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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…

What’s the one thing that you can never get back? If you answered your time, then you would be correct. That brings us to our latest podcast as we discuss why marketing is all about timing. We are joined by Aldin Jackson. With over 13 years of marketing experience, Dean talked his time spent with…

Why do most people become stuck in their careers? Metathesiophobia. Now for those of you who were like me and didn’t have a clue what this term meant, its simply the fear of change. Change can sometimes cause anxiety and take us out of our comfort zone and honesty that’s not the easiest thing in…

Today the marketplace is completely flooded with new producers and artist. This makes it almost impossible to stand out among the pack of hungry competitors. So what’s the difference between you and everyone else? Attractive branding! How do we achieve this attractive branding and is it impossible? Well for today’s podcast, we focus on making…

For those of you doing your homework, then you know that DJing is essentially one of the most important elements of Hip-Hop. So for this week’s podcast we explore the importance of DJing and why you as an artist should have a DJ on your team. We break down what a DJ is, how they…

Throughout the years we have seen music grow and most importantly, we have seen how music is consumed. From vinyl to 8-Track, tapes to CDs, MP3s to streaming and whatever new technology on the horizon. However for this week’s podcast we focus on the one audio format that took the world by storm during the…

Sometimes as an artist you are faced with tough decisions and challenges along your journey in this business of music. Through all of those things, opportunities may come and go. What’s really important is what you do when those opportunities present themselves. Some make excuses, while others make it happen. For today’s podcast we talk…

When you don’t know something, there’s only two things you can do; keep quiet or ask questions. Of course you choose to ask questions and even though some of them were tough, we made sure to answer them all and in deep detail. I also decided to record the podcast while live on Periscope and…