Change/development is so nice, but only if you ride the wave smartly. Otherwise, it can leave you behind, very salty and bitter. No wonder some people fight it so hard.
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ThaDropout™
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ThaDropout™
@ThaDropout
Music Producer/DJ/Writer | Video editor | [email protected] | +256708685758
Kampala, Uganda Tham gia Mayıs 2012
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Many of us 90s borns will have to be extra creative to raise children in Uganda coz it's going to be far from the one we were raised in. These kids just be wearing knee braces and sipping slushies. For me I can tell you where to find 3 different wells in Zana and one in Kibuli.
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I'd rather no hits and consistent average earnings. You usually don't know you are a one hit wonder until time has passed and you've failed to make another. It's almost always a curse, the money is rarely enough, and people are always like "what happened?"
Reenar@iamReenar
Would rather have no hit songs than be a one hit wonder ?
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Truth is, a decent voice can get to singing a good song faster than a good ear can make a great beat. Learning how to produce may not take that long but learning how to make good music often takes much longer. Even those who learnt instruments early don't always make good music.
Rude 😈@Rudebeat__
As an. Artist or a songwriter why can’t you learn a Daw and learn how to record or mix and master your own music
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@Vignelabl Understandable, what do you think is a fair price, based on what you know about the average upcoming artist's situation, coz many of us don't always know how okay their pocket is? Btw, there's a lot of flexibility considering percentages on various rights and even repeat work.
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@ThaDropout When the price is too high, one won't get comfortable talking about bringing it down
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What I don't get about this is people can mention what they feel is too high, but never mention what is too low, or what they are willing to pay. Without that, the conversation is incomplete, no progress is made.
VIGNÊ@Vignelabl
How can you charge an upcoming artist $200 for a beat? What are we singing??
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To any producer that has sent tons of beats without any progress, keep sending. As long as quality is improving. There was a time when this technology didn't even exist. Your chances of success would have been lower. You can make video content too, but sending costs you nothing.
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I don't stress when people don't use beats I send. Sometimes, it's:
- Not as good
- Not what they are looking for currently
- Financial/general life hardships on their side
- Fear of being the first to try something different, etc.
Focus on what you can influence.
Ovrkast.@ovrkast
I hate being idealized as a producer. People love being sent things they won’t use.
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And most artists will be shocked by how much time and effort it can take to see serious money from your music, even when you start dropping quality singles and albums.
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It may be cheaper to focus on one sound in the beginning and also seem better for branding, but it's not as smart as it seems. There are very few sounds that you can squeeze serious money from for several years, especially in this era where people move on quickly.
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Regardless of everything you may not like about these two, every upcoming artist should study the evolution of Beyonce and Drake's catalogues. Too many people trying to hone in one sound instead of getting good at being versatile.
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They insist that anything more innovative in Ugandan music can only be accepted by the few rich "cool kids" who aren't enough to sustain the business. But in other countries we admire, the people dare to move the market rather than simply responding to it even though it's harder.
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What's even crazier is Ugandans have a culture that exceeds their situation. Lots of people are struggling but still try to keep up with trends-wise elsewhere. We welcome a diverse set of foreign musicians, but someone will still insist that only one can sound sell here.
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People will say "that sound can't work in Uganda" then you'll go to mainstream nightlife spots and see the same Ugandans jamming to all kinds of foreign sounds. I guess if the sound is from a more prosperous foreign economy, the psychology around how it's received changes.
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One of the saddest things in Ugandan music is hearing people spending more time talking about what doesn't work instead of what they'd like to see work. Believe me, even the sound you say you're tired of evolved from something that was once so new and unheard of here.
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Not necessarily, it can influence the music, but the beauty of art is the ability to go beyond what is. You paint a picture, it can be of a real or alternate past, present or future e.g. an artist from poverty can talk about poverty or something else, whatever needs to be heard.
BLAQSOUNDZ🎙️@Blaqsoundz__
Should an artist’s location determine the kind of music they make?
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@Kamali_21 But as long as we are talking Amapiano duos, I can't downplay what Phori and Kabza did for the genre in terms of making a more digestible version for the mainstream. That's rarely as easy as people think.
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@Kamali_21 MFR Souls is still my best in that wave, they've given a bit of everything. Every project feels like it has something new to offer, and you can always pick a bunch of good songs from each one. But yeah, it's hard to stay true to the game and also be a media darling.
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Still can’t believe Amapiano has been around for a decade. The sound keeps evolving, yet when it’s discussed, MFR Souls rarely gets his flowers, everyone only talks about Kabza De Small yet he's among the first producers to shape that sound.
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@ThaDropout I would go with producer C, a mid beat producer with an open mind for the price of growing together
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Upcoming artists, say producer A offers a 🔥 beat and written song for an amount X and producer B offers space and labor to record, mix and master a song for the same amount, but with a mid beat, no writing and can't direct your studio performance, who are you choosing?
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