Menu Lilac Jeans II wrote: Facts about the SA industry -Many DJs in SA, most are willing to play for free,in return killing business for those who charge booking fees. -DJs use compilations to get more bookings, it’s not about the music anymore,most are recycling songs. -New producers are giving away too many of their songs for free, without making any money from them. -Young producers are will to sell their songs to big name DJs for compilations, without being credited (Selling their souls and intellectual property). -There are too many fly-by-night promoters, who think hosting an event is an easy way to make a quick buck. -Young producers think releasing an EP with an international label makes them superstars. -In order for your album to have a longer life cycle, you need to have atleast 4-5 main singles,promoted on a quarterly basis. -People want to be Artist Managers,most use it for street cred;to say they manage so and so, while the artist is suffering. -House Artist albums have more returns than DJ compilations, you pay no money to license songs. -Artists are starting their own record labels,majors are shrinking. -Mixing and mastering is no longer taken serious (killing the game). -DJs dont want to buy music always asking for promos which is killing the producer. -Vocalist are not taken serious when they charge for recording. we have a lot of vocalists but less writers. -We no longer have investors or promoters pushing new talent, you have to push yourself as an artist. People don take you serious until they see you with big names. Thank you for having time to read this. thanks Skindeep Menu of Lilac Jeans
Posted on: Tue, 24 Jun 2014 04:01:08 +0000
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