND ILL POST AN INSTRUMENTAL WITH THAT ONE.
ARE YOU A BEAT MAKER OR PRODUCER?? MOST PEOPLE DONT KNOW THE DIFFERENCE AND IM GOING TO GIVE YOU MY TAKE ON THE SITUATION.
A BEATMAKER IS PROBABLY THE MOST COMMON PERSON ON THE INDIE SCENE, THESE GUYS ARE THE ONES THAT ARE QUICK TO SELL YOU A CHEAP BEAT THROUGH EMAIL OR ON A CD AND YOU NEVER HAVE TO HEAR FROM THEM AGAIN BECAUSE 9 OUT OF 10 TIMES YOU JUST LIKED THE TRACK AND YOU COULD AFFORD IT... NOT SAYING THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT CAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF WEBSITES GETTING BEATMAKERS EXPOSURE BY LETTING THE CONSUMER PURCHASE BEATS STRAIGHT OFF THERE SITES. SO THERE IS AN AVENUE FOR A BEATMAKER OUT IN THESE MARKETS BUT LETS TAKE A LOOK AT A PRODUCER.
PRODUCERS ARE THE ONES THAT SPEND COUNTLESS HOURS INTO MAKING TRACKS COME ALIVE AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERY SOUND, EVERY BEAT BREAK, BEGGINING AND END OF THAT TRACK SOUND AS BIG AS POSSIBLE. THESE GUYS WILL USE REPETITION AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WEN THEY ARE WORKING ON TRACKS. ANOTHER DIFFERNCE WITH PRODUCERS IN WHICH TO ME IS THE BIGGEST DIFFERNCE FROM THEM AND A BEATMAKER IS THAT THE PRODUCER MOST OF THE TIME WOULD LIKE TO BE HANDS ON WITH THE WHOLE RECORDING PROCESS AS FAR AS PUTTING THE SONG TOGETHER, THEY MAY RIGHT HOOKS, THEY MAY GO THROUGH THE BLACKBERRY AND GET A FEATURE FOR THE RECORD..ETC ETC BUT THEY ARE REAL HANDS ON PEOPLE ESPECIALLY WHEN A ARTIST COMES IN WITH A HOT CONCEPT AND IDEAS FOR A SONG. PRODUCERS COME A DIME A DOZEN CAUSE THERE ARE GUYS THATS LOOKING FOR THAT QUICK MONEY AND THERE ARE SOME THAT LOOK FOR LONGEVITY. WHICH ONE DO YOU LOOK FOR ?? AND THERE ARE MORE DETAILED AVENUES I CAN GO IN BUT JUST WANTED TO GET THE MAIN POINTS OUT THERE IN THE OPEN..SO BY THESE POINTS WHICH ONE ARE YOU?? NEXT TIME WE ARE GOING INTO DETAILS ON QUALITY OF TRACKS.....AND ILL POST AN INSTRUMENTAL WITH THAT ONE.
Monday, August 25, 2008
Music Music Music
EVERY ONE LOVES MUSIC...AND MUSIC HAS THE POWER TO KEEP EVERYONES LIFE IN MOTION TO THE POINT WHERE EMOTIONS FROM THE WRITERS OF THESE RECORDS INFLUENCE ANY AGE OF A PERSON. I REMEMBER GROWING UP WHEN I GOT MY FIRST DRUM SET AND I WOULD PLAY FOR MY LIL SISTER AND SHE WAS MAYBE 2 AT THE TIME AND SHE WOULD BOUNCE AROUND IN HER PLAYPEN. RIGHT THERE I KNEW THAT MUSIC CAN REALLY AFFECT PEOPLE THAT DIDNT EVEN KNOW WHAT IT WAS.
I STARTED THIS BLOG TO BE REAL INFORMANT TO INDIE ARTIST, RECORD LABELS, PRODUCERS AND FOR YOUR EVERYDAY MUSIC LOVER CAUSE I REALIZE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WONT SHARE WITH THEM THE INS AND OUTS OF THE MUSIC BIZ. ALL THEY SEE IS THE GLITZ AND GLAMOUR THAT COME WITH THE PROPERTY AND I JUST REFUSE TO LET ALL THIS TALENT THAT I BUMP INTO ON A DAILY BASIS FALL INTO THAT TRAP.
