Should You Purchase Beats as an Independent Artist? (Beat Leases Explained) 

WHAT IF I USE A BEAT THAT HAS BEEN RELEASED AND USED IN A SONG? CAN I BUY COPYWRIGHTS OF THE BEAT AND CREATE A NEW MELODY AND LYRICS ON IT AS IF ITS A COVER SONG BUT A COVER BEAT. Hopefully you get my point😀

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Hey.... Kathy girl How have you been since. It's a tough and saturated industry, but good things happen if we stay consistent and dedicated. We don't know each other at all but I could help elevate and contribute your career. I have some pre made beats available for you, but they are temporary leases (may not be your specific cup of tea, but it's still good enough music). I thought it's more invested if you tell me what kind of beats you really like for yourself. All of you say I want to be different. I want you to be in control of the general sound of preference in your music. Spend money on a sound of your choice. I could make you something exclusive (2-3 days after your order/request) and give you all the legal rights and what not, for $250 on beatstars. It will be yours for good, whatever returns you will get further on, I won't ask. I'm not giving bout stems though, to be honest (they are way too valuable because I can go on to make melody samples and sell). Unless you initiate a new negotiation. But that is too soon to say. My leases are at $45. That's not expensive (we can all afford), and it's not too cheap or free (those really undermine your results and you never truly feel invested in your projects. Cheap beats are good, financially, but you at risk of mediocre music. If your career is still struggling to take off, consider where where you are getting your beats. I would like you to try my link below. I KNOW YOU FEEL BOTHERED, but you never know how your most successful song will happen. 3-4 full plays is good enough for you to decide whether I'm a good source of what you need, or not. Let me know. I'm at btendaim@gmail.com. Capital Beats. www.beatstars.com/beat/10655120 www.beatstars.com/btendaim

glad you are able to understand now

Thank you Ibby! I appreciate that🙏🏼

Thank you man! I appreciate that :)

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if you create something you automatically own the copyright to that creation, for beats the only exceptions would be if you are using plugins/ soundkits from other people and they require credit, split revenue etc.

Best plan take control as an artist and conduct yourself how a major one would, Buy the beat exclusive negotiate a contract to own the master but still allow the producer to eat like any good deal would. The main goal is to make sure everyone gets a good slice of the pie and can still eat later in if song does blow up

Yessirrr

if you put it on soundcloud, itunes spotify, etc yes you will have to either purchase a more exclusive lease or delete the song from all those services. if the producer finds out you're still profiting off of the beat or have it on any streaming services (which is very easy for them to find out) then you'll be stripped of all earnings you made from that song on all platforms and will be unable to use that song or release it ever again.

The beat is ... just the beat, a product for lease. The SONG is the beat plus vocals, provided that a lease was bought. The instrumental is the SONG without the vocals. Basically, the beat's an instrumental, but producers likely aren't gonna let you upload THEIR beat onto streaming platforms for YOU to make profit off of.

Some beats are Free for profit, most of them are free just for youtube demos and snippets. Check the description of the beat you want, you can contact the producer if you have any doubt. But consider buying it, basic leases are pretty cheap

ill get you some free beats dawg

it's all in the license agreement, depends on the lease type

It needs to be exclusive in order to use content ID

I think you have to upgrade your lease at that point or buy an exclusive to avoid a lawsuit or getting your music flagged and taken down by the producer

I was thinking the same thing

No one’s talking about this it’s crazy

Then thank God

If i lease a beat and it says up to 500000 NON MONETIZED views on youtube what does that mean , i cant make no money at all of youtube

@@frankm3 yes and no. Up to 500k views isn’t monetized. After that (which is up to the producer) should be in their terms or you would have to reach out to negotiate.

You don't get the ownership of it

Yes, if you want to business the RIGHT way you should be splitting royalties 50/50. You're giving credit to you, the Author, and the producer, the composer. Still don't understand? Ask yourself did YOU make the beat yourself? OK exactly, that's your answer. Use the split sheets & give half for the vocals itself, & creator of the beat itself.

@sugarpuffs I appreciate it... I'm a filmmaker and I have the those contracts and royalties on lock. But the music industry is a different Monster...

@@noyb4441 Okay cool I just know from word of mouth how grimey this biz is . And I wrote the lyrics but the beat he made is 🔥 .... I'll keep all my publishing.... I guess I could just purchase the beat 💯 %

no, it's actually worth it, it saves you money in the long term, be your own producer and a rapper and there you will find your own sound, plus you dont have to worry about copyright, royalties, and splits

Thank you in advance if you can help!

