1. Where are we talking from today? Muskegon, Michigan 2. How did you get involved in music? I was always into music as an child, I hooked up with Rahiem EL Shabazz formerly known as Ramone (money mone) Anderson. He showed me how to turn my freestyle into songs. 3. Can you describe your music? My lyrics are complex but realistic. If you've been threw something you would most defiantly understand my verbiage. 4. Music wise, what are you working on? I'm working on a E.P and putting my imprint on hip hop. 5. What would you like to say to your fans and the world? Words to all my people, "stand for something and don't fall easy, life is what you make it we live once endure every minute. Most importantly never NEVER LET'em PLAY you." https://www.reverbnation.com/markiehoward

EPR Artist Radio  Original article by Music Biz Academy  link Over the years I have had many conversations with music artists about commercial music, which usually leads to them disclosing their disdain and hatred of it. Some refer to pop music (pop, as in what’s popular now) as commercial music. Others think of anything that is receiving heavy rotation on radio as commercial music. Whatever their definition, one thing is often overlooked: commercial music is the heart of the music industry which pumps the blood that keeps it alive. So why then are so many music artists resistant to making commercial music? The answer that I’m often given is because they don’t want to “sell-out” their creative integrity by conforming to some industry version of what’s popular (i.e. what’s selling). It becomes very obvious to me that the problem is not commercial music, but rather the perception and definition of it. The misconception is that the music industry created this rigi...

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