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Rapcointelpro is Rap Coalition's Intelligence Program
for artists who want to put out their own records. This site includes
information on pressing, distribution, street teams, foreign licensing,
overseas distribution, artist development, flow of product, retail and
radio, artist imaging and more...
Remember, if you don't own your own shit, you're just a sharecropper...
There are 2 main reasons why people put out their own
records:
1) to make money (usually between $7 and $8 a CD)
2) to get the attention of a major label to get a record deal
Regardless of what your reasoning is, you need to do it right. You need to
give structure to chaos, and create a clear plan for success that anyone
with ambition and proper financing can apply. Running a label isn't
difficult, it just takes understanding, experience, organization, and
timing--most of all proper timing. It's your money and your future, so why
not do it right?
The process of releasing records varies depending upon timing, the music,
the viability of individual marketplaces, and the sales climate. This web
site will arm you with some of the most vital knowledge that exists. It is
your road map to success. Regardless of why you are putting out your own
record, here is a site that offers information on:
- getting radio play
- how to market your release
- where to press up your CDs
- how to get it into stores
- choosing a lawyer
- copyrighting your music
- owning your own masters (masters and publishing are
thee valuable assets of your product)
- finding a distributor
- selling outside the US
- how to set up a promotional tour
- how to get a bar code
- what BDS and SoundScan are and why you want and need
them
- avoiding costly mistakes
- getting people to buy your CDs
and much, much more....
For ease of use, I have separated the website into five major areas, so
you can approach each section one at a time. Those 5 areas are (you
can click on any of the following topic headers for a page that shows an
overview of each section:
WHERE TO START
SETTING UP
THE RELEASE
FINDING DISTRIBUTION
THE
BUSINESS IN GENERAL
RAPCOINTELPRO
Hope you find this helpful! And if not, well hell, it's free!!
Enjoy it and Good luck!!
Wendy Day
CEO
Rap Coalition, Inc.
PS- If you are looking to hire Wendy Day to personally
consult your label and help you sell records, while introducing you to
legitimate hard-working professionals to help your business grow, please
go to:
www.helpfulangel.com
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