Artists: Bloggers Hate Wack Photos!

Filed Under (Marketing and Promotion) by FuNkwoRm on 08-02-2010

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Your image is just at important as your music. Especially in hip hop. Most people will try to determine what kind of music you make just from a glance of your pic. This is why you should give serious thought about the promotional pictures you send out with your music.

You can’t imagine some of the horrible pics artists send me to post on this blog. The above pic is a recreation, but a very mild example.  I get bad mobile phone pics in the bathroom, with their children, with their girlfriends, got one in the kitchen, driving in the car….you get my point. Blog and website owners put a lot into making sure their sites are visually appealing. Well, at least most of them do. And they don’t wont crappy pics detracting from that. Read the rest of this entry »

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Independent Hip Hop Artists: THE BEAT GODS

Filed Under (Emcees) by FuNkwoRm on 04-02-2010

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Unsigned Independent hip hop artists, The Beat Gods, hail from Atlanta, Georgia. This combo goes in hard on their single “Ham” feat. 4-ize.

http://www.myspace.com/2beatgodz

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Independent Hip Hop Artists: ARTOFFICIAL

Filed Under (Emcees) by FuNkwoRm on 04-02-2010

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Unsigned Independent hip hop artists, Artofficial, hail from Miami, Florida. This band cleverly blends hip hop, jazz and funk together to make for some very good music. Check out the video to their single “Big City Bright Lights”.

www.artofficialmusic.net

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Independent Hip Hop Artists: HIVES INQUIRY SQUAD

Filed Under (Emcees) by FuNkwoRm on 04-02-2010

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Unsigned Independent hip hop artists, Hives Inquiry Squad, hail from Wisconsin. This duo spits wicked flows over a wicked ass beat with their single, “Enire”.
http://hisquad.bandcamp.com
www.twitter.com/hivessquad
www.myspace.com/hisquad

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Selling Music Without a Major Label

Filed Under (Labels) by FuNkwoRm on 03-02-2010

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In a recent article on Tunecore’s blog, founder Jeff Price made the point that you could not trust Neilsen Soundscan reports on the number of independent releases and how successful they were. The major and most obvious reason for this is because a huge percentage of independent releases are not registered with Soundscan, making them impossible to track. The article was a direct response to Tommy Boy Records CEO, Tommy Silverman’s, recent statement that breaking music from do-it-yourself artists required luck and/or the kind of money a label could provide to be successful. I had the pleasure of interviewing Tom Read the rest of this entry »

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Advice for Independent Artists and Musicians

Filed Under (Self Improvement) by FuNkwoRm on 02-02-2010

Here are a few inspiring words from some successful independent artists.

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SIGNIF: “The Wake Up”

Filed Under (Emcees) by FuNkwoRm on 01-02-2010

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Milwaukee’s Signif returns to IHH with her long awaited project, ” The Transition“.  ’The Wake Up’ is one of many great tracks off the album. One listen to ‘The Wake Up’ reminds you just how much female voices are needed in hip hop.

http://www.signifthegift.com

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Independent Hip Hop Artists: MAGIKMICK

Filed Under (Emcees) by FuNkwoRm on 01-02-2010

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Magikmick is a collaboration of two producers from Helsinki, Finland. This emcee, DJ combo stays true to hip hop form with this dope single, “Superhero”.

http://myspace.com/magikmick

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Independent Hip Hop Artist: SWORDZ

Filed Under (Emcees) by FuNkwoRm on 01-02-2010

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Independent hip hop artist,  Swordz,  hails from Jacksonville, FL. He’s givin’ it to you raw and uncut with this video to his single, “Teardrops”. Check it out.

www.myspace.com/swordzmusic904

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HAZIQ: “Freedom/Hussla”

Filed Under (Emcees) by FuNkwoRm on 29-01-2010

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Haziq – Freedom/Hussla from tabi Bonney on Vimeo.

Reppin for  D.C. and Atlanta, Haziq make his return to Indie Hip Hop with this ill ass video “Freedom Hussla”. Check it out.

Twitter.com/HaZiQ
HaZiQaLi.com
myspace.com/TheRhyme

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