torstai 14. kesäkuuta 2012

Promoting underground beats

World wide web in recent times is full of beats, every thing from mainstream beats to underground beats. Does it matter if your beats are mainstream or underground? No. You just have to find the guys who are most likely more interested in underground hip hop rather than mainstream.

Beat business is giant these days and there are plenty of producers out there making a living with their music. But just how have they achieved that? There exists plenty of answers to this question but one thing is for certain, they have worked like crazy to achieve their endeavors and dreams. If you do not work hard and if you don't have the will to succeed, you won't succeed. It is that simple. Not all of you have the mindset and power to make a living with music, that is just a fact. You have to find out about that yourself. If you don't try, you can't win.

First of all you need to have top of the line beats. No one wants to buy your instrumentals if you do not have the quality and sound consumers will spend money on. So make sure you have the right quality before you start really spreading the word. The first impression is essential and you must have extremely good rap beats to really market them. You can promote them on your 1st day of beatmaking but that will only give a weak impression. Many individuals have worked years before they really start showing off their beats.

Where to promote? Buyers can't find you if you do not have a site of some kind. Have one main internet site where buyers can comfortably find you. There are several music networks what you can use quickly.

Marketing and promotion is a science and its not a simple and easy thing to do. Of course you can send 100s of messages to random individuals online but that will only end poorly. No one likes to get messages referred as junk. The number one principal when sending messages on music online communities to prospective customers is to connect on a private level. Don't tell them to listen to your beats. Listen to their songs and give insightful feedback and tips to them. Start a conversation about their music. Then they will most likely be interested in what you do and that way they will listen to your tunes as well. That is probably the most easiest way to reach out to artists.

One another good spot for promotion is audio forums. The exact same guidelines works here as in music online communities. Do not spam your songs to the discussion board sections. Read the message board seriously and everyday. Take part in discussions and give helpful advices and feedback to every thing you can. Then have a hyperlink to your site on your signature. If you give good tips and feed back then people will be interested in what you do.

Underground beats are the fresh new breath in hiphop music. The entire underground market is ready to rise and that is guaranteed. If you have not spotted any amazing beat store's, this is your best bet.

keskiviikko 21. maaliskuuta 2012

Online Beat Stores

Buying beats from online beat store is a huge market in todays music industry. There are a lot of upcoming music producers who are trying to get their name known worldwide and that's why they sell their beats for good prices to artists over the internet. In example if you live in a small town so you very rarely have access to many artists who are willing to buy beats. That's why it's a huge market today on the internet. You have access to everyone, literally.

But how does it exactly go when you buy beats online? It is actually very simple. When producers sell beats, they don't actually sell beats but they sell licenses to use the beats on commercial and profitable purposes. Such as albums, internet downloads, games, videos and the list goes on.

There are 2 really common licenses which basically everyone use. They are called a “lease” and “exclusive”. Let me explain what those are.

A “lease” means that when you buy the license to a beat, you can use it on ONE commercial release and sell the release up to x,xxxx copies. The amount of copies depends on the producer. Some producers put the distribution limit to 1,000 and some all the way up to 5,000. So pay attention to that. A “lease” doesn't mean that you OWN the beat. Other people can buy the exact same beat and use it the same way you do. But because the world is full of small and upcoming artists so if you are struggling with money, lease is the way to go to begin with.

“Exclusive” license means that when you buy the beat, you OWN it. Once this license has been sold, no one will ever buy the same beat anymore. You can use it on as many commercial releases as you want and sell unlimited copies. Most producers sell this license for $300-1000 and that is very cheap when you think that you can sell the song you do to it unlimited times. You can get your money back in no time.

Those are the most common licenses almost everyone uses. Whenever you buy beats from anyone, you will receive the high-quality 16bit and/or 24bit WAV file which is the highest quality when it comes to recording music. Also many producers has the option to buy the separated instrument tracks for more professional mixing though you will always receive those when buying an “exclusive” license.

So that means when you “buy beats” online. It is a very competitive field nowadays so when you start buying beats, choose one producers that has versatile beats fitting to your music and stick with it. It is a wise thing to use one or two producers for beats so you always know what you get and that you can trust them. Also many times when a producer sees that you are buying beats regularly, they will give you discounts and special offers because of that. That being said, online beat stores are an upcoming trend in the music industry.