Temporarily pushing my moon into the clouds.

So basically, months ago I worked with an upcoming artist (will not state his name) anyway. I had been asking him how the track was going and if he could send it to me, I either got no response, was told that it was still being mixed and mastered or that the track would be sent to me in no time. I waited and waited then decided to contact the artist again, we basically played cat and mouse which didn't really benefit in any way shape or form. I decided to contact a very good friend of mine who is temporarily acting as my manager. I just couldn't take the stress any longer, I had been patiently waiting, politely asking for the track with the utmost respect just practically BEGGING  for this individual to send me the track. My good-friend contacted THE INDIVIDUAL, then contacted me and told me that this specific INDIVIDUAL said that he would send me the track on Sunday 14th August. Sunday came, I was really looking forward to playing the song to myself and evaluating my performance on the song. Did I receive the track? You guessed correctly, I didn't receive the track. Anyway, today 18th August, THE INDIVIDUAL popped up on chat at a rather ungodly hour (after 1:00am). I won't even really waste time explaining, it was basically another endless game of cat and mouse which didn't benefit either of us in anyway shape or form. The INDIVIDUAL told me that he was going to send me the track, then he went on to telling me that he'd post it onto his sound cloud account. Then he asked ME, to "push" the track using his sound-cloud account. I am an artist dear friends, when people ask me if I have anything for them to listen to I obviously need to give them something TO LISTEN to so that they can hear for them selves and make judgements upon the stuff that I have worked on and I am also a person, I certainly do not have time to be "pushing" other people's stuff, as far as I am concerned all of that should be discussed with THE INDIVIDUAL and his management. . The INDIVIDUAL basically told me that he wouldn't be sending me the song for FOUR WEEKS because of the fact that he had to reach certain number of plays on his sound-cloud account (I am pretty sure by now you are cracking your ribs over how pathetic this is - I don't even blame you). His concern is that if he sends me the track, then I will send it out? I do not even remember how many times I have reassured him that if the track is not supposed to be released yet then I won't even though it just really doesn't make sense as he has already released the song himself *smh. Anyway I would have posted the whole of the conversation but my facebook inbox has been playing up for the past few months... Here is part of the conversation though. 

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Quein

I have been asking for this track for GOD KNOWS HOW LONG

Him -

is it?

Quein  -

and this banter will not get us anywhere

Him - 

but this is not your track?

i ddnt force yu to get on it

Quein -

I hear that R*** and that is why I said feel free to remove my vocals from it. 

Him-

i asked yu in good faith 

Quein - 

yes R***

and I have been asking for the track in good faith for AGES. Had to ask someone else aswell.  I told you if you do NOT want me to put the track up I won't.

Him = 

is this the way yu wanna treat me 

4 real???????????????

Quein - 

I have no time for this cat and mouse nonsense R***, seriously. 

Either you send me the track today or remove my vocals and thats the end of it. And I won't have to worry about getting the track from you.

And chasing you up pestering you and all the rest of this nonsense.

Him - 

i think you need to treat people who help you with respect (RESPECT? I AM LOL'ING AS I READ OVER THIS)

Quein - 

I have been PRACTIALLY BEGGING Roby.

Seriously. Begging you for ages for you to send me this track. 

with the utmost respect

Him - 

u dnt understand that from this we both gain a lot, handina kuramba kukupa track (I did not refuse to send you the track) i sed can yu gimme 4 weeks to push OUR track, since yu just want to to it for a single cause

i dnt want anyone to beg me

especially

you

coz its not necessary

alll im sayin is for this project, wats gud 4 yu is gud 4 me

Quein -

R*** sha, seriously. I understand that whole pushing part cool. But you said you can't sed me the track for FOURRRRR WEEKS? Come on now. Seriously? 

Him-

coz i know u gonna post it

lol

lmao

hahahaha

Him-

lol

Quein - 

this is beyond a joke now

Him -

chii?

lol

Quein - 

like I said

Him -

r u not gonna post it tho?

Quein - 

either send me the track today 

Or just remove my vocals from the track zvopera and we will both know where we stand with each other. Not being able to get over something THIS SMALL.. 

Him- 

im gonna send it to yo manager if thats ok then?

Quein -

why can't you send it to me?

but yes if you really can not send it to me then do feel free to inbox it to him

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That is all I could retrieve from the chat, but as you could see it was just pointless. Sending it to my manager when in turn my manager is just going to send the song to me? Anyway on this I was my hands, I am not willing to invest any-more time playing cat and mouse with people. *Smh 

What I have learnt from this:

1) To not work with just anyone and everyone, which really is sad on my part because at the start this is all I wanted to do. To just sing and showcase my talent but I have realised that this will NOT work and sometimes it is just best to say no.

2) I am not willing to make the same mistakes twice. I have learnt that it is best to not speak directly with the people that I will be working with, I guess this just minimises complications and disputes, let someone deal with it. My idea would be to have everything already set up, terms discussed between me and my manager, then go to the studio, record the song, then get the song sent to me as soon as it is complete and not have to "beg" for my own vocals and have everything else sorted out by my manager. 

3) To not work until I find a solid manager who has my best interest at heart who has an adequate level of understanding of how "it works" what to do, what not to do basically someone who has a good level of experience in the music business. 

This is another reason why I have decided to stop making music FOR THE TIME BEING, push my dream to the side for a while, push my moon into the clouds for a while. Don't get me wrong, this is definitely not the last you will hear of me, trust me, I will be back. I am just taking the time out to build a solid foundation and then I will work my way up and most definitely reach the top. I was told that if you really want something you will face all of the tribulations, I am not just taking the easy route but I just am not willing to put myself in stressful situations. I will wait until the time is right, if something is supposed to happen, it most definitely will, when it is supposed to.

Thank you for reading my blog people, hope you enjoyed. Peace Love and Blessings..x Quein