Too often hip hop music is filled with predictable, somewhat negative lyrics. In turn, the whole genre gets a bad name, even if the beats are pretty decent. Fortunately, there are artists who are trying to change this trend. Akon, (or Aliune Thame), is an example as he tries to infuse the spirit of his ancestry into his music.

How does he achieve this? Well, it is definitely not with advertising his music through permission based email marketing with the (more…)

My mother was the first one to introduce me to instrumental music. But this introduction was rather strange, as my mom had no direct interest in the genre. Instead, she had a love for affirmation tapes…many of which had instrumental music on them.

Anyway, she encouraged me to sit down at one of our oak tables and listen to the ones that had affirmations for getting good grades in school. I listened and fell in love. Not only did I (more…)

Are you self-publishing your music or have you ever considered it? Putting aside all the marketing aspects of doing this – owning a website, having an seo company rank it in the search engines, correcting your conversion goals to make sure that you sell your CD’s – you will of course have to be able to produce the physical product. If so, you will probably need or are probably using CD-burning software to distribute your work. However, if you are (more…)