Xzibit Remix Contest…

Indaba Music has posted up a remix contest for Xzibit’s new track “Hurt Locker…

According to Indaba, the winner will receive…

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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 as simple as possible for them to track you down when they want your music…  Believe it or not, a good percentage of producers/artists/managers send out mp3′s that make it very difficult to track them down.  So with no further delay, The OFFICIAL Rules Of Labeling Mp3′s!

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Send your beats to Rick Ross…

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

http://twitter.com/rickyrozay/status/15871241746

New Beat Submissions Section…

Through the power of social media (basically twitter), a lot of artists have been reaching out to their fans and giving them opportunities to send music, beats or whatever.  Due to this, I’ve set up a new little section all the way on the right of this page.  I’ll be posting any and every free beat submission for any known artists out there.  So if for some reason you are locked up for 90 days and come back to the blog, the latest music submissions will still be there on the right for you to check out.    It’s a little skimpy on content right now, but I will build it up.  Remember that you can also click on “Submit Your Music For FREE!” on top of the box to see all of them at once.

If you would like to report any sort of new beat submission action going on, please let me know @ jim(at)beabetterproducer.com

Submit beats to Nicki Minaj…

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

Attention all producers : Send your best beats to beats4nicki@gmail.com

Obviously, she isn’t going to be sifting through these tracks herself, so please refrain from sending “love” letters, “hate” letters, or pictures of yourself in the mirror with no shirt on.  Instead, put that time into making beats…

Update:  http://twitter.com/NICKIMINAJ/status/17997769307





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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 …

Submit beats to Nicki Minaj…

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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!

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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 …

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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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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.  …

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