With the music industry in decline, many people may think that the market for producers is going with it. However this couldn't be fu...
With the music industry in decline, many people may think that the market for producers is going with it. However this couldn't be further from the truth. Whereas in the 90s you had the decade of the superproducers, this trend started to die out in the 2000s. The 2010s more and more shaping up to be the decade of the online producer.
Where to Sell Beats Online?
The demand for beats online is steadily increasing as more and more "Do-It-Yourself" rappers try to make a name for themselves. Inspired by the likes of Soulja Boy Tellem' and others that have reached stardom by building their online following, today's artist is thirsty for quality beats that they can buy cheaply and easily.
Step 1: How to Make Beats?
However, along with the increasing demand for beats comes with increasing competition for producers trying to sell their beats online. Soundgine is stuffed with thousands of producers all competing for a few key spots at the top of the charts. BeatStars is also quickly becoming more and more competitive. Building your own website takes time and much effort.
So how to you gain an edge?
Obviously one of the key ingredients to selling beats online is having dope beats to sell. However you may be surprised to learn that the highest quality beats are not necessarily the best sellers. In fact, maybe even more important than quality beats is your online marketing strategy. There are countless producers with great beats on Soundgine, BeatStars.com, even with their own websites that do not sell more than a few beats a month. The reason? They don't know how to generate leads, then convert those leads into sales.
In the first of many articles in this series, you'll learn where to sell your beats.
Soundgine.com
Still probably the best place to sell your beats (other than having your own website) is Soundgine.com. If you don't know about Soundgine, it is basically a site where artists and producers showcase their music and music is ranked on charts according to the number of plays.
Producers that consistently stay on top of the beat charts on Soundgine stand to make between $1000 and $4000/month selling their beats. The audience of beat purchasers in enormous and being in the spotlight in front of that audience allows you to reap huge rewards.
BeatStars.com
BeatStars.com is a newer site for selling beats online but is quickly gaining traction. On this site producers may list their beats for a low monthly fee. They may also participate in collaboration with the other members in the site. Not only is this a fun activity (especially if you get a placement), the top producers on this website are making between $70,000 and $150000/month selling beats. Again, as with Soundgine, getting to the top is not easy, however those that do make it experience great rewards.
That's It?
This article merely scratches the surface of the ways to sell beats online and much more can be learned by going to my website.
Chrisville runs chrisvillebeats.com where you should go if you want to learn about ways to sell beats online [http://www.chrisvillebeats.com].
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