THE WORLD OF RAP: HOW TO KICKSTART YOUR CAREER

By Rishma Dhaliwal • On Cool Tips

Suc­ceed­ing in music isn’t an easy feat. But you might make it far if you work hard, devel­op your skills and get in touch with the right people. There might be a few artists who want to come to a luc­rat­ive sum of money. How­ever, most rap­pers are in it purely because of their love for the music. You might find it easi­er to keep devel­op­ing your skills and expand­ing your know­ledge. Our tips will help you to under­stand what you need to know and do to kick­start your career in the world of rap.

Record Your Music In A Stu­dio

Writ­ing skills and know­ledge of music are extremely import­ant for those who want to enter the industry. And once you’re con­fid­ent in your abil­it­ies and have some ideas, it’s time to start record­ing your music. First, you could record your­self per­form­ing some of your music using your micro­phone and com­puter. Take the oppor­tun­ity to tweak your per­form­ance, and when you’re ready, you could take it up a level. You could book a pro­fes­sion­al record­ing stu­dio with pro­viders like Select Record­ing Stu­di­os in Lon­don. Using pro­fes­sion­al equip­ment and envir­on­ment could give you the con­fid­ence to put your music online and attract people who might enjoy listen­ing to your tracks.

Net­work With People In The Industry

The music com­munity is all about net­work­ing and col­lab­or­a­tion – espe­cially in rap. Those who are only at the very begin­ning of their career could highly bene­fit from the guid­ance they could get from more exper­i­enced artists. When you have a ment­or, it might become easi­er for you to gain oth­er valu­able con­nec­tions and build your audi­ence. But net­work­ing with oth­er rap­pers doesn’t need to be only about edu­ca­tion. It’s quite rare to see a rap record that isn’t a res­ult of a col­lab­or­a­tion. So, take the oppor­tun­ity to become more cre­at­ive and join your efforts with oth­er artists. You might be able to increase your reach and grow your audi­ence sig­ni­fic­antly. And if you man­age to get your music in front of more people, you could increase your chances of suc­ceed­ing.

Get Your Work In Front Of People

A career in the music industry is ideal for cre­at­ive people who love storytelling. How­ever, you must also approach it as a busi­ness if you want to make it far. Estab­lish­ing your rap­per brand could help your audi­ence to dif­fer­en­ti­ate you from oth­er artists and allow them to find you on vari­ous plat­forms eas­ily. It would be best to con­sider how you’d like to mar­ket your work. Of course, you can pub­lish your music on vari­ous online plat­forms. But you also need a space where you can inter­act with your fans and noti­fy them of any excit­ing news in your career. The easi­est way to do so could be through social media. You might be able to increase your cre­at­ive out­put and util­ise your skills in more ways than one. A strong and detailed mar­ket­ing strategy could help you to reach your career goals and make your dreams come true.

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Rishma Dhaliwal

Edit­or / PR Con­sult­ant at No Bounds
Rishma Dhali­w­al has extens­ive exper­i­ence study­ing and work­ing in the music and media industry. Hav­ing writ­ten a thes­is on how Hip Hop acts as a social move­ment, she has spent years research­ing and con­nect­ing with artists who use the art form as a tool for bring­ing a voice to the voice­less. Cur­rently work­ing in TV, Rishma brings her PR and media know­ledge to I am Hip Hop and oth­er pro­jects by No Bounds.

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About Rishma Dhaliwal

Rishma Dhaliwal
Rishma Dhaliwal has extensive experience studying and working in the music and media industry. Having written a thesis on how Hip Hop acts as a social movement, she has spent years researching and connecting with artists who use the art form as a tool for bringing a voice to the voiceless. Currently working in TV, Rishma brings her PR and media knowledge to I am Hip Hop and other projects by No Bounds.