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Aug 4
4 min

Getting paid by SAMRO

We're always told stories of how SAMRO is failing its members. There are countless opinion posts stating that royalties aren't being paid...

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A guide to marketing your music as a creative in South African - PART 2

silasbeats

Aug 4
2 min

A guide to marketing your music as a creative in South African - PART 2

Lets talk compelling and engaging content. In a pursuit to market your music you're going to have to put out attractive content regularly...

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A guide to marketing your music as a creative in South African - PART 1

silasbeats

Aug 4
4 min

A guide to marketing your music as a creative in South African - PART 1

Marketing is an area where most creatives fail. It's difficult getting your work out when there's no real fanbase available to send your ...

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How do you make yourself recession proof as a creative

silasbeats

Aug 4
3 min

How do you make yourself recession proof as a creative

2020 has been a weird year for the music industry. Conventional forms of entertainment have slowed to a snail's pace and incomes have dri...

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3 Things your music career needs to be successful

silasbeats

May 12, 2019
4 min

3 Things your music career needs to be successful

Today I want to highlight 3 things I feel every music career needs to be successful. In no way am I saying that these are the most import...

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How SAMRO royalties help me pay my bills

silasbeats

Apr 14, 2019
2 min

How SAMRO royalties help me pay my bills

What's good? It's been a while since I posted anything about SAMRO. I'd just like to say that I don't work for them nor do they pay me to...

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silasbeats

Dec 23, 2018
3 min

Invest in your musical craft

I see artists and producers having a hard time betting on themselves. I get asked (almost daily) to invest either time or resources into...

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