Pardon me for being absent on Facebook. There has been a lot of brainstorming and think tanking going on my end behind the scenes. In 2008 (before I took a break from the music industry) I had the attention of Aftermath/Interscope (Dr Dre and Eminem). I also was approached by the same record exec who initially put Eminem’s first album out. Dre and Em was waiting to see if I could heat up and break myself as an artist before approaching me on business. They already thought I was dope as an artist. “Labels don’t break artists any more.” If I was lying or exaggerating about this and I couldn’t prove it, I wouldn’t post this on Facebook for the world (and them to see which they could retort) making a fool of myself. But I decided to back away from the music business while that was happening. You may say that it was stupid of me to not try to capitalize off of the opportunities. However, you’d have to know what I’ve dealt with, was dealing in the music industry, and what was going on in my life before coming to such a conclusion. Also, if you knew the “OMN and Grym Reaper situation” and how much Grym Reaper’s death was affecting me, you would understand. I needed the break. Now I’m back to finish what I started once and for all but there are a few complications to me doing that though. The number one problem on my list is, which direction should I take. I can and have done many styles of music. I Ghost wrote for people that you wouldn’t believe because you would never think that “OMN” would write something like that. I can do Dark Hip Hop/Horrorcore and run the risk of pigeon holing myself in that style trying to stay true to the fans that wants that sound from me (or one of us). Or, I could go in a direction with next level type of styles that I have been keeping in the vaults for years now and distance myself from Horrorcore completely. Ive succeeded in getting Dr Dre’s and Eminem’s attention ( and other people in the industry that I haven’t mentioned). I did that with material that wasn’t even my “Going for the throat” material and it wasn’t even promoted at that. There’s a big chance that I could do it again and get the attention of other titans within the music industry’s also. Horrorcore won’t get me that attention though, but other dimensions of me artistically could. Concurrently (while I’m deciding on which direction to go in or how to balance them out), I’m unquestionably eager to submit work to companies that need music for Film and TV. I have been studying like a mad man to become a proficient producer/composer for the last decade to do so. Im completely done with my studies. Producing and scoring for Film and TV is way more promising than doing Rap. Fans hardly buy our songs, they just wait to maybe buy tickets to see us at a show. The problem is... Once I start submitting tracks, I’m going to get calls for more work as a producer/composer and if I don’t supply the demand it will wither away. Ill be shooting myself in the foot if I dont go hard once I start doing that. Even if I would try to be a touring artist and make music as a producer/composer on the road, it’s going to be hard for me. I don’t make beats on a laptop. Im a composer and I play an array of real instruments that I can’t take with me on the road when touring. So I’m stuck in this “Analysis Paralysis” space right now. However… Whichever position that the pendulum is in when I decide to move doesnt matter because I should be releasing another song (or songs) and a video soon.
Posted on: Thu, 15 May 2014 09:11:49 +0000
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