Every musician needs somebody on the squad who really studies music both future and past. It should be the musician but if that’s not ur thing then ur team should have niggas that study
As an A&R at a major label, it felt hypocritical asking artists to post without being able to show them exactly HOW to promote their music.
Here's what I tell the artists I work with:
Artists are too over exposed, artists are too accessible. It’s no mystique anymore. That’s why when someone like Jayz speaks we listen cause he doesn’t speak too often, or we don’t see him everywhere.
There’s a lot of artists right now that aren’t seeing the financial motivation to stay in music. So they’re turning to other things to supplement the income and pouring time into that. Something gotta change with the way streaming works and is paid
For 15% of your royalties, a distributor should, at a minimum, provide:
• A real human point of contact
• Priority customer service
• Dashboard access
• On-time, transparent payments
• Easy withdrawals
• Editorial pitching support
If you take a cut, you must add value.
Building a team is about finding people that are selfless, willing to work hard, genuinely want to see succeed, and don’t have an ego.
Sadly, you’d be surprised how hard that is to find in the music industry.
I miss when music convos were about the quality of music, artists sounds, discographies, performances, stage designs etc… now it’s about first week sales, real or fake streams, “industry plants” and lawsuits lmao it’s pretty miserable
The @UnderClassXlX family and I would like to invite you to “A Show for the People” in Columbus, GA January 24th!
We have some of my personal favorites performing and a special night planned!
We hope to see you there!
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