Rap & Hip-Hop from the 619 to 760
Look above to the top navigation bar for a new page I created called “SDMA Info.” Artists still ask me about how to submit their music to the SDMA’s and I think there’s definitely still confusion all around. I’ve hopefully cleared that up while also providing a valuable resource to help artists network and market themselves more effectively. Check it out!
I’m about a month late on the site’s 1-year anniversary and re-design, but if you’ve been following at all, you know that I really don’t care (I should get “CPT” tatted across the belly*). The new design isn’t too drastically different from the previous. It doesn’t look awesome but I’m hoping this will prevent friends from having to come up with nice ways of saying “Shit’s ugly, son” to me. From a usability standpoint, the only things to really take note of are the widened blog column, which will allow for larger videos, and the Facebook Like Box for SDRaps.com’s FB Page (in the sidebar), which actually exists. I might throw in a box for the Twitter account at some point, too.
The last, but probably most important, thing to note is the re-written About page. I was just reading the original copy before and I almost cringed at the pretension and self-seriousness of it all. The new copy is significantly toned down, which reflects a sort of philosophical shift that has already happened in this site.
I had originally had high hopes for the SDRaps.com experiment. The intent of this site was to 1. find good music from local artists; and 2. increase coverage of those artists making that good music. But after 13 months and 230 posts, what has changed? Read more of this post
I’d always envisioned this blog to be a group blog but I’ve been too gay to actually get any other writers to contribute. I’ve felt pretty weird asking people to contribute for free and I also don’t like the idea of trusting someone else to take it as seriously as me. But real life has been annoying. And SDRaps.com has definitely suffered quite a bit.
Anyway so yeah: if you’d like to contribute to SDRaps.com, please email me at: editor@sdraps.com. I’m mainly looking for another writer to produce content. But as you could probably tell, I wouldn’t mind someone revamping the MS Paint-ish look of this blog either. If you could do either, please message me. Know upfront that I can pay you nothing (okay, maybe a little bit for the design). I make nothing from this blog. This is pretty much a labor of love, a way to satisfy my compulsion to write about something truly unique, something that no other blog really covers. The only sort of “payment” I get is the exposure which has led to assignments at various publications. And occasionally, I’ll receive a free CD. If this still interests you, let’s talk.
SD Gossip Scene just upped an interview they conducted by email with me. They asked me to flesh out my thoughts on the whole SDMA matter. I think I made some good points but I’ve also changed my views after having spoken with a number of artists as well as Kevin Hellman, who runs the San Diego Music Foundation that puts on the awards show. I’ll reserve final judgment until I speak to more people and gather more info.
Check out the interview. It also features a pic of me so if I’m not posting your music, you can find me on the streets and kick my ass (and by “the streets,” I mean you can find me at my local Vons).
Voting for the San Diego Music Awards begins today and Mitchy Slick, the undoubtedly biggest hip-hop artist in San Diego, is nowhere on the ballot. That’s a problem.
Here’s the deal: the SDMA ballot gives you an option to write-in an artist of your own choosing. If you write-in Mitchy Slick for the “Best Hip Hop” category in the SDMAs, you will be entered to win a FREE Creative Zen Mozaic 16GB MP3 Player from SDRaps.com. On top of that, the mp3 player will be filled to the brim with San Diego rap and hip-hop music.
There are two ways to enter: Read more of this post
