very true.that why an artist like myself takes cd's to shows and hands them out as well as on the streets.i steady gotta remind ppl im not sellin nothin its free.you have to establish yourself first before anybody will fukk witchu and thats the easiest way to do it.ppl still refuse free shit but thats the way to get it in everyones hands possible.yea get wit siccness and these other websites who are willing to help artists such as myself with promotion.keep throwin ya name out there and having your material everywhere and ppl will wake up.think about that.real spittage.
thats real.....
someone once told me as an artist, give away your first few good paintings because it spreads word of who you are. grassroot business usually always starts from word of mouth traveling.
if a cd is free, that person might go on the internet and start researching you...add you on myspace and like those songs more...learn more about your shit and start bumping you...they friends hear it and they might check it out...
ive gotten mc's cd's sold just by talking about that shit online much less bumping it in real life..people will hit me up and go where can i get that? they wont even wanna get it in a store, theyll wanna get it hand to hand through a person they can identify with E.G. me or the artist
if i like someones music i got for free im 5 times more than likely to buy it
but coming to san diego and just trying to sell cds...man....thats gonna be kinda hard....you arent going to run into many rappers doing the same thing..and for a good reason..
its the same idea as back in the early 90s when people handed out promotional copies of cds...
in 1992 i got a promotional copy of ras kass's "wont catch me running" handed to me at a hip hop show, and the rest was history..
i wouldnt have bought that shit...cuz i aint know who was kass was in 1992...ya dig?
but when his album soul on ice dropped i got that shit straight out the store with my money..