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Beats, are the backbone of all rap songs, and for most people the best way to get new beats is to buy them online. Because there has been a great demand and so many artists are buying beats online producers have had to get with the game and make their music available for online sale.  With the demand and the increase in size of the industry the quality of available beats and reliability of service has seen some decline and now the same artists who use the system are facing new challenges when deciding what’s the best way to buy beats online.

You see – not every online store is legit.  For example there are online beat stores and producers selling beats that they simply do not have the rights to sell.  Some of them are even selling beats that contain uncleared samples.  Compound this with every other possibility in the book and one can only imagine the challenges that artists face when it comes to buying beats online.  Now don’t get me wrong.  There are lots of honest producers and beatselling stores where you can buy beats online.  Store sizes vary from single production house operations to large collectives like Soundclick, RocBattle, and My Flash Store.

So you are ready to buy beats online… where should you begin? The large collective offers a great opportunity to audition a large number of producers and their music.  In some cases there is a chart system that may list the beats in order based on some criteria or per feature promotion, or by latest upload.  These tools will allow you to quickly determine by genre which producers have the music that suits your style.  In most cases the large collective store will facilitate sales and have systems in place to assist you in buying beats online.  You can pull the trigger right here and get to work crafting your next hit, but if you delve in a little further you will also discover producers that are not listed in the charts and hot beats that are buried in the site.  Remember you will have to do some digging but there will always be gems for the picking.

Once you have identified a number of producers that have what you’re looking for you should take the opportunity to look at their profiles.  You can visit their personal websites where you may also be able to buy beats online, get direct links to them that will allow you to communicate via email and twitter, visit their facebook pages, and get to it…network.  In some cases producers will have mailing lists that offer free and promotional beats – join up.  This way you will get messages from these producers letting you know when they’ve added new beats to their websites and online stores.  All in all once you’ve locked in 10 producers that are actively producing you’re off to a good start and you should be able to comfortably begin the process of buying beats online.

But wait – just one more thing – There are 2 questions that you should address – what is the delivery format and what are the terms of agreement.  First format.  When a lot of people buy beats online they buy the  tracks as mp3 files, but mp3 files are a lower quality than wav files so keep this in mind.  If you intend to make a high quality recording, you will need to have the beat delivered as a wav file.  If you feel that you want to have the tracked out version of the beat to further control the mix then you may need to make special arrangements or buy a particular type of license.  The second is that of contracts and agreements.  When buying beats online choose producers and beat-selling shops that will provide you with an executed contract agreements, and of course -  make sure you understand what the agreement says.   This contract or agreement will determine how, when, and where the beat can be used so read carefully and of course if you have any questions or concerns contact the store or producer to get clarification.

You will find that if you carry out these steps and get really familiar with a number of producers you will have access to lots of beats and buying beats online will become more pleasant less stressful, and more straightforward.   By taking the time to make sure that you are getting the track in the right format and of course that you understand the terms of usage you will be in a better place, and you will find the producers and online stores that work best for you.   Remember the best producer might not be the most organized business person, or have the most reasonable agreement but once you know the deal you will be ready to buy beats online.

In keeping with our tradition of satisfying the needs of all of our customers we are beefing up our bargain beats collection.  We know that it’s been some time since we added beats to this category so over the next couple of weeks we will be rolling out some bargain beats!!

We recently uploaded a three new bargain beats to our website – buybeatsandtracks.com.  The first track titled “Discretionary Funding” is an East Coast flavored joint with a searing brass sections and intense strings .    “Precious Time” – the second beat  lives in the dirty south tradition, but has a mello feel that builds to express the emotion of passing time.  The third track “A Dirty Dose”  is just that  – a Logwood style grunge beat with a dirty synth and pounding drums.  All three tracks are taken from the “Loop Crafted Edition Vol 2″

All bargain beats are available at severely discounted prices.  That’s right!!  We are offering non-exclusive licenses for $1.99  with no option for exclusive buy out.  Drastically under-priced bargain beats are an excellent value for the budget conscious artist.

