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10 Tips for Buying Beats Online
Buying rap beats online is quickly growing and it’s great to use the internet to bring talented producers and artists from different parts of the world together. However, like with any game, there are some players who do things right, and others who don’t. I have therefore compiled this simple list of tips for buying rap beats online in order to help aspiring artists out there pick the right website/producers to work with.
1. Music Licenses – Understand them Know the difference between exclusive and non-exclusive licenses. An exclusive license will grant you the exclusive (hence the name) right to use the beats for your projects. A non-exclusive license will give you the right to use the beat for your musical projects, however the producer retains the right to sell the beat to other artists too.
2. Music Licenses – Know which one to buy Exclusive licenses can be expensive, but essential if you’re looking to commercially release an album. If you’re however recording a demo or mixtape, a non-exclusive license is fine, however make sure you check with the producer what rights you get as these will vary from site to site.
3. Prices, don’t pay too much! Owners of beat sites often get carried away by their big ego’s and will charge inflated prices for standard beats. A rough guideline for prices follows: Non-Exclusive Licenses - $15 - $50 Exclusive Licenses - $100 - $1000 Of course, the above prices depend on the producer’s popularity and talent. However, we would not recommend paying more than $1000 for an exclusive license bought online from someone you have never met in person.
4. Websites, only buy from trusted ones any proper online business will make sure they have a trustworthy image. Therefore make sure that the site you’re buying from has at least one or two of these: - Full contact details, phone number, email, mailing address - Privacy Policy
5. Look for trust symbols On top of the above, the website should also have third party trust symbols. These are certifications from other companies that prove the website is trustworthy and not fraudulent. Some symbols to look for are: - BBB Certification - Paypal Verified - Shopping reviews - Hacker Safety Certifications - Antivirus Safety Certifications Also make sure these symbols link through to another page that explains what they mean and how the website in question fits the criteria.
6. Email the site and check if they reply Crazy, but certain beat sites will not bother doing this. Would you want to do business with someone who doesn’t care about talking to you? .
7. Look for testimonials; this is not essential, but it’s always good if you can see that others have dealt with the site before and have been satisifed with their beats.
8. Avoid producers who only use a Soundclick/MySpace page to sell beats A domain name costs less than $15 a year, surely it’s not a good sign if someone doesn’t even have the money to buy that and set up their own independent website?
9. Search for the site on Google This is a quick easy way to check a site’s reputation. Do any bad comments show up, or anything else unusual?
10. Is the site alive? Does anyone update it or is it dead? We’re all very busy making beats, but adding some small updates once in a while is within everyone’s reach. Therefore look for blog posts, new beat uploads and even small updates such as changing the current year noted on the site!
Pops' Origin
Pop music is a liberal and vague category of modern music not marked by artistic considerations but by its promising audience or future market. Pop is music composed with calculated objective to influence the majority of its contemporaries. In contrast to music that calls for education or arrangement to appreciate, a significant characteristic of pop music is that anyone is able to enjoy it. Artistic concepts such as complex musical form and aesthetics are not a matter in the writing of pop songs, the key aim being audience satisfaction and commercial triumph. Although the aim of pop music is to sell records and do really well in the charts, it does not require wide acclaim or commercial success. There are bad or unsuccessful pop songs. Originally the term was an abbreviation of, and synonymous to, popular music, but developed around 1954 to express a particular musical category. The stylistic origins of pop music is folk,jazz,R&B,rock and roll,traditional pop music.The typical instruments are electric guitar,bass guitar,drum kit and keyboard.The cultural origins date back to 1950's in the United States.It is popular worldwide since 1960s. The standard format of pop music is the song, usually less than five minutes in length. The instrumentation can range from an orchestra to a lone singer. In spite of this wide choice, a standard lineup in a pop band includes a lead guitarist, a bassist, a drummer (or an electronic drum machine), a keyboardist and one or more singers, generally not themselves instumentalists. Pop songs are generally conspicuous by a heavy rhythmic element, a mainstream style and traditional structure. The most common modification is strophic in form and focuses on memorable melodies, catchy hooks and the appeal of the verse-chorus-verse arrangement, with the chorus sharply contrasting the verse melodically, rhythmically and harmonically. Lyrics in pop compositions are usually simple and speak of universal experiences and feelings, moving away from incomprehensible or debatable issues.The international appeal of pop was evident in the new millennium, with artists from around the world influencing the genre and local variants merging with the mainstream. As of 2008, pop music is now currently the most popular style of music of youth culture, making competition with hip hop, dance and country.
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At the 2009 Grammy Music Awards rap artists' T.I., Kanye West, Jay Z, and Lil Wayne performed the hit single "Swagger Like Us" from T.I.'s 2008 record "Paper Trail." This is the first time the four have actually performed one song together. Now this has got me really thinking has there been a live preformance that held 4 such coveted artists' to the game on one stage? Not even just rap, there has never been to this date 4 top artists' in ANY music genre.
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At the 2009 Grammy Music Awards rap artists' T.I., Kanye West, Jay Z, and Lil Wayne performed the hit single "Swagger Like Us" from T.I.'s 2008 record "Paper Trail." This is the first time the four have actually performed one song together. Now this has got me really thinking has there been a live preformance that held 4 such coveted artists' to the game on one stage? Not even just rap, there has never been to this date 4 top artists' in ANY music genre.
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