Question for you producers on here.......

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Hey,do any of you get to sell your beats to anyone? Because i noticed on your websites that some of you are selling your beats for 200 bucks or more. Damn, if you do sell your beats, how you get people to buy it and who are these people because i need to make some quick cash fast and i wanna sell my beats but i dont want to upload them on mp3.com unless i know that it is possible to sell beats to people. If anyone does sell beats, how many did you sell throughout your time on mp3.com?
 
I sell some beats...

I solf my first beat for 50$ (Canadian) and I regretted it... The beat was really phat but anywayz... after that, the guys who bought the first beat came back and buyed another one for 250$ (Canadian again) so the trick is to have regular clients... If people like your beats, they'll keep coming back for more... Just be careful to keep the beats you want to rap on... Unless you're not rapping...

Peace,
Beathoven
http://www.nowhereradio.com/beathoven/singles

(P.S.: The beat that was sold 250$ is "4 My Homies" on my website...)
 
Promote yourself.... That is the only way you gonna sell ya beats....

I mean I sold a few of beats off of MP3.com but majority of my sales comes from my local props at studios and other venues....

Build up your name as a producer... That might mean doing a few free joints just to prove yaself.....


I wouldn't look at MP3.com as a place where you can sell madd beats.... As most people on the internet are looking for something for free.....


I use MP3 as another feather in the my hat....

"Oh sh#t he got a website too....."



Rat Diggy.
 
Selling Beats

Ya, you need to network like crazy. Get your name out there. If you have hot beats, they'll sell themselves. All you have to do is get the beats out there. Make your own website, advertise everywhere (even soundclick, beat auction sites, myspace) the more sites you have your beats on, the more people will see them. And nothing can replace networking on the street! Hand out flyer's, promote at clubs, go to studios and talk with artists. You really have to work at it. It's not easy! A lot of artists won't put $200-$300 on a track unless you have you sh*it together, look professional, and have a name with artists buying your tracks.

Here's something to thank about... If you want to get to the status of selling beats like Kanye West for $50,000, you gotta be on it 24/7! You gotta grind like never before. Kanye started selling his beats for $50 as a kid, then $200 as a teenager, then $5000 to major artists, then finally the big bucks. But, the only way he could sell beats for that price was targeting the right people. He went to major studios where signed artists recorded and could sell beats for $5000. They had the budget. Most unsigned artist don't have money like that to spend on tracks. It's all about having the drive, having the beats, and having the promotion (either self promotion or web) and finding your target audience. HAVE A GOOD PRODUCT...

Hope this helps... lol :cool:

http://www.soundclick.com/beatsbuy
http://www.beatsbuy.com
 
I sell 2 different prices for beats I've already made. I have an exclusive price for $200, but that's more for serious cats. For people who might not have that kind of bread to spend on just one beat, I have the leasing option which is only $50. It's easier if you have 2 different markets to attract different people.

Sometimes it takes time to sell and you just have to run in with the right people, but you always have someone for people to go listen to your beats, that's the only reason I went with soundclick (and I can upload as many beats as I want).

But on the real, the money I might make off beats just goes back into my studio for more gear and possibly an office space so I'm not in the house (so I don't trip if product doesn't push as fast). Just don't forget that you can sell locally just as well as you can online. I can turn a quick buck if I go out and hustle it locally, because they hear the product and see the person selling the product so it's more personal to them.

Actually, right now I've got a group locally that's wanting me to do their whole album. We're just negotiating on terms and pricing now. I'm more likely to cut them a deal if they pay in cash. For an full album, I'd usually charge about $2000+ (if it's all custom beats) with $500 due before I even work on the first beat.

But Raticus brings up a good point, sometimes you have to do some free work too just to get word around. I've been known to do either free stuff or trade with artists. Like I'll hook an artist up with a freebie if they give me a couple of verses on my CD or something like that if I'm feelin' it or if they bring me business I'll hook em up with a beat. Nothin' wrong with lettin' some stuff go to bring in more if it works out that way.
 
I really never understood how leasing works. What if you lease a beat to two people and then someone wants then someone wants to buy exclusive rights?
 
everyone pretty much hit it on the head..network, collab, do free beats and put in work...selling tracks isnt an overnight fast cash deal..you have to have what the artist want and what he thinks will see for him..BeatsBuy said it the best in his post..Mr West 1st beats to the majors he did it for free...he just got % pts on the back end...which is good if the album sell and the rest is history..

find people to work with to get you heard..free is good at time but you also want to make a little paper to improve on your equipment..i do most of my clients on a case by case basis..album deals run $800-$1200 with 3% off of sales..just stay on your grind..they will find you..
 
