how do i inprove my rapping?
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practice insanely.  read alot of old poetry for inspiration -- you dont' want to sound like everyone else do ya? \n\nRead Byron, Oscar Wilde, Elizabeth Barret Browning, T.S. Elliot, Walt Whitman, and Shelley.  They'll inspire you, and help you learn words that rhyme that you would never have thought of... (some of the words are only in unabridged dictionaries anymore).
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Okay by a good condenser microphone like one of these http://shopping.yahoo.com/search;_ylc=X3oDMTFncmo3bG5vBF9HA2dsb2JhbF9ncm91cARfUwMyNzE2MTQ5BHNlYwNzZWFyY2gEc2xrA2J1dHRvbg--?p=condenser+usb+microphone&fr=FP-tab-prod-t-t400&toggle=1&cop=&ei=UTF-8\nThen a pop screen like one of these http://shopping.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=ApcB5QrNPw9B_4rxQnHGPKEbFt0A;_ylu=X3oDMTBtNTA5a3RqBF9zAzE0NDg5MTE1BHNlYwNzZWFyY2g-?p=pop+filter&did=\nThen download this free software called Audacity here http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ Then get a beat for your song at http://www.soundclick.com/genres/charts.cfm?genre=Instrumentals Soundclick.com Instrumentals. There are tons of free beats for u to use there. After u got your beat make lyrics for it then burn it to a cd and put it on your cd player or put it on your mp3 player. Then open Audacity put your headphones on play your beat and record yourself singing to it. After your done you will have an acapella of your song (acapella means just vocals). Then in audacity go to Project, Import Audio then click your beat. Then you will have on track on top of your acapella and on the bottom your beat. Then get your acapella lined up the way you want to with the align tracks button that looks like this\nhttp://www.sniff.org/pulp/sizewe.gif\n but black. Then save your song and export as an mp3. After your song is done get an account at  http://www.soundclick.com\nand upload your files to your artist account. Then if u r good you will get popular. After you get more and more popular you may soon get a deal at a record company. Or if u r lookin for a deal sooner take your songs and burn them to a cd and send whatever label you want to get on a demo of 5 songs. Thats basically it. If u dont understand audacity just go here\nhttp://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/tutorials \nfor tutorials.
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Dogh!...so many ways.  I am a recording artist with 4 releases out world wide with an independent label.  A label makes a big difference.  And realistically being without a label has it's fair share of problems.  However if you insist on doing all of it yourself, be prepared to spend money and lots and lots of time.\n\nThe first thing to do is saturate youself on the internet.  Put your music on every single free site you can find.  Myspace, CNET's Download.com, Artistlauch.com, Soundclick.com, IAC...the list is endless.  No doubt you will forget about where you've posted music so make a list.  The next thing is to get people on those sites to play your music on their "stations"...basically music stations that people can stream from their computers.  And Network with people, make friends with them so that they list your page on their page and vise versa.  That's the easiest thing.  Then it gets more difficult.  In order to get more people to know about you, you need to get on the radio.  Submit to every free station you can find.  (There's lots of heartbreak here) many of them will lose your material and or tell you they don't have a show that will play it.  Your skin has to be thicker than the average Joe.  Then you have to submit to people who review music and get write ups.  Target contests and publications that cater to independent music.\n\nIf you insist on the one stop place.  Visit Artistpr.com, or Sonicbids.com, these places charge a monthly fee for promoting independent bands.\n\nTo be totally honest with you, it's a crap shoot, you'll either make it or you'll just sit stagnant on the internet wondering why no-one is finding your music.  You have to be active constantly to get heard, change your pictures regularly, rotate songs, give songs away as free downloads.  Anything and everything to get and keep people interested.\n\nYou are looking at the hardest thing to do as an independent artist.  It will compromise your time for writing and recording and drain you emotionally.  You have to stay focused and strong or you will just spin your wheels.\n\nTake the positive and the negative and balance them.  I used to make some decent money back in the MP3.com days.  I promoted my music and did alright before getting signed to a label.  And now it's much the same struggle.  Still nagging people to play my stuff and giving away so much that I am still in the negative.\n\nGood luck!
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You need to record a demo, then start getting them out to promoters...like myself :) You will start receiving constructive criticism on the areas you need to improve and also on the areas that you excel in.  Make the demos and either submit them to our site (souled out music) or other music related sites which include TAXI, SONICBIDS, PURE VOLUME...NEVER LET GO OF YOUR DREAM, JUST KEEP WORKING AT IT!
