Promoting Yourself As A Rapper In The Age To Buy Beats

I would have never imagined that the music industry could have transformed so intensely within such a short amount of time, but it did and now you can promote yourself online for free, buy beats and even distribute yourself at an affordable rate. There's no reason you can't take your own music and start getting yourself some serious buzz right from the start.
I know there are rumors going around about how the industry is crashing but let me squash those right now. The music scene is doing better than ever and so is the hip hop scene so there shouldn't be any confusion. Beats have become available on the internet but also distribution and promotion for independent artists is easier and cheaper than ever before. There's no reason to think that you can't come up fast in this industry right now.
Back in the day there wasn't a lot you could do to get yourself known as a rapper, and truly there were nearly zero options for independents to promote themselves. Now with the invention of really amazing services and technology it's become more than possible to get some serious record sales without the need for a big budget.
This article was written in the perspective of an A&R because I've been in this rap game for a long time and I am a part of some seriously successful record labels and projects coming out. That means that I have all the Intel from a record labels perspective and so I can let you in on some well kept industry secrets that might blow your mind.
First you must comprehend the fact that it's a lot easier now for us, and we're spoiled in the digital age. Before you had to go through high water before you could find yourself something as simple as distribution, and you obviously can't promote yourself successfully if you can't even sell your music. But now with Tunecore you can get on iTunes, Rhapsody and all the other major mp3 retailers for a price lower than you can imagine!
Promotion is also easy to get with these days and it's even free in most cases! All you have to do is get a YouTube account and make some creative videos promoting your band, then use the internet to bring traffic to those videos. It's as easy as pie! Facebook and other websites such as this have also made a distinct impression on the music scene.
Networking has also become easy so you can gain those connections you've been looking for without spending your time and energy going to industry parties anymore. You can find seriously legit contacts simply by looking for other hip hop artists and representatives on the social networking sites such as MySpace.