Free Hip Hop Drums From Jim Bond!

I’ve put together a Free Drum kit for all of you to try out…  I’ve been planning out my entrance into the Hip Hop drum sound selling game for a little while &  I think I am ready launch soon.  Consider this market research!  Please leave feedback below…

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Hip Hop Samples Galore! Scorpio61s Sample Mixes…

Scorpio61 Prod, black, small I just finished loading up the back catalog of Scorpio61′s sample mixes… This is a VAST amount of music and hip hop sample info to process and cannot be done in one sitting… Well over 2000 tracks, just asking to be sampled. 52 mixes in total, most having between 25-35 songs each.

Special thanks to Scorpio for putting in all the work over the years with these mixes…

For the full catalog of  mixes and tracklists click here…

The Making Of (The Beat): Jim Jones “Bright Lights Big City” produced by Jim Bond PART I

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I’ve finally finished my first beat making video…   It’s been a long time coming.  I’m gonna run through the creation of the beat for “Bright Lights, Big City”, a Jim Jones track I did a few years back.  Check it out and leave some feedback!  Stay tuned for part II of this video and more great beat making vids from The Be A Better Producer Blog!

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Michael Jackson R.I.P! – A Tribute

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Michael Jackson passed away today at the age of 50.  He was such a dominant musical force from the late 70′s into the early 90′s, sometimes it’s easy to forget what a talent he was as a child…

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Elements Of Mixing, the site!

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Ryan West and Bassy Bob Brockman are two very talented & generous guys.  When they aren’t busy mixing hit and/or classic and/or Grammy award nominated & winning records they are busy dropping knowledge on wannabe hit/classic/Grammy award nominated/winning record makers.

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How To Find Music Submission Opportunities On Twitter!

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Have you ever wanted to know how to find people to send your music to on Twitter?  Look …

Submit Your Beats To Juelz Santana…

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Here is a nice fresh one for everybody…  Juelz Santana put out another call for beats a couple …

Send your beats to Rick Ross…

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Rick Ross put a call out for beats.  So get your best maybach music together and send him …

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It seems that the lovely Nicki Minaj is looking for beats.  She has posted up on her twitter …

Send Your Beats To Diggy Simmons…

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Diggy Simmons posted this email on his twitter a while back.  Please no cursing in your beats… http://twitter.com/diggy_simmons/status/10924744274 …

Send Beats To Styles P…

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As any other MC does, Styles P needs beats. He has posted this email numerous times, so I’m …

Submit Music To G-Unit For Free…

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Dre McKenzie, head A&R over at G-Unit records, has put out an official open call to all producers, …

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How To Write A Production Invoice…

I got a good question from a reader named Anthony yesterday.  He wanted to know how to write up an invoice for beat sales.   For those of you that don’t …

The OFFICIAL Rules Of Labeling Mp3′s!

I thought it would be a great idea to iron out a simple format, so whenever you send a track to some A&R, artist, manager, etc, you will make it …

The Pros & Cons Of Tagging Your Music.

The last few weeks I’ve come across a few discussions online about whether or not you should tag your music when shopping it.  So I figured I’d throw in my …

How To Place Beats: Networking to “Bright Lights Big City”

A bunch of people have been asking me how I placed the “Bright Lights Big City” track with Jim Jones. It was pretty easy actually. I Didn’t need a grand scheme or plan (which has worked for me before). I’ll try to make this sound as interesting as possible… but its really not. This is a straight forward example of how real networking pays off.

E-Digging 101… Soulseek Tips & Tricks

Soulseek (A peer to peer file sharing program) may very well be the greatest thing in the world for hip hop samples. Here are some tips for power usage on Soulseek…

How To Place Beats: Small World

“How To Place Beats” aims to give valuable insight into the music industry through the telling of true stories of real beats being placed… Chapter I – Small World Five …

Music “Industry” Horror Stories… “A Percentage Of Nothing”

This is a gmail conversation I had with a fellow producer a while ago.  This is probably the craziest and most blatant industry rip off scheme I have heard of.  …

Track Anatomy – The O’Jays “Ship Ahoy” (Strings & Horns)

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