Independent Hip Hop Record Label Services That Work!! 

Starting an Independent HipHop Record Label can be expensive, confusing, and completely frustrating. My name is Jai Hutcherson and I have been consulting Independent HipHop Record Labels, Artists, Engineers, and Producers for over 17 years. As an Independent Record Label Consultant I can help guide you to the right decisions, while avoiding many costly mistakes.

The level of service I offer is entirely up to you and what level of HipHop consulting YOU need to succeed. As a successful Independent HipHop Consultant, I have learned to listen to my clients' needs, translate that information into a plan, and then show my clients how to use the plan to acheive their goals. Far too many Independent HipHop Consultants try to push clients in directions they do not wish to take their Independent Record Label. I do not offer cookie cutter plans. I offer solutions to your unique situation.

Hiring an Independent Hip Hop Consultant means you're taking your career into your own hands and searching out information, direction, or solutions to help propel your Independent Record Label to a higher degree of success. I am an active member of the Independent HipHop Community. You can find me behind a console mixing, negotiating with distributors, or consulting an Artist to help plan thier next radio promo tour on a daily basis. In other words, I am not chasing trends for my clients.... I help create them.

• Business Plan Creation
  Your business plan is your Bible. This is the single most important instrument you can have in your possession. Too many times Independent Record Labels spend the time, effort, and cash to either write their own plan or hire someone else to do it for them - just to have it sit in a filing cabinet - never to be looked at again. Your business plan is your map to success. It's how you get funding. It's how you get sales. It's how you conduct your business on a daily basis. I do not simply write a plan; I show you how to use your plan to get ahead of your competition.
• Marketing Plan Creation and Review
  Simply going online and finding a free Marketing Plan no longer works. Most of these plans were written in 1970 and have no measures in place for Internet Marketing, Social Networking, or Mobile Phone Marketing. I have been writing plans that include these and many other "New Millinium Concepts" for quite a while. A plan is a call for action. It is not just words on paper. Again, too many folks show me great plans, but can not show me the 'action' in their plan. How does your plan of action look?
• Radio Promo Tour
  A HipHop Radio Promo Tour is essential for the success of your CD release. International and national record labels, artists, and managers have known about radio promo tours for years. However, Independent HipHop Record Labels have not started cashing in on this great marketing platform.
• Record Pools
  Record Pools are a great way to test a song or artist by an Independent HipHop Record Label. Before you spend a dime trying to market a new single, you should send that single to every record pool in the world. Let them tell you if you have a hit on your hands. And in most cases, if you have built a relationship with the pool, they will give you quality feedback and suggestions to make the song better if needed.
• Online Marketing
  Online marketing for an Independent HipHop Record Label can be very confusing, time consuming, and costly if you do not know what you are doing or how you are doing it.
• Social Networking
  Social Networking is a must-do for all Independent HipHop Record Labels. It is the grass roots marketing of old, made new. The internet is a way of reaching millions of listeners, daily, without having to spend money on gas. I am talking about Myspace.com, Facebook.com, Hiphop forums, and fan sites around the internet.
• Publishing
  Publishing is how you get paid on the Copyright you own for a song. You have two choices when trying to collect your publishing money. You can either set-up your own publishing company or you can sign with an established publishing company. The only real difference is this: If you sign with a publishing company you will be giving away 50% of your Publishing money.
• P and D Deals
  Most Independent HipHop Record Labels I meet ask me about P and D Deals. How to get them, What they are, and do they really need them are among the top questions. P and D stands for Pressing and Distribution. This means a company, usually a Major Record Label, will press (Duplicate/Replicate) your CD and Distribute that CD to your detailed Marketing region for a cut of your sales money.
• BDS and SoundScan
  Tracking sales and spins of your song is close to the top of importance in the daily life of an Independent HipHop Record Label or Artist. If you can’t track your spins how are you going to know where to concentrate your marketing efforts? If you can’t track sales how are you going to know what is working and what is not working in your detailed sales region?
• Music Copyright
  Too many Independent Record Labels and Artists put their music out to the world without obtaining a legal copyright. The really bad thing is that it is simple and does not cost very much to protect your investment. That is exactly what Copywriting A Song is, protection for your Investment.