What up everyone. I'm AutoMattik's brother, I do A&R scouting for JR Rotem and his label Beluga Heights. In the past year we broke our first artist Sean Kingston with the hit "Beautiful Girls" and are releasing our second artist's single to radio this week. Be on the look for it. If you are unfamiliar with JR's work, you should. Wikipedia him.
I saw the posting on here about the Grand Hustle demo review where you have to send them 10$...which yes, does limit the amount of people who send in cd's, but I don't think you should have to pay anyone to listen to your demo.
If you guys want me to check out your music and give feedback send me TWO tracks and a myspace link to [email protected]
As the brother of a producer, I know how hard it is just to get an A&R to listen to your music, let alone get actual feedback.
Just some advice: Don't try to be good at 5 things, try to be GREAT at one thing, and you'll be successful in this industry. Sure there is Kanye, T-Pain and Akon, who make a good amount of their beats. But there are producers/beatmakers for a reason, that's all they do, is make beats. So they are way more likely to have hotter tracks than a dude who raps, makes his own beats and mixes all his songs. People have specific jobs for a reason, because if each individual that you work with is really good at one thing, it makes you better. That's why we have engineers and mixers...these guys are incredibly talented with mixing music and are the reason Britney Spears sounds like Britney Spears. If these guys were to try and be rappers and producers also, their skills in mixing would lack. If you have a good idea, get a beat from a producer, record it at a studio, and have an engineer mix it. It's all going to cost you money, but it could be worth it, it could be your big break. If your going to do something, do it 110%.
When I look for talent, if I'm looking for a rapper, I'm looking for two big things, his look and his talent/skill. Now, you can have all that, but if the beat is wack, the A&R might just skip past the song before you even start your verse...why? Because we've heard it a thousand times, we find that most rappers with talent have tight beats when they send in demos, because they take their shit that serious.
I'll start checking siccness everyday or so, we'll see. If you guys have any specific questions about the industry, etc...just ask me. I'll tell you the full truth, because I still see both sides, and a lot of people in the bay (where I'm from) are in the dark about how this shit really works. Although I've only been in the industry for like a year and a half (and I hustled my ass off to get where I am), I have some pretty good insight.
I saw the posting on here about the Grand Hustle demo review where you have to send them 10$...which yes, does limit the amount of people who send in cd's, but I don't think you should have to pay anyone to listen to your demo.
If you guys want me to check out your music and give feedback send me TWO tracks and a myspace link to [email protected]
As the brother of a producer, I know how hard it is just to get an A&R to listen to your music, let alone get actual feedback.
Just some advice: Don't try to be good at 5 things, try to be GREAT at one thing, and you'll be successful in this industry. Sure there is Kanye, T-Pain and Akon, who make a good amount of their beats. But there are producers/beatmakers for a reason, that's all they do, is make beats. So they are way more likely to have hotter tracks than a dude who raps, makes his own beats and mixes all his songs. People have specific jobs for a reason, because if each individual that you work with is really good at one thing, it makes you better. That's why we have engineers and mixers...these guys are incredibly talented with mixing music and are the reason Britney Spears sounds like Britney Spears. If these guys were to try and be rappers and producers also, their skills in mixing would lack. If you have a good idea, get a beat from a producer, record it at a studio, and have an engineer mix it. It's all going to cost you money, but it could be worth it, it could be your big break. If your going to do something, do it 110%.
When I look for talent, if I'm looking for a rapper, I'm looking for two big things, his look and his talent/skill. Now, you can have all that, but if the beat is wack, the A&R might just skip past the song before you even start your verse...why? Because we've heard it a thousand times, we find that most rappers with talent have tight beats when they send in demos, because they take their shit that serious.
I'll start checking siccness everyday or so, we'll see. If you guys have any specific questions about the industry, etc...just ask me. I'll tell you the full truth, because I still see both sides, and a lot of people in the bay (where I'm from) are in the dark about how this shit really works. Although I've only been in the industry for like a year and a half (and I hustled my ass off to get where I am), I have some pretty good insight.
