DRGN🖤🀄️

A&R • Music & Culture Voice. Talent manager: @DamaraSOL
contact: [email protected]

[DRGN🖤🀄️ @scashmoore]

Close your eyes.
Imagine it’s 1996.
Now press play.

DamaraSOL just dropped something special. 🎶
“Life In Loops” Visualizer out now on YouTube.
Link below ⤵️

[Lizemmy @LizemmyPOP]

In reality, a successful catalog can generate money from:

Master royalties
Mechanical royalties
Performance royalties
Neighboring rights
Sync licensing
YouTube Content ID
User-generated content platforms
Radio royalties
TV royalties
International collections

[Lizemmy @LizemmyPOP]

A viral song is attention. A career is conversion.

If an artist has:

No fan database
No community
No release strategy
No brand identity
No follow-up content

…the viral moment can disappear in weeks.

The smartest artists use a viral record to build:

Followers
Email/SMS lists
Fan communities
Merchandise sales
Ticket buyers
Long-term listeners

That’s how a hit becomes a career.

[Lizemmy @LizemmyPOP]

8. RADIO ROYALTIES

People often confuse this with performance royalties.

Radio can generate:

Publishing Income

For songwriters.

Neighboring Rights

For performers and master owners (depending on country).

Example

Your song becomes:

Number 1 in Nigeria
Played across Africa
Played in Europe

Radio creates another revenue stream.

[Lizemmy @LizemmyPOP]

The future is likely a mix of:

Licensing deals
Distribution deals
Joint ventures
Service agreements

Rather than labels owning everything forever.

Artists want ownership.

Companies need returns on investment.

The deal structure should reflect both realities.

[DRGN🖤🀄️ @scashmoore]

@LizemmyPOP You just got a new follower.

[Lizemmy @LizemmyPOP]

Dear Managers

For every artist you work with, create a folder.

Inside it:

Contract
Budget
Receipts
Studio cost
Video cost
Marketing cost
Royalty statement
Recoupment balance
Publishing split sheet
Master ownership document

This alone will make you more professional than many labels.

[DRGN🖤🀄️ @scashmoore]

I’ve been a fan of Fally Ipupa since “Formule 7” 2023 album Era, but I’ve been stuck with what Joé Dwèt Filé did on “Doucement” and now “Rihanna” both on Replay. 🇨🇩X🇭🇹

[DRGN🖤🀄️ @scashmoore]

I’ve been a fan of Fally Ipupa since “Formule 7” 2023 album Era, but I’ve been stuck with what Joé Dwèt Filé did on “Doucement” and now “Rihanna” both on Replay. 🇨🇩X🇭🇹

[Stephen Joel Ejiofor,Ghostwrites @Stevkingz1]

This is the only time I'll share this much pics on X

BUT writing here has taught me consistency feels good when you enjoy what you do.

1st,3rd and 4th slides: me on set (off-course series on YouTube on DEEBESTCONCEPT channel)

2nd slide: me in Kano 2024.

[POOJA!!! @PoojaMedia]

Camavinga returns to school after missing out of the World Cup ✊️

[DRGN🖤🀄️ @scashmoore]

Immediately they introduced VAR, Barcelona stopped winning the UCL.

[Lizemmy @LizemmyPOP]

Artist Development Strategy

Week 1: Brand identity
Week 2: Vocal/performance training
Week 3: Songwriting and sound direction
Week 4: Studio recording
Week 5: Photoshoot and styling
Week 6: EPK creation
Week 7: Social media strategy
Week 8: Live rehearsal
Week 9: Content creation
Week 10: Release planning
Week 11: Media/radio/blog pitching
Week 12: Live showcase

[DRGN🖤🀄️ @scashmoore]

@flygodT @xBigDanny Agenda na orphan.

[DRGN🖤🀄️ @scashmoore]

I don wake oooo

[MRR ADDY  @vibewithmraddy]

low-quality videos always hit 🤣🤣🔥

[voided @voided]

When you're enjoying yourself and suddenly remember you need to get rich

[DRGN🖤🀄️ @scashmoore]

What are the benefits of being a Nigerian?

[BLOODY CIVILIAN 🌌 @bloody___civ]

https://t.co/tUJsAITZFv

[Kemi SmallzZ @kemismallzz]

We’ve reached a point where everyone is a marketer, a critic, a publicist, an A&R exec ,all at once. So who’s just listening to music for the love of it. When the audience becomes the boardroom, nobody’s left in the crowd.

Yall need to go back to just enjoying things without feeling the need to tell them how their “roll out”” should look like and what their “branding” should be.
Just press play and jam and if you no like that one, find the one that you like

[SMADA @SuperSmada]

you can have the sound and not have the team.
you can have the team and not have the audience.
you can have the audience and not have the timing.

music business is a mystery, just do your best and pray you get it right.

[DamaraSOL📻 @damarasol]

It’s Day 43 of sharing my sound till it reaches your ears 📻

https://t.co/9hYGTPWsxe