Promotion

Time to put in work.

This week I am here to explain how to get the music you own on the right path. Before I go into any details I want to explain a little bit about what I am doing as of right now in present day. I am part of a group called Musical Mercenaries consisting of one artist, two beat makers, and myself the engineer. We are our own production team and have been becoming very successful. I am working with Chicago’s newest underground rapper named Chi Smitty. Chi Smitty has a big Youtube presence with lots of good music and 2 music videos. We are now working on his first 5 track EP Album that will be coming out in December. Not only will I be engineering the project but I will also be producing the entire album. We will distribute the songs through various websites and establish an official online media presence.

That’s a little about what I am doing and learning a lot as I go. I have never played the producer role in a big project like this, however it’s a long and grueling task that has a nice reward. So how do you get your music online officially? There are many steps that I advise you to take. First setup your ASCAP or BMI certification. What this does is protects the rights of your music so people can’t steal it and use it for themselves. It’s a very important thing to have for any artist or beat maker. Second check out Tune Core and CD Baby. This is the best way to distribute your music and eventually get paid. These sites are like an online manager, takes care of all the hard tasks of individually finding out how to get copyrights, put music on iTunes, and etc. Once you have those two things setup, its time to get social media sites. This is to help promote your music and attain a fan base. Now there are many websites and different ways to get you out to the world. I will leave the URL’s for the sites down below. So people do your homework and comment back for any questions. Stay tuned for next week when we begin basics of a mix session.

ASCAP: http://www.ascap.com/

Tune Core: http://www.tunecore.com/

CD Baby: http://www.cdbaby.com/

(1st music video) I engineered the track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7l7kIvZD8w

Newest Song I engineered the beat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIoPZKedLxQ