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hey, ive been makin beats for a little bit over a year, and i feel ive hit a wall.
Lets say 8 months ago, i post a vid showin my beats on some random msg board, and get no replies. or even worse barely any views. i say eff it and move on to the next.
i have only a couple artists that i do work with. One is actually pretty talented but with the last video(with visuals) he posted up, it had my beat and i posted it as well. Altogether on facebook we got a total of 10 views last night? out of 1100(250 on my end) friends total lol thats even WORSE than people not liking it.
i mean, yea i got paid for the lease and all, but we both in the same area and it looks bad if people just dont CARE, you feel me.
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So what im trying to get at from that sob story is this. im at no point in my beat making to set aside another career i'm pursuing to do music 100 percent, neither financially or mentally. Im trying to build relationships not only with respectable artists that want to pay for and use my work, but with people that regardless of who they listen to, enjoy hearing my music. I just put together that im going to start packaging beat tapes and just passing them around to everyone who i see and respect as having a good taste in music. but i need more ways of building my REPUTATION of someone who makes good music that one should feel inclined to listen to. I dont wanna be rich and famous overnight, Im just trying to set a goal for myself. At the same time, i would like to know good ways to build one's network.
Any ideas are very much appreciated. Thank you for taking the time to read this thread.
hey, ive been makin beats for a little bit over a year, and i feel ive hit a wall.
Lets say 8 months ago, i post a vid showin my beats on some random msg board, and get no replies. or even worse barely any views. i say eff it and move on to the next.
i have only a couple artists that i do work with. One is actually pretty talented but with the last video(with visuals) he posted up, it had my beat and i posted it as well. Altogether on facebook we got a total of 10 views last night? out of 1100(250 on my end) friends total lol thats even WORSE than people not liking it.
i mean, yea i got paid for the lease and all, but we both in the same area and it looks bad if people just dont CARE, you feel me.
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So what im trying to get at from that sob story is this. im at no point in my beat making to set aside another career i'm pursuing to do music 100 percent, neither financially or mentally. Im trying to build relationships not only with respectable artists that want to pay for and use my work, but with people that regardless of who they listen to, enjoy hearing my music. I just put together that im going to start packaging beat tapes and just passing them around to everyone who i see and respect as having a good taste in music. but i need more ways of building my REPUTATION of someone who makes good music that one should feel inclined to listen to. I dont wanna be rich and famous overnight, Im just trying to set a goal for myself. At the same time, i would like to know good ways to build one's network.
Any ideas are very much appreciated. Thank you for taking the time to read this thread.
