Welcome to RJN MUSIC: Here at RJN MUSIC we believe that no matter how terrific your talent is, creating awareness and generating a buzz about you and your music, and ultimately getting it out of the trunk of your car and into the hands of your fans, is a huge undertaking and involves much time and dedication. This responsibility, unless you have a record company backing you, falls into yours, the artists, lap. Unfortunately, the days of major record deals are in decline. In a highly competitive music marketplace the major labels have been forced to only sign acts that are already established and who have sold tens of thousands of cds on their own. Essentially the days of major labels finding raw talent and grooming them, otherwise known as "artist development", are over. Add to this the digital revolution of the music marketplace which has caused major retailers to close their doors for good, getting a 'record deal' seems more of a fantasy than a probability for most aspiring artists. The Good News Is... Never before has it been so possible for you to make it as an independent artist. In the olden days, singers were completely dependant on their record label. An artist might be a one-hit wonder and hope to live off the royalties that their hit song generated, even after being dropped by their label. Today many artists careers are able to operate independently, outside of the traditional record deal. Never before has a recording artist been able to be so pro-active about their career, from producing and recording their own music, to manufacturing their own cds, networking, self-distributing their music digitally and physically on-line, setting up their own tours, marketing themselves, etc. This is the time of the 'Working Class Artist'. However, what is the emerging artist to do when they are not yet big enough to garner the interest from a record label and, at the same time, aren't interested in spending the necessary hours on the phone or at the computer handling the necessary administration that comes with developing their act? RJN MUSIC is pleased to introduce its newest services for the emerging artist: "Artist Representation and Distribution ".