
Welcome to Our New IUMG Blog
Welcome to our new Blog. I wrote this blog as an intro to our new and improved blog that we now have tranferred directly onto our website www.therealiumg.com We have a few posts already on there that you can check out such as my latest one called Stop fronting! Be yourself! which talks about one of many issues related to being a rapper. We also have social media tips, industry tips, and other types of "How to" posts that we have and will put out there for the benefit and ente


Stop fronting! Be yourself!
This one is about something that alot of artists have issues with. Especially beginners because usually when you start off you have alot to learn and you usually start off by immitating what you see and most of the time its the stuff that you see coming out of the Music Industry. Hiphop culture has kind of a competitive vibe to it with the rap battles, diss tracks, raw lyrics, etc. and being bigger than life is kind of part of the culture's reality. Now as time went by, the i


Ever advertised with Facebook Ads?
Today's blog is about facebook ads. A lot of people overlook the power of facebook ads under pretense that... 1.They cost money 2.Promotion via facebook use to be free, why should we start paying? 3.they plain don't even know that its possible to advertise on there If you are just an artist making music for friends then I would say: "yes, you're right why bother with that?" but if you're an artist looking to expand your visibility to a wider audience then maybe you should atl


Stop paying & Start saving
Todays blog is gonna be about saving money. Last Year I was on a mission to change my hosting company for our website because i felt we were paying way to much for what we were getting from our services. So I went and checked many hosting companies and from what i saw out there, wix.com seemed to fit most of my needs. Here's why: 1-They offer intigrated autoresponder/Newsletter services called Shoutouts which are extremly user friendly and very important feature if you want t


Are you an aspiring artist? This one's for you!
When it comes to aspiring new artists in the music industry, a common misconception is that you will become an overnight celebrity just because you made a couple catchy songs. Most artists don't realize that it takes years of perfecting your craft in order to become an artist as opposed to a rap star. In today's hip-hop, it has become a trendy issue as opposed to actually using 'skills'. When I say skills, I mean using similes, metaphors and the likes. You know, the kind of t