Has anyone ever done a social media clean up?? I’ve been thinking about doing this for Instagram. Literally going through who I follow and if it serves me no purpose to follow them then simply unfollow. I want to be inspired might keep some family and friends that I’m close with but kind of rethinking that too because I feel that’s what Facebook is for lol I only want to follow pages that inspire me even when it comes to certain celebrities too. Might even unfollow some who don’t engage with me as well IF YOU DONE THIS PLEASE COMMENT AND LET ME KNOW HOW DID THIS WORK FOR YOU? HOW DOES IT FEEL TO HAVE YOUR FEED WITH ONLY INSPIRATION OR SUPPORTERS OR PPL YOU SUPPORT?!

Writing the verse has always been the easiest part for me because I can just say what's on my mind..but the hook has to literally HOOK the listener and imo takes more time to think of something catchy

I wanted to break down with a "major label" release looks like. Let me start with a disclaimer, as I'm not actually signed with a label, but I wanted to treat the release and the budget as if I was. . I'll start with the context, my best performing song that I've been working over the last 2 years was something I wanted to find a "reason" to push again, so I decided to repackage a bunch of tracks I've released and a few more filler tracks to make it a complete album. I know y'all might have very specific questions so feel free to ask away in the comments! RESULTS (after 10 days of release) : - Billboard in Time Square https://www.instagram.com/p/CnXqGMZDo8D/ - Charted #28 iTunes R&B album sales - 13 Spotify Editorials for lead song "Lucky" - Went from 60k to ~400k monthly listeners in 3 weeks - Approx. 3 millions streams in the last month There's going to be 4 main parts I'd cover: Asset Creation Pre-release strategy Release strategy Post-release (2 weeks after release) Asset Creation (Budget approx. $5k) - 12 songs, 1 "lead song", 3 other singles, 5-6 album songs ~$4k of recording equipment/studio time/misc. (but spread through 2-3 years) - Album artwork (Front, Back), Spotify Banner, Studio Rental ~1k Admittedly, this portion of the album can be significantly higher or lower, the $4k budget realistically is me doing 85% things "in house" (mixing, production etc.) and the rest is paying features/booking time when my own setup wouldn't cut it. Pre-release strategy (Approx. <$200) I'm not a big believer in big pre-release strategies as I don't think you need them to have a successful campaign. Admittedly, I find it challenging to time things/build momentum by announcing a project so far ahead in advance from the release date. Instagram Conversion Ads from pixeled Instagram users (mostly as a test to see how it would do) $200 I announced a pre-save campaign on Jan 2. 2023, and had the album was to be released in Jan 13th. It led to a toneden link I created that was basically a hyperfollow from distrokid to "save" the album.

If a videographer reaches out to you and wants to work with (shoot your video) and you you’re down and set up a date to shoot, do you assume it’s free? Or before setting up a date would you ask the videographer their prices??

When doing a song with an artist bigger than you, where should their guest verse be placed on your song?