Try me

i can make some exclusive beats for you if you need

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What does register with bmi or ascap mean?

@@scan8501 it’s how you can collect your performance royalties from venues, shows or it being played somewhere, they just purchase a blanket license from pro and then the pro distributes the money back to you ( the publisher and or writer)

Is it more worth it to buy the exclusive lease vs basic or unlimited? I want to put my music on distrokid to get on Spotify ect. But my lease says no distribution of new song how do I even release it? 😭

Hey so I found a couple of beats I really want to buy exclusively , but don’t know if it’s the right move. I’m the contract it says the produce owns 50% of publishing rights and I own the other 50% does that mean he gets 50% of what I make/get? And also when it says Artist will pay mechanical royalties at one hundred percent (100%) of the minimum statutory rate, subject to no cap of that rate for albums and/or EPs. What exactly does that refer to?

@@damientrujillo4470 the statutory rate is what you’re being paid per minute (look this term up for a more detailed explanation). 50% of publishing which is important but if you do not know this beat maker or have worked with them before 50 is a lot so what you do is get you a contract made by your own lawyer and use that in all the beat purchases going fourth that way you aren’t getting contracts from beat makers, if you can’t get in contact with them than don’t do business. Remember you are a walking business and you must move as such, if they can’t speak to you about giving them money , spend it else where. Great job for buying exclusively this means a different contract will be required either on your behalf or the beat maker (make it you!!)

What type beats do you want

Beat Lease = using the beat for a specific amount of streams or views (example 1m steams or 100m streams or 30k streams, whatever is in the agreement), than you must re lease it once you hit those streams, also other people can lease that beat Buy Exclusive = unlimited streams and no one else can use that beat without permission for monetization Leases are cheaper and better for newer artists or artists that know ow many streams they usually get Exclusives are a lot more expensive better for established artists Either way publishing should be split 50/50 artist and producer, and the master rights the artist will usually own more than the producer depending on who is doing the promotion and marketing the song. Usually if the producer just made the beat and did nothing else promo wise or marketing, they will get less % on the master If you don't pass 1million streams, loses are probably the way to go, if you do a million plus, exclusives might be better

@@marlinbeats4599bro but if you want to be getting money from your work you shouldnt work with a ceiling that fcks up the potential of the song. What you think?

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Hey bro, most producers don’t collect royalties when it comes to unlimited leases. Basically unlimited means is you can get as many streams as possible, the only difference compared to an exclusive lease is that with an unlimited lease you still don’t own full rights so it can get sold to other artists as well

@@jordangreenly193 thanks for the response bro! 🙏

@@jordangreenly193 READ YOUR CONTRACT BEFORE AGREEING most producers take 50% writers share of new song and 100% publishing of new song and wont even allow you to register with bmi or ascap so there are your performance royalties also you cant copyright it so there goes your insurance if someone was to steal it from you beware of the contracts some of them even say you dont own 100% of that master recording if you use that beat

@@NahVeAaye bro I got some questions , if you got an insta or something and you wouldn’t mind helping !

yes bro for sure . check out some of my beats bro I spend a lot of time making them

@@typatheo what happens if you don't buy the beat post it on platforms and pay the producer later all the money?

yes, but you have to split profit with the producer, or co-producer if there are any, unless you're buying an exclusive lease where there you get the full rights and keep 100% profit unlimited lease simply means unlimited distribution of copies

As long as it doesn't sell exclusively you'll be all good until you can afford the license! No worries :)

@@ShowYourGenius thankss man🥺🙏

equivalent to buying a beat before using it.

Just hope no one else bought it before you did

No

Yes someone can. As most producers want the beat to be sold over and over until someone buys it exclusively. That’s one reason why leases are cheaper than exclusives.

Tool OnDaBoards I’m not sure if he meant can someone buy it from you, or if someone else can also buy the beat which in that case they can

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Yea that’s what they are referring to when they mention the streaming and download limit. Once you reach whatever the number is on that lease you may need to renew it

@@topheavy1952 does the streaming limit matter if the song is on soundcloud??

​@@mastergsteryes, depends on what the producer has set the monetizable stream limit

Also, if I buy the beat can other ppl use it as well or its just mine then ?

@@lucidmind604 The artist will never own it 100% unless they pay a huge fee or they make the beat. Also once you buy it EXCLUSIVELY than no one else can use it, but if you lease it than most likely other people can use it

I got a bunch I'm uploading now

Lmaoo, no hate no shade👀

nah

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