Can i sell sampled beats

If you look at most beat-selling sites, usually a beat will have some sort of artwork attached to it. This can range from a nice photo to a cartoon illustration. It can also be as simple as having a polished logo, and using your logo as the artwork for all of your beats. While the possibilities are endless, the most important thing is consistency. This goes for your visual identity as well as your upload schedule.

If you can make ten beats a week, upload five every week. Placements — when you contribute a beat in an album by a reputable artist — are the golden egg for producers. When you get a placement, your record has the potential to reach millions of people and propel your brand to a very high level.

The only issue with placements is getting paid. In the past, these numbers were actually a lot higher, but with the decline in physical record sales, producer advances eventually became smaller and smaller. The good news is that once you get a major placement, you have a greater chance at getting another one.

So how do you get a major placement? The best thing you can do as a producer is always being prepared. Have your beats ready, and if you get the contact of someone connected to an artist you want to work with, be ready to immediately offer some form of value. Recently, my friend A. Hall landed a few major placements by sending out drum breaks that he played and produced to a number of producers who he wanted to build relationships with. Not only did this work, but by the time he released the drum breaks publicly, he accumulated a nice list of credits to help promote his product.

Another route for getting a placement is to focus on building your brand and collaborating with smaller artists. Thanks to social media, you essentially have a media company right in the palm of your hand. Sometimes artists know exactly what song they're sampling, and have a solid idea of who they need to reach out to for clearance.

However, that's not always the case. Producers might sample a song from YouTube or SoundCloud without knowing its origins, and have it unwittingly end up on another artist's tune. When a sampled song has multiple songwriters—who often are represented by multiple publishers—or when a track being sampled doesn't have the same songwriter and performer, clearances are also complex.

Kuge also cautions that even if an artist gets verbal consent to use a sample say, from a friend , that's not good enough in a court of law. On top of these fees are back-end costs associated with royalty splits—in other words, the percentage of future royalties a sampled song's publisher is taking in exchange for approving the sample. Though Mannis-Gardner notes that her dedicated music-rights clearance company sometimes handles securing clearance rights without the input of a lawyer, she often works in tandem with attorneys and paralegals such as Jensen when negotiating deals.

Jensen stresses that artists who do get a lawyer should get an experienced music-business attorney to look over agreements. For example, he says major labels and publishers issue standard legal forms, but indie labels and publishers, who might not deal with sample clearances as much, might not have paperwork that's as clear-cut or legally airtight.

Clearing a sample doesn't give artists carte blanche to use the song anywhere and everywhere, especially if the approving body is a major label or publisher. They'll probably give you the right to include it on one MTV-style promo video," Jensen says. If you want to use it in a film or TV show, you'll have to get another approval. Anything and everything you can imagine where it might potentially be used, you're going to have to seek approval again.

After that, advertise however you can. Very nice article. This will help a lot of producers who start to sell beats online and maybe help some advanced producers as well.

The most helpful down right excellent well written post. Massive help to producers. Save a lot of time. Your email address will not be published. Search for: Search. Search Search for: Search. Sell Beats Online Like a Pro! How to Sell Beats Online 7 Steps 1. Build a Catalog of High-Quality Beats 2.

Build a Beat Selling Website 3. Build an Email List 4. Promote Your Beats Online 5. Create Content to Attract Music Artists 6. Contact Music Artists Directly 7. Use Beat Selling Marketplaces 8. Still gotta get that article to you. The site is looking good man. This was great advice. Building a great positive name for yourself is very important1. Excellent post. Extremely informative! I will put this knowledge to use! Thanks a lot!!! Amazing post, this kind of information that I need, I still try and learn to make beats online.

Thanks again. Gr, EarMonk. Again thanks. Famous producers have stolen beats over the years they are still doing so it will never end. Interesting article, Im a producer The Unfazed Life. There are the good beats, how to get to the worthy customers? Great information for us music producers. Keep it coming. So interesting info!! I love this website because always I learn new tricks. I would say no. Mastering usually occurs after the beat and the vocals are mixed.

I would say to go out and find your customers and not wait for them to find you. You may find other plans online as well. I would suggest testing out all the options to see what works best for you. Some people do really well at marketing on these social sites. Cheers :! Thank for the good read!

Aside that, this is a real solid piece of information! Great Article! Just wanted to comment on the producer stats at the end. Things to note: 1. Make beat making videos 2. Attend production events. Thanks, cheers! A lot of valuable info in this article! Lots of good advice on selling beats. Thanks for posting. You always have to learn and grow and believe in yourself 3 One of the best websites for Beatmakers, Dj, Producers, Marketing Etc. Thank you So much for wonderful information.

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First Prev 2 of 15 Go to page. Ant McQueen said:. In a lot of cases it's up to the artist to get it cleared. Click to expand Rob Bec New member. That's dumb as hell though. Doing something illegal and making money and putting the legal part on the next man.

If you sell crack, do they leave you alone and go after the crackheads? Rob Bec said:. You must not have read my post in this thread. So, if the artist or label like it enough, they should clear it. They are the one's releasing it. Not me the producer. Last edited: Oct 25,