You can catch FatRat Da Czar live and in full effect twice this week! Thursday May 31 @ New Brookland Tavern along with Gritz to celebrate the release of "Rocket People", the new album from Atlanta HipHop Fusion group "Grand Prize Winners From Last Year" (GPWFLY). Showtime 8PM. Also don't forget that Saturday June 2nd Da Czar will be hitting the stage @ the Ribs and Renaissance festival along with Detroit's own Dwele. You definitely don't want to miss either show as FatRat will be performing songs from Da Cold War and I Know You Don't Love Me mixtape series.
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This years Ribs and Renaissance is officially the place to be on Saturday June 2nd. Good food, good folks and good music are all going down in the Eau Claire community (North Main St/Monticello Rd). There will be plenty of activities for the family including a rib cook off with some of the areas best chefs all competing for the Golden Q Award. Live performances by Day Clean, Fayth Hope, FatRat Da Czar, and Dwele. You don't want to miss this one. FatRat will be performing some of his latest and greatest including a few songs from highly anticipated Cold War 3. Are you tired eating that barbeque down the street? Where they give you more sauce than they give you meat? Well brang yo ass down to "Ribs and Renaissance"!
In my mind there are millions of people out there waiting on me to either restore, or strengthen their faith in good music. These millions of people (that exist in my mind for right now) are also out there on the hunt for new artist to load into their mp3 players and Pandora/spotify accounts. They also share music with their friends who might not be familiar with the new artist in hopes of creating more music conversation pieces amongst their social circles. Its a symbiotic relationship between the artist and the consumer. I'm about to see what I'm really made of. I have a catalog of music that has for the most part only been available for free download from mixtape websites/blogs. The digital distribution companies make it all seem so simple. I know that I have to do things that will make my music more visible now. I'm just hoping that my fans are inspired enough to utilize word of mouth. Coming to an Itunes account near you...
Certain things happen in my life and rather than be petty point the finger at "who dun it", I try to share the big picture so we can all learn a little something. I have friends and family that I gain a great deal of insight from so I like to share.
As an artist, a producer, an emcee, a creative person, I sometimes get caught up and lose sight of the goal. I have done things in hopes of seeking approval from the wrong places. Here in South Carolina there are a lot of artist that have a hard time being optimistic about the goals they have set because they there aren't a lot of "successful examples". Every once in a while I will step out to a club event/ theme party/showcase/award show to "peep the scene". Before I get to the event there is a great deal of promotion that goes on from the flyers, radio spots, social network/text/email blast that promises a great time fueled by popular music and celebrity endorsed liquors, and to sweeten the deal, networking opportunities. When I arrive at the event the usual happens. I speak to the folks I know, shake hands, give hugs and dap hugs and it doesn't matter how excited the artist seem to be, there is a touch of sadness and depression in their eyes. This of course is what I interpret things to be, I could very well be mistaken. They are in a building full of fans that doesn't see value in the music they make, and even if there is a shred of interest the scales are tipped toward the side of artist that are from bigger cities, some of them not even signed artist. These artist from other areas are cosigned by the local DJ's, Radio Personalities, and Program Directors. From what I've herd they are playing what they are being told to play, and it is their job to play the music enthusiastically, just like any job dealing with the public...service with a smile, so I'm not going to get down on them for that. The local on air personalities are looked at as middle men in between an artist and the fans/consumers. A local artist who views it as such can easily become a "Victim of Validation". Frustration from a lack of results and obstacles causes them to seek the approval of the "middle men". The artist begins to format their music after what is being played on the radio and in night clubs. After they go through all the red tape and jump through all the hoops guess what happens......The middle men still don't play your music..you wasted time and money...and time is money so you wasted double the money
My advice to you, the reader (possibly an artist) and I affirm this to myself often. Create what your heart, your spirit tells you to. Create music in your own way. Create in your own way no matter what you are in the habit of creating. Its sounds cliche for me to say that it will pay off. Most people automatically think about it paying off in the form of fame and fortune. Hey, maybe it will, but the way that it will DEFINITELY pay off is in the form of a life with less regret. You will attract fans and consumers that love what you create for all the right reasons also. You were blessed with a unique personality and that personality is what makes your talents unique from the next person. There are millions of people who make music, but nobody makes it like you do. Its hard to grasp the fact that your biggest fans are going to be people far far away from your doorstep, but its just the way things are. Take advantage of the internet and technology because Lord knows it takes advantage of us everyday. These words are from a person in the struggle with you. If there was any confusion, I hope I was able to add just a tad bit of clarity.
The homie from upstate South Carolina, Trap Star, recently released "The Madd Trapper". Can you guess which one of these joints is the MIDIMarc beat? He rocked over a joint I sent him a while back and did his thing to it. Hopefully we can get in the studio together and craft something from the ground up for this his next project. I think he has a few visuals on the way. Trap! hit your boy up so I can get a couple cameos..lol. The mixtape is jammin, and has some super dopeness produced by DJ Cas from Charleston (Nipsey Hustle, Ice Cube, Young Jeezy).
