HOW TO ACTUALLY SELL RECORDS ON AN INDEPENDENT LABEL BY JESSIE SPENCER [Except Fom My New Book "Turning Down Nothin' But My Collar"]

This blog is for new artists who are wet around the ears and really have no idea how the music industry works.

I've been involved in every faucet of the music industry [retail, producing and recording songs and remixes, album cordinator, released  two compilations back to back in 2007] since 1997.

I don't have time to sit in front of a camera and talk for 15 minutes so I wrote this blog. This is just a list of things you need to do if you want to get your music in the stores and eventually in a consumer's hand.

1. Don't Put Out A Mixtape If No One Knows Who You Are

If you don't have a buzz going and nobody knows who you are then don't waste your time making a mixtape. No one's gonna listen to that shit. Ain't nobody got time for that.

Just focus on making real songs with catchy hooks and maybe get a feature with a well known artist and then put out a video and get a buzz going.

What's the point of putting out a mixtape out if you don't even got an album coming out?

Doesn't matter if you're the best rapper on the planet. People have to know who you are and they have to know your music.

I'll give you an example of someone who created their own buzz by posted hundreds of videos on YouTube.

Riff Raff is not the greatest rapper on the planet but the majority of rap fans know who this guy is because he has over 500 videos on YouTube and is a very entertaining guy.

2. How To Get A Buzz Going

Just try to get on other people's songs or appear in the videos and if you stand out fans are gonna want to know more about you.

3. Do What Everybody Else Is Doing

Just listen to the radio and just emmulate [copy] everything the popular artists who are getting the most spins are doing.

4. STAY AWAY FROM WISHY WASHY PEOPLE [AKA WEIRDOS]

If a producer is constantly in your face everyday and offers you FREE beats then that man is a potential serial killer/stalker. Stay away from this dude. He has a secret agenda.

5.  Stay Away From Producers/Singers/Rappers Who Don't Want To Sign Work-For-Hire Contracts

A work-for-hire contract is just a way to f-ckin' headaches in the future.

 [Except Fom My New Book "Turning Down Nothin' But My Collar"]