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YourProSound
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Information and news for up coming hip hop and R&B artists who want to make it in the music industry. Learn about all aspects of the music business as well as marketing, new media, and promotion.
Recent Posts
Do you have a website for your music?
The problem with most unknown artists is that they don’t want to invest in order to get known. It’s like they never heard the saying “it takes money, to make money.” One of the best ways to do this is to create a website to market their music...
K\'Naan on the state of Hip Hop in Canada
K'Naan speaks out on the state of hip hop music in Canada. I have to admit I agree with most of what he is saying, but it is hard for Canadian artists to compete with U.S. artists. U.S. artists have bigger budgets and more opportunities. Not to menti...
How to get into Canadian Music Week Free
In order to get your music to the right people you have to be where the right people are. In Canada that place is CMW or Canadian Music Week. Usually, this conference takes place the first or second weekend every March in Toronto. Everyone who is any...
Essential items every artist should have: (Part 5 of 5) Where is your dedication?
Now that you have your demo, business cards, a team and an online brand it’s time to use these tools to network. You must make an effort to use them every day. This is your job! A lot of people use the same tools, so how do you use them to your ad...
Essential items every artist should have: (Part 4 of 5) How is your online brand?
Ok, so now you have professional sounding music and a team to help you out. Now you need to increase your online brand. Increase your brand by creating your own website and become active on bulletin boards and social networking sites. There are a num...
Essential items every artist should have. (Part 3) Where is your team?
Behind every artist that has every “made it,” there is a team of people in the background supporting that artist. It is impossible to do everything it takes to promote yourself and still make good music in a decent amount of time. If you disagree...

