User:The Wicksta

I am The Wicksta, A.K.A. David Cortez, an independent recording engineer/artist among other things. I'm learning the wiki lingo right now, so apologies if I don't publish things in the proper form or fashion. I run my own website www.wicktones.com and release my own music using pretty much strictly the internet. I believe that we've come to the point now where CDs or other hard forms of distribution are becoming just more landfill mass. Soon enough we will all be able to use and afford Ipods or the sort. I would just like to say here that have a problem with editors deleting my shit, especially when I take the time to get all the references together from "as legitimate as you can get" sources. Most importantly, I kept nothing but FACTS in my article. I know there's some kind of problem with self promotion or whatnot but I came as myself. An independent artist that's very good at what he does. If you don't hear me on the radio, it's because I don't have money to pay-for-play. And if you think the same music gets played on the radio over and over because people are into it, then you don't know the music industry. If I'm not legit because I don't have a major record deal, then you really don't appreciate artists. Most music that you hear, especially in Hip Hop these days is cookie cutter garbage aimed toward one thing, Dollars. You have ten people telling you to be more this, be more that, talk about this, say that. By the time a record is done, it's no longer real expression, It's what's gonna sell. And you can forget about TRUTH. I refuse to succumb to "the politics" " or "the game" or "what's cool" in music. If it's not from the heart, why bother. I've performed in every big venue in San Diego short of the Sports Arena and Stadium, along with several venues across the U.S., as an indie Artist. I do my own web design, graphics, video editing, mixing and mastering, production, promotion and editing. You don't have to like Hip Hop or music to respect that. If there's a wiki editor that can help me re-publish "The Wicksta" article, I would appreciate it.