HAHA THIS SHOULD BE LIKE A BIBLE. ME AND MY HOMEBOYS TALK ABOUT THIS PROBABLY EVERY DAY. THIS GAME IS STEADY CHANGING SO THERE IS NO "RIGHT" WAY. THIS IS LIKE A MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION. YOU KNOW? ANYWAYS ILL THROW 2 CENTS IN ON IT! ;)
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START PUSHING ALBUM (ONLINE AND ALL THAT. DONT MAKE OR DESIGN THE COVER YET BECAUSE THE OVER ALL OUTCOME OF THE DISK MAY CHANGE DURING THE CREATION PROCESS. I REALLY FEEL IN MY HEART THAT IF YOU PUSH THE CD FROM THIS POINT THERE WILL BE NO WAY YOU WILL LOSE. THERES JUST TOO MUCH PROMOTION THERE FOR IT NOT TO WORK.)
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RECORD TRACK ( THE TRACK SHOULD NOT BE ABOUT YOU. AND IF IT IS ABOUT YOU IT SHOULD BE PUT FORWARD IN A WAY THAT EVERY HUMAN ON THIS PLANET CAN UNDERSTAND AND FEEL. THE ONLY FANS YOU GAIN ARE THE ONES THAT CAN RELATE TO WHAT YOUR SAYING. NOT EVERYBODY LIVES LIKE YOU DO. SO IF YOU PUT TOO MUCH HOMETOWN LINGO IN IT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT YOUR SINGLING OUT YOUR FANBASE ALREADY. AND THATS NOT A GOOD LOOK. AND I WONT EVEN SIT HERE AND LIE THATS MY MAIN PROBLEM WHEN I GO TO WRITE A SONG. ITS HARD TO SUBMIT. BUT BEING NEW IN THE GAME YOU DO NOT HAVE A CHOICE. YOU EITHER MAKE SOME MONEY OR STARVE TO DEATH. WHEN YOU GET REAL FAN BASE IS WHEN YOU CAN START TAKING CHANCES. FUCK WHAT THE REST SAY. THEY WILL ALWAYS BE LOCAL )
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PERFECT THE TRACK ( AND I MEAN FUCKING PERFECTED. NO WORD SLIPS. NO VOLUME PROBLEMS. NO LENGTH OR INTRO OR OUTRO PROBLEMS. WHEN THIS TRACK IS DONE YOU SHOULD FEEL IN YOUR HEART IT IS YOUR FIRST SINGLE. OR THERE WAS NO POINT IN RECORDING IT. NOW WERE NOT SAYING THAT IT IS GOING TO BE THE FIRST SINGLE. ITS JUST THAT EVERY SONG NEEDS TO BE OF THAT CALIBER OR IT NEEDS TO BE CUT OFF THE CD. NOW WITH THAT BEING SAID, MOST OF THE CD NEEDS TO BE INTUNE WITH WHATS GOING ON IN MUSIC RIGHT NOW. AT THIS VERY TIME. I KNOW EVERYBODY WANNA MAKE MUSIC THAT THEY WANNA MAKE AND THATS FINE. BUT UNTIL YOU ARE LIVING IN A COMFORTABLE MANNER YOU DO NOT HAVE THAT CHOICE. ITS TIME TO STEP IT UP. ALL THE BITCHING THAT THE UNDERGROUND ARTISTS DO ISNT GOING TO CHANGE ANYTHING. RADIO IS STILL GOING TO PLAY WHAT THEY ARE PAID TO PLAY. AND AT THIS MOMENT WE CANT COMPETE WITH ANYBODY THAT HAS ANY REAL STANDING IN THIS GAME SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO COME UP THE SAME WAY THEY DID. BITE THE BULLET AND MAKE THE FUCKING SONG. TRY TO KEEP IT AS MUCH YOUR STYLE AS YOU CAN CAUSE THATS YOU. BUT WE NEED ON THE RADIO. OUT OF YOUR CD THERE SHOULD BE 7 RADIO SINGLES AT LEAST. JUST TO MAKE AN IMPRESSION ON THE BIG PLAYERS . THE REST OF THE SONGS YOU CAN DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT WITH EM TO A DEGREE. THE WHOLE ALBUM NEEDS TO SOUND LIKE A WHOLE WHEN IT IS COMPLETE)
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COPYRIGHT BEAT, TRACK, AND WRITTEN LYRICS. ( THIS IS WHERE WE GET OUR MONEY FROM. IF THIS IS NOT DONE YOU HAVENT DONE ANYTHING. YOUVE BEEN PRACTICING. AND THATS WHY YOUR SONG SHOULD NOT AT ANY CIRCUMSTANCES BE OUT IN THE PUBLIC YET. BECAUSE IF THIS ISNT DONE ANYBODY AND THEY MAMA CAN GO RECORD THAT SONG, COPYRIGHT AND OWN IT. NOW WHAT DO YOU THINK HAPPENS WHEN A BIGGER LABEL LISTENS TO A HIT UNCOPYWRITTEN SONG? THEY OWN IT FROM THE SECOND THEY HEAR IT. CAUSE THIS IS BUSINESS. EVERYBODY IN THIS GAME IS HERE TO FUCK YOU . IF YOU AINT FEEDING SOMEBODY HOW YOU GONNA EXPECT THEM TO SHARE THEIR PLATE WITH YOU??
