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Up-and-coming artist works toward hitting the big time
The Advocate
Marcus “MacEm” Hadnot’s dream of having his music get noticed is about to come true — and then some.
People might know Hadnot from the Vista Dining Center where he works behind the counter. He’s the one who builds the burritos. But Hadnot also started writing and producing rap/R&B songs in winter of 2008 while he was snowed in.
A few months ago, Hadnot learned about a website called Hitlab.com. “My mom actually told me about it,” said Hadnot. “At first I wasn’t into it, then I thought, why not?”
Hitlab is a site that allows musicians to upload their music so that it can be evaluated and scored according to its potential to be a hit and offers the possibility of getting signed by Akon or other major record labels.
According to information found at the site, it uses a dynamic hit scoring system (DHS) by looking at the patterns of a song and comparing them to the patterns of songs that have successfully made it on the Billboard charts over the past six years.
“It scores your song on a scale from zero to 100 and the higher your score, the more potential it has to be a hit,” said a smiling Hadnot. “My DHS score is 91.”
Hadnot’s song “Chemistry” wasn’t even finished when he first uploaded the track to Hitlab.com.
“I had been working on getting my recording studio, MacEm Productions, started up and getting that down, so I put finishing the song on hold,” he said.
Another feature of the site is it allows fans to vote for their favorite song and, based on how many votes an artist gets, they move up the chart. According to the site, once an artist gets to the top eight, the “bigwigs” start paying attention.
“I set out to make it to the top 100, which I did,” said Hadnot. “My new goal is to make it to the top 30 and get as many people as possible to vote for me.”
Hadnot has a lot of family and friends supporting him. His friends “Solo” and “Philliest” also help him write and produce music.
To vote for “Chemistry,” go to the Hitlab.com website, register as a FAN (not an artist) and search for MacEm in the artist search bar, and click vote.
“Chemistry” has been uploaded to the site for about three weeks and, according to Hadnot, has moved up the charts quickly.
“It started out in the thousands and then within about a week it moved up,” Hadnot said.
On Monday, “Chemistry” was ranked at 94 and when checked again on Wednesday, it had moved and was ranked at 90.
“I felt very excited,” said Hadnot. “I was moving 100 miles per hour because I was so excited. I couldn’t wait to tell people to start voting for me.”
Note: For more information about Marcus Hadnot and MacEm Productions, readers can refer to an article titled “MHCC member turns entrepreneur” published in The Advocate, Issue 13, page 8 (also available at the paper’s website).
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