Young UNO needs beats!
So this kid Young UNO came across my path while surfing and he needs beats. So submit beats to him directly at:
Unomusic1@gmail.com
You can find a link to his current mixtape release here — go dig into his style and see what he’s working with. He sounds kinda like — wait — go download the joint and see for yourself. I’ll just say that the kid is doing some good work and some hot production would only add to the cause. Send your beats directly to his email address and shoot us back a link if you link up with him.
Submit Beats to DJ Rockstar for upcoming mixtape projects
OK people. No front – I pulled directly from FutureProducers.com because if you didn’t see it there, you need to see it here. AND if you’re not a member at Future Producers, this an example of what you’re missing out on. Go check them out for one of the webs most active producer forums.
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————–here’s the post in full “Posted by jbankz on FutureProducers.com” email: contactus@new-hotness.com — AIM: jbankz
Whats good FP??
I was appointed by DJ Rockstar get gather the hottest beats from the producers I know to submit to mixtape projects he’s workin on.
If you don’t know DJ Rockstar and DJ Ill Will, they are one of the hottest DJs out right now. They’ve dropped exclusive mixtapes with Drake, Trey Songz, Soulja Boy, Bow Wow, Gudda Gudda, Yung Berg, Ya Boy, and more. They run the site Hotnewhiphop.com, which gets on average 350,000 unique visitors a month.
He’s working on a bunch of new mixtapes and album projects and needs beats. These songs are PROMOTIONAL only, so there is no money involved. However, this could be a good look if you are trying to boost the discography with some big name artists.
Please send beats to beats4djrockstar@gmail.com . Please name the MP3s: “Producer Name – Trackname.mp3″ That way we can keep track of who produced what. ATTACH YOUR BEATS. You can tag your beats to promote your name, but just do it once in the beginning please. Multiple tagged beats will not be sent.
I will be personally going through them in a week (3/12) and sending him a Zip of the hottest ones.
He’s looking for Rap/Rap-Pop/R&B style beats. Send your hottest. No straight pop music. Please don’t send me VST arp synthy chorded beats with 808 drums. I don’t wanna have to kill myself. I wanna hear unique bangers, interesting sounds, hard drums. For Pop/Rap give me something new.
People that know me know I’m not a beatjacker, just tryin to help out my fellow producers. If you don’t wanna send beats, then just dont.
Beatsweeper.com Anyone?
I just came across a site I’d never heard of before called Beatsweeper.com. It appears to be another beatselling site with nothing really going on to distinguish it from the dozens of others out there but I could be wrong – so you guys tell me.
Have you ever heard of this site or done any business there? I’d be interested to hear about anyone’s experience with it if so.
After browsing around a bit, it looks like 100 – 150 beats are posted in total. The player is decent and the quality of the beats is similar to what you might find elsewhere. Some okay, some not, and very few outstanding. Kinda par for the internet and beat sites. You can put up a profile also which might get you a contact or two but you should really have your own site for stuff like that.
I did see mention of a subscription and password but didn’t see what that was all about exactly. This might be a pay to play site. Again-you guys tell me.
Tips To Get You Music Into iTunes
Just a quick tip today. I just read a great article on how to get your music into iTunes over at the I Do Music blog.
There are a lot of things to consider when you’re looking to get your music into iTunes and actually getting it into the store is actually one of the easy parts. Getting it to sell is another thing alltogether.
Beyond the things mentioned in the article about how to get into iTunes, I’d recommend that before you even get to that point, you work up a marketing plan. Even if it’s only a $20 plan, (which will buy you just about 100 spins on internet radio – more on that in another post), you need some type of plan to market your music. iTunes doesn’t do much to help an independent artist move units. That’s all you.
Go check out that article if you’re ready for iTunes.
Are You Actively Pitching Beats To Artists?
I just read an article about a country songwriter detailing a few of the different ways he’s pitching his songs to artists in Nashville. A couple of things that stood out.
1. He had no problem spending money to get his music heard. He mentioned pitching to listings he gets through a paid tip sheet and how that works and also the fact that he’s hired a professional song pitcher to get him access he couldn’t get by himself.
Most times you hear about how you should never pay to get your music heard or pitched. I won’t tell you that there aren’t scams out there. I’ve been got and know people who’ve been got just like me. But I also have royalty checks that I wouldn’t have seen without paying services like Taxi.
My point. Spend wisely on PROVEN opportunities. If the site or service sounds too good to be true, it probably is. ALSO, a site shouldn’t have to be over the top with 50 celebs all over the site to pull you in if they’re offering real value. Look for testimonials and verifiable credits.
2. This guy was not sitting at home writing songs and waiting for the checks to hit the box. He was actively out playing his music and had albums for sale in iTunes, Amazon, etc. Also, he had an active blog that was connecting him with other people in his songwriting community. Basically, this guy was keeping it moving. He was writing new songs and getting them out there with or without a label.
Now I don’t know if this guy has ever had a major credit of not. I’m not really up on country writers. But he is handling his business in an inspirational way.
There are a lot of producers that make beats – and let them sit on their hard drive. Never taking their business seriously. If you are in the BUSINESS of making beats, shouldn’t you be actively pitching those beats to artists any way you can?
It’s one word people: Grind.
Read the songwriter – Dave Colvin – for yourself.
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