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HOLD ALL TRACKS (JUST BECAUSE YOUVE GOT A GOOD TRACK IN HAND THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOUVE GOT "THE" SINGLE. THE PEOPLE MAY THINK THAT SONG IS GARBAGE. BECAUSE YOU AND THE FAN COME FROM 2 DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEWS WHEN YOU HEAR A SONG. YOUVE BEEN DOING MUSIC FOR SO LONG THAT YOU PICK THEM A PART. ALL A FAN HEARS IS IF THEY CAN VIBE TO IT. THATS IT. HALF OF EM ARENT EVEN REALLY HEARIN WHAT YOU SAYIN. THATS A SHAME BUT THATS THE TRUTH. SO WHEN YOU GO TO PICK A SINGLE YOU SHOULD DO IT AT A LISTENING PARTY AT THE STUDIO WITH YOU AND YOUR CLOSEST FRIENDS AND ASSOCIATES. THEY WILL GIVE YOU HONEST OPINIONS. AND NOBODY AND I MEAN NOBODY SHOULD HAVE THOSE SONGS ON A DISK. HENCE THE REASON YOUR LISTENING PARTY IS AT THE STUDIO. YOU SHOULD ONLY REALLY DROP 1 FULL REAL STUDIO ALBUM A YEAR. THE REST OF THE TIME YOU SHOULD BE TOURING (NOT SMALL SHIT), SELLING RINGTONES, SELLING T SHIRTS AND PUSHING THAT ALBUM ANYWAY THAT YOU CAN. MOST ARTIST SPIT HOT 16S ON BIG ARTISTS RADIO BEATS TO STAY REMEMBERED WHILE THEIR IN THE CREATIVE PROCESS. CAUSE ONCE THE ALBUM IS DONE YOUR SPENDING THE REST OF YOUR TIME PROMOTING.
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(KEEP WRITING) NOW AT THIS TIME YOUR ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH THE ALBUM AND ARE STILL RECORDING. YOUVE BEEN PUSHING THE ALBUM JUST NOT A SONG YET. YOUVE BEEN DOING MIXTAPE APPEARANCES, INTERVIEWS, AND WRITING. FROM THIS POINT ON YOU WILL CONTINUE TO NOT DROP A SINGLE UNTIL THE CD IS ABOUT 4 MONTHS FROM BEING DONE. AT THAT TIME YOU DROP YOUR FIRST SINGLE.
