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Subject: Selling Beats?
Original Message 1/19 26-Oct-05 @ 10:32 PM - Selling Beats?
Wondering if anyone has any advice on how to go about selling beats????
What resources and approaches should I take??
I have some here at my page and some more on my harddrive.
Thank you in advance for any suggestions.
Peace.
S dub
Message 2/19 23-Nov-05 @ 06:04 AM - RE: Selling Beats?
is. Good luck!
Message 3/19 23-Nov-05 @ 02:56 PM - RE: Selling Beats?
one question though- do you write hiphop?
greg
Message 4/19 24-Nov-05 @ 01:26 AM - RE: Selling Beats?
It's not just the beats, it's also samples, bassline, whatever, assembled enough to inspire an
MC. Plenty of cats looking to rock the mic, have no idea how to produce a track.
Message 5/19 24-Nov-05 @ 09:35 AM - RE: Selling Beats?
greg
Message 6/19 24-Nov-05 @ 11:23 AM - RE: Selling Beats?
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Message 7/19 24-Nov-05 @ 01:13 PM - RE: Selling Beats?
i much prefer the idea of the faceless dance producer who is more interested in evolving, collaborating, bettering themselves and their favourite genre....than the by-numbers-producer only interested in selling beats to others- if you really liked a beat of yours you wouldn't sell it if you were serious as a musician- furthermore you would want to collaborate with a good mc rather than sell it to them and hand over all artistic control...if you were serious that is...
we all know that if you are good at what you do and put the work in you can essentially get enough interest to allow you automatic entry into the pro realm- just look at dj dangermouse....from the bedroom made grey album to producing the new gorillaz opus in how many steps?
if you just want some money go work for a sample cd company- if your good enough that is....
greg
Message 8/19 24-Nov-05 @ 10:53 PM - RE: Selling Beats?
relationships with the people who need them. Actually meeting the people and seeing if you click
personality-wise. Posting online seems like it could be as anonymous as posting fliers on the
street.
Any interview with any successful producer inevitably states that your heart has to be in the
right place to find success.
As David Allen Coe once sang "If you're big star bound, let me warn you, it's a long hard ride..."
... you know, that song where the hitch hiker catches a ride with the ghost of Hank Williams.
Ok then!
Message 9/19 29-Nov-05 @ 03:01 AM - RE: Selling Beats?
and putting yourself in the right place at the right time. Sure, your tracks have to be good, but it
has to be bare enough too to spark an mc's imagination. Yes a track can be in the fire catagory,
but it's going to be the mc's endorsment of it that makes the rest of the world like it too. Think
about 'the whisper song' by ying-yang twins. It's literally almost nothing. If most hip-hop fans had
heard that without lyrics, I would suspect most would wonder when that noise is gonna stop and
the next song start. But with the right lyrics (and promotion) it's a hit. And, now Busta Rhymes
based a track on it, and today I heard some chicks doing a female response track to Busta's
track. All based on Doon Doon Doon Doon - doon doon doon!
So yes, your tracks have to be good but you have to put them in the right ears.
Message 10/19 29-Nov-05 @ 08:57 AM - RE: Selling Beats?
greg
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