Submit Music To G-Unit For Free…

Dre McKenzie, head A&R over at G-Unit records, has put out an official open call to all producers, beat makers, songwriters, MC’s, singers, directors, screenwriters, to send whatever kind of great creative content you can muster into his email box.  Now obviously I understand the music part of the equation, but the screenwriting & film reels request is pretty interesting.  I will try to find out some more details on the situation.  In the mean time, head over to dremckenzie.com for more details.

Producer Psychology 101: Avoiding “Fu@# You Syndrome” & Taking Losses Like A Man! by Jim Bond

Hi.  My name is Jim.  I used to write for this blog way back in the day.  Since my last post*, I have found a new calling.  I am officially an internet marketing nerd.  My goal is figuring out how to make a modest amount of  money online in a completely passive manner.   I have been focusing ALL of my time toward it the last couple months…

What this nonsense has to do with Being A Better Producer…

I recently took my first big loss in internet marketing (read about it here).  While reflecting on it, it reminded me about the losses I took while trying to break into the music biz, how I reacted to them and how I see others react to their own losses.  So I decided to delve into the psychological aspects of success and failure in the music biz…

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Stories From The Music Industry Trenches – Chapter II: Networking to “Bright Lights Big City”

“Stories From The Industry Trenches” aims to give valuable insight into the music industry through the telling of true stories…

A bunch of people have been asking me how I placed the “Bright Lights Big City” track with Jim Jones.  It was pretty easy actually.  I Didn’t need a grand scheme or plan (which has worked for me before).    I’ll try to make this sound as  interesting as possible… but its really not.  This is a straight forward example of how real networking pays off.

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Elements Of Mixing, the site!

Ryan West and Bassy Bob Brockman are two very talented & generous guys.  When they aren’t busy mixing hit and/or classic and/or Grammy award nominated & winning records they are busy dropping knowledge on wannabe hit/classic/Grammy award nominated/winning record makers.

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Stories From The Music Industry Trenches… Chapter I – Small World

“Stories From The Industry Trenches” aims to give valuable insight into the music industry through the telling of true stories…

Chapter I – Small World

Five years ago, I was in negotiations for a 10 song production deal with an indie label.  At the time, I had not sold a beat for more than $150 and hadn’t worked with any known artists.  Needless to say, this deal was going to bring in a lot more money than that.   After working out the basic terms, I was eager to sign the dotted line.   Even though I got a lawyer to check out the paperwork when it came, I was so impatient, I decided to get some free legal advice online first.  I did a search for “Entertainment Lawyers” and anonymously instant messaged a random entertainment lawyer to see what he thought about the deal.

I talked to this guy about the deal for a bit then just started to BS with him.   Turns out he was in NY.  He  was also working as a consultant on an MC’s project.  Out of all the MC’s in the world this guy could have been working with… … Continue Reading

Dynamic Producer L.A. Conference

If you are a producer and you are serious about trying to break into the biz, you need to be at the 8th annual Dynamic Producer L.A. Conference.  There are already massive amounts of industry pro’s from both the creative and executive sides of the music industry confirmed for the conference, with more on the way.   If you want to learn about the music biz, build your network, compete in battles & generally have a good time, go and sign up!  Tell them Jim Bond sent you!

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