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.