Starting a record label
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u gotta go get your company name and fill out these forms at tha county clerks office then pay tah have it in tha newspaper a few weeks not sure how many weeks cuz i did it awhile back.but then they'll send u a paper sayen thats your business name what not what not.....
fatishis (i know i spelled it wrong) business name
so no 1 will steal your name
fatishis (i know i spelled it wrong) business name
so no 1 will steal your name
http://www.siccness.net/vb/showthread.php?t=205166
^^ You don't even need to read you can just listen.
^^ You don't even need to read you can just listen.
i was thinking along those lines ,...but not the book it's self and not that price i was just saying that it cost that much,....and another book you may wanna look at is the musicans guidebook,...or somethenks like that hit up flossys myspace page it has a image of it it was really helpful to me,...
1. Make sure you create rap/hip-hop, there are almost NO small record labels doing this type of music. Its a very unexploited niche.
2. Make a "mixtape", which is your rapper's lyrics over someone else's music. Sell them on street corners, at malls, at the post office, you know, in court, wherever you can find other people. Be sure to tell them that you are "the next artist to blow up", "I will be on MTV soon", "this hit single is blowing up the airwaves", even if the only radio play it got was on you and your cousins little Sprint PCS radio hookup.
3. Rap about Lexuses, (or Lexi, if you prefer) platinum jewelry, platinum grilles, spending 3 thousand in one night at the strip club, doing 38 years in the pen, just basically all about the life.
4. Find a catchy name for your record label based on a stereotype about black people (Rob You In A Dark Alley Records, Pussy For Sale Ent, Niggaz N Jail Inc, GTA:Oakland).
5. Name immediate family members, ESPECIALLY first cousins, CEO, VP, VP of Marketing, Manager, etc.
6. Quit your money makin job. When you become the next Jay Z, you wont need no 9 to 5 no more. The more time/effort you put into your label, the sooner you will become the next Jay Z. Sell everything you got and buy a studio to put in your garage.
7. Feature every wack rapper you know who is a close personal friend or relative, no matter how good/bad they are in rapping. Promote them as if they are the next Tupac, even when their lines sound like this "Bitches on my dick / Nigga you a trick / Get in the whip / Bitch time to strip / I got the heat / Them boys retreat / I got the chrome / Now I go home / See me on the block / All them niggas jock"
8. Stay in local black communities to sell your product. Never venture outside the hood. Black and minority communities do not have an abundance of record labels and rappers. There is almost no one today in Black communities who raps and / or produces, and has a record label. All you have to do is set up shop, and watch the money come in.
9. Do not innovate or do your own style of music. If Hyphy is hot, you better be the hyphiest yellow bus ryder you can be. Make all your songs about goin dumb, get stupid, stunner shades, and thizz face. If a new trend comes up, follow it as fast as you can. People who make their own styles, do their own thing, and are creative are never appreciated in the music industry. Ten years from now Tupac will be forgotten, but Yung Joc will live on in our hearts and minds. Bonus points for naming your label Hyphy Ent.
Follow this advice, and you will soon be a millionaire.
2. Make a "mixtape", which is your rapper's lyrics over someone else's music. Sell them on street corners, at malls, at the post office, you know, in court, wherever you can find other people. Be sure to tell them that you are "the next artist to blow up", "I will be on MTV soon", "this hit single is blowing up the airwaves", even if the only radio play it got was on you and your cousins little Sprint PCS radio hookup.
3. Rap about Lexuses, (or Lexi, if you prefer) platinum jewelry, platinum grilles, spending 3 thousand in one night at the strip club, doing 38 years in the pen, just basically all about the life.
4. Find a catchy name for your record label based on a stereotype about black people (Rob You In A Dark Alley Records, Pussy For Sale Ent, Niggaz N Jail Inc, GTA:Oakland).
5. Name immediate family members, ESPECIALLY first cousins, CEO, VP, VP of Marketing, Manager, etc.
6. Quit your money makin job. When you become the next Jay Z, you wont need no 9 to 5 no more. The more time/effort you put into your label, the sooner you will become the next Jay Z. Sell everything you got and buy a studio to put in your garage.
7. Feature every wack rapper you know who is a close personal friend or relative, no matter how good/bad they are in rapping. Promote them as if they are the next Tupac, even when their lines sound like this "Bitches on my dick / Nigga you a trick / Get in the whip / Bitch time to strip / I got the heat / Them boys retreat / I got the chrome / Now I go home / See me on the block / All them niggas jock"
8. Stay in local black communities to sell your product. Never venture outside the hood. Black and minority communities do not have an abundance of record labels and rappers. There is almost no one today in Black communities who raps and / or produces, and has a record label. All you have to do is set up shop, and watch the money come in.
9. Do not innovate or do your own style of music. If Hyphy is hot, you better be the hyphiest yellow bus ryder you can be. Make all your songs about goin dumb, get stupid, stunner shades, and thizz face. If a new trend comes up, follow it as fast as you can. People who make their own styles, do their own thing, and are creative are never appreciated in the music industry. Ten years from now Tupac will be forgotten, but Yung Joc will live on in our hearts and minds. Bonus points for naming your label Hyphy Ent.
Follow this advice, and you will soon be a millionaire.
damn, we're going to have to change our music up then
shit, then we should pull the songs we got off the air and stop fucking with our own beats and mess with already recorded shit but what if we don't own any of that or never did time.....oh I forgot, thats not neccessary as long as you say you do
shit, we were gonna have an intelligent name, but looks like we'll have to scrap that. alright, I'll tell all the people involved that they have to be put on the back burner for my fam, who has nothing to do with our music so I should sell the studio equiptment I have to buy studio equiptment to put in my non-existent garage? ok.
no prob, we'll make sure to rap like too short
wait, I thought everyone on siccness was a suburban white kid, you actually expect one of us to go into a black community?
fuck, then we seriously have to reconsider what we're doing. golly gee willickers, thanks buddy! :ermm:
shit, then we should pull the songs we got off the air and stop fucking with our own beats and mess with already recorded shit but what if we don't own any of that or never did time.....oh I forgot, thats not neccessary as long as you say you do
shit, we were gonna have an intelligent name, but looks like we'll have to scrap that. alright, I'll tell all the people involved that they have to be put on the back burner for my fam, who has nothing to do with our music so I should sell the studio equiptment I have to buy studio equiptment to put in my non-existent garage? ok.
no prob, we'll make sure to rap like too short
wait, I thought everyone on siccness was a suburban white kid, you actually expect one of us to go into a black community?
fuck, then we seriously have to reconsider what we're doing. golly gee willickers, thanks buddy! :ermm:
