Question for Aspiring Rappers - How Many Hours a Day Do You Spend Trying To Get On?
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I average about 8 hrs a day depending on what I've got to fuck with, not a rapper but I'm tryin to get a lot of Bay rappers spins and sales out my way and make connections for features and collabs for my homie's label 24 Lifetimez Entertainment
And I gotta give major props to you cats on here really doin it and takin the time and money to do it professionally
And I gotta give major props to you cats on here really doin it and takin the time and money to do it professionally
GREAT POST..AND KEEPING IT REAL....I MOST DEF FALL INTO THE MY JOB, MY EVERYDAY REAL LIFE AND MY KIDS LIFE IS SOMEWHAT LIMITING MY TIME AND EFFORT BUT THAT'S NOT AN EXCUSE...I STILL DO MY THING WHEN I CAN AND STILL GOT IT...BUT THE HUSTLE IS NOT AT ALL WHAT IT COULD OR SHOULD BE...IM NOT A YOUNG CAT..IM GROWN AND WHEN LIFE N BILLS N FAMILY KICK IN...IT WILL SET A CAT BACK FROM WHAT THEY USE TO DO..MY PRIORITIES COME FIRST...BUT ALL IN ALL......IF YOU NEVER GIVE UP AND STAY AT IT, GET OUT THERE AND BUILD THAT DRIVE UP AGAIN...START THAT NETWORK AND KEEP THAT MUSIC HOTTER THAN HOT....GOOD THINGS WILL COME...MUSIC IS MY THERAPY NO MATTER WHAT COMES OUT OF IT FOR ME......PLUS IN my HEAD I ALWAYS BEEN IN THE GAME....THAT'S HOW I STAY ALIVE...
i wake up to an average of 4 or 5 phone calls a day.returning missed calls. my work /morning/day job contributes to my foundation of my career aswell as going to school for further education so that i too can add more to the table.i spend alot of hours reading and researching articles on the net,myspace promoting and learning new skills that can benfit my career such as graphics arts.website deisgn,e commerce and building new relationship contacts with musicians and artist coast to coast thanks to the net.
if i dont have steady income i will not have resources to help push my career,same applies for me going to school.my life is a hustle,and i strive to continue
if i dont have steady income i will not have resources to help push my career,same applies for me going to school.my life is a hustle,and i strive to continue
i always keep my eye to the streets and tv to find out the latest trends in the world/society,always keepin a close eye on my competition and analyzin the world we live in. with my documentary its been bout 3years in the making,trying to make sure i get the best out of everything. establishing "real" friendships with those that are apart of it so that they can feel more at ease in regards at what iam talkin bout in my film,somethin u will not get if u just out tryin to make sumthin with little to no substance in it..information i get is rare to which u may find from your average journalist/writer,free lancer... in depth and exlcusive all 100%.. it takes years to build.
im no rapper. but heres what i do as a radio personallity
im on the radio monday-friday from 11am-4pm so thats 5 hours alone just being on the radio.( which isnt easy by myself) and i dont play alot of music my show probably my show consists of 20% music. every 30 mins and a 40 min mix.
not too mention the 3 hours before that i am preppin for the show.
By 4pm i have been " working" for about 8 hours........
then after i get off air im workin for maybe 4 more hours..... returning phone calls workin on emails. just it consisting of shit that i either did throughout the day or shit i couldnt do before i went on air.
by 8pm thats about 12 hours
i get a bite too eat around 9pm
and from 10-12 im basically preppin too redo what i just did. get maybe a few hours of sleep at night and 6am back too doin what i just did.
Nowhere near where im gonna be... but yeah i grind..... oh and i didint just start this. i been doin this everyday for about 6 yrs
www.theslyshow.com
im on the radio monday-friday from 11am-4pm so thats 5 hours alone just being on the radio.( which isnt easy by myself) and i dont play alot of music my show probably my show consists of 20% music. every 30 mins and a 40 min mix.
not too mention the 3 hours before that i am preppin for the show.
By 4pm i have been " working" for about 8 hours........
then after i get off air im workin for maybe 4 more hours..... returning phone calls workin on emails. just it consisting of shit that i either did throughout the day or shit i couldnt do before i went on air.
by 8pm thats about 12 hours
i get a bite too eat around 9pm
and from 10-12 im basically preppin too redo what i just did. get maybe a few hours of sleep at night and 6am back too doin what i just did.
Nowhere near where im gonna be... but yeah i grind..... oh and i didint just start this. i been doin this everyday for about 6 yrs
www.theslyshow.com
GOD has a plan, im just thankful to wake up
being that im unsigned and not gettin paid thru music i dont obligate myself to really waste hella hours doing this and that when this music industry is all about who you know...
sure i write alot just to exercise my flow but as far as callin radio stations, huntin down labels, bookin shows, or whatever... no sireee bob
"perfect timing" and "who you know" so until then im mackin
everybody's a rapper so i dont promote myself as one...YEE !!!
being that im unsigned and not gettin paid thru music i dont obligate myself to really waste hella hours doing this and that when this music industry is all about who you know...
sure i write alot just to exercise my flow but as far as callin radio stations, huntin down labels, bookin shows, or whatever... no sireee bob
"perfect timing" and "who you know" so until then im mackin
everybody's a rapper so i dont promote myself as one...YEE !!!
i go to skoo in pittsburg for recording arts. my instructors have grammy awards. million dollar studio.great stuff,great program,students in the past who have took these courses at the school i attend has jumped into the professional field and expanded and has grown a very sucessul career at it,in both livesound and enginering
I work 6:30am til 3
m and a lot of until 6:30 in a factory and while I'm there I'm constantly on the phone with Program Directors at the radio stations out here, shootin and receiving emails, doin research,networkin and makin connections with artists from the Bay and here in Indianapolis on all kinds of websites plus doin the MySpace thang. God Bless the T-Mobile Sidekick 3!!!!!!!!!! But first and foremost I'm a full time single father to 3 of the sweetest lil girls.
m and a lot of until 6:30 in a factory and while I'm there I'm constantly on the phone with Program Directors at the radio stations out here, shootin and receiving emails, doin research,networkin and makin connections with artists from the Bay and here in Indianapolis on all kinds of websites plus doin the MySpace thang. God Bless the T-Mobile Sidekick 3!!!!!!!!!! But first and foremost I'm a full time single father to 3 of the sweetest lil girls.