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Arie, is it really effective/ important for indie artists to blog? - Jeff


Hell yes! Blogging is very important and is the easiest way to keep your fans & potential followers up to date. Truth be told the public has a short online attention span, clicking from point A to point B and so on. Every link clicked leads to a million different sites, leaving artists lost in the mix. By creating a space that integrates all of your social media (Twitter, Myspace, Facebook, Four Square etc.), videos, photos and latest media coverage you are keeping the attention on you where it belongs. The power of "The blog".

Tips for effective blogging:

1. Stay consistent! Your blog should be updated as much as possible; a bare minimum of once a week. If an artist or band is truly working on reaching mainstream acclaim there should always be something to update.

2. Be entertaining as well as informative. You can be very talented, but if your blog is drab or boring people will loose interest and keep it moving; totally defeating the purpose of having the blog in the first place.

3. No one expects you to be a walking dictionary. However, I can't express the IMPORTANCE of proof reading and spell checking your work. Don't assume everyone knows what you "mean" or knows your tone/ demeanor. These two steps are very important, especially if you want to be taken seriously. The appearance of any level of ignorance can and will hinder that.

4. If done the right way your blog can bring your independent ass some much needed revenue (dinero,doe, money, cold hard cash). For real, if your blog builds up enough traffic with people interested in what you having going on, that can open lanes for you to charge local and even national companies to advertise on your blog - just a thought.

The reality is, no one's going to give your talent the full coverage it deserves like YOU. So get up, get proactive and get blogging! Plus it's free, how's it get better then that?! Check out these sites for great FREE blog templates: Blogger, Tumblr and WordPress.

Good luck!

Do you have a question for me or something you'd like to know? I'm here every week answering your emails on industry how-to's and important Do's and Don'ts. Send me an email: contactsaidarie@gmail.com and follow me on twitter at: www.twitter.com/leirapr_ceo

Lil' Kim "Black Friday" Mixtape

Lil' Kim is plotting out her musical comeback. The longtime Junior M.A.F.I.A. member and multi-platinum star has recently returned to Hip Hop headlines for her conflicts with Queens, New York's Nicki Minaj. after dropping the romans revenge 2.0 featuring Lil' Wayne.  Kim definitely have decided to keep the battle going with more revenge of her own.

according to Lil' Kim's Twitter, Black Friday - a play on Minaj's Pink Friday album title, will be an entire mixtape. Kim is claiming that she will release the free song collection on Valentine's Day, February 14. In her tweet announcement, Kim hinted at possible themes of the music, asking, "The fuck war?

you can listen to lil kim and nicki minaj go at it on mixtape below:

Mixtape: DJ Sojarealz Rappers http://bit.ly/hmKLX0

HIGH END RAP MUSIC BY KANYE WEST

Kanye west used his Twitter page to announce that he would be bringing out another solo effort this year, to follow-up last year's brilliant My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.

Talking about the sound on his next project, he said: "THIS IS HIGH END RAP MUSIC. I just threw some bassoon on this muthaf*****."

He excitedly tweeted: "I'll be back this SUMMER!!!!!!!!!!! WATCH THE THRONE COMING IN 2 MONTHS!!!!!!!!!! MY NEW ALBUM COMING THIS SUMMER."

 listen to the Ham leek of the throne album on mixtape below:

http://thatcrack.com/mixtapes/dj-sojarealz-rappers/

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NOTORIOUS B.I.G MUDER CASE REOPENED

The investigation into the Murder of Notorious B.I.G. was reopened just a few months ago as a result of new information 13 years after he was killed in Los Angeles this according to CNN.

Biggie was shot and killed in 1997 while riding in an SUV after a music industry party at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles.

A task force made up of local and federal law enforcement agencies is actively pursuing new leads, according to the network, but no further details are known.

The investigation reportedly includes the Los Angeles Police Department, L.A. County District Attorney's Office and the FBI.