How do you sell beats/music

[MUSIKMAKER1]

Okay I was just wondering how do you charge, How do you know it's the right price for the beat to charge? and how do you know when to bring the price up?

Is it when you become more popular or when your beats sound better. Basically how do you get to Pharells stage without becoming famous how do you know your beats are worth the price?

How much do/would you start of with?

[Monarch]

Good questions MM1...there may be plenty of answers in here. It is a wide subject that has many rabbit holes.

[MUSIKMAKER1]

Originally Posted by Monarch

Good questions MM1...there may be plenty of answers in here. It is a wide subject that has many rabbit holes.

Ooh Monarch thanks for the link I checked it out its got a lot of useful information on selling music.

Does anyone know anything about pricing beats like how do you know its worth its price?

[sureno]

Originally Posted by MUSIKMAKER1

Ooh Monarch thanks for the link I checked it out its got a lot of useful information on selling music.

Does anyone know anything about pricing beats like how do you know its worth its price?

it will always pretty much at what the distributor sells tracks for imo.
e.g itunes, beatport, juno etc

if you have a track you would want to get it signed then forwarded to a distributor who will deal with a middle man or the label and sell your track for a certain amount discussed in a pre arranged contract

[MUSIKMAKER1]

Originally Posted by sureno

it will always pretty much at what the distributor sells tracks for imo.
e.g itunes, beatport, juno etc

if you have a track you would want to get it signed then forwarded to a distributor who will deal with a middle man or the label and sell your track for a certain amount discussed in a pre arranged contract

Cool but what if you're not signed and theres no middle man? because I knew that way,

You guys aren't signed so how would you do it?

I mean can someone just come to me ask for a beat and I say its the best beat then ask them for £100?

[sureno]

Originally Posted by MUSIKMAKER1

Cool but what if you're not signed and theres no middle man? because I knew that way,

You guys aren't signed so how would you do it?

I mean can someone just come to me ask for a beat and I say its the best beat then ask them for £100?

oh right, you mean as in session type stuff, well you wont be selling beats but rather your skill as a producer? i suppose you can either do it many ways

charge by the hour

get a portfolio type folder and the customer just picks the beat they want and you charge what you feel is right, come to an arrangement

word of mouth will usually be the biggest way of promotion for you, friends wanting beats to drop vocals on etc

also you can arrange with an artist to do a collaboration and wait to see if it sells to take a share but make sure your contract is tight

[modz1]

Hey MM1
This whole culture of selling 'beats' is not something I'm completely familiar with.. I typed in 'beats for sale' (try it) on a global google search and there's a huge amount of individuals selling their 'beats'. Maybe check through their sites and do a bit of research on your view of the 'quality to price' ratio.. Also, be aware of 'usage' rights.. is the person purchasing your 'beats' licensing it exclusively or non-exclusively, is it an outright purchase allowing the user unlimited, non-royalty paying use of said 'beat'?

Technically too, what do you deliver.. a loop with all constituents, or individual 'parts' to allow breakdowns etc..?

Bloomin' minefield if you ask me

This recent DV Forums thread should be of use with regards selling actual music online
How do i start a Digital label?

[sureno]

Originally Posted by modz1

This recent DV Forums thread should be of use with regards selling actual music online
How do i start a Digital label?

The guy who started that thread was a Genius Hey Hey

[MUSIKMAKER1]

Thanks Sureno i'm just hoping when the time comes I won't rip people off, they'll go away with the beat and £100,000,000 poorer I play it a couple hundred times then they and myself realise it wasn't a good beat or not professionally done


great!

[MUSIKMAKER1]

Originally Posted by sureno

The guy who started that thread was a Genius Hey Hey

LOL!

(FEMALE)

[TrevCircleStudios]

Originally Posted by MUSIKMAKER1

Cool but what if you're not signed and theres no middle man? because I knew that way,

You guys aren't signed so how would you do it?

I mean can someone just come to me ask for a beat and I say its the best beat then ask them for £100?

You charge what the market will pay. How do you know what the market willl pay? Speak to your clients [shock horror].

[MUSIKMAKER1]

Originally Posted by TrevCircleStudios

You charge what the market will pay. How do you know what the market willl pay? Speak to your clients [shock horror].

Yeah but they might not have good judgement

[sureno]

Originally Posted by MUSIKMAKER1

Yeah but they might not have good judgement

LOL but they will be paying for it so negotiate

[MUSIKMAKER1]

Originally Posted by sureno

LOL but they will be paying for it so negotiate

Oh negotiate

lol

[MUSIKMAKER1]

Originally Posted by modz1

Hey MM1
This whole culture of selling 'beats' is not something I'm completely familiar with.. I typed in 'beats for sale' (try it) on a global google search and there's a huge amount of individuals selling their 'beats'. Maybe check through their sites and do a bit of research on your view of the 'quality to price' ratio.. Also, be aware of 'usage' rights.. is the person purchasing your 'beats' licensing it exclusively or non-exclusively, is it an outright purchase allowing the user unlimited, non-royalty paying use of said 'beat'?

Technically too, what do you deliver.. a loop with all constituents, or individual 'parts' to allow breakdowns etc..?

Bloomin' minefield if you ask me

This recent DV Forums thread should be of use with regards selling actual music online
How do i start a Digital label?

Ooh thanks Modz1 I'm sorry just I saw your post thanks for the useful info I will google it and check out the recent thread Yeah I was just wondering about the whole song in general not loops. Thanks a lot