what the most u ever paid or sold for a beat?

[Nonstop]

damn pimpin who you sellin tracks to? Don't say you cant say either!
haha. Did you get that motif?

Lol, naw I aint like that no way... I been workin wit nelly's production company and they been helpin me get placements wit all kinds of artists..

Right now they've been gettin me potential placements wit a lot of lables and artists like twista, nelly (of course), chingy, yola, do or die, and a few more I can't remember off top...

But the 15k sale was actually a local dude that spent wit me for a project he's workin on

 

[Nonstop]

Oh and yeah bro, that motif sounds so fuckin natural...

Ur gone bang out hella tracks once you get it

 

[Vince V.]

Oh and yeah bro, that motif sounds so fuckin natural...

Ur gone bang out hella tracks once you get it

Is it better than the Fantom X, I was debating on selling my shit. Or is it wise to have both.

 

[INCHEZ]

Damn...I gotta go to GC and check that shit out...
I loved the ES 6 to death....

Thats dope that they improved on the navigation...

 

[HERESY]

damn pimpin who you sellin tracks to? Don't say you cant say either!
haha. Did you get that motif?

@ heresy, Yeah larry bounced I aint heard from the dude in about a year or so! He was burnin people left and right last I heard

He owes me 50 bucks.

 

[Vince V.]

He owes me 50 bucks.

LMAO!!!
He owes my boy 1000!!!!!!!

I know somebody gotta have contact with him still!
I'm not even mad at the dude tho, people treated dude hella bad to be honest, he got worked all the time.

 

[HERESY]

I never did nothing bad to him. In fact, after you hooked me up with him I turned other people on to him, and made sure that they dropped our names so he would hook us up in the future for sending him clients. Yeah, 50 aint shit compared to a rack, I know your boy is over there steamin. Everyone I talked to says he is MIA and most likely not coming back.

 

[28g w/o the bag]

where is bumpus?

i'd like to know also... lol

dude had major slappage.

::

 

[Vince V.]

I never did nothing bad to him. In fact, after you hooked me up with him I turned other people on to him, and made sure that they dropped our names so he would hook us up in the future for sending him clients. Yeah, 50 aint shit compared to a rack, I know your boy is over there steamin. Everyone I talked to says he is MIA and most likely not coming back.

yeah I never had beef with him either. He's in Kansas last I heard. His family is from there. I don't think he's coming back either.
My boy got over it now, but please believe it will be "funk" on site. lol

 

[CcytzO_Loc]

^hahaha nice word play on the name.....

 

[Kavie]

Damn! I knew you could get cashed out for beats, but you guys posted up some shit that I didn't think was possible. $35,000 for a beat?! I need to start getting into this shit for real. Some good shit I just learned.

 

[BOOBOO619]

I get the homey hook up at $500 a beat and bought around 30 from Raw steele...he just upped some new tracks...he is the one who did flatline for mc eiht and did comptons bacc..last year with eiht and cmw...and many more..he just upped some new tracks....Im feeling number 4 the most....
http://www.myspace.com/rawsteelemusicproducer

Those are some nice beats. #4 is definitely the cleanest. #3 is str8 G.

 

[BOOBOO619]

Do you guys recommend putting your beats up on SoundClick or other site like that? I have so many that I would like to "show off" and get critiqued on, but the beats I would end up posting up are the ones I'm most proud of and I would hate to get jacked.

 

[Vince V.]

Do you guys recommend putting your beats up on SoundClick or other site like that? I have so many that I would like to "show off" and get critiqued on, but the beats I would end up posting up are the ones I'm most proud of and I would hate to get jacked.

I got jacked more times than I can count on SC. Don't do it. Fools actually used to send me songs they did to my beats they didn't pay for. Shit, I been jacked from beat discs too, just tag your beats up either way,

 

[HERESY]

Do you guys recommend putting your beats up on SoundClick or other site like that? I have so many that I would like to "show off" and get critiqued on, but the beats I would end up posting up are the ones I'm most proud of and I would hate to get jacked.

I went through the same thing Vince did on soundclick. People were sending me songs they did with my music, and when I started to tag them it didn't stop. They would simply rap over the shit as if the tags weren't there. I made the top 50 in instrumentals, top 200 in rock/metal and top 50 in another genre (can't remember), but I wasn't making any money or contacts from the site, so I pulled the plug and took the music down.

Getting jacked is part of the music biz now. There is no way to completely get around the shit. You can sell a beat to someone, and that song may get on teh radio, but the artist may actually give the dj's the instrumentals and acepella. At that point, it is possible for every tom, dick and harry to spit over your shit for free, get exposure and make money.

 

[HERESY]

yeah I never had beef with him either. He's in Kansas last I heard. His family is from there. I don't think he's coming back either.
My boy got over it now, but please believe it will be "funk" on site. lol

lol! I feel you 100%

 

[8FIVE8]

I went through the same thing Vince did on soundclick. People were sending me songs they did with my music, and when I started to tag them it didn't stop. They would simply rap over the shit as if the tags weren't there. I made the top 50 in instrumentals, top 200 in rock/metal and top 50 in another genre (can't remember), but I wasn't making any money or contacts from the site, so I pulled the plug and took the music down.

Getting jacked is part of the music biz now. There is no way to completely get around the shit. You can sell a beat to someone, and that song may get on teh radio, but the artist may actually give the dj's the instrumentals and acepella. At that point, it is possible for every tom, dick and harry to spit over your shit for free, get exposure and make money.

so what u consider the best way to make some money off of beats? The only thing i can think of is to get the shit copyrighted and then start uploading and submitting ur product out to random websites and companies i guess. I'm sure rhymes get jacked all the time as well.

 

[HERESY]

so what u consider the best way to make some money off of beats?

That actually depends on what you want to accomplish, but nothing beats a manager or lawyer who has the proper connects to get your music into the hands of companies/corporations/artists/labels who have a large budget.

The only thing i can think of is to get the shit copyrighted

You have a copyright as soon as the music is in tangible form (cd, dat,dvd, mini disc, tape). You're talking about registration (form S.R., etc.)

then start uploading and submitting ur product out to random websites and companies i guess.

Yeah, you can do that, but some of us don't have the time or patience for that so we let someone else do the legwork.

I'm sure rhymes get jacked all the time as well.

Yep, and not just by indie artists or people surfing the web.

 

[BOOBOO619]

Good info Vince V. and Heresy, Thanks. I ain't going to post $hit on SoundClick then. I would assume that maybe Myspace is probably better because atleast you have more of an identity and networking capabilities. I'll rather keep all my beats to myself, until I'm REALLY ready. Or perhaps that day will never come, but atleast I'll still have all my beats. For me it's still a hobby either way. I don't mind the potential for making money though, that's just extra cash and I know you guys are loving it.

Have you guys ever "water-marked" your beats though, for example put a vocal over the beat saying your name and or company? If so, did they still get jacked? I would assume this is the best way to show off your beats online to the public, other than uploading at lower quality. Unless of course, people can listen and re-create it.

 

[HERESY]

Have you guys ever "water-marked" your beats though, for example put a vocal over the beat saying your name and or company?

Yes and they still rapped over it as if I had never spoke over it.

And this mixtape shit isn't making it any better. Now days when you submit a cd to a dj for play (a single) you have to put the instrumental on there (especially if it's a hot track) so thats more people with access to your music who can do anything they want with it. Sell it to someone else, have someone else rap over it, rearrange it, etc.

You just have to come to grips with the fact that the only way to ensure your shit is never stolen is if you never let the public hear it, and that defeats the purpose.