Is the music industry shady? Getting signed, and Radio Plays

I actually can’t believe I titled this post “Is the music industry shady?” like to say nobody knows this already.  I’ve been trying to move my way into the industry for years now, and they just keep turning down my application. That was a metaphor for snaking me like little lizards. The joke thing is, even people who I know that are eating from the industry will straight up tell me “Bro, you have to do some next things if you want to get your foot in”. For those of you who feel like there is no shady ongoings within the industry, here’s a random disclaimer…

Now lets begin…
The reason why the industry is shady is because; let’s suppose I have just created the best song EVER…. Then what? What do I do next? I can copyright it and start sending it out to labels, or A&R’s or radio stations. Here is how f**ked it is, and I know people in this position. Popular artists that even you (the reader) know of, will sign these amazing artists, then shelf them. Give them a 3 year contract, and not allow them to release anything. But why would they do this you ask! I will tell you reader. These artists don’t want competition, simple as that. They don’t want anybody better than them putting out music because it will make them look bad.

So then we take the independent approach. Maybe if I have an amazing song, I could get some radio stations to play it lol. Oh for sure you can definitely get airplay, but to about 10 listeners. You think you’re gonna go up to BBC Radio and be like “Hey Mr BBC, check out this song, I promise you won’t be disappointed”. They get paid tens of thousands to play the latest music on loop, the huge record labels will break them off plenty little cuts. But lets say one of the DJs do decide to give you a shot and play your music. You have just ended your career, because these labels will step in. They will offer you a contract once you take it you have a 10% chance of releasing, but you are more than likely getting shelved. If you turn down the contract, you better believe your ass is getting capped. That don’t mean what you think it means, they basically blacklist you. “Hey XYZ Radio, there is a new artist out, here is 100k, don’t play any of his songs, deuces!” Well… That’s you taken care of!

Which leads us to online marketing and distribution. I can’t knock this, its pretty impossible for labels to monitor everything on the net, so this is our safest bet. Let the people push your music through word of mouth, not these labels through mass emails and paying off radio stations. I’ll probably get shot for this post, lucky for me, I’m just text on a screen, so you can shoot at me all day, you’ll just have to buy a new monitor.

That’s just a brief post about the industry, sorry for all of the down posts lately, I promise when I'm feeling up, I’ll do a post about how great the Earth is, fluffy clouds and rainbows. Remember… A terrorist in their homeland, is a war hero!

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