"How
It felt to make my first $100 on the Internet as
a music producer" True Stories
by 30 Music Producers.
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"I
made my first $100 dollars doing beats in 1995... It was an accomplishing
feeling which made me work harder and never look back."
Clinton
Place aka Numba9
Agrownman Ent.
I made my first $100 dollars doing beats in 1995. It was really
a $1,000 with a artist named Supreme C of the Zoo Crew In Newark
NJ. It was an accomplishing feeling which made me work harder and
never look back. From there I did tracks for local artist and I
worked on my craft. By 1999 I ended up in cali working as a in house
producer for a indie label. The cali exposer lead me to..Well Here's
My Bio..
1.WestSide
Connection's Terrorist Threats Album Track #11 (Bangin At The Party)-Used
The Name Dj Jamal#9
2.Canibus's
Mind Controll Album Track #8 (Not 4 Play) Featuring:Kurupt.-(Jerked
for the Credit)
I
also have tracks with Kurupt, Yukmouth, Spider Loc (G Unit), Roscoe,
El Da Sensi (Artifacts). All tracks are unreleased, and I also did
3 tracks for The Unreleased HorseMan Project.
Current
Projects:
1.(Brotha Jes) Did His Whole Album (Self Employed) Except 2 songs..We
Are Currently Working On His 2nd Album..
2.Runt Dawg:A Personally Friend And GillaHouse Artist.I currently
have 6tracs with him, his album is in production for release in
late 2008 or early 2009.
I
also Deejayed In Some of L.A.'s Hottest Spots:: The Good Bar, Temple
Bar, Club Lingere, Sky Sushi, Monte Cristo, The Arena, The Cave
Ect..
From
there I put my own album out online December 31st 2007. Named Neva
Judge A Book.
Contact
Me:::
www.myspace.com/produceragrownman9
www.rocbattle.com/clinton
place
www.mybeatshop.com/clinton
place
(862) 763-3487.
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"I
have now SOLD OVER 600 BEATS ONLINE and started MY OWN PRODUCTION
WEBSITE!!! Thanks to those first few dollars, I was motivated to
keep on working and perfecting my craft..."
- Jmack
My
name is James Mack, better known to the music world as J.Mack. I
began making beats at the age of 18 during my senior year in high
school. At first, I was just making tracks for my rap group “Street
Gang.” I was rapping with them so of course these beats were all
free but I would just come home from school and go hard on the Fruity
Loops for two and three hours at a time. Every weekend my group
would come over and we’d cycle through maybe 20 plus brand new tracks
and pick the best one. I decided to take all the other tracks my
group didn’t use and burn them to disc. I remember just burning
disc after disc and taking them to different places giving them
away and leaving stacks of discs in the malls.
Shortly
after that I remember a guy from my neighborhood called me and asked
how much my tracks were and I said $20 a track. I remember going
through over 100 beats with him that day and he left with 6 beats
and I had 60 BUCKS!!! It sounds funny now but at the time, $60 for
six beats I made all in the same day probably sounded more like
a new pair of “Adidas Shell Toes” to me. I remember thinking to
myself “wow, I can’t believe people will really spend money on something
that comes so easy to me!” That was the point beat-making transformed
from just something I could do, into a special gift from God. Sure
I let that guy talk my price down but he also helped me price my
tracks better by spreading the word about me and constantly praising
my work which all triggered my understanding of supply and demand.
From there I decided I could get $50 per track and every time I
stepped my game up I would add a couple bucks to the price. I was
making $100 per track my first year of college and more than that
during my sophomore year. The money was a true blessing from God
because, college was expensive and days that I would’ve went hungry,
I had a little change in my pocket from someone purchasing a beat
earlier in the week. That same year is when I took my hustle to
the internet. I made my first few sales through soundclick I believe
but the first dedicated production site I registered at was rocbattle.com
and it was far from the last. I have now SOLD OVER 600 BEATS ONLINE
and started MY OWN PRODUCTION WEBSITE!!! Thanks to those first few
dollars, I was motivated to keep on working and perfecting my craft.
HEAR
MY WORK @:::::
www.rocbattle.com/jmack
www.mybeatshop.com/j.mack
www.buythatbeat.com/jmack/
www.myspace.com/jmackdaking
www.pmpworldwide.com/jmack
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"I
remember waking up one day and discovering an extra $50 in my account..."
When
I made my first $100 from posting my music on the internet I felt
proud and excited that I could use something that started as a hobby
to make a little money here and there. I remember waking up one
day and discovering an extra $50 in my account I was very surprised
didn't know where the money had come. But soon after checking my
e-mail I learned that over night I sold 2 beats!. I even e-mailed
the buyer and thanked him for the purchase. He told me to stay in
contact and that he is going to need more beats for his album. Making
money in your sleep seems like a dream come true, and I plan to
continue to improve and post more of my music online.
