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Earlier during the week I received a text from a listener of the podcast who wanted to know what would be a good way to break the ice to new fans when he visits a new city. After some quick thinking, I gave him a strategic way to engage with them without even speaking to…

Over the years I’ve heard several artist complain about not having a large enough budget to create a solid marketing campaign. Questions like “how do I market myself when I can’t afford it?” Or PR firms are way too expensive, “how can I get around that?” Well during this week’s episode of The Str8OutDaDen Podcast…

First off Happy Thanksgiving to all of you! It’s that time of year again and instead of taking a week off, I decided to reach back in the archives and give you a dope conversation between Lloyd Musa and myself. The conversation took place around the time his Men Are Born Kings Are Made album…

Before you go crazy off of that title, allow me to explain. Selling merch is the goal, however there are some steps you should take to ensure that your merch continues to sell. During this week’s podcast we discuss why you should collect emails instead of sell merch…initially. We give you three reasons why you…

If you are an artist then you want to get paid for your work right? It’s simple, you put in the work, recorded a quality project and hit the “chitlin circuit” doing plenty of shows for free. So how do I get paid? Well for this week’s episode we discuss when should you start charging…

For this week’s podcast we sat down with Atlanta duo EarthGang. With their Strays With Rabies LP due out Friday November 6th, the Spillage Village members take us through their journey from performing the chitlin circuit to being on 4 major tours while remaining independent. We got some great dos and don’ts on touring, hilarious…

What will matter the most when you are no longer here to represent yourself? Your legacy and the mark you leave behind in this world. Today we talk legacy building with Warner Robins emcee Redcoat Da Poet. After some brief behind the scenes talk on vinyl, Redcoat gave us some insight behind why he champion…

What ever happened to sitting an artist in a room for 6 months to a year and helping them find their sound and fine tune their craft, before putting out any music? Now to some that may sound archaic, but there was a time when artist development truly existed. So what happened? Technology of course!…

According to Wikipedia, a journalist is a person who collects, writes, or distributes news or other current information. So why are they so important to culture and especially hip-hop? Well for today’s podcast we go into that and explain why you shouldn’t take journalist for granted. We are joined by world renowned Atlanta-based culture journalist,…

Have you ever become frustrated with not making enough noise in your city? Do they not show enough love to what you have going on? Well if you answered yes to any of those questions, then what we talk about on this week’s Str8OutDaDen Podcast may very well save your career. This week we explain…