Is it about who you know?

Over the last few weeks, I have been thinking about this.  The more people I know, the better our chances of success are.  So I have been taking lots of time to figure out what venues to go to, and where to network with people.  I took up an ad on craigslist, and came across two producers, and a guy that does mixing.  One producer lives in the area, and I am meeting him this weekend, mainly just to see where his head is, and what his plans are, and figure out how he can help me.  The other producer gave me some good advice, and I hope to stay in contact with him.  I also went to a couple open mic places, but they were not what I was expecting.  I hope to keep looking for venues like that because I hope that if we were able to perform, we could meet more people with the same ambition.

Next week I'm taking Rooga with me to see what he thinks.  I really think that if we can at least get a small following going, things will be better.  I might have a few people that actually look at this blog (lol), and get something going by word of mouth.  Also, at the end of the month I'm going to Tyler, Texas to meet up with a cousin that does radio work up there.  He is having a party, and really I'm hoping to head up there and connect with him in a way that isn't direct.  Let him know what we are trying to do without asking for anything.  I figure because we are in the starting stages, we have nothing to offer other than rhymes with no beat, productions, or experience.  We need something under our belt, a following, some connections, or something like that before we are able to make real moves.


In short, I think it is about who you know.  From the beginning you need to make steps to meet the right people.  How far do you think you will get if you are surrounded by bums?

First day of recording

The Beginning

It all started about ten years ago.  Me and some family and friends use to hang together and get into trouble as kids do.  As we got older, some of us left and did our thing, but for the most part we all stayed in touch.  We use to get together and have rap sessions, and the few people that heard us thought we had something going.  Roogaman, you can say, is the motivation behind the group.  While I was away from home, we would keep in touch and he would always talk about how he wants to get the group together and get serious about our music.  He brought in Mack Moon, and together they put down a few tracks and while I was away from home for seven years I put down some tracks myself.  For the most part, they have all gotten good feedback.  Now that I'm back home in Dallas, first thing I did was talk to him  about what he said, and ever since then I have been looking up everything I can from any available source about making a mixtape, and the science behind it.  It's a long, difficult process, but if it is something that you think can make you happy, then why not go for it?  Throughout this blog I created, I hope to share our experience, our progress, and our thoughts.  I think people who visit this page will learn from our success and our mistakes, and maybe even follow a dream that they have.

Welcome

Thank you for visiting the Mixtapes and Mayhem blog.  In it, I hope to give you a background of the rap group I belong to, Black Lip Posse, myself, and show you our journey through the mixtape circuit in Dallas, Texas.  Hopefully, others who are on the same journey can learn from our success and mistakes, and comment with their experiences.  My goal is to also give you a glimpse of my day to day life, and a summary of the interactions with me and the other members of the group.  I'm not a big writer, but I do hope to open up so I can give you an unobstructed view of my world.