All entertainment is a shitty biz to be in. It's easier to sell soap, underwear or sod and you'll become a millionaire quicker. Any business that you have to be LIKED is bad for passive investing. Folks are still lying and talking about the "love" and "creativity"...for those of us who have grown up, the name of the game is $. With that said, I don't engage in helping folks make "demo's" anymore nor do I bother people who are not craving an artist music. No freebies! We are going to sell the album/show/merchandise or we are not. When you sell music like one sell's a cargo container of toothpick's, reality and pragmatism rewards you!
but you have to invest in the artist right to do these things??
if you are the executive producer or the label/media owner
you have to work hard on promotion before,during and after the release of the album building a buzz using tried and true promotion techniques and creative ones....
ppl say music is free ... but I still see ppl selling plenty of music and then yes venturing into film,endorsement
and I believe you have music that your
target audience can connect to
you can get them to buy from you..
and for a indie artist or label 10,000 to 50,000 units can mean a great deal of cash coming from a grassroots level...
I read tons of books/articles of business ppl who where told by other you don't know what you're talking about and what you're doing and these ppl stayed on their course and now they are in the elite of their field..
so I don't think investing in an artist is a blackhole only if don't have to patience and the endurance to keep going and learn from mistakes and from
achievements
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I guess its just the nature of the beast..... IMO a lot of these guys could make something of themselves but they usually end up holding themselves back for one reason or another....
The success of a talented rapper really is in his hands nowadays tho....
I remember (as a kid) going up to the hoop courts and just sitting there watching in amazement, some of the hood cats just talking ish shooting hoops. A gang of em were on some and1 ish....killin the courts....dunkin on fools...lol...
Where they @ now...?
I'm just sayin..
like the guy freestyling is he using his dirty money to make clean money is he invested in himself as rap enterprise??
this is if he really does all the stuff he raps about
you can't have a rap career if you're locked up for 10 years on a dope charge