Review: SellMoreBeats.com – “Sell More Beats Online” Video Series

A few months ago I was in the process of setting up my first beat selling site, www.iLeaseBeats.com.  While researching the business of non exclusive beat selling, a friend of mine told me to check out a website called www.sellmorebeats.com.  I am the worlds greatest procrastinator (and skeptic), so naturally it took me about 4 months to finally check out the site.  After checking out the videos of the sellmorebeats series, I had to write up a review…

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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 years ago, I was in negotiations for a 10 song production deal with an indie label.  At the time, I had not sold a beat for more than $150 and hadn’t worked with any known artists.  Needless to say, this deal was going to bring in a lot more money than that.   After working out the basic terms, I was eager to sign the dotted line.   Even though I got a lawyer to check out the paperwork when it came, I was so impatient, I decided to get some free legal advice online first.  I did a search for “Entertainment Lawyers” and anonymously instant messaged a random entertainment lawyer to see what he thought about the deal.

I talked to this guy about the deal for a bit then just started to BS with him.   Turns out he was in NY.  He  was also working as a consultant on an MC’s project.  Out of all the MC’s in the world this guy could have been working with… … Continue Reading

My new hustle…

For all you MC’s out there with not a lot of $ to spend on tracks. Check out my new site iLeaseBeats.com. I will be posting a whole bunch of my sample stuff up there for non exclusive usage at $50. Check it out…