neeb bogatar

Neeb Bogatar learned on his own how to make beats, write lyrics, record his own music and shoot his own music videos. Bogatar believes he made it this far on his own, so he doesn't want to hand over any control of his career to a record label.
"We are living in the new age. We have YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, Face-book. I never plan on signing with a label. I want to stay independent. The world is different," said the 30-year-old Egg Harbor City electronic dance music artist.
The world is certainly different.
Not too long ago, recording an album meant going into a studio outfitted with expensive equipment to record, overdub and mix a musician's performance. Once completed, the songs would have to be pressed onto a disc or burned onto a CD and then distributed around the country for sale.
It was a costly undertaking that few could afford without a label's help.
But advances in digital technology now let artists record and mix songs on their home computers using sophisticated programs that can cost the same as the price of a good restaurant meal. The songs can attract an audience on YouTube and be sold to fans worldwide on iTunes and other music distribution sites, with the artists pocketing a large percentage of the purchase price.
Just as technology has changed the publishing world with the rise of self-published authors selling their ebooks online, it also has enabled musicians of all types and levels of talent to live out their dreams of creating and selling songs and albums.
Amateur musicians recording in their basements and bands who have built up strong followings over years playing local bars are taking advantage of this musical marketing revolution.
Bogatar had a leg up on most amateur artists when it came time to record his own music. He had already been recording hip-hop artists at his home recording studio and charging them $40 per hour. Bogatar took the skills he'd acquired and applied it to his own recordings made in his basement studio over the past 18 months. Bogatar uses the Apple - Logic Pro X and Live 9 computer software programs to create his beats, record his vocals and mix and master his music. Logic Pro X costs about $300, while Ableton Live 9 can be purchased for about $600, Bogatar said.
A bar worker at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, Bogatar used this software to create his most elaborate production to date - a five-song digital download called "EVOL LOVE," which he is releasing on his SK8 Park Musik label.
"I decided to stay on my own because I do all the work. I'm not going to give my work away," Bogatar said. "Macklemore is independent. He's blowing up. I'm inspired by that."
Bogatar sells his music through the iTunes store and Google Play. He's promoting it with a video on YouTube for the song "She Is Long Gone." He hopes to tour in the coming months. - The Press Of Atlantic City

Neeb Bogatar, 32, has been doing all he could during the past two years to establish a music career. He describes himself as an electronic artist who raps, as opposed to a pure hip-hop act. Bogatar has performed in Atlantic City at Anthem in The Quarter at the Tropicana Casino and Resort and at Margaritaville at Resorts Casino Hotel. He has also done college dates in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
It is hard to convince a club in Atlantic City to take the risk of booking an unknown act, Bogatar said. While he works on his music, Bogatar also works as a bartender and bar back at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa.
Bogatar is planning to relocate from Egg Harbor City — his home for the past nine years — to California to take his career to the next level.
“The name of my new album is called ‘California Dreaming,’ and that’s based on me being on the East Coast, working and dreaming and moving to California in 2016. That’s where I’m going,” said Bogatar, who has family in Sacramento. “I feel as though that’s what you have to do.”
After working locally and posting performances on the Internet, Bogatar thinks the next step is making the leap to a bigger market, where more personal connections can be made.
Besides putting videos for his original music on YouTube, Bogatar has used YouTube tutorials to learn how to shoot still photography and video and to develop his production and recording engineering skills.
Bogatar will be releasing his debut independent album as an electronic artist this year. He has released earlier music, as a hip-hop artist, on CDs and digitally. His new music will only be available digitally.
“People who are consumers stream their music now on Spotify, on Tidal, on Apple Music, on all these major sites,” Bogatar said. “A hard copy will not sell anymore,” he said of CDs. “I’m not saying that they are done, but you can’t stick it in your phone.” - the press