Help me get a record deal!

[StarF68]

Greetings Newgrounds! As you may or may not know, I'm an amateur rapper, and I do this out of an absolute love for making music and writing lyrics.

About a year back I stumbled upon Scrub Club Records, an amazing online record label with a lot of great people who I've grown to love. This year, they started a contest for various amateurs like me, and the winner will get signed to their label!

I've made it quite far, and am now one of the six finalists... In the current round the idea is to get as many votes as possible, and the deadline is coming up (It's Sunday). I've had a pretty consistent lead, but now other people are starting to catch up.

So I need your help!

It would mean so much to me if you could take just a couple of minutes to help me out... Oh! And did I mention that for every vote I receive I'm donating 50¢ to the Minneapolis Medial Research Foundation? A friend offered to match me dollar for dollar for the first 40 votes, and at 51 votes now, we've raised nearly 50$ for them. In the grand scheme of things not too much, but pretty good for one person. And you can help donate money for free!

Voting is simple! Simply sign up to the forum as any other forum (Note: For the captcha all you have to do is click everything that is not a cat), activate with the e-mail that will be sent, and vote for StarF HERE!

TL;DR: Vote for StarF and I'll donate to charity! I'd really appreciate it lots and lots! <3

Thank you. <3

[Ass-Crumb]

Holy shit, nobody?

I for one, am voting for StarF.

[knightoice]

Ok voted

[Nelson15]

I'm also voting for StarF.

Yay! You're winning by heaps! :D

at the moment

[StarF68]

At 10/8/09 03:42 AM, Ass-Crumb wrote: Holy shit, nobody?

I for one, am voting for StarF.

Well my votes have only gone up one since I checked, and I saw it said "Ass-crumb" online, so even though three people said they have voted, I'm pretty sure you actually did haha.

Thanks for the support, it really does mean a lot to me. :)

[Sinitech]

I voted for Pops Ghostly.

[knightoice]

You mean I don't just click a link?
That's retarded, I have no attention span online

[EvilerBowser1001]

At 10/8/09 04:17 AM, knightoice wrote: You mean I don't just click a link?
That's retarded, I have no attention span online

Jesus Christ, it's registering for a board, it's not some kind of huge mathematic equation.

I mean, it's about as hard as registering for Newgrounds.

Anywaaaaay....

Star F is still in the lead, but Pops Ghostly is only a few votes behind.
Like, 5 votes behind.

[Sinitech]

At 10/8/09 04:21 AM, EvilerBowser1001 wrote: Pops Ghostly

Teehee, his name makes my crotch tingle.

[knightoice]

At 10/8/09 04:21 AM, EvilerBowser1001 wrote:

At 10/8/09 04:17 AM, knightoice wrote: You mean I don't just click a link?
That's retarded, I have no attention span online

Jesus Christ, it's registering for a board, it's not some kind of huge mathematic equation.

I mean, it's about as hard as registering for Newgrounds.

Anywaaaaay....

Star F is still in the lead, but Pops Ghostly is only a few votes behind.
Like, 5 votes behind.

I voted, signed up and everything, but it's a major pain in the arse in contrast to simple link-click polls that are the majority of what I see on the internet. Would you rather do math by hand or with a calculator if you had the choice.

[PabMo]

At 10/8/09 01:49 AM, StarF68 wrote: I'm an amateur rapper.

=/ You lost some of us here.

[StarF68]

At 10/8/09 04:23 AM, knightoice wrote: I voted, signed up and everything, but it's a major pain in the arse in contrast to simple link-click polls that are the majority of what I see on the internet. Would you rather do math by hand or with a calculator if you had the choice.

Hey man, I know what you mean. Sometimes it's just a hassle to sign up to stuff like that... Yeah it's easy, but still something more than you had expected. Regardless, thanks a billion for voting! ^_^ <3

At 10/8/09 04:28 AM, PabMo wrote:

At 10/8/09 01:49 AM, StarF68 wrote: I'm an amateur rapper.

=/ You lost some of us here.

Hey man, that's cool with me. If some people are going to be so ignorant as to not help a fellow person in their community, and help donate to charity by proxy, because they are so opposed to something as trivial as a genre of music (Which, if you're going to judge just by that and that quickly, you've probably not even been properly exposed to said genre of music), I don't really want their vote anyway.

I'm not going to pretend I'm not a rapper just to try and get a few votes. I make music cause I love to, and I have no shame in what I do. So hey, whatever. :)

[PabMo]

At 10/8/09 04:32 AM, StarF68 wrote: Hey man, that's cool with me. If some people are going to be so ignorant as to not help a fellow person in their community, and help donate to charity by proxy, because they are so opposed to something as trivial as a genre of music (Which, if you're going to judge just by that and that quickly, you've probably not even been properly exposed to said genre of music), I don't really want their vote anyway.

I'm not going to pretend I'm not a rapper just to try and get a few votes. I make music cause I love to, and I have no shame in what I do. So hey, whatever. :)

Well as a real musician myself I don't appreciate this genre. I have a lot of friends that listen to it and I have listened with them but I didn't take a liking to it. I'm sure the MMRF will be heartbroken after missing out on that 50c. If I want to donate to charity I will, and don't use it to get votes.