Dang, thanks for bringing a thread from 2002 back to the main page...lol..
 
onlydude said:
I really never understood how leasing works. What if you lease a beat to two people and then someone wants then someone wants to buy exclusive rights?
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leasing beats is a funny thing and can cause problems like the one you just brought up..if it is done right you are leasing the beat for a specific amount of time 6 mo. to a 1 yr. time...and in doin that time if someone wants the beat they have to wait to purchase the beat outright until the lease is up..this is where it get tricky..more people that buy beats on lease try to put them on an album when they are to be used for demo's only and they try to sue the artist that paid for it outright and waited until the lease time period was up to record on it..leasing is ok if you want to sell a gang of tracks cause its cheap and always more then one person will want the beat..
 
Most that I know who do leasing or exclusive sign paperwork which specifically states that if someone has bought the beat exclusively that they own the beat, but they can't come back and sue you for using the beat because all of the leasees are listed on the exclusive rights contract so that they cannot be sued for using the same beat for that one purpose.

It is a tricky situation which is why I've told people to make sure they have their paperwork in a safe place just in case that happens. I haven't been in a courtroom yet, but if that ever happens, my paperwork will cover me. Come to think about it, I should request artists to mail me back a copy of the signed contract and keep the original. That way I can vouch for them as well if that ever happened.
 
i dont send a beat anywhere without a signed contract copy..
 
I usually never did it without paper in hand. Most of my sales were local though. Haven't been pushing online enough to make it work right not. I just kept a log of folks who bought beats for my own benefit and made them sign that.
 
Fieva said:
I sell 2 different prices for beats I've already made. I have an exclusive price for $200, but that's more for serious cats. For people who might not have that kind of bread to spend on just one beat, I have the leasing option which is only $50. It's easier if you have 2 different markets to attract different people.

Ya, good point Fieva and bknot1. Have an exclusive price and a lease price. The lease price is cheaper because you can sell the track to other clients. Your just leasing the beat to them. It's kind of like leasing a car, you can lease it to someone else latter. Now, that does turn some cats off from buying the beat. But, if they want an exclusive beat, it will cost more becuse you can only sell it to one person. Try to find only serious artists that want to buy beats. And also have your "TERMS' in writing so that your client knows everything that goes into the sell.

Here's an example of production terms:
http://www.beatsbuy.com/termofuse/index.html

Always make sure the artist knows what he/she is getting and info on leasing and exclusive rights. :D
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Yeah, I know it leasing does turn some people off, but I'd rather have some people buying lease because that's income I can flip over and over again and that keeps product on my sites.

Exclusives turn people off because of the price, but I think the price you sell exclusives for makes people want to hear it. I mean, I've seen cats sellin' beats for $10 exclusive a beat and do aiight with it, only to get mad that they could have sold it for more and felt cheated out of it by their own policy. If that's how you want to get started, that's all good, get ya name out there. But that's not

Now if I got a dude that wants groups of beats, I'll cut him a deal on that too. I used to do that with custom beats, but I keep that limited because you really gotta know the artist and what they're feelin' in order to get it down quick and solid.
 
contracts?

Hey Fieva,

You said you had contracts and so on. Maybe we could exchange some ideas with our contracts and make our policies better and have less loop holes... Just wondering. :)
 
Beathoven said:
I sell some beats...

I solf my first beat for 50$ (Canadian) and I regretted it... The beat was really phat but anywayz... after that, the guys who bought the first beat came back and buyed another one for 250$ (Canadian again) so the trick is to have regular clients... If people like your beats, they'll keep coming back for more... Just be careful to keep the beats you want to rap on... Unless you're not rapping...

Peace,
Beathoven
http://www.nowhereradio.com/beathoven/singles

(P.S.: The beat that was sold 250$ is "4 My Homies" on my website...)
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WHOA! long time since i've seen you posting in here. good to see a post from you.
 
jugalo180 said:
WHOA! long time since i've seen you posting in here. good to see a post from you.
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That's from 2002 Jug....Someone just revived it!
Damn Dogg, you an old vet yourself huh!
 
Trumpspade said:
That's from 2002 Jug....Someone just revived it!
Damn Dogg, you an old vet yourself huh!
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Ya I know this was from an old post, but this turned out to be important info. But, it was kind of funny... :p Didn't see the post was from 2002. :eek: Anyway, lets make the best of it and get cool info... :cool:
 
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