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By: What’s that blog post worth?

What’s that blog post worth? — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:14:36 +0000

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By: Becca

Becca — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:16:44 +0000

I wrote an entry about this a few weeks ago… i do ONLINE marketing for a lot of chi artists/djs and its sad how behind the times some people (including and especially industry insiders) are about the role BLOGGERS play in breaking their music.

Times aren’t changing. They’ve already changed. All these major labels need to overhaul their NEW MEDIA DEPARTMENTS and use promotional methods that match the mediums of communication that this generation lives by.

Labels are still spending millions of dollars on marketing for artists who won’t even break even to recoup them – yet they aren’t exploiting the most effective and efficient marketing tools at their disposal – THE INTERNET & BLOGS…. which are completely free.

Blogs aren’t the sole reason artists are making it, or why they’re not, but the role of blogs is becoming increasingly important and will soon be VITAL in achieving and gauging success in the recording industry.

GREAT POST.

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Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:58:48 +0000

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By: m.dot

m.dot — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:46:18 +0000

On mommas. Blood. I usta read the SOURCE and XXL and be amped.

Like when Sway ‘nem usta be ONLY in the BAY and usta go by “sony” yall don’t know about that, ummmmm, yeah….

I think I had a date. I was fucking with B. And the first XXL came out. We picked it Up. It still had the bleeds on it. We read it from cover to cover. Like that shit was magic,

That shit usta be an event…those of us who remember when seeing a fucking HEAD on TV was an event that MADE us call on another need to “turn on channel so and so, b/c KRS/RAKIM/FRESH PRINCE is on”……

That shit is culturally relevant.

Blogs AIN’T dj’s. DJ’s ain’t never let you go through they shit the way blogs do.
DJ’s a beatcha ass for posting the shit that blogs post.

BUT.

Blogs do serve a special role as a certain kind of intermediary b/w the consumer/reader and the artist.

By: Jermaine Fanfair

Jermaine Fanfair — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:53:26 +0000

It’s interesting that the web is the new “street.” B-boys have to comb the web instead of diggin in the crates, and artists have to respect the bloggers and the demands of the fan-base. Some poeople think hip-hop’s heyday is lone gone, but perhaps the music is on the verge of a “back to basics” phase, since opinions of the music matter again….who knows? – Jermaine Fanfair

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Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:24:23 +0000

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By: Shelton

Shelton — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:06:08 +0000

Pago Says:

I think blogs are doing what publications like XXL and the Source have been doing. They got reviews, unsigned hypes, news, etc.
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You’re on to something, but I think you need to take it a few steps further. Printed publications such as those were sufficient back in the day, but the news moves so fast that people demand up to date content. By the time the August 2008 issue of Vibe comes out, any ‘hot’ single they mention is ice cold by the time the joint hits newsstands.

To me, (good) blogs are way more valuable than any printed publication these days.
1 – they’re updated every day, every hour, every minute (the publication)
2 – they’re interactive in the sense that you don’t just get a review of a track (the publication) – you get the track itself (the DJ and/or the barbershop)
3 – they’re collaborative. MP3 posted at 9 am = 100 comments by noon (the barbershop and/or the streets)

The blog is the DJ, the barbershop, the publication and the streets. This is just what people demand in a faster-paced, information-centric world. Real talk.

By: m.dot

m.dot — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:58:03 +0000

You starting some shit G.

You see the Million DJ March?

Imma send em to ya house.