The 10 Commandments of Music

While browsing through articles from a music digest I subscribe to, I came across this. I think it gives EXCELLENT advice for artists. To all my hyper-sensitive Christians, no, I don't find it blasphemous. It creatively makes 10 great points. :)

The 10 Commandments Of Music 2.0

1. Thou Shalt Not Worship False Prophets - Neither a record deal or auto-tune are your saviors.
   
   
2. Thou Shalt Worship Only One God - He (or she) is called The Fan.
   
   
3. Thou Shalt Giveaway Free Music - Like Jesus and the loaf of bread, give your flock a gift that multiplies as they pass it around.
   
   
4. Thou Shalt Not Steal - Borrowing a beat is one thing, but stealing…
   
   
5. Thou Shalt Blog - Your flock wants to know what you’re doing.
   
   
6. Thou Shalt Create Profiles - Wherever your flock may go, you must be there.
   
   
7. Thou Shalt Upload Photos - Staged, unstaged, backstage, from the stage and at every stage of a project.
   
   
8. Thou Shalt Upload Videos - Longs Ones. Shorts Ones. Tall ones…you get the idea.
   
   
9. Thou Shalt Share Thy Bounty. Share gigs. Share ideas. Share with your fans.
   
   
10. Do Unto Others As You Would Have Others Do Unto You - You meet the same people on the way down that you did on the way up.

By: Nis Bogvad

Take care!

Shanelle Gabriel

Get a free download of my remake of Drake's "Best I Ever Had" at www.shanellegabriel.com/music and http://shanellegabriel.bandcamp.com

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Original Article:
http://nisbogvad.wordpress.com/2009/07/06/the-10-commandments-of-music-2-0/

Free Download/ Listen to My Version of Drake's "Best I Ever Had"

Check out my new track. It's a remake of Drake's "Best I Ever Had." I'm trying to make you all replace his version with mine! Free download at http://shanellegabriel.bandcamp.com



Chorus:
I do a bit of everything
And all I ever wanted
Is to do it real big
Bigger than they've ever done it
Put y'all on to new stuff
One day y'all gon' thank me for it
I'ma last forever
I put blood and sweat and tears on it

Cause I hold it down
Every time I hit a note
And when I write, it's like my soul was in the middle of it
I bless the mic and ya gotta give it up
So you say the same thing every single time

You say, "Nell-E, you the best"
"Nell-E, you the best"
"Nell-E, you the best"
"Nell-E, you the best"
"Best I ever heard"
"Best I ever heard"
"Best I ever heard"
"Best I ever heard"

Superhead Movie: "Kiss and Tail- The Hollywood Jumpoff"

I'm actually interested in seeing this movie. Not for obvious reasons, but as a female in the entertainment industry, I am confronted with what some men consider "opportunities to get ahead," and I'm curious to know how a woman could utilize that to further her career.

I remember speaking to a well-known producer in the biz about how a certain R&B artist was known for sleeping her way to the top. I said, "That's terrible, and to me, it's an insult to my craft if I have to use sex to get ahead. My talent and personality should be enough." His response was, "Sis, you do what you have to do. I'm not saying I get down like that, but the way I see it, most women are gonna give it up to some broke dude in the hood that they happen to be dating or some cat that will only be in your life for 3 months. At least make who you have sex with count."

He was dead serious.

Makes sense? I guess. But for someone like me who WON'T give it up to some dude in the hood or some cat in my life for two seconds, this wouldn't apply to me. While many people know me for poetry, understand that I focused on my singing career way before Def Poetry Jam. I used to be the only female in all these studios, at the rap showcases, and with all these guys around. It took a while for me not to be surprised when guys who wanted me to sing a hook on a track switched it up to trying to get down. Once a guy introduced me to Sizzla as "Shanelle, she sings...oh and she's legal. *wink*"

I wish that things weren't that way, and that females can get a head not because they give it. The ones that do make it hard for the ladies like myself who are insulted when someone looks past their talent and sees them as just another chick to screw. Fellas, come on. At least let us RECORD something THEN talk about you and I. lol.

One thing that Karrine said that I agree with is that, "You can only sleep your way to the bottom." While a select few have made it pretty far, understand that if sex got you there, the moment someone new comes along who offers the same thing, you're gone. I don't know if that message will come across in this movie, but from what I know, Karrine Stephans a.k.a. SuperHead learned that the hard way.