Mistah Fab and Clyde Carson blew it for the Bay
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I kinda feel like everyone is using the wrong measuring stick when trying to decide wether the bay blew up or now. I do agree that the region could be more popular, and the reason FLA passed us up is simple, they stick together, we don't . It is the same cast of characters in every Florida niggaz video, wether its the newest nigga or a vet. All of them are in the same videos. They all cosign each other.
As for soundscan and record sales to measure the success of an artist, that shit is on the way out. That is why you cant hate on YaBoy, he is doing shows off the music he puts out on the internet. What's more is that he connects with the fans on the internet, so the nigga has real Fans. Like real deal rock band fans, his fans are gonna be with him like thizz has its on fans. And those fans are world wide. I think that FAB is working on that same business model, which is why he pointed out how he is getting money without the "buzz". By the way, what determines buzz these days? MTV1 is not in the music video biz anymore. (in fact mtv.com just did a 3-part article on the death of the recording industry) All our artists are on MTV jams. Is it just radio?
I think that established artists like 40 and Short can stick with the traditional record industry business model, for now. All the new artists need to get a new one, based upon establishing real fans and generating revenue in new ways. The most important company in 2008 is one that 707 mentioned in his post LIVE NATION. Madonna just left her label of 25 years to sign a 360 deal with them. If you look at the details of what here deal includes, you will see that any local label could do the same thing, on a smaller scale. If she succeeds, a revolution will becoming...
As for soundscan and record sales to measure the success of an artist, that shit is on the way out. That is why you cant hate on YaBoy, he is doing shows off the music he puts out on the internet. What's more is that he connects with the fans on the internet, so the nigga has real Fans. Like real deal rock band fans, his fans are gonna be with him like thizz has its on fans. And those fans are world wide. I think that FAB is working on that same business model, which is why he pointed out how he is getting money without the "buzz". By the way, what determines buzz these days? MTV1 is not in the music video biz anymore. (in fact mtv.com just did a 3-part article on the death of the recording industry) All our artists are on MTV jams. Is it just radio?
I think that established artists like 40 and Short can stick with the traditional record industry business model, for now. All the new artists need to get a new one, based upon establishing real fans and generating revenue in new ways. The most important company in 2008 is one that 707 mentioned in his post LIVE NATION. Madonna just left her label of 25 years to sign a 360 deal with them. If you look at the details of what here deal includes, you will see that any local label could do the same thing, on a smaller scale. If she succeeds, a revolution will becoming...
so after looking it up.. why the fuck would anyone sign a 360 deal.. it just give the label more money.
"it's a new version of a recording deal.
the old version was set up for the label and management to get money/percentage from album sales.
a 360 degree deal means that the label and management get money not only from album sales, but also from concert ticket sales and merchandise sales.
touring and merch are traditionally the big money makers for artists. album sales usually make very little for most bands."
"it's a new version of a recording deal.
the old version was set up for the label and management to get money/percentage from album sales.
a 360 degree deal means that the label and management get money not only from album sales, but also from concert ticket sales and merchandise sales.
touring and merch are traditionally the big money makers for artists. album sales usually make very little for most bands."
Exactly right. So why sign with a label? Madonna signed with a concert promoter. Its all about branding now. People think the future is about the music, its not. Its about your brand. That is why we spend so much time on here talking about what else a rapper has going on besides music. People are interested in that rapper as a brand. In my opinion its a mistake for any new artists to sign with a major label unless its a 360 that would include movies, concerts, etc. If you don't do that, you are better off using the team that you currently have to establish your brand, one market at at time. Or use the internet and make the world your one market.
yall have what is called the "tupac blues".
mac dre died and so did youre morale.
you tried.
so did southern cali.
give it a half a decade, itll come around again.
at the end of the day, there was nothing cool about little white kids in oversized glasses walking amongst their cars at the neighborhood mall.
everyone just went on and partied with the dead guy and forgot about where he was from. so the bay did kinda blow up, but the person who did it aint alive.
mac dre died and so did youre morale.
you tried.
so did southern cali.
give it a half a decade, itll come around again.
at the end of the day, there was nothing cool about little white kids in oversized glasses walking amongst their cars at the neighborhood mall.
everyone just went on and partied with the dead guy and forgot about where he was from. so the bay did kinda blow up, but the person who did it aint alive.
I found a great article. It's about the current state of the industry and the different routes artists can take and still be successful. What it seems local artists aren't realizing is that self-distribution can work, especially if you focus on the digital, because the cost of manufacturing and distribution disappears. CD's, tapes, and now computers are just containers. Sell the experience, cause you can no longer control how the music gets delivered.
http://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/magazine/16-01/ff_byrne?currentPage=all#s
http://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/magazine/16-01/ff_byrne?currentPage=all#s
they say the bay iz wack lmao
come out here and say that with your Fresno Sacramento azz haaaaaaaaaaaah
middle of NO were azz........
nigga OAKLAND THATS IT AND THATS ALL
you niggaz know............ shut up
http://media.npr.org/programs/atc/features/2005/aug/sideshow/blurb200.jpg
NIGGA WE STARTED THIS FUCK YO CITY
NIGGAZ ACT LIKE THEY FORGETTING OR SOMETHING
FRISCO SAC SAN JO HAYWARD RICH VALLEJO WHAT EVER SO WHAT ?
OAKALAND USA YOUR SLANG
YOUR LIFE
NO BIDNESS LIKE TOWN BIDNESS
come out here and say that with your Fresno Sacramento azz haaaaaaaaaaaah
middle of NO were azz........
nigga OAKLAND THATS IT AND THATS ALL
you niggaz know............ shut up
http://media.npr.org/programs/atc/features/2005/aug/sideshow/blurb200.jpg
NIGGA WE STARTED THIS FUCK YO CITY
NIGGAZ ACT LIKE THEY FORGETTING OR SOMETHING
FRISCO SAC SAN JO HAYWARD RICH VALLEJO WHAT EVER SO WHAT ?
OAKALAND USA YOUR SLANG
YOUR LIFE
NO BIDNESS LIKE TOWN BIDNESS
I believe it is a distribution deal, meaning that Atlantic will distribute his record through their supply chain. What they have to do with production and promotion I have no idea. I know FAB reads this shit, I don't get why he just sets the record straight. I don't think he blew it either, he has a projected release schedule and it getting shit done. Hopefully we'll have a single within the next few months.