YESTERDAY I WENT TO A VIDEO SHOOT OF A YOUNG ARTIST THAT I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF BEFORE AND I REALLY DIDNT EXPECT MUCH BUT I KNEW THE GUY THAT WAS FILMING CAUSE OF HIS PREVIOUS WORK. NOW THIS WAS THE ARTIST FIRST VIDEO SHOOT AND HE IN NO WAY SHAPE OR FORM " LOOKED" LIKE AN ARTIST. HE HAD ON A DIRTY GREY WIFE BEATER WIITH SOME OLD BLUE JEAN SHORTS THAT THE BELT DIDNT FIT SO HE WAS HOLDING HIS PANTS UP, WITH SOME FUSION Js ( JORDANS MIXED WITH AIR FORCE ONES). NOW IM HERE SOLO AT THIS VIDEO SHOOT AND A LOT OF PEOPLE AROUND LIKE HIS HOMEBOYS, SOME "DANCERS" AND OTHERS BUT I COULDNT HOLD MY TONGUE I HAD TO SAY SOMETHING TO HIM ABOUT HIS APPEARANCE AND AS USUAL WHEN I DONT HOLD MY TONGUE ARTIST GET REAL PROTECTIVE AND START SAYING " I KNOW" AFTER EVERYTHING I SAY. WELL NEEEDLESS TO SAY I DIDNT GIVE HIM THE 5TH DEGREE BUT I LET HIM KNOW THAT HE CAN DO BETTER AND THEN FOUND THE GUY THAT "WORKS" WITH HIM AND GIVES HIM THE 5TH DEGREE WITH THE DIRECTOR RIGHT THERE AD LIBING ME. THATS ONE OF THE MANY THINGS THAT IM GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS THE IMAGE AND HOW BIG IT IS TO HAVE THAT IMAGE WHEN YOU ARE UP AND COMING CAUSE THE MUSIC BUSINESS IS VERY VISUAL AND I REPEAT VERY VISUAL... MTV AND BET HAVE BEEN A LOT TOUGHER ON CENSORSHIP OF A A LOT OF THE VISUALS THAT THEY HAVE LET FLY IN THE PAST YEARS . SO TO SAY LOOKS ARE IMPORTANT WHEN DELIVERING YOUR MESSAGE..WOULD U BELIEVE A UPS DELIVERY MAN COME TO YOUR DOOR TELLING YOU HE IS GOING TO INSTALL YOUR STEREO SURROUND SOUND???...... OH YEA WOULDNT BE RIGHT IF I DIDNT GIVE U A LIL MUSIC AFTER YOU READ ALL THIS: JUICE AND YELLABOY FEAT JC "HOOD GIRL" http://www.zshare.net/audio/15446776015e67df/
I STARTED THIS BLOG TO BE REAL INFORMANT TO INDIE ARTIST, RECORD LABELS, PRODUCERS AND FOR YOUR EVERYDAY MUSIC LOVER CAUSE I REALIZE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WONT SHARE WITH THEM THE INS AND OUTS OF THE MUSIC BIZ. ALL THEY SEE IS THE GLITZ AND GLAMOUR THAT COME WITH THE PROPERTY AND I JUST REFUSE TO LET ALL THIS TALENT THAT I BUMP INTO ON A DAILY BASIS FALL INTO THAT TRAP.
YESTERDAY I WENT TO A VIDEO SHOOT OF A YOUNG ARTIST THAT I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF BEFORE AND I REALLY DIDNT EXPECT MUCH BUT I KNEW THE GUY THAT WAS FILMING CAUSE OF HIS PREVIOUS WORK. NOW THIS WAS THE ARTIST FIRST VIDEO SHOOT AND HE IN NO WAY SHAPE OR FORM " LOOKED" LIKE AN ARTIST. HE HAD ON A DIRTY GREY WIFE BEATER WIITH SOME OLD BLUE JEAN SHORTS THAT THE BELT DIDNT FIT SO HE WAS HOLDING HIS PANTS UP, WITH SOME FUSION Js ( JORDANS MIXED WITH AIR FORCE ONES). NOW IM HERE SOLO AT THIS VIDEO SHOOT AND A LOT OF PEOPLE AROUND LIKE HIS HOMEBOYS, SOME "DANCERS" AND OTHERS BUT I COULDNT HOLD MY TONGUE I HAD TO SAY SOMETHING TO HIM ABOUT HIS APPEARANCE AND AS USUAL WHEN I DONT HOLD MY TONGUE ARTIST GET REAL PROTECTIVE AND START SAYING " I KNOW" AFTER EVERYTHING I SAY. WELL NEEEDLESS TO SAY I DIDNT GIVE HIM THE 5TH DEGREE BUT I LET HIM KNOW THAT HE CAN DO BETTER AND THEN FOUND THE GUY THAT "WORKS" WITH HIM AND GIVES HIM THE 5TH DEGREE WITH THE DIRECTOR RIGHT THERE AD LIBING ME. THATS ONE OF THE MANY THINGS THAT IM GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS THE IMAGE AND HOW BIG IT IS TO HAVE THAT IMAGE WHEN YOU ARE UP AND COMING CAUSE THE MUSIC BUSINESS IS VERY VISUAL AND I REPEAT VERY VISUAL... MTV AND BET HAVE BEEN A LOT TOUGHER ON CENSORSHIP OF A A LOT OF THE VISUALS THAT THEY HAVE LET FLY IN THE PAST YEARS . SO TO SAY LOOKS ARE IMPORTANT WHEN DELIVERING YOUR MESSAGE..WOULD U BELIEVE A UPS DELIVERY MAN COME TO YOUR DOOR TELLING YOU HE IS GOING TO INSTALL YOUR STEREO SURROUND SOUND???...... OH YEA WOULDNT BE RIGHT IF I DIDNT GIVE U A LIL MUSIC AFTER YOU READ ALL THIS: JUICE AND YELLABOY FEAT JC "HOOD GIRL" http://www.zshare.net/audio/15446776015e67df/
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