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Alright so to give you guys some context in this situation, I'm a rapper who's been independent -- like deadass been doing this by my lonely for years.
Even posted some of my work on here before: The Coli's First Female Rapper?
Recently, I decided to seek management and ended up finding somebody yesterday. This dude a relative referred me to. I actually met him a couple times but never knew he was involved in anything music-wise. So I chop it up with duke, getting a feel for him to see where his head's at on some business shyt.
Maaaaaan.
Dude is SUPER uncompromising. He kept urging me to perform at this showcase (which I'd have to come out of pocket for) and claimed it was to build up my fanbase, but when I offered up an alternative (basically going the grass roots route of recording, releasing, promoting, etc.) THEN performing he wasn't even trying to hear it.
Told me I needed to put out a "hit" and then push it, whereas I wanted to focus on cultivating classic bodies of work then choose a "hit" from that. But he wasn't trying to hear me at all. Told me I couldn't do that, but most of the artists with longevity have done that.
Then proceeded to say he uses his "hit" formula with all of his artists and it works. But last I checked, artist management is not a "one size fits all" type of job. What works for some may not work for others.
At this point, I'm just ready to say fukk it and look elsewhere.
But I wanted to get alternative opinions before I made a final decision.
Even posted some of my work on here before: The Coli's First Female Rapper?
Recently, I decided to seek management and ended up finding somebody yesterday. This dude a relative referred me to. I actually met him a couple times but never knew he was involved in anything music-wise. So I chop it up with duke, getting a feel for him to see where his head's at on some business shyt.
Maaaaaan.
Dude is SUPER uncompromising. He kept urging me to perform at this showcase (which I'd have to come out of pocket for) and claimed it was to build up my fanbase, but when I offered up an alternative (basically going the grass roots route of recording, releasing, promoting, etc.) THEN performing he wasn't even trying to hear it.
Told me I needed to put out a "hit" and then push it, whereas I wanted to focus on cultivating classic bodies of work then choose a "hit" from that. But he wasn't trying to hear me at all. Told me I couldn't do that, but most of the artists with longevity have done that.
Then proceeded to say he uses his "hit" formula with all of his artists and it works. But last I checked, artist management is not a "one size fits all" type of job. What works for some may not work for others.
At this point, I'm just ready to say fukk it and look elsewhere.
But I wanted to get alternative opinions before I made a final decision.
