And whats the best way to sell beats
How much do you make a month on average selling beats online??
- Thread starter BrothaZay
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There is no best way it's whatever works for you. Its all about finding where your market is and developing relationships with clients and other businesses. For online sells, its best to have your own website and market that.
SymbolicOne09
All Star
networking with as much people as you can, its very rare that you will start selling beats like that off top... even if your a talented producer those beats that you sold for 50-1000$ could of been sold for 10k-100k if you where known.
don't limit your self to just dealing with musicians too, theirs alot of photographer's, artist, dancers, youtubers and clubs who need content too.
TLDR - the more collaborations you do the better chance you have of getting where you want to get imo
nikkas don't buy beats no more.
Work your artist(s) and make great music. Even these semi "established" dudes will make a hit w/ your shyt, tour regionally off it (maybe blow up) and you never see a dime
Work your artist(s) and make great music. Even these semi "established" dudes will make a hit w/ your shyt, tour regionally off it (maybe blow up) and you never see a dime
Aje
All Madden
Too many free beats from producers with skill but no business acumen out there; the market is over-saturated with undervalued material. Why would an MC pay money for something they can get for free? It sucks but that's the way it is.
For Artist Placements:
Keep in mind, also: as mentioned above, there are PLENTY of other ways to get your music placed: TV Shows, Commercials, Video Games, Movies, Phone Apps, Websites, Films - the list goes on. However, it's more difficult to place sampled tracks in this medium because cats ain't trying to pay sampling fees/deal with the headaches associated with clearing a sample.
The internet is your motherf*cking friend; don't ask other producer-folk for contact hook ups - afterall, you're their competition. Google that sh*t and look for Music Directors, Music Coordinators, and/or Entertainment Lawyers/Managers on your own. Go to Producer Showcases, Industry Events where these types of folks will be. The effort you put in getting sh*t placed is usually more important than how dope your beats are. You can be Timbo/Dre/Primo combined times a hundred, thousand, trillion, but if you're a lazy f*ck and unimaginative, your tracks will collect dust.
For Artist Placements:
- I think the best way to come up is become the house producer for an artist 40/Drake, Lex/Waka, Zey/Gucci, etc. Build a rapport with a rapper you think can be eventually marketed and meshes well with your style of beat. You'll be doing this for free until if/when the MC starts getting paid. That said, try and come up with as formal of an agreement as possible prior to the dough.
- Send beats to A&Rs or directly to rappers via twitter/e-mail etc. or have a CD/thumb drive with all your music and vitals on there and go to events/shows with these types of individuals.
Keep in mind, also: as mentioned above, there are PLENTY of other ways to get your music placed: TV Shows, Commercials, Video Games, Movies, Phone Apps, Websites, Films - the list goes on. However, it's more difficult to place sampled tracks in this medium because cats ain't trying to pay sampling fees/deal with the headaches associated with clearing a sample.
The internet is your motherf*cking friend; don't ask other producer-folk for contact hook ups - afterall, you're their competition. Google that sh*t and look for Music Directors, Music Coordinators, and/or Entertainment Lawyers/Managers on your own. Go to Producer Showcases, Industry Events where these types of folks will be. The effort you put in getting sh*t placed is usually more important than how dope your beats are. You can be Timbo/Dre/Primo combined times a hundred, thousand, trillion, but if you're a lazy f*ck and unimaginative, your tracks will collect dust.
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