<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2221645167877670325</id><updated>2012-06-01T23:25:31.395-05:00</updated><category term='Merch'/><category term='Musician Secrets'/><category term='Food Reviews'/><category term='Caught on Tape'/><category term='Video of the Day'/><category term='Rap Industry Secrets'/><category term='WTF of the Day'/><category term='On Stage (Live)'/><category term='Fresh Kicks'/><category term='Movie Reviews'/><category term='Music'/><category term='Twitter Tips'/><category term='Dumb-Asz of the Day'/><category term='Pics'/><category term='Marijuana'/><category term='Free Downloads'/><category term='Miscellaneous'/><category term='Industry Tips'/><category term='Musician Gear'/><category term='Celebrity News'/><category term='Infinite Starr'/><category term='Celebrity Tattoos'/><category term='Music Videos'/><title type='text'>Confessions of a Starr</title><subtitle type='html'>Exclusive Music, Celebrity News, and the Flyest Celebrity Tattoos</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.infinitekfc.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2221645167877670325/posts/default/-/Industry+Tips'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.infinitekfc.com/search/label/Industry%20Tips'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2221645167877670325.post-3172032432005381674</id><published>2010-08-26T13:40:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2010-08-27T09:54:43.056-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rap Industry Secrets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Musician Secrets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Industry Tips'/><title type='text'>21 Reasons You Didn't Become a Successful Musician</title><content type='html'>&lt;center&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.infinitekfc.com/2010/08/21-reasons-you-didnt-become-successful.html" title="21 Reasons You Didn't Become a Successful Musician"&gt;&lt;img alt="Crowd Surfing" border="0" src="http://i36.tinypic.com/2n1z5v7.jpg" title="Crowd Surfing" width="600" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;21 Reasons You Didn't Become a Successful Musician&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Didn't Set Any Goals&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Lack of Time Management&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Rarely Practiced&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Procrastination&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Not prioritizing Goals&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Excuses, Excuses, Excuses&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Not Knowing Where to Start&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Perfectionism&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Fear of Failure&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Lack of Confidence&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Spreading Yourself Too Thin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Lack of Money&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Un-Original&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Didn't Improve&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Thought it Was Easy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Had a Back-Up Plan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Rather Party than Promote&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;No Friend/Family Support&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Facebook/Twitter/WorldStar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Tried Succeeding Alone&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;You Stopped Believing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/ol&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2221645167877670325-3172032432005381674?l=www.infinitekfc.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.infinitekfc.com/feeds/3172032432005381674/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.infinitekfc.com/2010/08/21-reasons-you-didnt-become-successful.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2221645167877670325/posts/default/3172032432005381674'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2221645167877670325/posts/default/3172032432005381674'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.infinitekfc.com/2010/08/21-reasons-you-didnt-become-successful.html' title='21 Reasons You Didn&apos;t Become a Successful Musician'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i36.tinypic.com/2n1z5v7_th.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2221645167877670325.post-3336276605115891110</id><published>2010-02-05T17:17:00.012-06:00</published><updated>2010-08-27T09:54:43.057-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rap Industry Secrets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Musician Secrets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Industry Tips'/><title type='text'>Musicians Ripped Off By 360 Deals</title><content type='html'>&lt;a target="_blank" title="ImageShack - Image And Video Hosting" href="http://img268.imageshack.us/i/up3snoop458.jpg/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/2589/up3snoop458.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px;"&gt;&lt;iframe src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/button.js?url=http://www.infinitekfc.com/2010/02/musicians-ripped-off-by-360-deals.html&amp;amp;source=InfiniteStarr&amp;amp;style=normal&amp;amp;service=bit.ly&amp;amp;service_api=R_92bd97f4f8b9fa8a40675b36ea291223" scrolling="no" width="50" frameborder="0" height="61"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Musicians Ripped Off By 360 Deals&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Everyone's racing to get a record deal if only they truly knew what they where getting, "ripped off." Record companies are investing less time, money, and effort into artist but still expect artist to hand over their "masters" and of course the bigger cut. With the saturation of musicians, record labels are now taking a larger piece of the pie with &lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);" href="http://admin.allhiphop.com/stories/breedingground/archive/2010/02/04/22116408.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;u&gt;360 Deals clearly explained&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by Wendy Day from Rap Coalition.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you are an artist or one day will be an artist, this is a must read.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2221645167877670325-3336276605115891110?l=www.infinitekfc.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.infinitekfc.com/feeds/3336276605115891110/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.infinitekfc.com/2010/02/musicians-ripped-off-by-360-deals.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2221645167877670325/posts/default/3336276605115891110'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2221645167877670325/posts/default/3336276605115891110'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.infinitekfc.com/2010/02/musicians-ripped-off-by-360-deals.html' title='Musicians Ripped Off By 360 Deals'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
