Majority of my posts are geared towards production and production techniques so I thought I’d get into writing for artists for a second. This is one of those topics I can speak about purely because I’ve seen a lot of things that rappers have done that haven’t worked. I’m going to use the things I’ve […]
If you’re trying to keep people informed then a mailing list is the way forward. There are so many good points to creating one that it would be silly to overlook it. It’s great that you want to blanket message people via FB and there’s probably more chance of people reading your message but a […]
Has SAMRO paid you lately? Are you registered with them? In my last post I explained how you can get paid by SAMRO even if you haven’t been put on a radio station’s playlist. I was phoning SAMRO to get a hold of my member number and IPI number when I thought I should ask […]
I got a chance to catch up with PdotO after releasing Stay High featuring Morale and this is what he had to say. Silas: Hey man how’s it going? I was talking to someone the other day and they referred to you as Poet. Tell us about that. PdotO: I’m still a poet. Always been, […]
As we’ve established, samro is an important part of getting paid for your exploits. Understand that in terms of a body that can take care of your payment and copyright, samro is your only option in south africa. I’m going to go through skill’s method 1st. My next post will go through what I heard […]
I had a bright spark of an idea by bringing two unlikely characters together. I knew having Morale and Pdoto in studio together and having jlawless on engineering would produce nothing but a crisp product. Without saying too much, I hope you enjoy this release. Leave your comments below. Stay High Download link Alternative download […]
I’ve been doing a bit of research on how one gets paid from samro membership. As part of that information finding, I asked around to find out how many artists I work with are samro members. For people who take their music quite seriously, very few of them have registered and even fewer have phoned […]
A couple of nights ago a rapper contacted me quite abruptly. This guy wanted me to have a listen to his music. As usual, I obliged. I listened through his music and made a few mental notes. I was convinced he would be impressed that I broke his entire song down and gave him comprehensive […]
I feel like this list could go on for many more posts. Here are another 4 topics you can add to the other 8 I’ve given so far to prevent beat block. Learn an instrument Learn an instrument until you feel comfortable enough to freestyle with some actual purpose. Your chances of stumbling upon that […]
In the last post I went on about 4 easy ways you can fight the dreaded beat block. Here goes the next 4 points you can use to keep your ideas fresh and your listeners entertained. Set beat goals Know that by the time the week is out you want to have a certain amount […]
