How are your doing?

How are you doing? When you look at your progress, how are you doing? When you take inventory of the cd's you sold (or not), how are you doing? When you tally up the money you spent on promo's and clothes does it make as much since as it did when you were spending the money? I've been on the solo promoting and making moves and I can't understand what the heck some people are really doing? How is it that I see fliers all over the place and you tubes of shows and half a million mixtapes of people that are charting nowhere?

I've taken time out to call and listen to the conference calls with big names and have noticed a pattern. Singers/rappers do a lot of complaining about the "DJ" not breaking new artists. I believe there's truth in that however, A lot of artists are missing a step. When the artists is asked how many spins are you getting they say HUH? And then the person would have to explain the question. Not to say that radio should be a goal but know that when you promote that your song(s) are being played on the radio in your hometown, tha's gonna be the first question asked. How Many Spins Are You Getting?

They say it's about the hustle more than talent but when you combine the two you have a nice package. As I was saying earlier, I've been doing all of my own promotions with the help of the few supporters I have (because I like genuine people) I've managed to get my name out there to the right people. It prefer to work smart rather than hard. I aint knocking the grind that the average person has cause I aint built like that. Runnin all over the world, fallin out NOT SLEEPING....that still troubles me. Now it's been spread that if you don't get sleep you're grinding real hard! That's dumb. Get sleep people. But as I was saying, I have silently and strategically made my way up the charts on Reverbnation and is holding fast within the top 20 artists in Philly!! I don't perform or nothing. I have produced a few songs that I feel really good about and so does the rest of the city!

Feel free to check in and see for yourself!
http://www.reverbnation.com/dozi

So when you spend all day on Twitter, Facebook, and yes Myspace ask yourself, is this trackable? Is what I'm bragging about being supported by some evidence of a future? Am I the only one that thinks my song(s) is "the next big thing", "changing the game"? If your not sure then put your music out there to people who don't know you and see what happens!!



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Give Credit When Due

Give Credit When It's Due

We all know who Nicki Minaj is by now, but how many of us are grateful that she came along? Before Nicki we had absolutely no one relevant to compare anything to. Yeah we had our Foxy’s and Lil Kim’s but how long ago was that?! Even Missy was on another level when it came to rapping. She had the lane all to herself. Not only did she help the female rap game but she was producing and put a vicious spin on videos. Now we have Miss Minaj. Yeah she’s out there and most of her body parts are “out there” but what did she really do? She created a reason for people to look for female rappers who can rap. Really rap!

We can talk about what’s wrong with Nicki Minaj all day and night but what I see is the one who re-opened the avenue for the female rapper. For way too long they have been screaming at closed doors hoping that someone would hear through a keyhole without success. Determined to be real and stand true to the art of rap they have become so lyrical that some of the guys will call their friends and ask if they heard of them. Through frustration they deliver such detailed and artistic lyrics it’s a matter of time before the guys will be forced to 1. Step they vocabulary up and 2. Make room!

Whether Nicki Minaj’s raps are ghost written or not, we must give her credit and respect her for changing the minds of those who thought female rap was dead!

My music

Well, today I have risen to begin another day in the life of music. I often wait for a song to flow through me before I know what my day will bring, however today, I have a project going on that I'm excited about. This time it feels real. This time it seems right. Most times I make music for my personal spirit, it get me through the day. There are days I wonder what I am supposed to do or if I'm doing the right thing and I can play a few select song s and BOOM, as is well with me.

A lot of today's music only tells you different ways to have sex. Actually it's teaching our children how to have sex, all over the house and blah blah blah. Luckily I'm not alone in believing that music should move your spirit, soul, and feet in some way. Music should set a tone for your day. If you feel good when you wake up, you may want to carry that feeling with you wherever you go......there's a song for that. You may have a day that starts off a little junkie and you want to carry that with you through the day.....there's a song for that.

It's our job to create more music for the world because there are millions of emotions going through billions of people that need healthy music to feed on. As we all know music is a universal language so don't limit yourself to one target audience. Think globally and your music will speak globally!

This day

Today is the fist day of the best of my life.

Been running down figures and making plans.

As it turns out

I got a lot of work to do

I'm ready

I'm ready

I'm ready

..... that Sponge Bob is on point!

Happy Sundayyyy

I just wanted to get used to using this site and expressing things out loud. Seems I do a lot of LOL time I start thinkin out loud (tol)

Have a blessed day

About Dozi

When all is said and done.....music gets the last word.

Have you been down this lane?

http://www.reverbnation.com/dozi