New Rules: #1 Don’t Ask To Send Music… JUST SEND IT!

Rule: #1  Don’t Ask to send music… JUST SEND IT!

If you are going to e-mail someone and ask if you can send them some music, don’t ask…  JUST SEND THE MUSIC.  Responding back with an email can take just as long as listening to a few of your beats/songs/limericks/etc.   So save whoever you are asking the time & just include the music from the start.  If they don’t want to listen to your music, or it’s too late for a beat submission or whatever, they won’t do it anyway.  If you are worried about being seen as rude by attaching music in the first e-mail, just add this to the end of your e-mail.

“I’ve attached some of my music if you do have the time.  Thank you”

If anyone is offended by that, they would probably be even more offended by you asking for a response to send music before you send it.

The Be A Better Producer Blog Wants You!

The Be A Better Producer Blog is currently looking for writers & content contributors. If you feel you have the level of talent, insight, knowledge & out of the box thinking we need more of, please read on.

Here is a list of what we are currently looking for…

• Article writers:  Looking for writers to create musc production, beat making, product reciew & Hip Hop sample based content.

• Producers/Sound Designers:  To create Hip Hop drum and sound kits.

• Producers/Sample Heads: To create Hip Hop Sample (or sampleable) Mixes.

• Producers/Engineers/Sound Designers:  To create instructional sound design/beatmaking/production videos.

If you would be interested in joining our team, please contact jim(at)beabetterproducer.com.  Please include a resume and samples of your previous work.  A passion/aspiration for music is definitely a plus.

Back from vacation… New beat making video coming soon…

Just got back from a little vacation, just checking in to let you know I’m still alive..  While gone, Lloyd Banks did a track over another one of my tracks.  Definitely gonna do another beat making video for this one.  Unlike the last one, it has no samples.  So you will see some completely different beatmaking techniques.  Also going to do a write up on how to take full advantage of mixtape/internet tracks.  Stay tuned….

Lloyd Banks “Return of The Real” (Produced by Jim Bond)

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

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

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.

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Producers Edge Magazine Issue #06 – FREE

If you aren’t up on Producers Edge Magazine, you need to be.  Producers Edge is a FREE online magazine for musicproducers.  They have a great presentation with interactive videos and media embedded in the magazine format.  Don’t take my word for it, check it out (click the pic for the site)…