Rap is poetry.
Or at least it can be, if it's well written and the rapper understands music.
In a nutshell, I want to eventually create a website with a lot of great content about how to create high quality rap music and develop yourself as an artist. This thread will document my progress and process.
Here's how I got here:
I already have a Youtube channel where I've made videos with tips on how to rap, but it's all jumbled and totally random. It also makes me almost no money. I get about 10,000 views a month, which equates to about $10 in ad revenue. Totally passive! Fastlane baby! Not. Boo to having youtube be in control of how much money I make and all my content. However, I think based on those numbers there is likely a market for this. (There is also a relatively high sales rank book about how to rap)
So how do I tap into it?
I looked into other tutorials and rap classes and frankly, most of them are awful. The concepts are not broken down specifically enough. There's not enough examples. Half the time these other rappers/teachers are familiar with ideas and use them regularly in their own work, but have no idea how to explain them. They also really don't give the students processes for creating their own work or specific exercises for practice.
So the first step I'm taking is to create a complete 30 day boot camp on how to rap that will take anyone from not knowing anything about rap, to being able to rap at a comfortable level. Right now the course is broken into 3 sections of 10 lessons each, with a few bonus lessons between the breaks in sections. Each lesson will have a subject as well as a recommended exercise to follow and will be small enough to digest and complete in about 30 minutes (a few run longer than that). I'm also creating this under the angle that it is to be used to help learn a skill, not to get famous, rich or any of that other bullshit.
Right now, I'm running a text-only, free version (I plan on having videos and other audio materials when it's finished) of the course on a private group on facebook. I was planning on only doing this for 1-2 people, but as soon as I posted I had 20+ responses, and more people ask to be added every day. That's a good sign right? I let in about 15 people I thought could really benefit from it and will not be adding anyone else. I am currently on day 10, we just finished up section 1.
That group is giving me 2 benefits:
1. I get feedback on each lesson as it's presented, see what was clear and what was not so I can edit accordingly.
2. Being accountable for writing a lesson every day for this group means I don't slack off. Every day I work on the content.
The tentative plan is to finish up the course, edit for the small issues, then use all the written material as baselines for corresponding video content. After I shoot all the video, I'm going to have it professionally edited to make them look really nice. I get money extra money from my job (nasty word) to hire people like this for our personal projects (thanks for allocating extra to financing my freedom).
Finally, I plan on putting all the materials together onto a web site that sells the course, which also has a forum for the students to discuss with each other. I have a friend who should be able to code this for me, if not, I will just hire someone. Figuring out all the fine details is still a ways out still but I plan on having the course set in a way that you can purchase each 10 day section for $10 each or $25 and get the full 30 days. Making a course purchase would be the only way to access the forums.
If that is successful, I then plan on developing the site to allow other teachers to post their own courses, with very specific guidelines to ensure quality, covering more advanced skills and other boot camps. I would get a percentage of any sales they make on their courses. I also plan on contacting current rap forums as well as other rap sites I've built relationships with about the possibility of setting up affiliate advertising for my course on their sites. (Already have 2 on board)
And that is the plan my friends, I wish you well as you pursue your goals as well. Let me know if there's anything I can do for you or any questions I can answer.
Or at least it can be, if it's well written and the rapper understands music.
In a nutshell, I want to eventually create a website with a lot of great content about how to create high quality rap music and develop yourself as an artist. This thread will document my progress and process.
Here's how I got here:
I already have a Youtube channel where I've made videos with tips on how to rap, but it's all jumbled and totally random. It also makes me almost no money. I get about 10,000 views a month, which equates to about $10 in ad revenue. Totally passive! Fastlane baby! Not. Boo to having youtube be in control of how much money I make and all my content. However, I think based on those numbers there is likely a market for this. (There is also a relatively high sales rank book about how to rap)
So how do I tap into it?
I looked into other tutorials and rap classes and frankly, most of them are awful. The concepts are not broken down specifically enough. There's not enough examples. Half the time these other rappers/teachers are familiar with ideas and use them regularly in their own work, but have no idea how to explain them. They also really don't give the students processes for creating their own work or specific exercises for practice.
So the first step I'm taking is to create a complete 30 day boot camp on how to rap that will take anyone from not knowing anything about rap, to being able to rap at a comfortable level. Right now the course is broken into 3 sections of 10 lessons each, with a few bonus lessons between the breaks in sections. Each lesson will have a subject as well as a recommended exercise to follow and will be small enough to digest and complete in about 30 minutes (a few run longer than that). I'm also creating this under the angle that it is to be used to help learn a skill, not to get famous, rich or any of that other bullshit.
Right now, I'm running a text-only, free version (I plan on having videos and other audio materials when it's finished) of the course on a private group on facebook. I was planning on only doing this for 1-2 people, but as soon as I posted I had 20+ responses, and more people ask to be added every day. That's a good sign right? I let in about 15 people I thought could really benefit from it and will not be adding anyone else. I am currently on day 10, we just finished up section 1.
That group is giving me 2 benefits:
1. I get feedback on each lesson as it's presented, see what was clear and what was not so I can edit accordingly.
2. Being accountable for writing a lesson every day for this group means I don't slack off. Every day I work on the content.
The tentative plan is to finish up the course, edit for the small issues, then use all the written material as baselines for corresponding video content. After I shoot all the video, I'm going to have it professionally edited to make them look really nice. I get money extra money from my job (nasty word) to hire people like this for our personal projects (thanks for allocating extra to financing my freedom).
Finally, I plan on putting all the materials together onto a web site that sells the course, which also has a forum for the students to discuss with each other. I have a friend who should be able to code this for me, if not, I will just hire someone. Figuring out all the fine details is still a ways out still but I plan on having the course set in a way that you can purchase each 10 day section for $10 each or $25 and get the full 30 days. Making a course purchase would be the only way to access the forums.
If that is successful, I then plan on developing the site to allow other teachers to post their own courses, with very specific guidelines to ensure quality, covering more advanced skills and other boot camps. I would get a percentage of any sales they make on their courses. I also plan on contacting current rap forums as well as other rap sites I've built relationships with about the possibility of setting up affiliate advertising for my course on their sites. (Already have 2 on board)
And that is the plan my friends, I wish you well as you pursue your goals as well. Let me know if there's anything I can do for you or any questions I can answer.
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