This Is AMAN

Is Radio Still Relevant?

amaar — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 03:03:04 +0000

Labels don’t want to sign a good song, they want to sign a movement.

: Is Radio Still Relevant?

You can have a record where radio programmers and DJ’s are all saying it’s a certified banger but if there’s no movement behind it nobody cares. Why should a label take a chance on a song they think is good? It’s less risky to find someone with “ok” music and hustle with a built in fan base. Everything’s already moving, all they gotta do is put the machine behind it and go (look at soulja boy).

So how do you take a dope song and build that into a real movement? Radio used to be what all the independent rappers wanted to get that extra exposure. With the rise of the internet and people calling bloggers the new DJ’s, I don’t know if radio is as relevant as it used to be. Having a number 1 joint on your local station is dope, but spending that radio budget on internet promo can go a lot farther. Not to mention you won’t be limiting yourself to people in your own backyard.

When a major blogger co-signs an upcoming emcee people on that site will check for you. You get enough blogs talking about you, enough people on youtube checking for you, you’re building a serious online movement. You put that radio promo budget behind advertising your music online, the sky is green ya dig?

The revolution won’t be televised, but you can download it online and watch it in your ipod.

Donyell Marshall

siege — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 01:44:40 +0000

Shot out to my boy Donyell Marshall. Anyone catch the 76er’s game the other day? He’s still got that 3. Anyone that can tie Kobe Bryant’s record for 3 point shots in a game is a monster. I remember a few years back when I first met Donyell through my man Billy Vidal. We were working out of K-Lou Studios when they were still in Richmond, CA. He contracted us to do some work for Da Heataz… a dope hip-hop group you should check for in Philly. We stayed up for a week grinding out hits. We’ve been producing records and writing songs for so long its a trip how many people you meet when you’re in the music industry. Glad to see Donyell still doing his thing. 14 years and counting… damn.

DatPiff.com features AMAN’s latest mixtape with Nu Jerzey Devil

greenskye — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:06:12 +0000

DatPiff.com features AMAN

AMAN’s latest mixtape with Nu Jerzey Devil was featured on DatPiff.com, download the record and drop a comment with your thoughts.

The Grind

amaar — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 19:27:56 +0000

Your Record Contract

As you guys know me and my brother have been through a lot in this game. From learning how to produce a good record, to getting our music on radio and in the clubs, to working with legends, and traveling the world. I’m not gonna say I know all the ins and outs of this music hustle (nobody does), but I soaked up a lot of game through the years.

I get a lot of dudes asking me how to get it poppin’. There’s no 10 step process to making it big in this industry and real talk there has got to be a million other ways to get money faster. But for the the grinders out there that want to take things to the next level, holla at me with your questions and if I can drop a gem I will.

Bailout…

siege — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 04:59:33 +0000

One word. Bullsh*t.

So I’m sitting here wondering how Merrill Lynch can lose $25 BILLION DOLLARS in 2008, get together with Bank of America and then take us for $45 BILLION DOLLARS, and then pay their “top executives” bonuses totaling $3.6 BILLION DOLLARS… ?!

And then I see this…

I’m in the wrong business.

Beats by Siege

siege — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 03:03:02 +0000

Aman loves the fans. Without yall… we don’t exist. So it’s time give back. I’m considering posting instrumentals from time to time on the site. Obviously they’re going to be non-exclusive tracks for you to use. Record the songs and reply back with the link so we can hear what you got. We’re crazy busy right now working on the mixtapes and finishing up the album but I’ll do my best to post a track soon.

Siege Beatz on the grind

NeKo or no?

siege — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 12:20:39 +0000

So I’ve been thinking about it for a while and I think I’m going to go ahead and pick up the Neko TSE and maybe the MiKo as well. I’ve tested a demo of the TSE and the board is crazy. We travel a lot and I like the idea of having an all-in-one board I can take with me. I was doing some research on the Future Producers site and there’s a pretty heated debate going on between the lovers/haters of open labs’ products. I already own a ton of boards, racks, etc. so in some ways I’m just duplicating what I already have… but the functionality of the OS and the fact you have a computer and keyboard built into one machine might be too appealing to resist…

NeKo TSE by Open Labs

What do you think? NeKo… Miko… both?