Event Alert: Beast Of The Beats 5, NYC

I’ve said it before and I will say it again & again.  If you want to be successful in the music business, you need to get out and network.  With that in mind, iStandardproducers.com is holding their 5th annual Beast Of The Beats next month (Nov 5th and 6th) in NYC.  It will be two days of panels & showcases topped off with the Beast Of The Beats beat battle.  At a recession friendly $40 for the two day event, you can’t go wrong.  Click here or the picture below for more details, click here to get your tix…

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Submit Music To G-Unit For Free…

Dre McKenzie, head A&R over at G-Unit records, has put out an official open call to all producers, beat makers, songwriters, MC’s, singers, directors, screenwriters, to send whatever kind of great creative content you can muster into his email box.  Now obviously I understand the music part of the equation, but the screenwriting & film reels request is pretty interesting.  I will try to find out some more details on the situation.  In the mean time, head over to dremckenzie.com for more details.

Producer Psychology 101: Avoiding “Fu@# You Syndrome” & Taking Losses Like A Man! by Jim Bond

Hi.  My name is Jim.  I used to write for this blog way back in the day.  Since my last post*, I have found a new calling.  I am officially an internet marketing nerd.  My goal is figuring out how to make a modest amount of  money online in a completely passive manner.   I have been focusing ALL of my time toward it the last couple months…

What this nonsense has to do with Being A Better Producer…

I recently took my first big loss in internet marketing (read about it here).  While reflecting on it, it reminded me about the losses I took while trying to break into the music biz, how I reacted to them and how I see others react to their own losses.  So I decided to delve into the psychological aspects of success and failure in the music biz…

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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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Elements Of Mixing, the site!

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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