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Pop Bottles…..1 Month Celebration! 2008-03-05 05:47:34 Today marks 1 month since I launched MakingTheMogul.com!
I originally planned to just put the blog up and start writing whenever I felt like it and build up a catalog of content. I figured, this way I can take my time to get familiar with the whole blog world but also so I [...]
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Talking with Grammy Winner Steve Pageot 2008-03-05 05:36:41 Gold and Platinum plaques, a Grammy award and negotiations to work on Michael Jackson’s next studio album - these are credentials anybody would be more than proud of. But this is just the tip of the iceberg for producer/engineer/musician/composer, Steve
Pageot. He’s definitely making major moves and is a mogul in the making.
You’re based in [...]
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My PC’s Tantrum 2008-03-04 12:32:45 Here I was last night, just doing some work and listening to some new tracks from an artist I might start working with. I noticed my Outlook was closed, so I drag my mouse over the little icon to open it up and as it begins to load up, it tells me there’s an error [...]
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Can Industry Veterans Shape The Future Of Music? 2008-02-26 15:18:01 I got an email the other day about this new company/website called Music
Werks.com, which I’m sure most of you already read about on other sites. To recap, industry veterans, Andre Harrell and Eddie Ferrell (hey their names rhyme), have just launched a new “online label group” that provides “digital distribution, marketing, promotion, publicity, video production, [...]
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New Music - Treal, Trazz, Talib & Grand Hall 2008-02-24 17:59:52 Treal ft. Cupid - I’m Not Lockdown
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Trazz ft. Wayne Wonder - Gonna Love U
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Talib Kweli - Independent Hustle
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Grand
Hall - Still Raw
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Don Cannon - Anthem 1.0 The Cannon Hip-Hop Instrumentals - Download 2008-02-22 12:45:35 I don’t know about all of you, but I love listening to instrumentals by themselves sometimes. It keeps my ears happy and my mind focused. I’m not an emcee, but I’ll throw on an instrumental CD and just let it play for hours while I do my work. It gives me a beat to [...]
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Industry Talk With Bad Boy A&R Conrad Dimanche - Part 2 2008-02-20 09:37:46 Earlier this week I featured Part 1 of my interview with Bad Boy A&R, Conrad
Dimanche.
Below is the second half of the interview, where we discussed artist development, the importance of songwriting and… jerk chicken.
What do you look for when somebody pitches you a demo or somebody is trying to pitch you an artist?
Well some [...]
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Industry Talk With Bad Boy A&R Conrad Dimanche - Part 1 2008-02-17 01:16:24 I’m not a journalist by any means, but I had a chance to sit down and speak with Conrad
Dimanche recently and figured why not interview him for the site.
For those of you who are not familiar with Conrad; he’s the Senior Director of A&R for Bad Boy Records. He’s responsible for all the music [...]
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Black Chiney Vol 8.9 - Free Download 2008-03-11 13:58:32 Finally! For all the dancehall fiends, Black
Chiney finally blessed us with another mixtape after nearly 4 years.
But don’t think they’ve been sleeping. I was talking with my man Supa Dups (Black Chiney’s founding member/producer) last night and the list of production credits he’s building is incredible: Nina Sky, Kardinal Offishall, Collie Buddz, Akon, [...]
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Old School Video: Hip-Hop All Stars on Arsenio Hall Show 2008-03-09 15:26:35 Back when late night talk shows had a little more flavour. I remember wildin out when I saw this air.
Yo Yo, MC Lyte, Treach from Naughty By Nature, A Tribe Called Quest, Fu-Schnickens, CL Smooth, Guru from Gangstarr, DAS EFX, Wu-Tang and KRS One all perform together on The Arsenio Hall Show!
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Chris Lighty Discusses What Hip Hop Is 2008-03-13 19:22:53 In this video with hiphopis.us Mr. Violator himself, Chris
Lighty, discusses what hip-hop is to him.
By the way, this is the second time I’ve heard someone pronounce Lupe Fiasco as “Loopy Fiasco”. The first being Jay Leno during Lupe’s performance a few weeks back. What’s up with that?
Thanks to Aura for the video.
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Aspiring Producers Showcased on PMP Mixtape 2008-03-20 03:33:08 It’s not easy maintaining a blog when you’re really out there bustin your behind to live up to the title of it.
I think I’ve already written about 5 or so half-posts on my blackberry while out there doing my bids; it’s just a matter of finding the time to post. I should be getting a [...]
