I Am Mo Better

So many CD’s, mp3′s, download links and it’s only Monday. It drives me crazy every time I’m in a city and I hear a local artist played on radio and their ego explodes like their the shit. “You hear my song on the radio?” Who gives a fuck? Not you, because if you gave a shit at all about your music or your career you would have everything in place before you even stepped to a radio station for airplay. Like what? How about this…





1) Copyright your song – If you don’t then don’t bitch when someone from the ATL steals yo shit.





2) BMI, Ascap, Sesac – No these are not cell phone providers, they actually collect royalties for you.





3) Encode your song with BDS and MediaBase – How else do you think we catch you lying when you say this station or that station is playing your song and when we check… ZERO Spins!


Do us all a favor… If your goal is to make it in this business, then radio should be the last thing you go after. Follow the steps above, but remember its more important to build a fanbase than to have your song on radio. How many times have you watched the Grammy’s and wondered, “Who the hell is that group?” Well if you google them you find out they have a fanbase that exceeds yours by about 100,000. Why? Because they realized that they had to work! Yes this is work and the sooner you realize that the faster you can get on the right track and start to see some results.  If you perform at shows right now and don’t collect email addresses and info from people attending, you’re missing an opportunity to reach directly to some fans.  If all you do on twitter and facebook is talk about clubbing and not offering a free download to people in exchange for their email address, you’re wasting your time.  If you are not a member of the Recording Academy, then you can’t possibly take this shit serious because you are not networking. To all my Memphis artists, if you are not a member of the Memphis Music Resource Center, you are crazy. Information on the music business and advice at the MRC is available for free.  Wake up, just because your record is on a station does not help you if a real fan can’t buy it if your selling it or download it for free from you.