Get Into the Hip Hop Music Internship Scene

The Beatles have the most number one songs on theartists who struggled just to get to where they are.
Billboard Charts (20), followed by Mariah Carey (18),These guys are not impressed with school; they have
and then Elvis Presley (17). This is a fact.obviously done well without it. What they are
LeAnn Rimes' "How Do I Live" stayed on the Billboardimpressed with is real life experience. If they know you
charts sixty nine weeks. This is a fact.have got what it takes to work for them, and you
The song "One Sweet Day" by Mariah Carey andknow the ins and outs of the music industry, then you
Boyz II Men stayed on the top of the Billboard chartsare most likely to be hired.
for sixteen weeks. This is the longest time a song hasSo how do you get "real life" experience? Simple. You
spent on the top spot. This is a fact.rely on good, old school, hip hop music internship. If you
James Brown had ninety nine songs on the hot 100have no idea what this means, it simply means, you
Billboard Charts but never had one to reach the topget to work on a real project with real people. Some
spot. This is also a fact.internship programs pay you for your services, some
Another fact? Record labels hire people who havedo not. The best thing about this is that you get to
real world experience. How is this related with anythinghave real life learning; you learn how the industry
we said before? Not much. The previous facts justoperates, even on just the internship scene.
seem to surprise people, and that is the same exactYou get assigned to do tasks that ultimately affect the
reaction an applicant gets when he discovers thatresult or outcome of the project. You may start
despite studying music in school, a record label wouldworking on a CD, you may be assigned to start
not hire him. How come? Because, again, record labelsnegotiating with clients or suppliers, you may be
hire people who have real world experience-- that is,assigned to get into the marketing and promotions
genuine hip hop music internship.aspect of the business. The possibilities are endless,
What does that mean? It means, you have to buff upand it seems like hip hop music internship is the one
your resume with things that you have actually done.and only way to get a head start in the current music
The fact that you have gone to school says you haveindustry.
learned something in theory. Record labels need toSo if you want to land a job in the hip hop music
know that you are able to translate those theories intoscene, go online and search for companies that are
real work, real output, real effort, real outcome. This iswilling to offer you hip hop music internship. This will be
especially true for people in the hip hop industry.your ticket to land your dream job.
Everybody knows of those stories about hip hop