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Would you buy a car & never put gas in it ? Think about it!! Now why would you get distribution without real marketing & promotions? Every successful indie artist & major artist have a budget for marketing / promotions. Remember scared money don't make money. Distribution is to get your music into the stores. Marketing & Promotions is made to get your music out of the stores. Remember the key is to get paid from your talent. Everyday I see artists royalty statements at 0.00 or 0.02 in sales. As a Indie artist you should be getting paid in many ways. From physical street sales (CDs) Royalties online, Publishing royalties, & paid shows. But remember you can't get paid shows without promotions & marketing. Also, performing at every event in town or out of town will hurt your career. Don't follow what other unsuccessful artists are doing.

Sorry!! But if you believe this you are a damn fool!! Do you think a major label really needs to go on tour to find acts? No! Record labels dont care how good you rap or sing. At the end of the day its about numbers. No real A&Rs from major labels will charge you $100.00-$200.00 for performance slots. Do your homework call universal or defjam or interscope. They will tell you its a scam!! Ok. You still have faith because someone you thought knew about the business was supporting it. Smh ok do this!! Sign up see how many people show up. Also check the venue because if it's in a night club or some cheap building. You have already been scammed. Also be sure to find out who won so you can keep up with how they are doing. If they still posting in facebook music groups. They didn't get a major deal but spent money on nothing. But a dream!!! People sale dreams everyday!!

alot of artists / labels may think they run the city. But are they just releasing mixtape after Mixtape? Or are they putting out original music & getting paid royalties? Most indie labels & artists just do what they see major artists doing. A major artists can put out a mixtape & do shows for 10k or more. What are you doing? Going out of town doing free shows is not "Running the city" Do you have major distribution? Do you have a budget for radio? Can you get a paid show in your city? Are the national outlets talking about you & your movement? Everyone is trying to break into the industry but don't have a clue on how it works. You must first have good music & a budget. Open mics will not get you fans. Doing open mics only tell the public you are broke & would do anything for a deal. If you're not investing into your artists or label. You will not make it in this industry. My best advice is to keep your day job.

Most artists think they have real management. Because someone tells them they can make things happen. Really? Truthfully most people just play & pretend to be a manager. You can find these types of people in every city. Maybe they know & are friends with alot of club promoters in your area. Most of them love going to concerts & events just to take pictures of them with stars & industry people. Or maybe they have a online blog radio station. But be real! What are they really doing for your career? Most major artists won't even look at a indie artist if they don't have numbers. So when your manager tells you he or she is the plug. Ask them how? & what artist have they worked with. To be truthfully nobody is or has a plug. Because you are your own plug. Management should be teaching you the business. Not having you doing open mics & following behind major artists. This is what local managers do. have you perform in all local clubs in your city, sig...

why rappers stay local? 1. Soundcloud 2. Open Mics 3. Posting all day in facebook music groups 4. Reverbnation 5. Bad management 6. They already think they famous 7. No budgets 8. Buying fake likes & views 9. No real promotions or marketing 10. No talent

You do not have fans you have friends. a friend will only support you when its something free (mixtape) a friend will tell you you're the hottest thing on the streets. A friend will tell you to try out for the open MIC contest. A friend will hit like on everything you post on facebook. Now let take a closer look! A friend will not go online and purchase your music from ITunes or any other online store. A friend will not tell you you're music is garbage. A friend will not tell you to stop acting like you're famous. You don't need friends! You need fans! So many artists we see doing the same as they did last year. And the year before that. Posting in every facebook music group. Why? No one cares about your music but you. Why? Post your music to other artists? All day. Stop wasting your time and get real promotions & marketing if you're not setting goals with your music you are lost. Bottom line most artists are not educated at all it takes a good mind to do any...

What can your indie label offer to artist? Do you have major distribution? If so good. But can you get their music to national radio? In order to be a real label you must be able to get your artist to major radio stations & on Billboard charts. Being a real label is not about having a label release party without having a full staff or the proper management of a label. What can your label do for a artist? Throwing open mics & showcase's is not what labels do. How can you fully run a label when you say you are still learning the business? But take a look at who you are learning from. Are these people just facebook labels? Facebook managers? If so the artist you have on your label is in trouble & you & your artists will always stay in conflict with each other. Because most good artists wants to move to the next level. But if you have open mic artists you'll be good because those are the ones who will never progress. So ask yourself what can you provide for a ar...

What is your manager really doing for your career in the music business? Most artists do not succeed because of management. & some artists will blame their distributor or label. Now let's take a deeper look. The labels job is to get the music into stores. Rather online or physical. The label gives you opportunities to submit your music to as many blog radio stations & indie digital magazines. Most labels does this to see how well a single or album does on a small platform. After all submissions are made now it's up to management to get all emails from label / Distribution to follow up with the outlets making sure their artists are following the outlets on all social media sites. Management must make sure artists are always updating their twitter page because believe it or not twitter is one of the top sites for music promotions. After the first level of indie promotions. Management should reach out to label about major promotions. But this level can't be achieved i...

The reason most indie artists will never make it in the music industry. Is because they don't understand the business of music. All they see is the fame. Most don't even know about EPKs, BIOs & other important business documents. Remember your homeboy can't be your manager if he or she don't understand the game. Because that's exactly what it is a game & you must play by the rules. Reverbnation, Soundcloud & Datpiff will not help you if you don't have a hit record or a image the public will accept. Why drop mixtape after mixtape when nobody is really supporting you? 300-500 likes are worthless if you can't get a paid show in your own hometown. Alot of artists already think they are famous. Sad! But it's true. Most will forever work a 9to5 job until they just give up on the music. Why? Because they listened to the wrong people about the music industry. Just because someone takes pics with famous stars don't make them a manager. By the way...

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In today's world everyone thinks they are a manager,record label, or artist. Some have never been in the major industry. Having a soundcloud & facebook page doesn't make you a artist. & having distribution doesn't make you a record label. The goal is to learn as you go, listen to people that may be able to truly help you. Alot of uneducated rappers & singers. Think a distribution company or record label is supposed to blow them up. Or they ask the stupid question " What can the label or distribution outlet do for them? It's not what we can do for you. But what can you do for yourself? Do you have a budget to get on top major sites? Have you recorded a hit record that major Djs would play? Do you have a real EPK & not reverbnation? Do you have a marketing and promotional budget? If not you are not ready for the music industry as a artist. Too many artists thinks this is a get rich and famous game overnight. The truth is, maybe you don't have a hi...

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