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Making Waves with ... SKEWBY - July 12, 2010

“The biggest misconception is that people think I have a huge team behind me when really it’s just us two working - I do all the graphic designs for my pages, the Twitter, MySpace, blog, sending out music …”

picture Establishing a successful music career is not reliant on the promo muscle and moolah of a label any longer. In fact most record companies expect artists to have already attracted a sizable following and buzz by themselves before they’ll even take them on. But how can you make a name for yourself on your own without the might of a label? As part of a new feature called ‘Making Waves’, we ask self-made success stories from across the genres that very question.

In this first edition The Source’s tip for hip-hop, Memphis rapper Skewby, tells HitQuarters how he bagged a support slot for ‘Lil Wayne, got the blogosphere gushing with praise for his debut mixtape and managed to attract the radar of the “bible of hip-hop music”.



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