What are the first steps toward really getting your music heard?

There is no one simple answer to this question. It’s a competitive market so you need to do your homework and develop a solid fan base. Start by building your e-mail list. The people who sign up are your best customers for your music and merchandise. Let people know when you’re performing next in your e-mail correspondence to draw them in for your next gig. When you’ve built up a local following, you should expand to a few new towns. Check out sites like MySpace.com, Friendster.com and other networking sites. Create a great web site and stay in touch with your audience. You might want to hire a publicist and gradually expand your touring area, in turn building your e-mail base. And make sure your CD sales are being tracked so you can build a story around that. You can also network at key industry events around the country like SXSW, CMJ or the DIY Convention. Build your e-mail list; build your network of people who support you; and you will evolve from there.

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AUTOBIOGRAHPY... [NEW FOR 2009]

New for 2009,
I am releasing a quick track titled "Autobiography". Look for this track on many upcoming mixtapes to be released by the end of the year. Video posted to my SPEECHLESSMUSIC1 youtube channel.

Hope you all enjoy listening.

Until next time...

Frustrations of a Creator...

I’m not sure what to say to you all right now, but I’m just going to start speaking from off the top of my head. If you have a passion for graphic designing and you are reading what I am saying you may relate to me, or you may not but either way I am getting what I have to say out. Graphic design is a passion of mine but I still find myself struggling often on ideas and concepts for projects, trying to work on a new project now and nothing seems to be flowing through my head!! At times my ideas just hit me and I can’t stop working, and then other times I sit stressing about when the next idea will come. Please don’t get me wrong though, I’m not complaining just expressing the frustrations of being a creator. You have to come up with original, eye catching, and imaginative ideas which can be hard to do sometimes, especially when there are a lot of other things going on in life around you that can block your expressive side. But I’m confident that I will be come up with an idea for a pleasing design, just not right now haha…. Maybe next time when you see me on here, I will be expressing my accomplishments instead of venting my lack of..

Freestyle Freebie Drop #1

Okay...
Something a little new... Going to be dropping a daily freestyle section, so what better way than to give you 1 to start off!

I call this one a galactic barz freestyle... JCR0Z on the beat.


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VIDEO FOR FREESTYLE

COPYRIGHTS!

Hello to All...
I want to briefly break down the importance and beauty of the Copyright. First off, if you are in any situation where you are creating something brand new for the world, you would think you'd want to protect it to the best of your ability. Now, there are many ways and different cases to "protect" your intellectual work, but none works the best nor holds up in a court of law more than the Copyright. As the years roll by, I run across countless accounts of people who get their creative ideas and identities stolen/taken. This is a growing epidemic especially with the growth of technology. Being that as it may... there is a plus side to the growth of this technology. Now we have the ability to copyright all of our material from the comfort of our homes and the tips of our fingertips, online at www.copyright.gov A simple solution to a growing epidemic. Please just do not freely dish our your most precious commodity, your intellect, by uploading it online for the world on a social network, or sending it to an agency/label without COPYRIGHTING it. You could easily walk away from millions and millions of your own money by making this deadly mistake!

Until Next Time...

A Cool Site For Songwriters..

For all those who are interested in the art of songwriting and the insides of the music industry, you definitely want to check out this website... www.songwriter101.com

A very well put together site that helps those obtain information on the latest software for beatmakers and engineers as well as forums on collaborations with other songwriters and other artists. A must check out!

Until next time...

Twitter Heads...

For all those who do have a Twitter account... you can "follow" me for all the up-to-the minute updates and insights. www.twitter.com/mr_speechless

Until Next Time...

A Trip to the Label...

Okay... new update...
Today July 31, 2009 me and an affiliate take a trip to Warner Bros. Music Group for an A&R meeting. Okay, so if you read my previous posts, you may have saw my position on major labels and what they may or maynot be looking for. Well to sum up the trip in a nutshell... it was a success in the fact that i was able to display my talents and music to major label reps and deal makers. Case in point, they like what the saw and heard. On the flipside... Major labels now-a-days are mainly interested in how much money are you going to make them. They no longer concentrate on album sells, they look to push singles and testers to see if it is hit or miss. Take the "Nu Boys"... not a fan of that "Jerk" song. no dissing but there is no musical factor in that song in any shape of form.. would not get no play in my ride. But yet everywhere you turn you hear that song, see that video... makes you wonder? Are they good musicians or are they good marketing products? I will let that question simmer for a while... Labels cannot buy true musical talent now-a-days... KEEP TRUE MUSIC TRUE!

Till next time...
_Speechless_

Words from the Unsigned..

Okay...
As an unsigned artist in this new-age industry has its ups and downs. For all of those who don't know what its like... let me break it down for you. For listeners who see you unsigned either believe you are unsigned because you either have no talent, or just started. Well neither of those items are true. In this new age industry, Major Labels are not looking to spend all the money for artist development and invest simply because you have "talent". You have to provide your own since of stability; i.e. fans, plays, merchandising, sales. Which makes you ask... Why do you want to be signed? Answer is... most people want that exposure so they can further their empire. Me... i'd rather have an investor to help my product reach the masses and let my story out.

Hope this information is useful... until then.. PEACE!

Speechless Freestyle

Your boy SPEECHLESS shooting a quick freestyle video durring a beat making session.
Enjoy the FREE bars!! haha

Reflecting

What goods everyone? You already know who dis is, its ya boy BlayZ, just chillin and thinkin after a long studio session last night. Had Jason Curtis producing the track, he even laced the beat wit a lil extra crack that made me rewrite my whole verse. My boy Jon ripped da second verse, took it past 16 bars and everything, spitting raw. Afterwards I had to use my boys truck to drop everyone off since they wouldn't fit in da coupe... but his headunit ain't got a usb slot like mine so we were riding out to the radio... and Drake's track successful came on... really made me think... i just wanna be successful... i wanna make music that come on da radio and niggas all be vibing too...... i wanna have fans. I always wonder what its like when you make it... like the whole progression... not just the unsigned rapper to the famous rapper... but the whole transition ya know? Like from just writing in a notebook or freestyling round da block wit your friends... to realizing that you got a gift wit words... to actually recording tracks... to getting that local buzz... to getting requests for performances... then taking it to the national level.... then finally making it...... I just wanna be successful

NEW MUSIC VIDEO... "MACK DOWN"

"MACK DOWN" MUSIC VIDEO