Sickside Street Music
SIck Beat Production

The music industry has been shifting direction in the last decade or so. The corporate system to produce, market, and sell music, set up by labels years ago, is no longer producing the same results. Lagging album sales and large music retail stores closing are signs of what the music industry has and currently is going through.

The internet has given the upper hand to the consumer, by giving them an unlimited amount of music and entertainment choices in multiple formats. Consumers are no longer limited to only music from the music labels radio stations, tv shows, or publications. And payola doesn't work as well on the internet.

Before the internet, the labels passed their new artists through their corporate machine (radio, tv shows, tour venues, etc), and the artists were able to pay the loan ("advance") back to the label. Now, with that system no longer working, the labels are redefining their business models and approach to online sales.

In the early internet years, the music labels and other corporations were acting against the consumers for downloading music (i.e. Napster, lawsuits against ISPs & minors ). It wasn't until Apple introduced a new business model through iTunes, that the labels finally realized that in order to capitalize on online downloads, they needed to work with the consumer instead of against.

While labels are trying to figure their new business models, there's a large amount of independent artists venturing on their own. It is a far better option than getting a loan "Advance" from the label. And as before, the artists still require to produce, market, and sell their own music.

This is where Big Duke (The Psycho Realm / Sick Symphonies) and Frankie Knuckles saw an opportunity. By offering their music production and artist development services to independent hip hop artists.

Although, there are now multiple channels for an artist to remain independent, they still need to develop and use the best resources available to create good music. Artists are able to grow their talent and network by associating and working along other independent artists, producers, designers, distributors, etc.

Big Duke and Frankie Knuckles have the experience of producing, marketing, and distributing their own material for years. Big Duke also has a solid reputation and the credibility amongst the independent hip hop industry. His fans and network stretch from Los Angeles, California to Japan.

Having a good artist, good product, and a solid team behind you, can mean the difference between 1,000 album sales and 10,000 album sales. Sickside Street Music offers not only good music production and development, but a solid reputation they have gained in the independent hip hop industry world wide. Once they produce a track, it is guaranteed to be of the highest quality technically and conceptually. Your track will also be exposed to the Sickside network.

Sickside Street Music works with promoters, merchandise providers, websites, and local and online stores. Their artists also are exposed to their pool of partners and network to maximize their Sickside tracks and albums.

For more information about Sickside Street Music services and rates, email Big Duke at sicksidesreetmusic@launion1910.com. For all independent artists who want to take their music to the next level this is a perfect opportunity to add value to your product and music.