Paid To Promote?

Let me explain. I get at least ten messages a day regarding this. Why? I imagine everyone would want to get paid to "be on MySpace". I worded that wrong, but I did it on purpose because it immediately demoralizes any haters coming my way. For example, I'd always say "While you're here sending me hatemail because you have nothing better to do, I'm busy living my life and getting paid to be on MySpace. You're not on my level." Obviously that's a lowblow, but it works SO well.

Okay, time to explain.

Yes, I do post those "Get Friends Now" bulletins. To understand how that works, the people who are already on that list (the ones you're supposed to add before you "join" the train) are the only ones getting adds (not including you if you added them). Yeah, it's a cheap way to fool people, but it works.

Why do I do it? To further extend my network on MySpace. Why would I do that, you ask? Simple. I'm a promoter. I won't lie, two years ago when I started doing this, I really didn't have much of a life. I reached about 37,000 friends just out of boredom. But then people started offering me deals for promotion, which sparked an idea.

I was already into IndieRap like DZK. I've always had a thing where it'd be more fun to talk to my favorite artists and be their friend instead of just a fan. So I approached a few people. Mainly, I promoted some people for free at first, but then I think either Hard Target or DJ B-Roc were the first to offer me something in return.

At that point, I was like "FUCK YESSS" because I was still a fanboy. I was slowly becoming friends with DZK, FaT, Spoonfull, Hard Target, DJ B-Roc, Passion Hi-Fi, and more.

Hard Target sent me his Shut Up & Rap Mixtape, and DJ B-Roc sent me two mixtapes (Hi Tek's Good Talk Vol.1 and Gravity's Debut of a Don) and a HeavyRocMusic t-shirt. Woot.
Passion Hi-Fi sent me $50 through paypal. That's right, fifty dollars. How ridiculous lol. Everything before that was maybe 5, 10, 15 at most. But 50? Wow.
DZK spoke to me about a website (www.warlab.com) and the associated forum, and offered me a moderator position a month before the site even began. Then, also because of my moderator position, he sent me a free DZK shirt.
Hard Target and others then send me more mixtapes, and fully-pressed albums.

I've since been sent free exclusive songs both because of friendship and because some people want to hear a fan's opinion before they release it, such as "Did I mix it alright? Are the vocals too low?" etc. Because of that, my reputation grew, and more artists came to me asking me to hear their unreleased music, offering me CDs for promotion... It was a whirlwind.

In fact, I've even met Hard Target since then, and to be honest, if I hadn't offered to promote him and we hadn't started talking, I wouldn't have met him.

Both myself and the artists have increased in popularity. I'm in their top friends, and vice versa. Many fans ask me to recommend them new artists, and ask if any of the artists I speak to are coming out with anything new anytime soon. I've become a bit of an unofficial source to know anything about the artists I work with. I'm their promoter, their confidant, their friend.

I don't really let it go to my head, I'm not that big of a fanboy. They're my friends, so I don't consider it a big thing anymore, but I guess to some it's still unbelievable. Some people have actually pulled the jealousy card, but for no real reason. I don't try to brag, this blog is simply explaining how things happened.
As DZ said, I'm the voice of the Devil, now. The middleman. Haha.

I'm not ashamed to admit that without MySpace, I'd be nothing. I understand and acknowledge that this webpage has gotten me places. I'd rather not think that I just got lucky, but to be honest, I'm pretty sure that's the case. Oh well. Not a bad thing in the least, so there'll be no complaining from me.