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Do I have to register with SAMRO, CAPASSO, RiSA and SAMPRA?
silasbeats
  • Apr 4
  • 3 min

Do I have to register with SAMRO, CAPASSO, RiSA and SAMPRA?

Hi. I’ve been doing a bit of digging into rights organisations and how they relate to the bigger picture. Naturally, I was led down a...
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Using dark social media to grow your music brand
silasbeats
  • Apr 4
  • 4 min

Using dark social media to grow your music brand

I want to talk about the importance of dark social media. It sounds scary and illegal, but it really isn’t. It refers to forms of social...
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Getting paid by SAMRO
silasbeats
  • Aug 4, 2020
  • 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, 2020
  • 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...
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A guide to marketing your music as a creative in South African - PART 1
silasbeats
  • Aug 4, 2020
  • 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, 2020
  • 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...
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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...
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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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Invest in your musical craft
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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