Someone has to say it…

This post is a little off our regular subjects, but hope it hits just as close as any other post I’ve written (also a little shorter than usual).

In preparation of the RandomStarMusic.com BETA release, I’ve come across numerous ”individuals” who have chosen to pursue music as their profession.  Whether they are any good or not to make it a reality is entirely another matter.

But unlike most of these “hopefuls”, I believe that their “dream” will stay a “hope” or an overly time-consumptive “hobby” at best.

I’ve come across phrases like, “‘Get Money!’, ‘Do you and I’ll do me’, F*ck all you hatas’, ‘I’m the greatest’, ‘Find somebody that can touch my skills’, ‘I got the city on lock’, ‘C.R.E.A.M (Cash Rules Everything Around Me, for those that don’t know)’, ‘I’m on my HUSTLE’, ‘Don’t bother keeping up, you can’t'” etc so many times that I question/wonder if they tell themselves this as motivation to actually “hustle” their craft into a business, or are they stuck on their favorite part of a chorus of their favorite song??  I’m dumbfounded even.

What the HELL?! pt. 2

What the HELL is going on in the world of Hip-Hop music?

How many times has this question been asked over the years?  How long will people ask it?  Who knows…but until an answer is given that will satisfy the desire/want to ask it again, it will continue to re-surface.

My view on this however switches back and forward…depending on who I’m speaking with, at what time, whether it’s a sunny or cloudy day, and depending on which day of the week all this is going on. 

Here’s why:  Hip Hop to me as listener, annoys me most of the time.  The same beat, format, producer, structure, song topics (clubbin, what they’re “going” to have and it’s their first single, bottle poppin’, giving women oral pleasure, a new dance), clothes, chains (everybody has a cross), is used by every new rapper/HipHop singer out there it seems…like people are afraid to be “creative” creating a creation.  I used to say, “If somebody makes another song about some stupid dance, or says they’re the best rapper…I’m puttin’ a hit out on ‘em.”  The list got too long…got tired of updating it.

What the HELL?! pt. 1

I’ve been asked a few times about my view of the music industry, as well as the originality issues in Hip Hop music.  I’ve been wanting to address these topics anyway for quite some time so the requests came at the perfect time.

I’ll address them in seperate posts:

MUSIC INDUSTRY

Declining, decreasing, hurting, wounded beast….but as a whole (you decide on what you want to consider as ”the whole”. i.e. Major labels only, Majors and independents together, companies involved with music such as Wal-Mart, Live Nation, Amazon.com, etc.  There are exceptions to the rule, as always).

I believe major labels have been so accustomed to the “fame/in power” ways of things for so long that they forgot one major rule of life and evolution:  The only thing that’s consistent is CHANGE.  Nothing stays exactly the same forever.  You have to change with it or die (figuratively more than literally) and they are certainly dying a SLOW death…at least 8 years thus far.

It Has Begun…

What has?  The beginning of the rest of my life and the enrichment of others!  Wow..pretty deep beginning sentence huh?  Well, when something has taken this long (5 years) to finally come around, you’re filled with a joy and excitement that is unmatched with any “word” to describe it.  “Deep” doesn’t cut it.

Five years!  It has really been that long!  To a 6 six year old, that’s damn near a lifetime!  Ha!  But it has definately been worth it.  Now, we’re not counting the chickens before they hatch or poppin’ bottles of red champagne, but we are definately identifying the new definition of “Working Hard” for Random Star Music (yes, this is something to celebrate when bringing a dream to fruition vs. chasing money).

Persistance is the variable between successful and unsuccessful people/individuals.  It all boils down to “How bad do you want it?”.  How far are you willing to go?  How long are you willing to suffer/do without/hurt/work/loose sleep/be uncomfortable/be laughed at/be doubted/be called crazy/fail/learn from failures/smile when you wanna cry/keep moving foward when nothing seems to be happening/research/go without luxuries/read books, magazines, blogs/work 80-100 hours a week/work without a vacation/work without a break/keep having to tell your story/stick by your dream when it doesn’t seem to be working/sacrifice quality time/ponder, stress, meditate on an issue till you have it figured out?  And that’s just the first 2 years, you have 3 more to go!