B.City of BrassCityProductions
www.brassbeats.com
www.myspace.com/brasscityproductions
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"It
was a great feeling, to have other producers tell me that I’m pretty
good..."
Tim
O.T. for Rocky Mountain Gumbo Productions LLC
I started
out making beats because I loved Hip Hop. I would hear a song and
try breaking all the sounds down in my head. The rhythm had me since
I was young. My friends and I would freestyle to anything. I would
buy singles that had the instrumental version and we would make songs
to them. One day I broke down and copped my first piece of equipment.
A Boss DR-5. I still have it and still use it. It’s been a long journey
since 1999. Things have progressed nicely but there wasn’t as much
satisfaction as I thought there would be in making music for a local
group. I wanted the rest of the world to hear my beats too!
That’s
when I got online and started trying to sell beats. The first spot
I got on was rocbattle.com. It
was a great feeling, to have other producers tell me that I’m pretty
good. It’s one thing when your boys tell you but when perfect strangers
from all over the world say it, that will motivate the hell out of
you. 2 months after I got on the site I sold my first beat! That was
one of the happiest days of my life. Things were slow after that because
I had no clue how to market myself. It took 8 months for me to make
my first $100 online but it’s an experience that I will always cherish
because it’s money I made off my music. I mean I was going to keep
making music regardless but now I had an opportunity to make money
off something I love to do! I’m now using my own website to try and
market my music. www.overtimebeats.com
No matter what happens I’ll never stop making music.
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"The
feeling was one of amazement, that it was so easy and of elation that
I found something new to make money with...."
D'tect
- Producer, Engineer, Tour D.J.
I've made my share of money in the music industry producing music
and when I first came across a music selling website (rocbattle.com)
I was skeptical about the success that it could produce. I loaded
music that I made onto the page for people to hear but not for sale.
Alot of the other producers on the site were selling their music,
but I stayed skeptical for a while. Then one day I started thinking
about the extra money they must be making and I put prices to my music.
My
first sale came immediately and I hadn't even advertised my page.
By
the third month, I had 6 sales, a few exclusives for good money, with
no advertising. The feeling was one of amazement, that it was so easy
and of elation that I found something new to make money with....
At
the end of one year I had 22 sales with no advertising. That was ok
money to have on the side. Then I heard of a website (sellmorebeats.com)
that gave me tips on internet marketing for my page. I put just 1
tip to work and I've sold 20 beats with 4 exclusives in two months
this year! This was real nice money to have on the side. I
started thinking that there are alot more people out here without
a deal that need music than with a deal. Enough to make a nice living
if you put a little work in.
The
internet gave me the vehicle to get to artists all over the world
and not just artists my manager or I know. I've gotten more work for
myself than my manger has lately, lol. There's no better feeling than
waking up to money made while you slept that night. You make money
24/7, it doesn't stop. Imagine going to your ATM to get money out
and you just have more and more money, that's kind of how it feels.
Selling music online is just smart, no matter how big you are. The
number of people you can touch is Immeasurable.
D'TECT
TEAM OFFICIAL PRODUCER
#1 - ROCBATTLE PRODUCER ALL-TIME
#1 - HIP HOP PRODUCER ALL-TIME
#1 - UNDERGROUND PRODUCER ALL-TIME
AND SEVEN OTHER ALL-TIME TOP TEN RANKINGS IN OTHER GENRES
HTTP://WWW.ROCBATTLE.COM/DTECT
DTECT@HOTMAIL.COM
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"My
first big money sale was through soundclick. I sold 6 exclusive beats
in 2 days for a total of $650...
I was so happy that I couldn't describe it with words..."
Doc
West for 1BeatAday.com
I
have been in the production game for 5 years now. At first, I was
just making beats for fun in high school. Then Ii saw people making
a ridiculous amount of money just selling beats on the Internet. I
know my beats were hotter than alot of the beats that where selling.
So I got myself a soundclick account. people came through now and
then to listen but I couldn't seem to make a sale.
Then
about a year and a half ago Ii found rocbattle. I started getting
active in the battles and forums on there. They kept me motivated
and I improved drastically in the first three months. I sold my first
non-exclusive joint for $20 on rocbattle. And this tiny sale opened
my eyes and showed me the reality on how I can actually make money
with my beats instead of envying others. So I pushed myself even harder
looking for that next dollar. Then as my catalog grew, different managers,
labels and artists started calling me and ask for beats. My first
big money sale was through soundclick. I sold 6 exclusive beats in
2 days for a total of $650. I realized I have actually stepped into
the reality of being a professional. I was so happy that I couldn't
describe it with words. I know that if i could make $650 now, the
possibility is unlimited for the future. I never looked back ever
since.
