DJ PLAY MY SONG... NOT MY EMOTIONS

I need some advice or some input on how to handle a certain situation that I'm going through.  Some of you may remember an annoucement I made about a month and a half ago about a local radio station playing my song during their afternoon 3 to 5 show.  Well here's the deal with that:

One of the DJ's at the station came across my demo and contacted me through email telling me how much he liked my songs, and asked if he could play one of them on his show.  Needless to say, I wasted no time responding and gave him my consent.  Later that same day we talked on the phone and he told me about his music industry connections, and told me he could introduce me to some of them and maybe get me a deal.  Then he told me about mixtapes that he hosted and put together for other hip hop artist, and asked if I'd be interested in letting him host one for me.  I was like "HELL YEAH" that's cool (lol).  Before we ended our brief conversation, he said he'd email me with more information about the mix tape project and he said that my song would be on the radio the next day after the program manager ok's it.  I was on cloud nine because I've been recording hip hop for so long just for the love and respect I have for the music, but I could never seem to get my music heard by labels or in the hands of the right A&R people.  Whenever I'd play my music for my friends and family, they would always tell me how good it was and everyone seemed to agree that I had a talent for this.  Of course I valued what they had to say but I'm also aware that their opinions could be a little biased.  So when the radio DJ told me how good my music was, it really meant a lot coming from him.  Later that same night I was too excited to even sleep and couldn't wait to hear myself on the radio for the first time. 

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I wanted to make sure I didn't miss it, so I got up and sent him an email message and told him to text me 10 or 15 minutes prior to playing my song.  The next day comes and I wait and wait and wait and nothing happens.  I didn't hear my song and he didn't even mention anything about it on his show.  So I call him and get no answer and left him a short message to call me back.  The next day goes by and still nothing.  I didn't want to seem pushy, so instead of calling again, I sent him a text.  No response again.  By this time I'm wondering what happened.  He was so excited about working with me when we talked on the phone just a couple days earlier, and now I couldn't even get him to return a text.  Another 2 days pass and I'm wrecking my brain to figure out what the deal was.  I open the emails we sent and reread everything to see if I missed something.  When I got to the last message I sent him, I finally figured out what might have happened.  At the end of all my email messages I have it set up so it automatically attaches my signature and my website address to my personal site (www.demonspencer.com).  When he got that late night email from me and read it, he probably clicked on my web address to check out my site.  On that site I have a short bio about myself... and in that bio I identify myself as being gay.  He probably read that, and changed his mind about working with me.  This whole situation is fucked up, and now I'm questioning if being "out" has killed any chance of breaking into the music biz.  A friend of mine said if I had never came out, I'd have major labels throwing money my way just to sign me... now I'm thinking that maybe he was right.  

What should I do?  Should I confront the radio DJ?  Should I lie and hide who I am just to get my music heard?  Or should I give up the idea of getting signed as a hip hop artist and just write and produce for other people?

Rick Ross Rip Off?

Lil Wayne always says that he doesn't listen to anyone's music besides himself. I use to think that was crazy and a bit self-absorbed, but now I think I understand why. I had this epiphany just this morning. Here's what happened: Last night I couldn't sleep, so I got out my recording equipment and decided to work on some new material. It seemed like everything was falling in place very quickly. I didn't have to struggle to find a concept. I knew what beat I wanted to use. Wrote the first song in about 10 to 15 minutes. Breezed through recording the lead vocals & backing vocals. Things were going so well, so I decided to take advantage of the momentum and record another song. Within 2 or 3 hours I had finished 2 whole totally new songs... and I really liked both of them. After everything was done, I went to sleep for a couple of hours. When I woke up I immediately listened to the new tracks. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Both of them sounded like a Rick Ross rip off, or a very bad Rick Ross impersonation. I'm a HUGE fan of his, & for the past month he's all I've been listening to, so I guess that's how his style & flow crept into my music without me even knowing. Crazy right? I don't know why I didn't hear it when I was recording the songs. You gotta understand that hip hop is my passion. Not just the music, but the whole culture. I can't imagine what I'd do without hip hop. Yeah, I'm an artist, but I'm also a fan. I love that feeling I get whenever I hear something new that's hot. I love it when I recognize "game changers" before anyone else does (Juvenile 400 degrees album with "Ha" as the first single, or Lil' Kim's 1st album "Hardcore", or the first time I heard Biggie on the Craig Mack "Flavor In Your Ear" remix, Lil' Wayne's first major hit "Lollipop", Master P's "Ghetto Dope" album, T-Pain's reintroduction of autotune on "In Love With A Stripper", Dr. Dre's "The Chronic" album, Puffy's in-house production team "The Hit Men", JaRule introduced the whole "rapper and singer" style with a little bit of pop mixed in to ensure crossover appeal, Lil Jon created a whole new sub-genre of hip hop called "Crunk", etc. etc. you know what I mean). I love turning friends on to a new artist that I know is about to blow up. But if I plan to be successful in this business, then I have to dial back the "hip hop fan" aspect and turn up the "hip hop artist" in me. Easier said than done, I'm sure. I know I don't have to stop listening to other artist I like, but I think if I keep my musical influences broad and listen to more of a cross section, rather than focusing in on just one artist (like Rick Ross), then I can prevent this from happening again... I hope.


