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Originally Posted by Indeph
To me it's more of an initiation as a rapper. Like getting an NBA contract. Plus I feel like it'll guide me better as an artist. Unless you have some secret that could push me to superstardom and you're being gay and not telling me.  |
That's what A&R's are for, or better still A&R companies, like Taxi or Circle of Songs, etc. etc.
A&R's tell you how to become more marketable, what to wear, shape your image etc., and not everyone's looking for that. They assign you one when you get signed, but you don't HAVE to get signed to have one. Far from it.
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Originally Posted by Young Law
its called money .
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How do you see money coming from getting signed??
don't believe what you see and hear these rappers tellin you on TV man lmao, most of the rappers you've heard in your life are piss broke or are in DEBT from their deals. Labels don't GIVE you money. They give you a loan that you have to pay back that all your expenses come out of. Why do you think it's called an "advance"?
wait till you see what happens if you don't meet your sales target, or worse yet, get shelved. better have a great way to come up with the moeny you already spent, cuz the label's definitely gonna want it. and get it.
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Originally Posted by The Revelation
To spread my message in a way that a lot of the world will listen, and also make money doing what I love is always a plus.
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Only need a distrobution deal for that. They'll get your CD in stores like Sam Goody, Coconuts, and any other music store super-giant.
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Originally Posted by .Ike.
1. So my music can be recorded on expensive ass equipment...and some pro mixer will make it sound sexy as hell....
2. To prove people wrong
3. So i can build up a status big enough to start my own major record label...so i can continue the ass fucking of random shitheads that dont know what theyre signing
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^^continue the rape cycle? probably the most realistic reasons I've ever heard.