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 know, generally when you sell a track the first step in the process is sending over an invoice to the company or person who is buying the track from you.   An invoice is not any sort of binding contract.  It’s just an official request for your money and/or whatever compensation you are getting for your music.   Here is an example of one of my invoices…

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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…

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

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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The Top 10 “REWIND!” Moments In Hip Hop Sample History!

There are times when you are listening to some old music & you just get hit. You get hit with a musical moment, that is so great, you go back and listen to it over and over again (or sample it, then listen to it ever and over again).  We will call this a REWIND moment.  I tried to remember the first time I heard all of these tracks & rank them from #10 to #1.   These are the Top 10 “REWIND!” moments in Hip Hop sample history, according to ME…

If you agree, disagree, or think I am missing something (I’m almost sure I am) state your case in the comments below!

PS A quick shout out to all my people coming over from abcdrduson.com & theindustrycosign.com!

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