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Michael's Death, Natural Causes or Foul Play?

Michael Jackson's Death (Notes, Observations, Ideas, Theories, and Opinions):

Michael's come back concert shows sold out within 10 minutes which made the investors/promoters millions upon millions of dollars.

Michael canceled the first 5 shows for some unknown reason, which made the promoters angry and very nervous about their investment.

If Michael canceled the entire tour, the promoters would lose a HUGE SUM of money... we're talking 8 or 9 figures easy (90 million to 300 million dollars).

All "big name" promoters purchase insurance on the performers they work with to protect their business investment in the event that something goes wrong (like the performer dieing). But for some reason, these promoters purchased a policy 3 times the normal amount that they usually do.

Michaels "handlers" kept Michael away from his family over the last couple of years for some unknown reason.

Michael underwent a full and complete physical 5 months ago that was mandated by the promoters insurance company, and the doctor found, and I quote "MICHAEL HAS ABSOLUTELY NO MEDICAL PROBLEMS OR ISSUES WHATSOEVER THAT WOULD HINDER HIM FROM PERFORMING" end quote. I'm not sure who this doctor examined, but it sure wasn't Michael. Everyone could see how frail and ill Michael looked. Everyone that was close to Michael (friends and family) have publicly stated that they were worried about his health. But the doc. said he was "fine and in good health". PLEASE! I think that the promoters knew that they couldn't purchase this HUGE insurance policy on Michael without a doctor's exam to determine if he was healthy or not. So it's not a huge leap to think that there was some sort of bribery or payoff with the doctors to ensure that they get results they wanted.

Michael's personal physician was with Michael at his house when he collapsed due to cardiac arrest, and died right in front of him. What are the odds of having your physician at your house when you're dieing? hmmmmmmm

Michael had enormous debt, so the same people that were investing in the his 50 show "comeback" concert, also offered to pay off Michael's debt in exchange for doing the comeback shows, and they wanted Michael's "Neverland" ranch. Michael accepted the deal, so now they own "Neverland". I haven't heard anyone say this yet, but I'm willing to bet that those promoters/investors are planning to turn Neverland into something like Elvis's Graceland. Graceland makes millions in profit every year, and it's the source of a huge chunk
of the Presley family's wealth.

It's plain to see that these people stand to profit more from Michael's death, than they would if he was still alive. In fact, they were heading into a situation that would of lost them a lot of money, and possibly bankrupt their company. I'm not saying that these people killed Michael, I'm just stating facts that I think needs more investigation.

And here's one last interesting tid-bit.
Way back in the 1980's Michael and Paul McCartney were pretty close friends. The friendship ended when Michael purchased exclusive rights to the whole Beatles catalog, before McCartney could raise the money to buy it himself. This collection of Beatles songs are extremely valuable. Michael makes 20 to 30 million a year from this catalog. After McCartney found out, he never spoke to Michael again. Fast forward to yesterday (June 25, 2009) when Michael died, one of Michael's attorneys stated that Michael left the catalog
to McCartney free and clear in hong that has probably bothered him for years and years. I hope Paul acknowledges this publicly. We'll jis will. I really admire that. He could of left it to his family or his kids, but he didn't. He wanted to right a wrust have to wait and see. But I did find it fascinating that Michael's lawyer was on tv talking about his will, just a couple of hours after he was pronounced dead, and even more disheartening, before the family even had a chance to have a reading of the will. hmmmmmmmm

So the list of people that stand to gain the most from his death are:
1. The concert promoters & investors.
2. Paul McCartney (from the legendary band "The Beatles")
3. The biological mother of his kids.
4. The Ayatollah & Ahmadinejad. (because it took the media focus away from the situation in Iran)
5. South Carolina's Governor Mark Sanford (Because it took the media focus off of his affair & his lying).

Ok, the last two are tough to take seriously, and I have to admit that I did throw them in there for a laugh, but stranger things have happened. In this heady time we live in, anything is possible.



DISCLAIMER: All statements and claims included in this blog post are pure conjecture and theory. Although a majority of these statements are based on documented facts, the author (DeMon Spencer) used these facts to draw his own conclusions, and to pose questions that he deemed relevant and valid to the subject matter.

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