Perfect Imperfection

In this episode I cover the importance of not following the wave of quantity over quality that nowadays; seems to be plaguing soundwaves. You'll either love this or hate it either way you'll want to give it a listen on your morning commute, throughout the day or even on your way home from the daily grind.

Welcome back to The Badger's Den! This episode is letting you know where I've been over the past 2 years and what has changed. We'll be bringing guests on the upcoming episodes as well as a video version that you'll be able to stream on YouTube. I appreciate those that have stuck around and patiently waited for new content! This time around will be alot more casual with just as much insightful information and knowledge. I hope you enjoy.

On today's episode I go into detail about how I've continued to build on Instagram over the past 3 months at a steady rate. I go over a variety of strategies that I've utilized that I believe will be extremely helpful for any up and coming musicians. You'll want to take notes on this one and stay tuned till the very end where I drop insight into my actual numbers and how I created a pattern to hone in on continuous growth even when you dont have alot of content to post. I appreciate all of you who tune into these episodes if you could leave me a review on Instagram @thebadgersden_ or send me a DM about how you're liking the podcast so far and what you would like to hear in the future. Have a great day!

On this episode I invited local up and coming artist Kenny Dee aka One13three to discuss the moves he's making to build his audience rapidly and organically. We dive into the importance of not spamming music and learning how to properly engage with your audience, also strategies to help keep your fanbase growing on social media. As an up and coming musician reinventing his style and branding, I wanted to bring Kenny on to give you all an in depth view from an artist who's gained traction using proper marketing strategies. Some examples we go over will include hashtag research, breaking down your analytics on social media platforms, properly utilizing the tools on these platforms to gain more traction to bring in more potential fans. This episode is super insightful so you'll definitely want to take notes and stay tuned all the way to the end. Thank you for listening and supporting The Badger's Den you can follow Kenny on Instagram @one13three505 and find his music on all streaming platforms by searching One13three. Also follow our page on Instagram @thebadgersden_ to stay up to date with more motivational and insightful content.

On today's episode we go over the importance of taking your social media presence seriously as a musician and how not doing so can negatively affect you. If you're a hip hop artists then you're probably well aware of the big percentage of artists who aren't willing to learn or properly use social media. For example, there's people who claim it's all about the "algorithms" or you have to "pay to play" or my favorite, the ones who use social media as their venting/flaunting platform. I'm sure you've come across it at least once. Bottomline, this type of common behavior in the music world is absurd considering these people represent a part of the hip hop culture regardless if they have respect for it or not. When you're a musician looking for recognition on a bigger level, people put you on a higher standard and also potentially look up to you as inspiration. Imagine the person you look up has a page full of angry rants about how noone shows him love, or has a page that looks like a 12 year old put together their bios and about info. Or even worse, a feed full of themselves wearing designer clothes or photoshoots of them leaning against foreign cars (that they do not own btw) with endless hashtags that say things like "drip", "making moves", "flexin", I'm sure you get the picture. This episode is for artists wondering how to not be "that guy". We all know the market is oversaturated with rappers so the last thing we need is more ego inflation amongst rappers who have yet to take their career seriously. We need more creators who are willing to put the social status and image of materialism to the side, as artists we need to be willing to provide value to our audience thru the content we post on social media. Not saying we can't have fun with a meme or two or a fun rant that shows our personality a little more, but if that's all you manage to post then more people are going to tend to believe you're not serious about your career. After listening to this episode do yourself a favor and scroll thru your feeds on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. Take a look at your activity and if any of this episode pertains to you I'd suggest stepping back an reorganizing your social media approach. We're all learning everyday how to truly make a presence online the correct way but the most important word to remember in what you should be posting is "value". The more valuable content you have the more engaging it will be to your followers which in turn will make you that much more noticeable on social media. Not to mention, the more reach you'll have toward "cold" audiences who have no idea who you are yet. Catching the eyes of a crowd you haven't pulled in yet is gonna be one of the biggest moves towards making your success happen. On the next episode we'll dive further into reaching new audiences, how to properly pitch your music, also how to avoid spamming new and current audiences on social media. Make sure you tune in to the next episode of The Badger's Den to catch your dose of motivation and knowledge thank you guys!

This episode goes over an extremely common problem amongst so many ambitious people that holds so many back from getting ahead with their goals. Overthinking is toxic and should be avoided as often as possible if you're trying to accomplish something great. Take it from one of the biggest overthinkers, once we learn to overcome our own doubts is we can confidently create a road to success.

This is the introduction to The Badger's Den, in this episode we lightly touch on a bit of everything from self improvement, pride, and strategies to help build your movement. This is just a taste of what The Badger's Den will be all about and goes over just a layer of what we'll be discussing in later episodes. One of the biggest goals of this podcast is to raise ones self awareness in their goals toward reaching success in the music world. As a upcoming musician myself I want to grow right along side you using proven methods and strategies that can help you get from point A to point B quicker and smarter.

Looking for motivational/entertaining content to get your day started or unwind after work? Tune in to The Badger's Den for your dose of creative motivation.