Wednesday, September 09, 2009

Exclusive Rap Beats For Sale

With so many rap beat website popping up, recording artists now have more choice than every when it comes to buying rap beats for their projects.

Now recording artists have two options to choose from.

Non-Exclusive rap beats (or “lease” beats) offer you the opportunity to grab a hot beats at a low cost. One major drawback of this option is that the beat will be licensed to hundreds even thousands of recording artists that are also looking to lower their production costs. Back in the day this option was not available, recording artists had to pay rap beat makers hundreds even thousands of dollars for a beat.

Prices range from: $5 - $30

Exclusive rap beats (or “one owner” beats) offer you with the opportunity take your project to the next level. Unlike non-exclusive beats you will be the sole owner of the beats and never have to worry about hearing your beats played my thousands of people on MySpace. The production company or rap beat maker transfers the ownership of the beat over to you but usually at a high cost than non-exclusive rap beats. In most cases, this could cost hundreds even thousands of dollars.

Royalty payments are typically shared 50/50% between both parties.

The good thing about exclusive rap beats is that you will have access to the Pro-Tools or Digital Performer files to do a professional mix and add additional sounds and instruments to it.

Prices range from: $200 - $20,000

So before you start your next recording project figure out which licensing options works best for you.

If you would like sample some hot rap beats check out Mix Me Entertainment, Beats365 or Beats2Rap2.

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