Indie Music Licensing Tips
To put it simply, music licensing is the licensed use of copyrighted music. You would be surprised or maybe you wouldn't be as to how many artists don't generate any income via this revenue stream. I personally know of one legendary hip hop music artists that sought out my help a few years ago regarding music licensing because he surprisingly didn't have any of his music synced in any television shows, films, commercials, or otherwise. [...]
Top Black Break-Up Songs for Broken Hearts
Break-up songs have long served as powerful outlets for expressing the pain and emotions associated with the end of a relationship.
From Ray Charles'...
Timeless Black Musical Artists
Black artists in the music industry have almost always been an anomaly. Most have created and been able to cross many genresn the muisic...
The Blues Origin and 10 Great Artists Who Shaped the Genre
The Blues Origin in Music is often duplicated but always underrated by the creators. Here are some blues music examples of the undeniable blues music history in the blues music genre. Here we explore the history as well as modern blues songs.
Top 10 Undeniable Black Female Singers from the 60s
The 60s was a very important decade in the field of music. This is when there was a rise in the introduction of various...
10 Bona Fide Steps To Become a DJ
10 Bona Fide Steps To Becoming a DJ The work of a DJ is dynamic and creative; he (or she) moves his audience and guides them towards a certain feeling with his music. [...]
Business Ownership Lessons Learned
Starting, running and owning a business is not for the faint of heart. With over two decades in the entrepreneurial trenches, I've picked...
Top 10 Powerful 90s Rappers
The 1990s and 90s Rappers are often considered the "golden era" of hip-hop and rap for several reasons.
One of the primary reasons is...
Top 10 Ways to Make Money Online
The world has become more centralized on doing things online since the pandemic stroke and it will probably continue with the manner post-pandemic. That means that almost everyone is online. If you have a business, you can now run it from your home without needing a physical store as long as your store has an online presence. It has also created a lot of online job opportunities that usually require no set qualifications. This means you can get more money ...
Top 10 Black Celebrity Rehab Success Stories
Top 10 Black Celebrity Rehab Success Stories Celebrities are known for many things: their perfect skin, their wealth, and, quite simply, their white picket fence-type life. Nevertheless, no matter how trite the saying is, celebrities are just like us. They deal with heartbreak and loss, and they suffer and get sick. And despite the ways in which we idealize them for their best qualities, some of them do acknowledge their faults. [...]
8 Ways To Stop Settling
8 Reasons why you should stop Settling for Less and GET what you Deserve If you are alive and healthy you are truly blessed beyond measure already and the world, whether you believe it or not, is your canvas, not the other way around. You can do whatever you want to do and limitations are only what we place on ourselves or allow others to place on us through their limited vision and perspectives. I want to share with you ...
Exploring Black Cultural Pride
When it comes to cultural appropriation, it appears that Black people are the only ones who say the least and get ripped off the most. It seems that every other culture is highly protective of everything from their fashions to the food to the music. Still, if you look around, you’ll see that black culture is utilized in most other cultures free and clear and it is even, in some cases, stolen as an aspect of different cultures who claim ...
Top 10 Best Streaming TV Services
Top 10 Best Streaming TV Services Long gone are the days of VHS cassettes and flat screens TVs; today we’re in the era of streaming services. Every show, every character, every moment of television history is now accessible from the comfort of our homes. However, with such an expansive cast of shows, it sometimes becomes a hassle to find just the right one that fits, just that particular mood you’re in. [...]
Top 10 Great Gifts for Musicians
10 Great Gifts for Musicians Buying gifts for anyone can be quite a challenge: you don’t know how they’ll respond to the gift and you never know how much you should spend on it. But finding a gift for a musician can be even worse. [...]
Top 10 Great Black Female Singers in Groups from the 70’s
The 1970s was a Golden Age for R&B music especially for black female singers. Â
10 Black Entrepreneur Less Risky Ideas
The number of success stories from black entrepreneurs in regards to their businesses is constantly on the increase, a positive remark considering the world is known to have a lot of racial discrimination. If you are a black entrepreneur seeking to invest in a business and would want to be certain that you will not be going downhill in terms of your business' success, then the following are businesses ventures that you should take into consideration: Auto repair It is ...
10 Things We Can Learn from Killer Mike
Michael Render is a complex yet interesting individual who the masses have grown to know as Killer Mike. Born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, Mike is a proud native of the ATL. As a rapper, entrepreneur, political maven, social activist, actor, and writer, Killer Mike is not your average emcee. He is truly a Master of Ceremonies because he has learned to move the crowd in the variety of ways. Killer Mike is all about that action so there is ...
How the World is Just Learning about Freaknik
Once upon a time, in the late 1980s and early 1990s, there was a party in Atlanta that became a legend. It was called...