Now I
still stay active on rocbattle, soundclick and many other sites. I
am also building my own website, www.1beataday.com thanks to the tutorials
on sellmorebeats.com. For aspiring beatmakers/producers, soundclick
is a great resourse for serious beat buyers and rocbattle is a great
place to sharpen your skills.
-DocWest
www.1beataday.com
www.soundclick.com/docwestbeats
www.robattle.com/docwest
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"I
can remember how happy I was when I sold my first beats. I was so
excited to have made that little $10 dollars, but that pushed me to
pursue more..."
MoeBeats
From MOEPRODUCTIONS
I can
remember how happy I was when I sold my first beats. I was so excited
to have made that little $10 dollars, but that pushed me to pursue
more and to build more and more. Aa soon as I sold that first beat
I contacted the person I sold it to thank him for his purchase and
told him that I hoped he would enjoy it and purchase again and also
offerded him a free beat.
I have
a big passion for making music and love the fact that I can make a
living doing it. I enjoy updaying my list of beats and having artist
enjoy my music. I also love to help up and coming artist so I always
have deals going on.
ROCBATTLE.COM/DKILLER
MoeBeats.COM
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"I
made my first hundred selling beats 7 years ago, actually I sold a
beat for $300 on acidplanet. I was like Whoa, 300 bucks..."
MdotMusicProductions
I
made my first hundred selling beats 7 years ago, actually I sold a
beat for $300 on acidplanet. I was like Whoa, 300 bucks. I felt like
I could do this for a living. I also felt great, not just for the
money I made, but the fact that a track I made was received. This
allowed me to fuel my dreams of being successful in the music biz.
I
sold a good amount of tracks on many websites afterwards, but I haven't
maximized my potential earning capabilities until now I have a new
approach and business plan and using sellmorebeats.com tips to realize
that goal.
I'm
working on building more success online while continuing to pursue
bigger “fish” by working towards tv and other media placements. I've
been growing musically the past 2 years and have been learning piano,
drums and the guitar. My goal is the learn to play all the instruments
that I like.
Currently
I've been been networking, competing in battles and working on TV
projects to Mixtapes all over the world. I'm always looking for new
artist to work with
http://www.myspace.com/MdotMusicProductions
http://www.soundclick.com/MdotMusicProductions
http://www.HotBeats4Less.com
info@mdotmusic.com
Tel:917-322-9695
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"The
first $100 dollars let me know that people felt what I was doing and
my music was special enough to invest in which led me to believe I
was doing what people liked..."
DJ
Ave Mcree of Trap Camp Entertainment/Future Star DJ's
My
name is DJ Ave Mcree of Trap Camp Entertainment/Future Star DJ's (Producer
of the up and coming Pop group Dukes of Da'ville (Virgin Records/Capitol
Music), movie score credits for the movie "Perfect Strangers"
with Actor/Actress Bruce Willis & Halli Berri).
I use to scramble around for new opportunities and work until I positioned
myself online where all the traffic was at. One day, I was reading
my favorite magazine about DJ's and Producers called "Scratch
Magazine" when I ran into an ad for a website called rocbattle.com.
The site offered producers the opportunity to network and sell beats
and earn 100% of their commission. At the time, I had no job and wasn't
getting any attention from record labels. I posted some of my work
on rocbattle.com and made over $1000 with in a 4 month time period
of my membership(not counting the money made from doing music offline).
The
first $100 dollars let me know that people felt what I was and my
was special enough to invest in which led me to believe I was doing
what people liked. Leasing beats helped me discover new talent and
network with people all across the world which was my main goal. Since
then, new projects and opportunities have fell on my lap and with
this continuing income I am able to get the equipment needed to further
my career.
www.myspace.com/avemccree
www.rocbattle.com/avemcree
(my online beatshop)
www.youtube.com/avemcree
(Trap Camp Entertainment TV)
www.futurestarmusic.com
(the PR and Promotion home for many indie/major artist(s)
www.futurestardjs.com
(the home of all the DJ's worldwide)
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I
can't even explain how I felt to get on the internet and make my first
$100. All I can remember saying is " I'm going to kill the Internet..."
Allen
Brown AKA Fat Fingers
When
I made my first $100 on the Internet I didn't even know. I had produced
my first cd and set up a website with my first CD "Hustling -
the key to success" in 2000. I had set up a merchant account
to accept the credit card payments. So after about 2-3 weeks I didn't
sell any of the CD's. At least that was what I thought.
I
was getting mad discouraged and thinking nobody wanted my product.
So I would check my email like 5-6 times a day and just wait for the
first order to come in. As I would wait, I would delete the spam emails
and just wondered where is the first sale. So as I was deleting spam
I decided to open a few of them. I open one with the subject line
"PnP - and a persons name". For the last week I kept getting
emails with the subject line "PnP with a persons names".
So I finally decided to open up one of these spam emails.
