Beat makers all over the world are passing up some of the best money making opportunities available to them. If you're trying to become a music producer and you're not paying attention to the changing industry, then it's all too apparent that you're out of luck. Trying to use the same old methods over and over again (for instance, contacting several major labels who don't care about your beats) when beat selling can be made easier.
Beat selling online is the new medium for all producers who are interested in making money without needing to deal with record labels and all their technicalities. Most labels don't have any time to hear what you have to say, and the ones that do are both rare and hard to come by. If you wanted to sell your beats online, however, you'd be selling directly to the artist. Most of the guys you sell to aren't even signed, so they're very approachable.
In today's industry there are more producers making beats than at any other point in history. With music programs such as Reason 4, Fruity Loops and Garage Band, beat making has become extremely low cost and easy. You don't need a huge studio worth almost as much as your whole house anymore. A simple program and some decent speakers are literally all that's necessary in today's production business.
If you've been thinking about learning how to become a music producer by selling beats on the internet, now is the time to start. The competition online is only getting way more intense, and it's becoming far too apparent that even some teenagers have been able to crack this medium... Perhaps its because kids are more into the digital age, but most of the top sellers on Soundclick are 17-23 years old.
It's easy to assume that all you have to do is post up some beats on Soundclick and you'll automatically start pulling in sales. This is untrue for many reasons. First of all, your page has to be right when it comes to content and how it's set up. If you don't have a Buy Now button set up on your page, then you've instantly lost 80% of all sales. If that Buy Now button doesn't have a clear call to action, you've lost another half.
Beat selling information can be hard to come by for many reasons (mostly because want to-be-producers are putting out courses acting like they actually know how to sell beats), but I recommend visiting the links in the resource box/paragraph below. Join the free mailing list and if you want to learn the advanced stuff, download the eBooks for .95 and you'll be given the step by step instruction manual for selling beats.