Although, I share the love for composing music and writing. But rap doesn't involve real musical talent. Perhaps lyrical. But not musical.

[Piss]

At 10/8/09 05:13 AM, PabMo wrote: Well as a real musician myself

cool what do you play man maybe we can cxollab sometimes aw yeah thatd be so casual

[StarF68]

At 10/8/09 05:13 AM, PabMo wrote: Well as a real musician myself I don't appreciate this genre. I have a lot of friends that listen to it and I have listened with them but I didn't take a liking to it.

Definitely depends on what they were listening to. 98% of all mainstream rap is shitty. 75% of "popular" (Not mainstream, but popular) rap is shitty. But there is a lot of underground stuff that is amazing, and some really awsome subgenres (Nerdcore, for example).

I'm sure the MMRF will be heartbroken after missing out on that 50c. If I want to donate to charity I will, and don't use it to get votes.

Hey, I know it's not much, I'm just saying that after awhile it adds up and it's easy to contribute. The reason the amount is so low as it is is because I'm a poor college student haha, I'm just doing what I can. As for "using it to get votes," well this round of the competition is all about promotion and using various ways to get people to vote and listen to your music. I figure this will get people's attention, get votes, and perhaps get some people to check out my stuff as well. Plus it's not the only thing I'm doing to get votes, I've been passing out free CDs and fliers, going to all sorts of sites, etc.

Although, I share the love for composing music and writing. But rap doesn't involve real musical talent. Perhaps lyrical. But not musical.

As a person who's been doing this for nearly four years, it takes a lot more than you might think, and it's all relative to how much work you're going to put into it. A lot of rappers either make their own beats or have very talented people that make their beats, and a lot of them also use real instruments to make said beats, so I don't see how it doesn't take musical talent.

Take Grieves, my favorite rapper, for example. The lyrics, the flow, and the beat are all spectacularly made, and the end result is a fantastic song and an even more fantastic album.

I don't ask anyone to like the genre, but people should still at least respect it for the hardworking people that are a part of it.

[PabMo]

At 10/8/09 05:16 AM, Piss wrote: cool what do you play man maybe we can cxollab sometimes aw yeah thatd be so casual

Piano (10 Years) Guitar (4 Years) Bass (4 Years). But I'm unsure about killing all that time for a composition for NewGrounds.

[gumOnShoe]

Heh, I have a feeling this is the same thing I voted for last time?

Good cause people, StarF is a stand up guy. :)

[halfangelfreak]

I'll vote for you when I get home from school.

You create rap that I don't completely hate, so you're worthy I suppose.

[JaY11]

Voted for you.

Poor king pheenix :(

[noob]

sent a vote your way

[simon]

Voted for Pops Ghostly, the real champion.

[StarF68]

At 10/8/09 06:50 AM, gumOnShoe wrote: Heh, I have a feeling this is the same thing I voted for last time?

Good cause people, StarF is a stand up guy. :)

Aw, thank you! ^_^ <3

At 10/8/09 11:46 AM, noob wrote: sent a vote your way

Haha thanks man, saw you posted up on there too.

And thanks to everyone else who has voted as well. If you ever need a small favor feel free to PM me haha. :)

[Head-Full-Of-Acid]

Took awhile because my mind is fried three times over, but I think you got yourself another vote

[reviewer2]

I am totally not supporting you because rap fucking sucks and we don't need a new commercial one.

[StarF68]

At 10/8/09 04:46 PM, reviewer2 wrote: I am totally not supporting you because rap fucking sucks and we don't need a new commercial one.

Haha man, that's your choice, but alright. Sorry to hear you didn't enjoy my music, but hey, not everyone is going to. :)

And a new commercial one? The competition is to get onto Scrub Club Records, which is a completely not-for-profit based record label that puts out music simply for the love of putting out music, and deals mainly in the subgenre of nerdcore. Even if I could, I would never put out "commercial music," because that's definitely just not my thing.

Thanks anyway though. ^_^

At 10/8/09 04:43 PM, Head-Full-Of-Acid wrote: Took awhile because my mind is fried three times over, but I think you got yourself another vote

Hahaha thanks. :D

[evil-clown-12]

Jesus Christ you have an annoying voice.

[StarF68]

At 10/8/09 05:49 PM, evil-clown-12 wrote: Jesus Christ you have an annoying voice.

Yeah it's something I've come to terms with haha. When rapping I try to keep it not so... Well, annoying. You can hear decent examples of this on songs like "Today" and "Stalker."

[StarF68]

Oh shit! The voting ends tomorrow night, and everyone is pretty much close. The next competitor is right on my heels, only four votes behind! This is where I would definitely appreciate and need your help NewGrounds. :3

[StarF68]

Holy shit!!! Right now I'm tied for first, this other person caught up to me and voting ends TONIGHT.

This is where I could really really use your help. Please push me ahead, the end is near! <3

[Jawdyn]

i just voted for you and got my friends to do so as well!!