As
I opened one of the PnP spam emails, it gave information about my
CD and said paid $14.95. To my surprise when Plug n Pay sent out payment
notifications, the subjedct line would read PnP - and the persons
name that purchased. I was buggin because I was waiting for a subject
line that said notification of payment and all a long I was getting
paid.
I
immediately went into the plug n pay system and discovered that I
hade made over $350 with the CD. This blew my mind. I had deleted
so many of those emails and was discouraged when I was really getting
paid all along.
I
can't even explain how I felt to get on the internet and make my first
$100. All I can remember saying is " I'm going to kill the Internet"
over and over again. I just know that it made me feel like I could
do way more. So after that I produced more product and more websites
and the rest is history.
Allen
Brown
Sellmorebeats.com
UrbanMillionaires.com
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"I
made my first few sales and after 1 whole year I made my first $100
online! Now that might not sound like alot of money, and truthfully
it really isn't, but that $100 gave me the inspiration I needed to
take my game to the next level..."
- Breeze The Beat Machine
My name is
Breeze The Beat Machine a 20 year old up and coming producer out of
Brooklyn, NY. I started making beats in November of 06. Ever since
then its been all about music. Before production I always had a thing
for music. As a kid coming up I found myself listening to rap just
for the beats. I wasn't even a rapper yet. I still found myself buying
and downloading instrumentals for my own listening. I would just listen
and totally disregard all lyrical content and just vibe with the beat.
Always intrigued with the sound I began to experiment with the piano
playing anything I heard by ear until I finally became able to create
my own music. At the late age of 18 I sought out to make beats, I
made them for my personal listening. I became so wrapped up in the
music that I even lost my 9-5 due to lateness (me going hard with
the beats) and just decided to become a full time producer. Sounds
crazy huh?
Well
it was!!! My road down the production game was hard ( for the year
and change that I've been in it). For 1 entire year I made beats and
nothing but beats perfecting my craft day by day trying to create
my own unique style (Unemployment held me down for that long period
of time). It was really hard for me, with people not accepting my
dream and family urging me to get off my butt and get a job. There
were really no profits coming in at all. But after grinding hard and
promoting myself like there was no tomorrow it finally paid off. I
made my first few sales and after 1 whole year I made my first $100
online! Now that might not sound like alot of money, and truthfully
it really isn't, but that $100 gave me the inspiration I needed to
take my game to the next level. I proved everyone wrong and accomplished
a goal that meant so much to me. Now that I have the support of my
family (and these people are VERY hard to convince) I see myself going
far in this business. In a few years I can see myself being a household
name with this production. Now for the year of '08 im averaging roughly
$150/month in online beat sales and I'm quickly becoming the neighborhood
"supa" producer! Now I got $$$ in tha bank, shawty watcha
think?!
Breeze
The Beat Machine
youngbreeze.com
http://www.rocbattle.com/BreezeTheBeatMachine
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"I
felt like the past 10 years honing my craft on the side was in some
way preparing me for a new life of freedom outside of Corporate America..."
-Lawrence
aka Khalil Guinn
I
originally started out making music back in '96, partly for fun and
as a substitute for having to pay producers the large sums of money
they were asking for to create a beat. I had been singing and playing
keyboards since I was a kid, won competitions & talent shows for
years, but never really thought about making money off the Internet
with my music. So one day I invested my money into an Alesis QSR7,
a Roland Dr. 770 drum machine, the Planet Phatt, and Cakewalk 9.0
music software. After I did my first beat and it was actually played
on the radio, I remember thinking "I could really make some money
off this online". However, the problem was that I really didn't
know HOW to make money on the Net. I knew it could be done and I had
the technical ability set up a website, but I didn't have the business
or marketing knowledge or guidance to help me acheive that goal. So
while I've consistently made great money in the IT field in Corporate
America, I always felt I was missing out on a great opportunitiy that
others were taking advantage of.
10 years
later in 2006 Rocbattle.com came into my life. I signed up 3 months
after it launched and soon made my first $100.00 selling my music
online. I felt like the past 10 years honing my craft on the side
was in some way preparing me for a new life of freedom outside of
Corporate America. Allen (aka FatFingers) was always dropping jewels
of knowledge on the Rocbattle forums and he had a hand in diversifying
my outlook on making money both ON AND OFF the net. I started a new
production company, a new website http://www.radioreadybeats.com,
got into real estate, plus I am constantly thinking of new ways to
make money online. I believe Sellmorebeats.com
is about more than just a "how to sell your beats" website.
It's really about teaching you how to become financially independent
regardless of your skill level as a producer/beatmaker. Anybody who
wants to really make money online can put these methods to use, even
if you're not a musician!! I can say from experience that what he
teaches here could literally change your life.
-Lawrence aka
Khalil Guinn
R&B / Hip Hop Songwriter and Producer
http://www.radioreadybeats.com
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