Hottest Music Festivals of 2015

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 With the weather breaking it's coming up on that time of the year for music festivals galore. Next week kicking off the year we have SXSW in Austin Texas, which is going to be bigger then it ever has been before, this might be the hottest event of the year, and if you're a musician looking to network, this is a must attend event. The next big music festival to attend this year is Bonnaroo, featuring big names in it's line up like Florence the Machine and Kendrick Lamar. Pitchfork is going to be really big this year, and it's right here in Chicago, s if you live in the city it's mandatory you visit there one day. One festival I'm excited for is the Sasquatch Festival, located on the west coast it's a three day event where you just camp out and listen to music all day while you get drunk or trip, or both which ever you prefer. There re a lot more festivals that are going to go down this year, but make sure to check these ones out in particular. Music festivals are the best way to connect with artist and experience the music in my opinion. With everyone there on the same page and especially if there are good vibes flowing the energy can be possessive.

Visual Boost

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For a long time now audio and visual art elements have worked together to create illusions in order to take it's users on a journey where time and space doesn't matter. In music videos the visuals give you a better understanding of what the song was about giving you a look almost into the artist mind. In movies audio just further helps to create an illusion of whats going on, on the big screen, and helping to give emotion to movies that lack in that area. Since a decline of interest in the music of the present, visuals are needed by musicians to help get their vision across, but more importantly it can be used to connect the fan with the artist personally. For example, Wiz Khalifa's, Day today web series , helped him to launch his career, and since he has kept it up you can see his progression from when he was still up and coming to the international superstar today. So if you're a musician looking to gain more fans incorporate more visuals into your art and see how many more people you connect with, it might just be the push you need to get your campaign going. I personally like watching vlogs and interviews to help me get an idea of what artist think like, and this is definitely a future portion of music distribution.

Keys to success

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There's a new wave of artist on the rise, steady innovating and changing the game as we go. One can almost say we are living in a renaissance era of technology, with advanced technology in visual and audio design. Everything is much more easier to use and accessible that technically someone dosent have to go to school in order to learn about a particular subject. All you have to do is have enough drive and will to learn about it on your own, which is a good and bad thing because some people simply never learn. The most important thing to remember when it comes to being successful is staying consistent. Consistency shows people not only that you are reliable and can but trusted, but that you are actually serious about what you do. Thus making it easier to network which is also one of the most important things to remember when being successful. All you have to do is develop a great product or service and let the right people see it, and your whole life can change so remember to network. Learn to encourage yourself, often times we have more then enough words for our friends but learn to practice what you preach and you cant go wrong.

Drake makes History

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Drake has officially made history with his new album "If You're Reading This It's Too Late", matching the Beatles record of having 14 songs on Billboards hot 100 list at one time. First this is a giant step for hip-hop, proving that it is in fact the rock-roll of this generation.  Also there is some controversy surrounding the tape as well. Drake was supposed to release 4 albums under Cash Money before his deal could be over, and with the recent division between Lil Wayne and Birdman, Young Money and Cash Money have parted their ways as well. Lil Wayne is now suing Cash Money for a reported $51 million, as well as his Young Money imprint which also includes the artist Drake, and Nicki Minaj. Drake is loyal to Lil Wayne and Young Money, so instead of releasing this project as a free mixtape as he intended, he decided to release it as a studio album, thus history was made. Moving half of million units in the first week, "If You're Reading This It's Too Late", is definitely going down in the books as a classic, and it may be even hotter then Drake's debut mixtape "So Far Gone". Anyway if this was just a mixtape, then I'm real excited to hear what the album sounds like. If you're not sure what songs to check out "Legend", "Energy", and "Riding thru the 6".

Hottest Mixtapes of The Year (So Far)

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There has been a wave of hot new music being dropped this year. Earlier this year Chicago's own Leather Corduroys released their mark making project "Seasons". Then we seen the impossible happen when Lil Wayne let it be known that Birdman was holding his album back, but then we got the popular, unforgettable mixtape, "Sorry For The Wait 2". A lot of other artist have dropped tapes this year two such as Trinidad James and Og Maco. Some of the hottest artist to drop tapes this year was Yo Gotti with his "Concealed", Future with "Beast Mode",  and Slim Thug with "Hogg Life". Still a lot more new projects are on they way such as Curren$y's long awaited "Pilot Talk 3".  Gucci Man just released his new Tape "Views from Zone 6", which is really weird because Gucci has been locked up for the past two years, in which he has released more mixtapes then any other artist in the game right now. Juicy J just released the much anticipated "Blue Dream &Lean 2", the prior tape making very famous with this young generation. Drake just released his first tape in about a year called"If Youre Reading This It's Too Late", which is really making numbers and getting people hyped up for his album. Mixtapes are definitely the best way to promote your album, and is a method used by some of the best artist in the game. When you get a chance check some of these projects out, since if i mentioned them they are very good.