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# MC Lars On DIY Success & Making A Living In Music [VIDEO]
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/mc-lars-on-diy-success-and-making-a-living-with-music/
- Published: 2011-10-27T11:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2011-10-27T11:00:00.000Z
- Description: This guest post is by Bob Baker of www.TheBuzzFactor.com Since 2006, hip-hop artist MC Lars has been a poster boy for indie music success and the DIY work ethic. After. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2011/10/mc-lars-on-diy-success-and-making-a-living-with-music.html]
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- Tags: DIY Advice & Tips, Indie Music, Live & Ticketing, Music Marketing, YouTube & Video, DIY, Horris Records, indie, MC Lars, music, Nettwerk, success, Terry McBride, Warped Tour, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:55

*This guest post is by Bob Baker of [www.TheBuzzFactor.com](http://www.thebuzzfactor.com/?ref=hypebot.com)*

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Since 2006, hip-hop artist **MC Lars** has been a poster boy for indie music success and the DIY work ethic. After a short-lived relationship with **Terry McBride**  and the Canadian record label/management company Nettwerk five years ago, Lars formed his own label, **Horris Records.** Since then, he has taken his self-described **"post-punk laptop rap"** and delivered it to a target audience he calls the **"iGeneration" — kids born between 1982 and 2000.**

  
A couple of months ago I sent my assistant and ace correspondent **Kendra Wright** to the St. Louis date on the 2011 Vans Warped Tour. There she s**at down with MC Lars and captured his thoughts** on his approach to a DIY music career, making money as an indie musician, his advice for new artists, and much more.

Here are the first two video excerpts from that great interview:

[MC Lars Interview, Part 1](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXX21aNYcbY&ref=hypebot.com)

[MC Lars Interview, Part 2](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wO9RKtMgT4&ref=hypebot.com)

**Bob Baker* is the author of “[Guerrilla Music Marketing Online](http://www.bob-baker.com/buzz/online-music-promotion.html?ref=hypebot.com),” Berkleemusic’s “[Music Marketing 101](http://www.bob-baker.com/buzz/berklee.html?ref=hypebot.com)” course, and many other books and promotion resources for DIY artists, managers and music biz pros. You’ll find Bob’s free ezine, blog, podcast, video clips, and articles at [www.TheBuzzFactor.com](http://www.thebuzzfactor.com/?ref=hypebot.com) and [www.MusicPromotionBlog.com](http://www.musicpromotionblog.com/?ref=hypebot.com).*