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31
Oct
24
Moby’s Drum Machine Collection
Posted by Strada | Posted in Beat Video, production tip | Posted on 24-10-2009
Kinda long vid but nice studio footage!
Them keyboards drawers are sick!
Oct
24
Blakroc.com #4 Dame Dash/Jim Jones/The Black Keys
Posted by Strada | Posted in Beat Video | Posted on 24-10-2009
Dope as usual. I am kinda getting hype for this project!
Oct
20
Smashing the CD… to Bits by publisher Paul Resnikoff
Posted by Strada | Posted in Business, Industry | Posted on 20-10-2009
Brilliant article by Paul Resnikoff about the move that needs to be done by the major labels to survive, even if it means taking a hit now!
What would happen if the majors stopped pressing CDs right now, closed down their plants, and wrote off their physical retail networks? The answer is that they’d lose billions, right off the bat! The lights would start flickering immediately!
But, they’d also quickly shrink unnecessary overhead, ditch ineffective legacy commitments, assume nimbler stances, and refocus all of their energies towards digital formats and concepts. And, start building companies designed to survive in the 2010s.
Oct
10
Frenquency Guide for hiphop/pop mixing
Posted by Strada | Posted in DIY, Gear | Posted on 10-10-2009
Excellent referrence guide for mixing the most common instrument in hip-hop / pop!
Big Up to LDB for posting that on illmuzik.com
VIEW/DOWNLOAD it HERE
Oct
10
How Cool & Dre got their start in the music business
Posted by Strada | Posted in Business | Posted on 10-10-2009
Oct
09
Not happy with existing venues? Make a new one.
Posted by Strada | Posted in Business, Marketing | Posted on 09-10-2009
Gary Jules was a musician in Los Angeles who wished there was a Hollywood venue more friendly to musicians. A place where people would come to listen, not talk over the music. A place to play, not showcase.
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Oct
05
Less than zero from Seth Godin’s Blog
Posted by Strada | Posted in Beat Video, Business, Produced by Strada, Strada | Posted on 05-10-2009
Incentive thoughts from Seth Godin
“A study last year conducted by members of PRS for Music, a nonprofit royalty collection agency, found that of the 13 million songs for sale online last year, 10 million never got a single buyer and 80 percent of all revenue came from about 52,000 songs. That’s less than one percent of the songs.”
The internet has allowed ease of entry into the market. You can advertise anything, any service, any good, any piece of junk in your garage–essentially for zero. You can go into business effortlessly, telling yourself you’ll just hang out on the long tail and do just fine. Understand that zero is a very real probability, perhaps even a likelihood. Derek reminds us that 0% of a really big number is still zero.
Oct
03
Radio Spins by Wendy Day
Posted by Strada | Posted in Business, DIY | Posted on 03-10-2009
By, Wendy Day from Rap Coalition (www.HelpfulAngel.com)
Thanks to the advent of the Internet over a generation ago, the playing field has been leveled for artists. In today’s climate, an artist no longer HAS to sign to a major label (or any label at all for that matter) to succeed. One can make one’s own music and upload it to the internet to share it with the world. But if you are starting a business, meaning you plan to SELL your music, that’s a different story. While the internet has made it easier for today’s artists to navigate the industry and sell their own music without a label, it still is a business and every artist needs some business sense and a blueprint to make it happen. Part of that blueprint involves having a budget to pay for the marketing and promotion of the music, for buying tracks or features from other artists, and for the necessary mixing and mastering to bring the music to commercial quality.
Yes, I know the story of Drake. I also know the story of every artist out there trying to replicate his success (and if Lil Wayne and Young Money put a budget behind your third mixed CD to buy radio play, you may have the same level of buzz too!).
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Oct
01
Blakroc.com project Dame Dash/Mos Def/The Black Keys
Posted by Strada | Posted in Beat Video | Posted on 01-10-2009
The first song in this video is CRAZY, I play that part in loop for about an hour last night! Not a big fan of Dame but man this could be huge. NIce mix of blues/hip-hop/rock. I cosign that
Blakroc drops November 27th!.
BLAKROC.COM
