Know your target audience so that you can better market yourself. If you want to make "trap" music, then you dont want to push your music to 106th & Park audience. And vice versa.
~ Hollywood aka @hollywoodizme of Ryze Radio
Showing posts with label Industry Tips. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Industry Tips. Show all posts
Industry Tip #6 - Constructive Criticism
Learn to take constructive criticism. Have tough skin. Sometimes you will hear things you dont like or agree with but it certainly maybe truth (aka dont be a soft serve sucka)
~ Hollywood aka @hollywoodizme of Ryze Radio
Industry Tip #4 :: Say NO to Yes people!
Don't have a yes sir or yes ma'am in your corner,
keep people in your corner that will be honest and true.
~ Enoch 7th Prophet aka @E7thP aka Enoch El-shamesh
keep people in your corner that will be honest and true.
~ Enoch 7th Prophet aka @E7thP aka Enoch El-shamesh
Industry Tip #3 :: BDS Encoding
If you expect your music to be played on the radio, get it BDS encoded - keeps track of spins.
Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems, better known as BDS, is a service that tracks monitored radio, television and internet airplay of songs based on the number of spins and detections. The service, which is a subsidiary of ACNielsen provides the basis for Nielsen Media publication Billboard in the United States, while in Canada, BDS helps determine the Canadian BDS Airplay Chart and the Canadian Hot 100 chart, which is published by Jam! and in the website for Canadian Music Network, in determining their radio airplay music charts and determines the chart movement in Billboard's Hot 100 chart when combined with single sales from Nielsen SoundScan. From August 2006 to its final June 2009 publication, BDS also provided chart data for R&R after Nielsen acquired the trade. On September 10, 2009, the website Radio-Info.com struck a partnership with Nielsen BDS to provide radio airplay charts and related data for over 20 formats.
www.bdsonline.com
Wikipedia: Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems
Click here to learn how to get your music BDS Encoded
Industry Tip #2 :: Deejays
Deejays when your being booked for an event
make sure you find out all the details before you say yes.
~ DJ Earth 1 NE
There's nothing worse than being unprepared. Ask your WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, & TIME. Always ask WHO will be paying you (half before the event and the rest after) but if your like me ask for your funds upfront so you don't have hunt down the person who hired you at the end of the event. Always ask WHAT type of crowd will be in the place. This is important because this will set the tone to what type of music you play for the event. It's really a good idea to know WHEN your gig is. Get yourself a gmail account and use the google calendar so you won't double or triple book yourself. (I learned this the hard way) . Knowing WHERE your gig is half the battle. Being on TIME will get you hired again.
Also, please visit www.americanmusicalsupply for all your eqipment needs and they have pay plans if you can't buy it all at once
Industry Tip #1 :: ASCAP /BMI
If you are an Indie Artist, look into ASCAP /BMI to publish your works!
~ Enoch 7th Prophet aka @E7thP aka Enoch El-shamesh
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (commonly known as ASCAP) is an American not-for-profit performance-rights organization (PRO) that protects its members' musical copyrights by monitoring public performances of their music, whether via abroadcast or live performance, and compensating them accordingly.
www.ascap.com/
twitter.com/ASCAP
Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) is one of three United States performing rights organizations, along with ASCAP and SESAC. It collects license fees on behalf of songwriters, composers, and music publishers and distributes them as royalties to those members whose works have been performed. In 2009, BMI collected over $905 million in licensing fees and distributed $788 million in royalties.
www.bmi.com/
twitter.com/#bmi
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