The Real Truth Behind The Music Industry!

[Capitalj]

Hello to all,

My name is Jason and i have been a music producer for 13 years now, i mainly produce Rap music but i can produce any type of music... anyway for a long time i was trying to get signed to a label a few years back but every time i got close some how some way the deal never went through. I never could understand why till about a year ago.

I learned that in order for you to make it you have to sell your soul to the devil, i love music but i love my soul way more than the talent that God bless me with. When i found this out thats when it all made sense to me, the Lord was protecting me from making (or being trick into) the worst mistake i could ever make in my life!

This made me respect God so much more cause some people is not so lucky,(go to Youtube and put in DMX interview from jail) after doing a lot of praying, talking to God, and plenty of research i found out some pretty scary stuff but like the Bible say "the truth shall set you free" and i will show yall proof from videos (once i get to 50 post) and the Bible to back everything up.

We live in a pure evil world and i think God put me in this place to help people wake up so check this video out about the truth of the rap game first... after i found this out, i stop listening to rap music period and start making my own stuff. Since i cant post the video link cause i am new here just go to Youtube and put in the name "Professor Griff" and click on the first video that comes up.

If you don't want to do that then you can just click on my signature to take you to my site, and look over to the right side i have 2 post that people can check out. Once you check that video out then have a look at something that is much scarier... this is a video about what our Government has in stored for us so go to YouTube and put in "Alex Jones mark of the beast" and watch the whole video if you can but if you don't want to wait then skip to about the 4 min mark cause that is when he really break down this chip.

Make sure to listen after the 4 min mark of the video and listen to the caller that calls in... now go to Revelations Chapter 13 verse 16 and 17 and tell me what you think but i know this is the "mark of the beast" and we have to start educating everyone cause the Government (the Devil) is gonna try his hardest to sneak this over our heads so no more hospital visits for me, no more Dentist appointments, no nothing.

According to the Bible Satan has dominion over this earth and has the authority to put all nations through what we are getting ready to go through so start educating yourself and keep your eyes open, pray that God will change these peoples hearts and lets stop wasting time arguing and focus on the real issue. God Bless you all.

 

[NiobiumTragedy]

First off, you're basing your opinion of the music industry on your own experience rather than the overall picture. By your opinion on the matter, every single Christian artist who has made it has sold their soul. I'd love to see you tell them that to their faces and see how far that gets you because it makes you seem nothing more than a failed musician who is bitter at his own shortcomings. I've worked with a lot of bands, both Christian and Secular, and I can pretty much say that every one of them worked to get where they are. It was easier for some than others, sure, but none of them "sold their soul".

The bigger issue here... after browsing your website and failing to get my "free songs" since I refuse to download bloatware to listen to a song, I had to spend a few minutes trying to look you up on youtube. I've already put much more effort into you than most would because I wanted to hear exactly what you've been doing for these 13 years you've been a producer. The couple tracks I heard on youtube were alright, but nothing special and nothing "pops out in your face" amazing. They don't even really sound well mixed/mastered. So how do you expect to be ahead of the competition unless you put your absolute best on the line for people to hear?

You have a specific market you need to gun for with your style of music being that it's all instrumental. You either need to find a rapper to go along with it or you need to get into a composer market that specializes in instrumental music, because frankly, not too many people are interested in instrumental beats. Labels look for things they are able to market and make money on.

I know this probably seems pretty harsh, but I don't believe in beating around the bush for the sake of someones feelings when making them feel good isn't going to help their situation. There are thousands of people making the same style of music you are these days because music production has become so cheap to do, you need to not only make something that makes you stand out to people, but you need to understand how the industry works instead of just calling it evil because no one has paid attention to you in the 13 years you've been producing.

Hope this helps you to find some direction in your work. Good luck.

 

[Capitalj]

Thanks for your reply, i am not mad or even bitter at all... i am happy at the fact where i am today, i don't want to be apart of the music industry anymore and i never said "Christian Rappers" sold their souls to the Devil (or even all rappers), i was talking about mainstream rap... also you may not have encounter it cause it is a secret that they only let a few in... like i said, if you don't believe me then just look up "Professor Griff" Youtube videos.

And as for my site you can past the gateway by going to the right hand top of the screen and click on the red x and you should be able to download the beats, i have plenty of songs that i've done but just haven't had the time to get everything uploaded yet... i am a one man show so i have to do everything but it is moving in the right direction imo.

Those mixes on youtube come out crappy for some reason... don't have time to figure it out cause i know when i mix it, it sounds great on my Mp3 but every time i upload my videos to youtube the mix just die but like i said that is a problem i will get to in the long run, at least people still get to see what i can do and that is the important part to me... have you click on the "free downloads beats intro track" link on my site? That is how my mixes come out.

