SHOW HOURS 5pm Pst / 6pm Mst / 7pm Cst / 8pm Est Does Explicit Lyrics Heighten Or Limit Your Marketing Potential? In Just about every song that you search for over the internet, is filled with explicit lyrics in the genre of Hip Hop. Is it a strategy to giving music the momentum it needs to be successful? On the other hand, could we be limiting the marketing potential of the song? It is sad to say but today, A great deal of the music circles and venues won't support Hip Hop because the stigma or stereotype it has acquired. In this episode we discuss the commercial value of your music and why it serve you as a competitive advantage to make music to be heard and not silenced http://www.blogtalkradio.com/hiphopnationalradio/2012/10/06/the-hip-hop-national-radio-conference-call-feedback-line
Balancing Priorities While In Pursuit Of The Dream Special Guest : LaShawn & April Daniels Co-Stars of “Tamar & Vince,” the popular spin-off of WE TV’s hit original series, “Braxton Family Values,” where youngest sister, Tamar Braxton is trying to finish her solo album, produced and written by LaShawn Daniels, and begin her meteoric rise to superstardom while her husband hustles to line up fame and fortune for Tamar. LaShawn & April Daniels come into play as the (Fred & Ethel) sidekicks for Tamar & Vince and they work together as a team to help the struggling couple through life’s obstacles while managing their own careers as a successful hair stylist and musician duo http://www.blogtalkradio.com/hiphopnationalradio/2012/11/17/the-hip-hop-national-radio-conference-call-feedback-line The Powerful Principle Of Repetition In this episode we will discuss why it seems that mainstream radio playlist consist of a select few songs and why these songs are added to rotation? Is there a science to the structure of radio programming why is it so redundant. Why is the same songs repeated over and over again again? http://www.blogtalkradio.com/hiphopnationalradio/2012/09/08/the-hip-hop-national-radio-conference-call-feedback-line
What Value, Does Advertising Bring To Your Music? A lot of Musicians are fascinated by the fame and fortune of other fellow entertainers. We often see these individuals as being lucky and having an easy breezy life. As aspiring musicians ourselves on the quest of making a Hit. We see that the road to success is little less traveled than most would think. In fact only 1% of the population are successful in Business, merely, due to the failure of never taking a moment to think, plan and execute by putting the hard work http://www.blogtalkradio.com/hiphopnationalradio/2012/10/16/the-hip-hop-national-radio-conference-call-feedback-line
Why Some Entertainers Are Successful And Others Are Not? Special Guest: Darryl Swann Darryl composed the score for feature film "From The Rough" featuring actors Michael Clarke Duncan, Tom Felton of "Harry Potter" fame, Taraje' Hensen of films "Hustle and Flow" and "Benjamin Button". Darryl's own group, Cultural Revolution, signed with Sony/Epic/New Deal Records and released the single “Nite & Day” on the soundtrack to the John Singleton-directed film Poetic Justice. In 1997, Darryl began writing and producing with Macy Gray, resulting in the multi-platinum album Macy Gray. "On How Life Is" as well as producing her follow-up album, "The Id". He also had the pleasure of working side by side with producer Rick Rubin who acted as Executive Producer on this record. Darryl has also worked closely in the past with Will-I-Am and the Black-Eyed-Peas, among many others. Darryl recently signed a world-wide book publishing deal with Hal Leonard Publishing International. First edition of "Essential Guide to Song-writing, Producing, and Recording" to be released fall 2013.His other recent projects include developing a music-related video game for Sony Playstation 3 and Microsoft X-Box 360. Darryl lectures at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles on Musician's Institute's behalf. He also teaches Record. Production at UCLA extension in the Entertainment Studies department. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/hiphopnationalradio/2012/10/18/the-hip-hop-national-radio-conference-call-feedback-line