Good read Audio. I especially liked the part about being familiar with not only the "stars," but also the people behind the scenes. I think that is soooo important, no matter what area of the industry you're interested in.

It's definitely all about the grind.

If You Don't Grind - You Don't Shine
If You Don't Work - You Don't Eat
-Mike Jones

and that's basicly it

But I forgot this one thing

In my 4 years of making beats, there is one definite thing I have learned. It's all about who you know! It's not even how great your music is or how talented you are. Your talent only adds to the edge of your possible success. Some of the most shittyist people are getting put on, why? Because there right hand man is friends with an Executive who has all the resources that you need to handle your business.

When I first started out I was lucky enough to have a guy who was at a very high position at Sony records to ink me to a 3 year production development deal. I was 14. He had my music heard to all kinds of executives at different labels and all kinds of meetings setup. He died. Disappeared of the face of the earth and I was humbled. I was low to the earth and taught that you should never take relationships you achieve for granted. Now I had to start from scratch but I did have all the things I learned from him that I never listened to.

Make sure when you get that one right connection you keep that relationship alive!

K,

Thanks... as always... as hard as you work on your stuff u should know...

Lance... you are DEF on the right path. Everytime we get up I expect to hear your news. Keep it sick man you know your time is coming .