Highlights
A little over a month ago, I attended the 27th annual Southern Fried National Poetry Slam in Fayetteville, North Carolina on behalf of MizFitz Radio. In 2016 I attended for the first time as the DJ of the Indie Slam Finals and Nerd Slam. Based off of that, I knew that we as an organization […]
Louisiana is home to many accredited artists like Lil Boosie, Juvenile and Kevin Gates. Louisiana is also equally home to talented independent artists like this month’s featured Mizfit, Young Switch. More specifically, he grew up on Cedar Grove in Shreveport. Church, as well as the streets of Louisiana, were major influences for Switch when it […]
Email Etiquette For Dummies (I Mean Artists) If you’ve read my previous article “Email Marketing: Why Every Artist Needs to Implement It” we talked about email marketing. In this article I want to talk about email etiquette. Far too often do we in the industry receive emails with written with poor etiquette. Normally it’s an email […]
Email Marketing: Why Every Artist Needs to Implement It You just released a new project and want to get your music to industry personnel and potential fans? Reaching out to hundreds if not thousands of people at once can be a daunting task. Well that is where email marketing and developing email lists can help […]
Alternative music has always been associated as independent, nonconforming and avant-garde. Over the decades, black musicians have pioneered towards expanding subsets of different genres. The Blues, Rock n’ Roll, and Afropunk are a few to name. Ironically, even with a contribution to so many styles of music, bands that are composed of black members are […]
In the month of March, we celebrate International Women’s Day to recognize those that have broken barriers when it comes to a male-dominated world. As it pertains to the artistry of women in music, we wanted to celebrate someone who is fierce, creative and who will continuously push boundaries in a male-dominated industry. Lee Vasi […]
So you have some dope tracks and now you’re building a buzz in your local area. Listeners are requesting you on the radio and they are playing your music more frequently. What is the next step from there? If you guessed performing, you’d be correct. Promoters have now booked you and now you’re putting your […]
1UP by T-Pain On February 27th, 2019, T-Pain released his latest album “1Up.” This surprise album comes on the heels of his latest hit songs “Getcha Roll On,” “All I Want,” and “A Million Times.” This comes after almost a year after T-Pain‘s last album OBLiViON, released in 2017. This project was released 100% independently and […]
For February, I had to be on the lookout for an artist that could represent the essence of Black History Month. I needed a trailblazer with liberating talents and an adverse past. We are in celebration of African American tribulation turned into success and greatness. Allow me to highlight an artist that showcases an original […]
Many entertainers are received as a double, triple and even quadruple threat. However, independent artist, Ant Agurz is raising some serious clout mastering the art of singing and rapping while dancing. We had a chance to chat with Agurz about his personal background, musical influences as well as his current and future projects. Agurz is […]