I'm sorry you had so much trouble with my website and for the record, i'm not bashing the industry i am only telling the truth from what i have learned, it is plenty of mainstream rappers that is talking about it now on youtube but that is up to you on what you want to believe... i'm just here to try to help and worn people before they decide to go in that direction.

Now as for as Christian Rap and other Genres of music... i cannot speak on cause i never personally tried to get a deal from Christian labels, i hope you understand on what i am saying and if you want to hear a clean mix of my music go to ShocaseYourMusic.com and look up Capital J, i'm getting ready to put a Mp3 player on my site to fix the problem that you had.

Like i said i apologize for the inconvenience and i hope you understand, God Bless you Niobium.

 

[MasterpieceMesias]

mehehehehehe. . . . . . I am quite skepical about this topic. Some of it seems to make sense, and other times it seems completely oblivious and irrational.

 

[Capitalj]

You can't argue with Proof MasterpieceMesias, the evidence is there and not that hard to find out now days thanks to YouTube and people like Alex Jones, National Inflation Association, Professor Griff, Prodigy and the list goes on. I would post the videos here if i could but just look anyone of those up and you will find out about the truth of this world.

 

[The Theory]

Maybe your potential music deals fell through not because everyone has to sell their soul to the devil, but because that simply isn't where God wanted you?

 

[Capitalj]

Exactly right Theory, i believe that God was trying to tell me to just do my own thing but i know for a fact that some people i was dealing with back then were hinting about it... they loved my work and wanted to sign me but didn't do it, if they really wanted me to be on their label then why don't they just sign me? I was o.k with the contract and everything but it is what it is... God Bless them anyway for giving me a chance. No hard feelings over here.

 

[NiobiumTragedy]

So give us the points on exactly what you're trying to say with your post because it's looking more and more like spam.

 

[Capitalj]

Lol no reason to spam Niobium, we all know that don't work... i was just telling my story and thats it, it toke me a long time to find out what i did and so i just thought i would do my part to educate people just so they can keep their eyes open (those people that are trying to get into mainstream rap) and thats all... i'm sorry you feel that way but i am more interested in helping people in my life more than anything else, God Bless.

 

[NiobiumTragedy]

Except the point you're trying to make is that, in order to make it in the industry, you must sell your soul to the devil, which is very far from the truth.

 

[Capitalj]

I'm not about to argue with you, God Bless you Niobium

 

[If Not For Grace]

for you to make it you have to sell your soul to the devil,

Horsefeathers-there are many good christian artists out there-many of them work in the secular side. The music business lends itself to a dirty side because of all the money there is to be made. Big business = big greed., but the same is said of everything from used cars to the stock market. One of the things christians should do is step up there and show people, good people can suceed at business. One of the problems with the music industry (per Keith Richards & I'm paraphrasing) is "too many people set about being a star rather than promoting music for it's universal healing language"

Promote good music rather than the singer or player or band & I bet you see different results.

 

[Capitalj]

Exactly, i agree 100 % If Not For Grace, i see i should have change my title but i thought by reading the whole story that people would not think i was talking about the "Christian Rap industry" but i am not talking about the "Christian Rap" industry at all, i am talking about mainstream rap (the stuff you hear on the radio, mtv...etc) cause i was trying to work in this field and what i learned (from my experience) is that you have to be down with there way of doing things in order for them to put you on the team. I'm not the only one that has experienced that by a long shot, i have said it plenty of times and i will say it again, check out "Professor Griff" videos on youtube, he is a former member of Public Enemy, (a rap group that came out in the late 80's and early 90's) this man knows just about everybody in the rap industry, he got out of it cause he learned the truth about rap and what it's true intentions were. He know stuff that nobody else knows and is willing to talk about it on camera! But yeah i agree INFG people want to be stars instead of coming out with quality music that will help change our world.

 

[religious&reasonable]

lolwut

 

[NiobiumTragedy]

You don't have to argue with me, I work in the industry for a living. I see what goes on every day. I've also worked with many major artists, none of which have needed to "sell their soul". Heck, half these guys don't even deal with much on the business end of things, which can be a good thing or a very bad thing depending on how you look at it.

I'm going to level with you. You've had very little experience with anything business related in this industry. You've had very few dealings with any label because it seems they won't touch your stuff, and I highly doubt that is by your choice, but more because it's quite mediocre and they know they'd never be able to market it. You're basing your opinion on ignorance and on the words of a couple other washed up people like Professor Griff whom you keep mentioning who also hasn't had much in the way of success in the industry, so it's not a wonder he's bitter over it. Heck the only thing that people know him from is his very short time in Public Enemy and some crude remarks which got him thrown out. Heck, no one can even take the guy seriously when he makes some of the claims he does. Illuminati? Really? Dude is nothing but a washed up conspiracy theorist now.