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(DROP THE SINGLE) NOW THIS IS WHERE IT GETS EXCITING. AT THIS MOMENT YOU HAVE GOTTEN THE GO AHEAD FROM THE LABEL TO DROP YOUR FIRST SINGLE. YOUVE ALREADY PICKED IT OUT WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND LABELMATES AND YOUR READY. NOW KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS SINGLE IS WHAT IS GOING TO SELL YOUR ALBUM. IT BASICALLY NEEDS TO WRAP UP THE DISK. ITS THE TRACK THAT YOU KEEP GOING TO WHEN YOU PUT THE CD IN. THATS THE SINGLE. SO FROM HERE YOU NEED TO BE GOING TO RADIO STATIONS WITH YOUR SINGLE. YOU NEED TO HAVE YOUR SINGLE ON AS MANY RADIO STATIONS AT THE SAME TIME AS YOU CAN. BECAUSE YOU WILL GET PAID FROM THIS. WHICH IN TURN WILL HELP YOU FUND YOUR SINGLE PROMOTION. THE REASON YOU GET PAID FROM THIS IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE COPYWRITTEN YOUR SONGS. EVERY ONE YOUVE DONE FOR THE ALBUM HAS PAPERWORK. YOU OWN IT. YOU ALSO NEED TO BE DOING THE ONLINE PROMOTION. HAVE THE SINGLE ON WEBSITES THAT YOU KNOW GET A LOT OF TRAFFIC. AND WHEN I SAY HAVE IT ON THE WEBSITE I DONT MEAN GO MAKE A CHEESY ASS ARTIST PROFILE AND CALL IT A DAY. I MEAN CONTACT THE COMPANY OR THE ADMIN OF THE WEBSITE AND PRICE THE HOMEPAGE SPOT FOR A PIC OF YOU, YOUR NAME AND ALBUM NAME AND A WAY FOR THEM TO CLICK IT TO BUY OFF OF ITUNES OR SIMILAR SITE. THAT IS HOW YOU MAKE MONEY. YOU DONT WANT TO HAVE IT ON WEBSITES THAT ONLY GET 60 HITS A DAY. THATS A WASTE OF EFFORT AND RESOURCES. YOU SHOULD HAVE A GRAPHIC MADE FOR YOUR SINGLE BY A HIGH LEVEL GRAPHIC DESIGNER. THAT WAS ITS EASY ON THE EYES AS WELL AS THE EARS. SO FROM THIS POINT YOUVE BEEN PUSHING TO RADIO AS WELL AS TRYING TO GET ON THE HOMEPAGE OF MAJOR WEBSITES. YOU SHOULD ALSO BE ON REAL TIME SITES LIKE TWITTER. PEOPLE LIKE KNOWING WHAT YOU ARE DOING. AND KEEP IN MIND THE MORE PEOPLE THAT YOUR WORDS ARE GOING OUT TO THE MORE PEOPLE YOU WILL HAVE TUNING IN TO WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY. PRINT FLYERS FOR YOUR SINGLE. THOUSANDS. PASS THEM OUT AT GOOD PLACES. NOT AT THE WALMART OR SOME SHIT. YOU HAVE TO HIT PLACES THAT PEOPLE ARE ATTENTING FOR MUSIC. THATS WHERE YOU GET FANS.
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(FINISH THE ALBUM) SO FROM THIS POINT YOU HAVE DROPPED YOUR FIRST SINGLE AND ARE A FEW MONTHS AWAY FROM HAVING THE ALBUM COMPLETED. FROM HERE YOU NEED TO FINISH UP THE CD AND START GETTING EVERYTHING TOGETHOR TO TOUR. THIS IS WHERE YOU GET FANS. BY HOPPING ON A MAJOR TOUR YOU GAIN ACCESS TO OTHER PEOPLES FANS. PEOPLE THAT HAVE PUT IN MORE YEARS THAN YOU. AND THEY KNOW THIS WHICH IS WHY THEY MAKE YOU PAY. HAHA . SOON AS THE ALBUM IS DONE IT NEEDS TO GO OFF FOR PRESSING. YOU SHOULD PRESS A FEW THOUSAND TO GET STARTED. FROM THIS POINT ON YOU ARE TRYING TO GET THE ATTENTION OF A DISTRIBUTION COMPANY. WHEN THEY SEE THERE IS MONEY TO BE MADE THEY GET ENVOLVED. ITS JUST THE NATURE OF THE BEAST. WITH A DISTRIBUTION COMPANY YOU HAVE THE RESOURCES TO GET YOUR CDS IN STORES NATIONWIDE AND WORLDWIDE. THE TOUR WILL TAKE CARE OF THE PROMOTION! I KNOW THERES A LOT OF SHIT YOU GUYS WANTED TO KNOW THAT I DIDNT PUT IN HERE SO JUST HIT ME UP AT YUNGCO@WRECKINTHAMIC.COM AND ID BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. MY HANDS HURT! HAHA
Yung Co
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