Shotty's Hip Hop Blog

 Music is more than Making Music                            By: Shotty Mills                                                         After releasing my first album “Show and Tell”, which is available on Spotify, iTunes and all music platforms. I realized something very powerful. For anyone that thinks making music is just about making music. It’s much more profound and diverse than that. Music is like having a business, and trying to deliver your best product. In other words, you are brand that you have to represent, and present to other individuals. If you treat yourself, as a brand and are professional. This in turn will lead to more professional leads. This has a direct connection to what you call a business funnel. A business funnel is a funnel, in which you have potentia...

 Networking in Music and in Life .                              By: Shotty Mills.                                                             I love connecting with people and helping people. In today’s world we are swarmed into connecting with people. It’s a fast paced world out there, and everything is advancing at an accelerating rate. How do we keep up with the technology hiatus that’s occurring around us? Well, there are benefits to technology that we can reap. When you connect with people on a daily basis, you are expanding my network. These days, I spend a few hours networking with new people within the music industry. Also, I connect with people outside the music industry as well. This way, I can expand myself in numerous areas. And another person can t...

Music to an Artist, it’s more than just Talent .                      My name is Shotty Mills, I a rapper artist, an author, a blogger and a podcaster. If you ask any music artist like myself. I am within that particular category myself. Music has varying meanings to a wide range of individuals in populations. To make it within the music industry, it’s a never ending grind. It requires years of hard work, and it’s more than just talent alone. I am reflecting on this right now, because I feel it’s something I need to address. Anybody even within the business world would understand this never ending struggle. It’s more than just how you interact with people in a business sense. It also requires you to apply other applications effectively. Marketing is a crucial edge that can do wonders with anyone in the musical industry.                               ...