You seem to have very little knowledge of how this industry works other than a few failed submissions to some labels who rejected it and it shows clear as day when you make posts like this that you have no idea what exactly goes on in this industry.

It also amuses me when I hear people talking about the split between the Christian industry and secular because 90% of the Christian labels are subsidiaries of major labels. They are treated mainly the same way: as a business. They don't care what a band stands for, they want to know if there is money to be made, and rightly so considering how much money a label has to put into a band for studio time, promotion, distribution, and tour budgets.

Mind you, don't think that I'm defending those scum sucking buffoons who work for music labels. It's an outdated business that is trying to remain relevant in this digital world and because of their own stupidity, they take out their aggression on their customers and listener base. As far as I'm concerned, the RIAA can burn. The point I'm trying to make here is that you need to get a few more facts before you go spamming forums with inaccurate information.

One thing I've been wondering though... why do you call yourself by Capital J when there is already a very well known artist/DJ known as Capital J who has been on the scene for 20 some years?

Again, I am not trying to tear you down here. I'm trying to give you a healthy dose of reality because you really seem to need it. You need some direction if you're planning on making a career out of music.

 

[If Not For Grace]

Ever Hear of Tom Petty? No one fought the system more-the same was true of Waylon Jennings & others in the early days. 3-4 months back Petty (XM - Buried
Treasures) finally said he realized it was not JUST the music business, but MOST
businesses operate the same way, with the "corporate" greed at the top & the
"product (artists)" people at the bottom just trying to scratch out a place.

I work for the government (You have not lived w/power mungers, back stabbers & brown nosers until you have a look inside the govt). The point is still it can be done, and most of us settle for less than what we should. Business is and has always been a hard dirty road. There are still good people from the bottom to the top out there & we need to applaud their journey and pattern ourselves after them as best we can.
Do not give up your dreams. When you wallow with pigs you get dirty, we just need to bath daily and try & not waste a day-no one day. God is still in control.

 

[Capitalj]

I agree INFG it's not just Music, all businesses is ran the same and like you said there are a lot of good people that are in these industries but the problem is the evil ones run everything and that is why everything is all screwed up and it make the good guys look bad. Niobium i been calling myself Capital J for 13 years now (way before i even heard of this DJ Guy) and to be honest i never even heard of the guy till you mention it now, Niobium nobody ask you your opinion about my music so i don't know why your attacking my music when this thread is about Music Industry. You may feel the way you may feel about me Niobium but the fact of the matter is you are just one man with one opinion and your opinion does not matter to me, you call yourself so call helping me by bashing my music and calling me crazy cause i'm just telling my story on what happen to me? what for? i did not ask you to check out my music, i'm not asking you to help me in no type of way at all... the way i see is YOUR JUST ANOTHER MUSIC EXECUTIVE THAT TURNED MY MUSIC DOWN and that's it, i'm used to hearing that but to be honest none of the music executes could make a track half as good as mines if it came down to it but i know the game regardless of what you might think.

 

[Capitalj]

O and another thing Niobium if Professor Griff is so crazy then why did they try to kill this man for? If somebody is just crazy and don't know what they are talking about and you know what the truth is... wouldn't you just leave him alone? all kinds of people say bad things about businesses, a movie they don't like...etc but i guess you have to get killed for calling puffy gay all cause you used to work in the industry? Sounds like somebody is covering something up and want Griff to shut up asap. And even better question is why would Griff risk his life to air this stuff out? You can tell he not stupid and have a lot of sense... he could of just got money writing books on his experiences in the music game and got paid well without risking his life but obviously it's not about the money Niobium...

 

[If Not For Grace]

Capitalj:

Don't take things so personal-Everybody has a right to their Opinion-

Got a book recommendation--My Hero Keith Richards (an expert on the industry & no doubt a multi talented artist, still living, & been through it all at least twice) wrote
a book called
"LIFE"

I recommend it highly

(Bk Cover Picture)

 

[NiobiumTragedy]

Ever Hear of Tom Petty? No one fought the system more-the same was true of Waylon Jennings & others in the early days. 3-4 months back Petty (XM - Buried
Treasures) finally said he realized it was not JUST the music business, but MOST
businesses operate the same way, with the "corporate" greed at the top & the
"product (artists)" people at the bottom just trying to scratch out a place.

See 5th paragraph.
Artists are certainly screwed by the labels as well, but that's not really the topic of discussion, and most people don't have a clue about the hierarchy of the industry to begin with; only that the artist makes next to nothing on music sales. There are far too many middle men than there needs to be. This is one of the things that is starting to change thanks to digital music distribution.