Many people are making an excellent living selling thier samples,
tracks, and cd's, on the Internet and off, even if they're not with a
major record label. Just look around on the Internet. People are paying
$30 to $60 for small beat and and sound packages, $50 to $100 for small
loopsets and beatsets, $100 to $300 for Instrumentals, $100's to
$1,000's for complete tracks and samples, and for the few lucky ones
like Jay-Z and J D... "Money aint a Thing"! They sell millions of their
cd's. There are thousands of people and even companies looking for new
music everyday! Let them hear yours!
Whether you dream of Making It Big in the Music Industry, or are just
interested in making some extra cash doing what you love, this article
is for you. You will see the resources you need to make your own beats,
loops, instrumentals, finished tracks, and complete demo cd's. You will
also see the resources you need to make money doing it. With that being
said, let's get to the part you are waiting for...
Part I: Make Your Own Beats, Instrumentals, Samples, Loops, Tracks, and Complete Demo CDs...
To do this, you will need a few things. First you will need recording
studio software. Recording studio software is nothing more than a
program that allows you to mix beats, melodies, chords, samples and
loops to make your own customized instrumentals and tracks. They also
allow you to record yourself as you sing or rap to your track and to
make a copy of your tracks to cd.
You can find this type of software all over the Internet. Just do a
search for "make your own beats" or "recording studio software". As you
search, you will notice that on average, this type of software will run
you between $50 and $200. Don't Buy Them (you'll see why shortly)! Now
you're going to need beats, melodies, chords, samples, and loops to
customize with your recording studio software, aka: soundsets and
loopsets. Again, just do a search for "beats" or "loops". They usually
come in packages of about 200 soundsets for $30 and 300 loopsets for
$60, or 600 soundsets for $75 and 900 loopsets for $150. Don't Buy Them
Either!
Alright, so at the minimum, $140 gets you the low-end studio software,
200 soundsets, and 300 loopsets... or if you want a little better
quality studio software and more soundsets and loopsets, you can spend
about $425 for high-end studio software, 600 soundsets, and 900
loopsets. That's everything you need to make your own beats,
instrumentals, samples, loops, tracks, and complete demo cd's. But why
did I say Don't Buy Them?
Because you can get it all, the studio software and over 1,100
soundsets and loopsets for under 30 bucks with Hip Hop Starz Record
Producer and Mixer Studio (see "about the author" at the bottom of this
article). This is an unheard of price for everything you need, and it
is of such good quality, I have dedicated an entire page of my Snoop
Dogg website to it. It is loaded with many features you will find on
the high-end software selling for $100 or more. Also, they are
currently holding a Win A Record Contract Contest with Doug E Fresh.
Use the software and enter to win!
So now you know how to make your own beats, instrumentals, samples,
loops, tracks, and even complete demo cd's, and this brings us to our
next part...
Part II: Make Money Doing It...
There are many, many ways to make money with your own music. The first
thing you need to do, though, is break it down into pieces, or
components we will call them.
There are 4 key components to any track, or song. You have soundsets,
which are nothing more than beats, sounds, scratches, etc. You have
loopsets, which are your soundsets when put together in a loop. You
have instrumentals, which are completed tracks with no voice or lyrics.
Finally, you have completed tracks, which are basically just
instrumentals that include lyrics.
When you look at music from this angle, broken down into components,
you will start to see many ways to make money with your own. Like I
mentioned at the beginning of this report, people are not only paying
for completed tracks, they are also paying for the components
individually. If you can create you own, good components, people will
buy them.
Again, search the Internet for these components. Doing so will not only
show you how much you can sell your components for, but also where you
can sell them. As long as people are listening to music, there will
always be a demand for it, and I can't see people stopping anytime
soon.
If you are interested in learning how to make money with your own beats
in more detail, I recommend you check out Bob Bakers website (see
"about the author" at the bottom of this article). Bob Baker is a
writer, indie musician and former music magazine editor who is
dedicated to showing musicians of all kinds how to get exposure,
connect with fans, sell more CDs and increase their incomes through
their artistic passions. He is also the author of the Guerilla Music
Marketing Handbook, as seen in the major motion picture The School of
Rock ... and in VIBE, Music Connection, Electronic Musician and
American Songwriter magazines. This is the guy you should listen to.
Here are some of the things you will find at his website...
- 197 Promotion Tips, Tricks, and Resources for Independent Musicians.
- 101 places to submit press releases, get reviewed, uncover PR
connections and promote your music on the Internet. Supplies the exact
website and email addresses for submitting your music news.
- The 29 most important elements in creating sizzling music publicity
materials. Make sure your media kit gets noticed by editors, writers,
booking agents, program directors, and other industry people.
- 50 ways to promote and sell your music on the Internet.
- And more, including his coveted Guerilla Music Marketing Handbook.
I hope this report has proved useful to you and I wish you all the best
as you learn how to make your own beats, tracks, and even complete demo
cd's.