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Get radio time.  Send demos to major stations with some good PR.  It's even better if you can deliver them in person.\n\nThe best strategy is to have the best talent.  Harder done than said.
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you can tell htem but that will just make them want to listen to it more. so Just try monitoring wat he listens to. and not all rap is bad, some of it is really quite deep and heart felt.
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If you know you are - get out there and do your thing, do your thing until you get what you want. Be heard, be seen, do it, do it, do it, then go do it some more- love it! BE A RAPSTAR
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first create a mixer.  then create a drum machine and makes suer it's plugged in correctly by flipping around to the back.  Now play with the drum machine until you lay a fat beat.  Your started.\n\neverything else is reading the manual and experimentation.
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If your serious, it's easy. First you need to compile the music you want to be played, since it's your station, you will use the music you like. Next you will need to set up a website, that's cheap and easy. You will need to transfer your music to a format that your webhost provider can play.\nEither they can do it for you or you can do it yourself, this will take a while if you have a lot of music. Tell your host provider that you want the music you gave them to be played continously on your website. That's basicly it.\nYour music will be played in the order you and your webhost will set it up, if you want random you will have to research to see if that software excists, it should. Or you can broadcast from home. There is software, hardware and equipment out there that will allow you to do this. This way you can play what you want when you want. There are a lot of stations already out there and people are doing it all over the place. You can do it too. I would like to do the same but I'm a recording artist and I'm focusing on that career, I still would like to do it soon though. Another thing, before you think that you will not work anymore and live the easy life, that doesn't excist. You will always have to work, especialy if you are in the music buisiness. It's a tough buisiness but you have to be a tough person to make it. And I don't mean mean, I mean you have to be though to keep going. What you are looking for is really doing something you love. First find out what you love , and then go toward it. Most of the time it will not feel like work, but when you will start earning money you will realize you are getting paid to do what you will otherwise do for free. I use to think just like you, but I have still been working even though I'm doing the job I thought would make me live the easy life. But the rewards are great. Work hard at what you like, Do your best at everything. Take care.
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you can do it easily\n\nhttp://www.wmrecorder.com
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start booking shows in your area, record a demo for them and try to get it out to record labels, contact record labels about A&R reps coming out to see them perform, get some CDs made for them and sell them at shows, contact underground touring hip hop or rap artist and try to get them hooked up on a tour or at least a few shows with them. Essentially you do the dirty work so he/she can work on their music. It's not easy. Good luck. This link may help.
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download different dj software\nstart out with fruity loops, then move up to things like reason and sonar. when you get good with the feel and terminology start hanging out with dj type people, go to clubs etc. then invest in some real equipment if youre still interested.
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I think it's a GREAT start and maybe you can improve it witha different word here or there but speaking as a songwriter, your "concept and approach"to songwriting is EXCELLENT...STUDY the great songwriters and analyze THEIR lyrics and their meters and rhythms....what does "lime trip" mean????Do you mean "lyin' trip???"....OK, "cry" "Sky" now end the LAST LINE witha word that RHYMES with Those two:goodby, high, sigh, shy, fly etc etc etc  YOU HAVE TALENT:maybe you should finf a music instrument person to collaborate with and maybe form a band with???????????  Study lyrics by great songwriters:Beatles, Sly Stone, Cat Stevens, Stevie Wonder and sort of "copy"their patterns at first(there are certain "timing and rhythm"rules that are universal...you can also study great poets to get ideas..Langston Hughes...Henry Wadsworth Longfellow...Dylan THomas...find a cd by The Last Poets:they were sort of rap godfathers
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ok here is what ya need to do....find a beat site where ya can download beats\n\ni know www.soundclick.com has some tight beats...thats where i get mine, just go under the beat/instrumental section and your all set!!!
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Huh?\nHey, buddy - first and foremost, use the "Check Spelling" feature.\nNext, use proper grammar.\nAnd most importantly, post your messages in the appropriate category.\nThanks!\nP.S. - I don't know exactly what it was you were asking, but most "rap" is a letter short of "cr*p".
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Be really creative and just know what you're doing. Like people who're very informed about current issues usually make for good songwriters if they're also musically inclined. But one of those real world-changing things takes lots of brains and ideas to start with.
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breathing will be the key to relaxing.  when you think about it,\nbreathe and try to relax.  concentrate on relaxing your body with\nevery breath.  breathe deeply.  keep thinking through the process (rehearsing it in your head) and visualize yourself calm and happy.\nremember to breathe and focus on your body and breath right before you start.  concentrate on making the song good.  don't concentrate on the audience.  concentrate on producing a quality song.