• Discretionary Funding – Rap |  East Coast
• Precious Time – Rap |  Dirty South
• A Dirty Dose – Rap | Grunge

We recently uploaded a couple of new reggae riddims to our website – buybeatsandtracks.com.  The first track titled “Thunder in the Skies” has a minimalist electronic sound while  “The Kush Doctor”  boasts a hardcore roots vibration on a dirty south drum beat.  Both tracks are are certified Logwood

For a period of two weeks both  reggae riddims are available for  exclusive sale only.  That’s right!! If you purchase these beats before April 23 2012 you will be the only one who has the beat.  After April 23  (if the beat is still available) we will offer non-exclusive licenses for $9.99  but the exclusive price will be increased to $299.99  I encourage you to take  a serious listen and lock them in while you can.

• The Kush Doctor – Reggae
• Thunder in the Skies – Reggae

We recently uploaded a couple of new beats to our website – buybeatsandtracks.com.  The two tracks that we chose are soca beats.  The first track titled “One More” has a bit of an afro-beat flavor while the second track “A Motion with a Notion”  has a more pop driven vibration.  Both tracks are excellent with a unique and compelling sound.

As for pricing – we are offering both soca beats as exclusive only tracks for a 2 week period.  That’s right!! If you purchase these beats before April 16 2012 you will be the only one who has the beat.  After April 16th (if the beat is still available) we will offer non-exclusive licenses for $9.99  but the exclusive price will be increased to $299.99  I encourage you to take  a serious listen.

• A Motion with a Notion – Soca with a pop feel
• One More – Soca / Afro-Beat

New Beats Uploaded – Loop Craft – Edition 1

So – it’s been a minute, but we recently uploaded a new collection of 8 new beats to our website – buybeatsandtracks.com.  The collection, titled “Loop Craft – Edition 1” is definitely a departure from our usual sound (if you can say there is anything usual about our sound). Non-exclusive licenses are $9.99 and exclusive licenses are being offered at a discount rate of $75.00  We’ve priced everything to move so do check it out -

Here’s the breakdown

• Concrete Soldier – Rap / Hardcore
• Wandering the Strip – Rap / East Coast
• My Air Supply – Reggae / Hip Hop
• Temptation – Pop / Dance
• Satin and Leather – Pop / Rap
• Last Call - Rap / Dirty South / Trap
• Ghetto Luv – Rap / Smooth / RnB
• Red Zone Calico – Rap / Dirty South / Banger

For starters, I feel that the passion for the music that you are creating must be present in whatever you do.  While it is important to satisfy the needs of clients (record labels, managers, publishers etc) and to meet other people’s expectations, it is important that a substantial fraction of the music that you create be a direct result of your desire to express your musical ideas.  As a rapper, choose some rap beats that align with the concepts, image and feel that you want to project along with the beats that you think people want to hear.  Remember the market shifts constantly and if you are always chasing trends you will never catch up.  Work on expressing what is resonant for you, and when the market comes around to what you are doing you will be poised to take advantage of your depth.

Once you have put honest time and passion into your music you may feel that you are ready to exploit it, but there is one area that needs careful attention – Quality Control.  As an artist managing your creative process, it is imperative that you understand the quality of product that you have and you are able to asses the strengths and weaknesses in the production.  On what level are you ready to compete?  Has your production budget affected the final product?  Is the mix exceptional or satisfactory? Did you bother purchasing a license for the track, or are the rap beats riddled with producer tags?   Once you can answer these types of questions for yourself you will be in a great position to constantly grow as an artist and continually elevate the quality of your product.