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The Importance of Personal Relationships 2008-03-31 12:33:56 Okay, this post might crossover into rant mode, but I have to get this off my chest.
A little while ago, I noticed someone had sent me a friend request on 2 different social networking sites; Facebook and LinkedIn. I know who the person is, but I’m not very familiar with her because we’ve only briefly [...] Read more:Personal
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Did Polow Da Don Use Garageband To Make Usher’s “Love In This Club”? 2008-04-04 11:21:56 Looks like ATL producer Polow
Da Don, just pulled an early Swiss Beatz move. Apparently, Polow used a few of the premade music loops that come packaged with Garageband to make Usher
’s new song, “Love In This Club”.
Before anybody gets it twisted, I’m not putting anybody on blast. I’m a fan of Polow’s work and [...]
Ethics And Professional Reputation 2008-04-06 18:10:54 The other day, I posted about a recent situation I had with someone who tried to steal my clients and ended up killing her reputation. I got a lot of emails from people telling me about their personal experiences with backstabbers and unprofessional associates. (Thank you for all your emails and messages, but please remember [...] Read more:Ethics
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Freestyle Blogging #1 2008-04-14 14:59:06
I was thinking about different topics to write about for the blog but after coming across this great article comparing bloggers to rappers, I decided to implement number six from their list into MakingTheMogul.com: I’m going to freestyle my blog.
You can ask me any question you want and I will answer you to my best [...] Read more:Freestyle
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Mogul Mobile 2008-04-22 04:01:56 As you’ve noticed, I’ve made a few changes to my blog. The site has been growing incredibly (very unexpected) and as I get more into it, I’ve decided to bump it up on my list of priorities.
Amongst the changes;
New layout
Links to connect with me on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter & MySpace
A few new widgets in the [...] Read more:Mogul
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Social Networking Wars 2008-04-26 10:45:40 Hilarious video!
On that note, you can add me on different social networks through the links on the right sidebar. Much like the video, MySpace is probably the one I check the least, but feel free to holler at me on Facebook, or LinkedIn and add me on Twitter.
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Talking With Konvict Muzik’s Bu Thiam 2008-04-29 04:17:53 I first met Bu Thiam a few months back in Atlanta. After speaking to him for a bit and seeing the types of moves he was making, I immediately thought of featuring him when I first lauched the site.
As co-CEO of Konvict Muzik
, Bu is definitely a mogul in the making.
During my discussion with Bu, [...] Read more:Talking
Monday Music - Screw Genres 2008-05-05 05:55:12 Okay, so it’s Monday
now, which means it’s the beginning of the week for most people. I work throughout the weekends however, so the only difference to me is that there will be a few more phone calls and emails today.
Anyways, I’m finishing up a project for a major client of mine, so I’m going [...] Read more:Music
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Kardinal Offishall ft. Akon - Dangerous (Video) 2008-05-06 02:02:09 When I spoke with Bu the other day, he mentioned an upcoming video for Kardi’s new single, “Dangerous” featuring Akon.
Well, here it is!
The video just dropped and it looks dope! I gotta give it up to Kardi, he’s been doing his thing for a minute and has been breaking barriers for Canadian artists for a [...] Read more:Kardinal
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Unreleased MC Hammer/Death Row Album 2008-05-07 16:23:57 I wasn’t going to post anything today, but I’ve got to share this with you guys.
My bwoy Perry from Good Friday Ent just sent me the unreleased album MC Hammer
did with Death Row
, titled “2Tight”.
I never thought I’d hear this. The album has a bunch of features too; including Kurupt, Luniz, Spice 1 and… [...] Read more:Unreleased
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2008 Stylus DJ Awards - The MTL Party 2008-05-12 01:24:32 The Justo Mixtape Awards
went down about 2 weeks back and now, we have another event for the DJs coming up - the Stylus
DJ Awards. (Shoutout to my bwoy DJ Hotsauce for winning Best International DJ for the second year in a row at the Justos!)
For those of you who are unfamiliar with the Stylus DJ [...] Read more:Party
A Mogul’s Network 2008-05-20 05:16:53 “Your network is your net worth”
I know it’s been a minute since I’ve posted but I haven’t forgotten about y’all.
I’m in the middle of 4 major projects plus I just started another one which you’ll find out about in a bit. For now all I can say is that I’m very excited to be a [...] Read more:Mogul
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