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A couple of weeks ago an artist contacted me about performing at SXSW and mentioned that a promoter wanted to charge him $3,000 dollar to perform on a “guaranteed spot with an audience”. My mind was instantly blown. I had heard the horror stories about paying to perform at festivals, but never had I heard…

So by now you probably already guess what our theme is for this month. On this week’s episode of The Str8OutDaDen Podcast we talk what it really means with the phrase started from the bottom and why you should intern. Internships are vital to long term success. They give you an opportunity to learn the…

What separates you from the competition? How are you able to be successful in an industry that is flooded with people inspiring to be in the same position? What is your key to success? We believe that creating memorable moments is the key. For this week’s episode of The Str8OutDaDen Podcast we talk how you…

Exclusivity can be great, especially if you’re a high profile artist like Kanye West, JAY Z, Dr. Dre, Lil Wayne, etc. But what about if you’re new and upcoming artist? Can having your music only on your website site work for you? What problems would I face? Well for this week’s episode of The Str8OutDaDen…

You may have heard of an artist by the name of Drake (he’s been in the news quite often for the past couple of years). If so then you probably have heard of his song “0 to 100 (Real Quick).” We live in a world where everything is fast. Your car, blowing money and getting…

By definition an A&R (Artists and repertoire) is the division of a record label or music publishing company that is responsible for talent scouting and overseeing the artistic development of recording artists and songwriters. This positions were highly seek out by those who wanted to be in the music industry but couldn’t play an instrument…

First off Happy New Year to you family! Since its a new year and people are making resolutions, we thought we should tackle that age old myth of EVERYONE in hip-hop being rich. Well you’ve heard of the horror stories of rappers like DMX, Young Buck, MC Hammer and a host of others, so we…

How many of you remember CliffsNotes? Well if you ever had to read a book in school and was too lazy to actually read the novel (that was me), then CliffsNotes was your best friend. Why? Because they gave you a brief synopsis of that 300 plus page book and condensed things down to about…

So you put out what you believe to be a dope project, took the time to market it and in rolls the criticism and from fans at that. In this week’s podcast we discuss accepting criticism from fans and ask the age old question…should you or nah? After breaking down exactly what criticism is, we…

Well it’s New Year’s Eve and a great year is behind us. 2015 brought challenges, changes and sacrifice and now that it’s almost over I can say its been fun. To end the year off right we decided to go through the archives and put together a Best of 2015 episode. There are so many…