And so here you are with the mindset of understanding – confident in the product(s) and of course satisfied and happy with the time that you have put into the creative process.  Are you prepared to perform?  Do you have a show? Do you rehearse your show?  Do you analyze your show?  How do you market yourself?  Do you have a marketing budget?  Do you have a marketing plan?  If the answers for most of these questions are not affirmative or rolling off your tongue then you still have some real work to do.  For example doing a performance where you run through a couple tracks as the actual song plays in the background is no substitute for a show where you have tailored a tv track (no lead vocals) added some transitional effects to punctuate your rap beats, choreographed a performance routine, and if possible included some dancers etc.  Remember, this is show business, oh and yes marketing too.  Most people give very little thought to creating a marketing plan that connects them with buyers.  While they know that they wish to sell their music they have not figured out how to hold and captivate an audience interest. They are not consistent with their promotion, or they become frustrated when they find that their efforts are not generating the interest that they desire in the short term.  For some the feeling that only a record company and radio play will get them where they wish to go can also create a tremendous amount of stress and ultimately leave one feeling a little gloomy.  And this is where our friend Rapper A was – guilty of not creating a workable strategy, guilty of not having prepared his show so that he would wow his audience, and guilty of not objectively assessing his musical product.

Instead of focusing on the economy or worrying about changes in the world financial market outside of your control, instead of regurgitating the jargon of large conglomerates that measure success by completely different standards you need to face the music and do some homework.  First, you must realize that there is no historical parallel to the types opportunities that area available to recording artists today.  The internet is a new and emerging marketplace with an infinite number of available listeners and potential buyers and they are all waiting for you.  So create a sound marketing plan or strategy to get you where you need to go, take time to prepare your show, and of course make sure you have some great music videos, songs, and hot rap beats to share that will touch your listeners, audience, and fans.  As long as you prepare there is no need to despair.

As a part of my job I listen to a lot of music on the internet.  Artists, mostly indie, send me links to their music and I usually take a listen to the songs and leave them a comment.  Because computer based recording systems are more common the number of artists recording their own songs has increased and as a result, more  artists contact me asking me to listen to their tunes.  I typically expect to spend two hours per day listening and commenting on the tracks just to keep up and sometimes this is still not enough time.

One of the trends that I have noticed is that artists – especially rap artists are now recording a larger number of songs on the tagged beats and are using them as primary demo’s and for mix – tape releases.   Unfortunately, this practice is not really the best way for someone, especially an aspiring artist, to get noticed.  For most listeners the tags on the beats scream amateur, and it is often very difficult to take an artist seriously when he / she hasn’t bothered to invest the time and money required to present a reasonable product.

In addition to this stigma, a number of producers have begun a counter – movement and are no longer permitting the downloading of free beats from their soundclick page.  They argue that the number of free downloads is far greater than the number of licenses sold.  They also argue that the artists are using the tracks to do songs, and not just as a test run.  As a result – rather than give away the tracks, the producers are starting to sell them at a very low cost.  While all producers are not yet on board, the leading producers who provide the lions share of the downloaded tracks are unified in their approach on this matter and the movement appears to be gathering momentum.

With these new developments, artists are being challenged to find free beats.  A handful of producers accommodate hungry artists by giving them some free beats in exchange for joining their mailing list.  This symbiotic relationship allows the producers the opportunity to communicate directly with a large pool of artists and allows them to develop a relationship with large numbers of artists that are interested in their type of music.  In exchange, the artists get free beats without tags that they can use and everyone wins.

The third beat that we uploaded is “Double O Seven”  “Double O Seven” is somewhat of a hybrid.  This beat boasts an unruly snare drum akin to a dirty south trap beat punctuated with the steady drop of an old school dancehall riddim.  The style has a hardcore element to it and works well for both a dancehall artist (DJ or singer) and or a rapper.   “Double O Seven” is cataloged in the “Canyon of Heroes” collection  and can be found for sale on our soundclick page, our rocBattle page, and on our main website buybeatsandtracks.com. Take a listen!!  $9.99 for the lease and $299.99 for the exclusive!!