Posted by Strada | Posted in Uncategorized | Posted on 07-12-2009
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The flyer explains everything! I mess with Felisha and Dynamicproducer.com HARD! They are official!
Posted by Strada | Posted in Business, DIY, Industry | Posted on 23-05-2009
My man Jim Bond from Dynamic Producer has a dope blog. Here is his Music Industry behind the scene stories. Great infor for Newcomers and Vets.
Chapter I - Small World
Five years ago, I was in negotiations for a 10 song production deal with an indie label. At the time, I had not sold a beat for more than $150 and hadn’t worked with any known artists. Needless to say, this deal was going to bring in a lot more money than that. After working out the basic terms, I was eager to sign the dotted line. Even though I got a lawyer to check out the paperwork when it came, I was so impatient, I decided to get some free legal advice online first. I did a search for “Entertainment Lawyers” and anonymously instant messaged a random entertainment lawyer to see what he thought about the deal.
I talked to this guy about the deal for a bit then just started to BS with him. Turns out he was in NY. He was also working as a consultant on an MC’s project. Out of all the MC’s in the world this guy could have been working with…, it was an MC who was from the same camp I was about to sign the song deal with. He asked me to come through to the studio a few days later. I came with some tracks and he chose two, which ended up being my first big check (Which was cut before we finally straightened out the song deal).
Lesson Learned: It’s a small world, especially in the music industry. Treat it as such.
Applications: This is an extreme case, but this exemplifies the value of networking. If a producer can randomly contact an entertainment lawyer online and turn that into good money, there is no reason for any producer to waste any chances he may have to network. Also don’t forget to treat everyone you may come across networking with respect. Assistants and interns are future executives and as a rule, respecting people can only help things…
You can also look at this as a cautionary tale. Because if you do ever decide to badmouth someone (Which is pointless 99.9% of the time), you never know who knows who and how it can come back to bite you.
