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[tpsingle key=”Jackson2015b”] Kurt NiceKurt Nice aka Kurtiss Jackson is a behind the scenes pioneer in the Hip Hop Kulture, creating the first nationally distributed video mix tape series, Shades of Hip Hop, in the late 1990s. Since touring the country…
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Have Black Men Advanced?
In 2014, an article by Dr. Boyce Watkins, outlined 5 reasons why he felt “black” men haven’t advanced over the last 40 years. Watkins states, “We are fragmented, distracted, materialistic, and ultimately weak. We are not men…. we are just…
How did Hip Hop end up here?
Over the past few years, I was forced to re-evaluate my feelings about Hip Hop Kulture because of the state of hip-hop music. It’s not just that rap has declined over the past 10 years, but the lack of originality,…
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Picking the right thumbnail and song title
A lot of work may have gone in to your last music project. You may have taken time to come up with concepts and constructed a well put-together song. It may have taken numerous hours in the studio to get…
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Your best promotional tool is more you
If you ever wondered how to get a person more interested in your music look no further than this post. Here is the answer. Give the listener more you. That’s right, give them more of who you are, if you…
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How do you get someone to check out your new music?
Today, a thousand more songs were added to the internet by independent artists all over the World. With so much music being posted, how do you get someone to check out your tunes as opposed to all the others? Unless…
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The next level of mixtape promotion
What are the challenges you face as an artist trying to live through your art? Whatever you think they may be, most of those challenges aren’t new. There is no question that the internet has made it much easier for…
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P. Diddy gives group $250k to promote entrepreneurship
“Don’t worry if I write rhymes, I write checks.” – Puff Daddy In an shining example of putting your money where your mouth is, Sean Combs aka Puff Daddy, aka P Diddy or just Diddy, used his vast material influence…
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The Biz
by J. Michael Dolan Just finished reading Peter Gubers book “Tell To Win” for the second time. It’s that good. Reminded me why I love the entertainment biz so much, probably because I’ve never worked in any other industry in…
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Finding the right answers
If we want answers to the most important questions, we must look to the past. Why? Because all the greatest questions which plague mankind at the core, have already been asked. These are the same questions that have burned in…
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Quora Question: What’s it like to be Rich on the DL?
This weeks question on Quora which peeked my interest was the following… What is it like to be discreetly wealthy? Some interesting answers came next, which explained the concept of being rich but not bragging about it, or living extravagantly.…
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YouTube Guide for Musicians
Want to know how to turn YouTube views into sales? Start here. For today’s independent musician, having a strong video presence is practically a requirement for a successful DIY music career. This guide will show you how to convert YouTube…
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10 Steps in Making a Documentary
Documentaries by Untitled Learning how to create a documentary may be a lot of fun and doesn’t demand a film-making degree. You only need a burning need to educate story along with a willingness to figure out each step from…
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The Lies Hip Hop Told Me pt. 2 Ignorance is Cool
There are a number of myths and outright lies that have been perpetuated in Hip Hop Kulture that poison the minds of novices and old-timers alike. Some of these lies have mistakenly become part of the false identity ascribed to…
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Legal Advice for Artists
In This Issue Newsletter Intro Article: Crowd Funding Sites Quick Links More About Us Archive Subscribe to my Monthly Newsletter www.raclawfirm.com The articles in this newsletter are for information purposes only and are not intended…
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ART
A Golden Oldie… Art is NOT “in the eye of the beholder” like some would say. Rather art is the heart and soul of the artist, living at risk. It’s the blisters on the fingertips of the guitarist, the steady…
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Living With Ants
I once asked Steven Stills, what’s the best advice he could give fledgling musicians? He said, “Don’t quit your day job.” Wise words back in the day. However, given that the current “tech revolution” has put career control and unlimited income…
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Audio-Technica’s premier studio vocal microphone
Introducing Audio-Technica’s premier studio vocal microphone, the AT5040 cardioid condenser. The debut of our flagship 50 Series, the AT5040 represents a milestone in condenser design, offering remarkably musical high-fidelity performance, with profound realism and depth, presence and purity of sound.…
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Do you consider Trinidad James Hip Hop?
Artists like Trinidad James aren’t the real problem at all. It’s program directors who play his music as if it is comparable to real Hip Hop, that are the problem. The confusion about whether his lack of mic skillz or…
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