Sunday, October 24, 2010

Buy Beats Online - Overview

By Mike Lightner

When you first decide to buy beats online it can be very confusing to figure out what rights you will have over the music. Artists have many questions like: Will I be able to change the beats? Or will the producer sell this same beat to someone else after I buy it? With a little bit of solid information is is easy to figure out and in the end buying beats online is the most effective and fastest way to do it.

In terms of producers selling their beats, a lot has changed in the past few years. New software is coming out all the time which allows anyone to take a stab at making hip hop instrumentals. People often hear a song and due to its apparent simplicity think, I can do that. However it is much more complicated and difficult than most think. In order to actually be successful at being a producer you need a natural talent for music, you need a good set up with a fast computer and expensive software. You also need some way to market you music and possibly even a lawyer in case of legal troubles. Usually this results in many producers selling beats online, providing thousands, maybe even millions of beats to choose from.

In the guide below you will find some answers to the most important questions about buying and selling beats online:

1. What are stems? Stems are tracks that you can mix yourself to really make your music unique. The stem might include beats, bass, percussion and vocals. This will allow you at add you own effects to each part. A normal beat would just be flat and you would have to work with it. Stems are important if you want to chop it up and delete things from the beat that you don't like.

2. How do I pay for the beat? I only ever use sites that offer a Paypal payment option because then I know that I can get my money back if anything goes bad.

3. Can I play around with the beat? Yes you can pretty much do anything you like to the beat to make it fit in your track better. But even if it sounds totally different you must still give credit to the original producer. Producers always own the rights to the beat, even if you make it to the number one spot on the charts.

4. How do I give credit to the producer? Simple, just say original music by (Producers Name)

5. Do I need to clear the samples? Read the terms and conditions of the site and make sure that they use royalty free samples in all their beats. If you do not do this then you may find your self in legal troubles down the road.

6. If I buy beats can anyone else use it? Unless you contact the site to buy the beat outright (usually called exclusive rights) everyone can still use that beat.

I hope that clears a lot of the questions up about how to purchase hip hop beats online. Don't worry too much about other people having the same beat as you because most people buy beats and never release any music anyway. Good Luck!

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