Mr. D-Sane said:
Jesus Christ. Am I actually reading this fuckin' bullshit?
Yeah...doin' a show for 100 people and having them walk away goin' "DAMN THAT WAS SOME WACK SHIT" is a fuckin' nail in your coffin. Selling 500 copies of a wack album will surely not get you those same 500 sales next time. You're not seeing the big picture here numbnutz. First impressions are EVERYTHING!!!! Didn't your mama ever teach you that?
Sub-par is not a good thing...never has been and never will be. I don't care how you cut it. To sit here and basically say "something is better than nothing even if it is wack" is the reason why the NW is in the situation we're in.
People need to stop tellin' people that their shit is hot when it's not and maybe even tell them that they need to stop. Now if you want to act like an emotional little girl when I tell you your shit's wack...then you need to get into another business. Because if you can't handle rejection and criticism on the street level...then you're surely not gonna be able to handle it if and when you EVER reach the corporate level.
Sub-par might as well be non-existant...because they both = NOTHING.:ermm:
Sounds like two sides of an argument that you want no part of, because you always lose. Every single time we set up these arguments, you start your flaming and insulting and walk away.
Are you willing to stick around this time, and be shown how your idea is most compatible with MAJOR LABELS, and how mine is INFINITELY more compatible with INDEPENDENT ONES? Do you have the guts?
And......Sixxness? Kalyn? Do you all have the guts as well, or are you just going to sit there and co-sign other people?
Friends..........
This whole thread is taking a horrible turn. We are now going from independent thought, to Music Business Rhetoric. For those of you who don't know what I mean by rhetoric, I basically mean BULLSHIT.....GIBBRISH.....SHIT people memorize to make themselves FEEL SMART, rather than actually BEING CREATIVE.
It would be EXCELLENT if we could all get 1000 people to show up for our first show, and have them yelling out "GOT DAMN!! BEST SHOW EVER!!".....Life DOES NOT happen this way. What you GET is that your first performance, there will be a hundred people there IF YOU'RE LUCKY......and if you're even MORE lucky, 30 or so if them will actually be paying attention!
Now.....you COULD schedule your show 6 months out, and spend 6 straight months planning, and signing 10 acts, and signing Cool Nutz, and Skuntdunanna, and paying $10,000 dollars for everything......and MAYBE...just MAYBE, 1000 people would show up to your first show, and it would be the greatest thing to ever happen. ......But is it really worth all that, just for a CHANCE? 6 months and $10,000? For lottery-ticket odds that your FIRST SHOW is going to pull in as many people as some of these TEN AND FIFTEEN YEAR VETERANS have trouble bringing in to some of their shows?
Simple.....NO. It is NOT.
DO the show for 100 people. WORK YOUR ASS OFF. TALK to the people when you're done. GET the website. UPDATE the website. PUT OUT the new songs. SCHEDULE the next show, and SEE WHAT HAPPENS. As long as MORE PEOPLE are showing up, then you SHOULD NOT WORRY.
"First Impressions" work in TWO INSTANCES:
1) Meeting (INDIVIDUAL) PEOPLE for the first time.
2) Being introduced to HUGE CROWDS for the first time.
Independent rap...I'm sorry to break it to you all...applies to NEITHER. Independent rappers and labels
DO NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES.
This doesn't even INCLUDE the fact that the importance of "First Impressions" is
DIRECTLY PROPORTIONAL to the amount of things/people that are being introduced. -- If you meet 10 people a day, First Impressions mean DICK. If you meet 1 person a MONTH.....they mean EVERYTIHNG! (And I DARE someone to argue this logic.)
Back to the DVDs......using all of this above.....
There DOES NOT EXIST a NorthWest DVD series right now. The people HAVE NOT BEEN TAINTED by crappy NW DVDs. The people HAVE NOT COME TO EXPECT that NW DVDs will be mostly crap.
SO......WHAT should happen? Simple. The exact shit I outlined above. Then what happens? Even simpler.
STEP YOUR GAME UP.
BUY the $200 camera for now. Once you realize how much of an asset it is to you and your label---even if you don't want your footage on DVD, you'll still have it to analyze and look at and STUDY where you need to improve--then you WILL get to the point where you sell the $200 camera, and buy a $400 one instead.
Whats the alternative? A B2? Some random ass Rode condenser? The Hyper-Cardioid of your dreams? That-one-mic that "all the top studios" have?
SHUT THE FUCK UP WITH ALL OF THAT.
You hear people bitch and moan and whine and complain and cry and run their fucking mouth ALL DAY LONG about how the region (and the game) is flooded with SHITTY RAPPERS.
Well.....what better way to EXPOSE these rappers than to put them on film? You will SEE how these rappers dress and the cars they ride in.....these same rappers that claim to be fucking 10 hoes and smoking 5 blunts every day. (I get the feeling i've said this all before....maybe its because I have!) You will SEE them for the FRAUDS they are.
On the other hand.....you will SEE the emotion on Neema's face when he is in the studio rapping his heart out. You will SEE the RAW TALENT that is Young Slim when he is freestyling in a cypher. You will BEAR WITNESS to the calm, cool and professional demeanor that is Cool Nutz when he is interacting with his fans. All of this and more can be happen if you're even still reading this. Hi mom.
Now......let the back-peddling, and "Tadou, you don't know what the fuck you're talking about!"-ing, and the excuse-making, and the "I don't have time to argue with you"-ing, and the "thats too much for me to read!"-ing commence.
Business as usual.
