I think this is the first blog post ever to be remixed!  From my Clicky analytics I see a lot of you really enjoy this past post. I am going to update  and remix some info for you.

Creating your music is one thing. Getting it to people, however, is another story.

While commercial labels find it easier to connect with people in-the-know to get their content for wide distribution, independent artists have to struggle with menial connections and limited funds for advertising.

But your hopes of releasing your music doesn’t end there! We’ve prepared five tips to help you get your presence online and to start marketing your music online.

Remix: With this digital age even the so -called commercial music labels are having it hard .  You can’t just throw money at radio station hoping the music is going to sell. A lot and I mean a lot believe as an artist you can’t make money off of your music. My thought is the old ways of doing music biz are over!  With the new ways there is no map you have to take the time to draw the map to be profitable and successful.

Tip #1: Get a domain name. Getting your own domain name is the best way to get an online presence because it gives a mark to your readers – a special site to check out what’s new with you and your group.

Remix of Tip 1: Yes having a domain is the first step in setting up your online presence, it  help sets  your foundation.  But another thing  I mean huge first step is setting up a SQL database of top Music blogs/sites and having a fan/customer database also.  I became hip to data bases by reading Dream and Hustle Ed gives good instructions on what a data base is and how to set it up CLICK HERE.  A recommended book on data bases is Sams’ Teach Yourself SQL in 24 hours.  I can not stress enough how artist need to be more business minded. Part of being business  minded is building a strong team.  On this strong team you might want to think about having a computer programmer part of your team.

Tip #2: Make your music streamable. If you want people to listen to your music or view your performance, you should get them online in streamable format. Load music up using Last.fm, iMeem, and iLike and have your videos hosted on Youtube. You don’t expect people to hear the first thirty seconds of your song or view only half of your performance and love it – you have to give them a full preview of what you’re made of.

Remix of Tip 2: Nobody cares about your music.  There are so many outlets for getting music especially online.  Here is the thing when you do make your music streamable. YOU HAVE TO  MAKE THE MUSIC REMARKABLE.  If Kanye West goes over his music 1,000 times or more to make it correct you should be doing the same!  When you make it digital,   billions of people have access to your art. Make it great!

Tip #3: Make yourself known. While creating your own website might be the start of promoting your music or group online, supplemental connections would greatly boost your online network. Create Myspace pages, post tweets, make your own Facebook fan page, post pictures to Flickr but most importantly, establish your own Youtube Channel. That way, you can still maintain a connection with your fans and followers through updates, videos, and photos.

It’s really important to be part of your followers’ everyday lives because you keep them hooked to stuff that you could offer to them.

Remix: of Tip 3: Make sure when you pic these social networks you want to be where your listeners are.  A lot of people might not think Myspace is not popping anymore.  But if you are an artist you still might want to consider having a myspace page still.  Also remember you have to participate in these social networks don’t be talking about bull shit beefs.  Just entertain and give informative info.

Tip #4: Encourage fan contributions. The more you could let your fans feel a part of your music or group, the more they’ll come back for more. Remember that your fans remain to be loyal to you because they could relate to your music or group. If you have a significant number of fans, why don’t you try out encouraging fan contributions? From simple contests that ask your fans to help you name your next song, to encouraging them to submit their suggested cover for your next album, you’re sure that fans will come looking for more.

And if you want to push it further, try creating fan forums on your site as well as chat boxes where people could talk about your music or latest performance. This greatly helps keep people talking about you – its advertising at its best!

Remix of Tip 4: As an artist you want to be imaginative in trigging people or to get  more fan contributions.  You might want to think about creating a cool online tool.  You might be hold up here I am rapper I don’t have time for that.  I’m like ok but check it out what if you created a online tool that would help the average cat spit a better rhyme. People love tools, don’t forget one of the main reasons people log online is to solve some problem they have.

Tip #5: Give some away. Who doesn’t want free stuff? Practically almost anybody in the plant loves to get something once in a while; so why won’t your fans want some too? Giving away a free track from your latest album or the coolest video you made is one way of maintaining online presence. Fans feel compelled to purchase your songs and follow you if they can actually feel that they are given importance and this is one of the best ways to show it.

Remix of Tip 5: You  have to let your online content go buck wild!  You don’t want your stuff online to be controlled or restricted you want your content to be the freak of the week.  You want everybody taking turns! You want to think about making your music free, here is a post I did called the Dead Head Music model that will help CLICK HERE

Always remember if nobody is putting You on Put Yourself on!

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“I’m Connected to a Higher Power” Jay Z taken from Light Up Drake’s Album

The new frontier is not under the ocean or some distant planet.  It is right between your ears,  your mind.   The more I realize things about myself and this world is that it is not necessarily and outside world.  Meaning life is not happening to you it is happening through you. If you want  to build something in your life know matter how big or small,  you have to believe in your inner Goddess or God.   Here are some questions  that might help expand our  minds to get off the Mental Plantation.

• (All these questions are in my Jadakiss voice)What if you realized when you go to your house of worship you were praying to yourself?
• What if you didn’t have to wait 3,000 yrs for your savior you were the one that could save yourself?
• Would you treat everybody better around you because you realized they are you and you are them?
• How would it feel if you realized you created everything in your life both positive and negative and everything in between?
• What if you didn’t have to chase security,money,and power once you realized you were all those things but hid them from yourself?

It is interesting watching people especially those in power how they have this confidence about themselves that they can create anything they want.  Maybe  people that think they are victims or powerless need to tap into their own <Arm>< Leg><Leg>< Arm>< Head>.

I would like to give a special shout to the Incredible Historian and Photographer  Runoko Rashidi for the above pic.  If you like African History the way I do you can check his Face book page by CLICK HERE

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I know We as Black people have tried to put a positive spin on  the word Nigga by using it as a term of endearment and I myself use it like this to.  We also always have to explain to other people why we use the word.  But we never question the actual creator(s) of word and why they created it.  Regardless of how we use the word. I notice  we never deal with the feelings or  the energy in the word Nigga.

Nigga energy can be seen as the Yin and Yang in us, or devil or angel inside of us. It  can be very negative and destructive energy that is mostly used to terrorize, destroy and victimize other Black people.

True fact Nigga energy is not going anywhere.  Nigga energy began on plantations and on enslaved African slaves ships by White Supremacist.

Another true fact everybody has Nigga energy in them.

My Nigga energy was created in me when I was born in a women’s prison and not knowing who my real biological father was.

The point is instead of letting this energy destroy us we can use that energy towards things that really matter and effect our lives.  So when you feel like you are getting up -set, destructive and wanting to let somebody know they a Nigga! Don’t waste that energy put it towards these following events that are actually affecting your life!

High rates of Black unemployment:

http://blogs.dailymail.com/donsurber/archives/17253,

Lowest household income:

http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/income/income.html

High Blood Pressure:

http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4621

Youth Violence:

The Gulf oil Spill is real Fucked up but also our Brother’s and Sisters in Nigeria also deal with devastating oil spills:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/may/30/oil-spills-nigeria-niger-delta-shell

Black men are getting locked up at crazy rates but also Black women:

http://news.ncmonline.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=3a51b1bfb3b5c5a04b6c29bd6107f4d6

High Suicide rates:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89151091

Reparation check these two views out interesting:

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