Yo I dedicate this blog to the underground recording artist that think that they need to be sign
to a record company in order to make money ... but if u are a reguler blog reader .. hit me up on
Myspace , Twitter or Face Books & tell me what u think about this blog or my other blogs ...
now for ya misguided souls of the underground world ... alot of ya spend years , months
& days tring to get a record deal and I know some of ya are thinking about quiting music
because
no lame ass label don't want to sign you ... but alot of ya don't even think about selling your
own music by ... now some of ya underground rappers talk about how ya hustler or a boss
or a money flipper & all that good shit but alot of ya don't even sell your own music ... now what
kind of hustler are you my naga ? come on you ain't no real boss if u are waiting for a record
company to feed you ... I know some of ya is saying " oh there is no money in the underground "
of course there is money in the underground genius (sarcastic) ... look at undeground artist
like Immortal Technique who sell thousands of units with out any help from a major label ..
also look at tech 9 from cali who is making noise performing all over geting Rothchild notes
(money) also he puts out a new album every 3 months... now u got to be making some type of
money if you are going to put out a new cd every quarter ... now this my advice on how to make
a living as a unsign artist ... If you got good music with good quality mix down and the whole nine
build up a fanbase ... even if u got friends & family members that really like your music .. start
out with them & and gaining a fanbase through myspace or any social website .. go to networking
parties or live underground shows and collect emails ... so u can keep these people
updated on your music & shows ... its going to be a numbers game everyone that you interact
with is not going like your music ... but there is going to be a good number of folks will like your
music ... so the ones that do like your music ... invite them to your shows if they live in your state...
if u have a crowd of 50 - 100 people ... make a deal with a number of event promorters ...
tell them that you have a good crowd and work it out where you get a percentage of everyone
that comes under your guest list ... or if you got some money behind you .. rent a venue & charge
people to see you perform ... I suggest that you promote your event as a show / after party
so people that don't care about seeing you perform comes through anyway to hit you off with doe
...at the door ... Gather up a team of people that will help you out with your event ...
I personally know unsign artist such as singer, Raye 6 that pack her shows whenever I see her
perform . Also rap artist , Nyraine who is another independent artist had to make over a
thousand dollers at the last show that him & his team organized ... and that is with out the major
label who tried to give him a wack deal ... Http://www.Myspace.com/Nyraine as far as selling
your music ... you do not have to sell it hand to hand in the streets... you can sell it online
or distribute your music in the mom and pop stores ...or gather a team to sell it for you so you
have to do is collect money, bless your team , get your share & reup ( I suggest invest in a cd
burner) or if you don't have know one doing management , marketing and public relations
for you then read about it so you can do it for your self in the mean time ... and if you do not like
reading ... then force yourself to read mother fucker ... get off your lazy ass and take control
of your career put yourself in the mind state of a person that loves to read ... if music is your love and career you got to grind to the bone ... if you are not
willing to grind hard ... then you might as well not pursue a career in music ... you might as well
keep on working at your wack 9 - 5 job or keep on selling drugs on your wack block ... cause none
of ya is not going to make it as a money making artist unless you grind hard nagas!!!
take control of your music career now stop being slow and lazy... and I can't stress this enough...
you do not need the major labels for shit !!!! I repeat you don"t need them for shit!!!
The chosen ones chooses themselvs ... basically!!! ... read up on artist such as Mac Dre ,
Mc Quinn , Immortal Technique , Cormega , Hasan Saalam , Creature who are sucessful
music performers from the Underground Industry ...
Written by Viktory
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