Ok, you have all of your songs written or recorded onto mixtape beats, but you want to make a "real album" that you can release to the world.
It sucks when you have all your lyrics done, but no songs recorded and you don't know any super producers and on top of that you don't have the cashola to pay for sessions, even if you did know a super producer. It's more disheartening when you have recorded your songs to every one else's beats that you have no right to use.
When you are a writer that writes rap songs, things are a not that complicated. You need beats that you have the legal right to use, then you need a studio to record your song in, then you need mixing and mastering, before you unleash it. There are many places online to license beats from, and there are typically two types of licenses you may choose from, exclusive and non-exclusive.
Exclusive licenses are considerably more expensive because once you buy this license, no other artist can buy or lease this music, but that doesn't mean that you will be the only person licensed to use that beat because it may have been licensed non-exclusively before the exclusive licensed was purchased. At any rate, once you buy an exclusive license, no one else can buy a license that beat from that point on.
Now, exclusive licenses cost more because once you purchase this beat, no other artist can license or lease this particular music. However, that does not mean that you will be the only artist with that beat because it may have been licensed non-exclusively before the exclusive license was purchased. But still, once you purchase an exclusive license, no one else can license that music.
Non-exclusive licenses range from 2.99 to around 50.00 per beat, and exclusive licenses are anywhere from 200.00 to 10,000.00, depending on who the producer is. So whatever your budget is, you can find something within your budget. Plus, producers offer package deals when purchasing multiple leases. www.freshoffabreakup.com is a good place to start.
For writers that create R&B songs or pop songs everything above still applies, but you also should to find a singer who can "demo" or "sing" your songs. That is, unless, you can sing them yourself. Finding a demo singer that will do your songs justice can be a difficult task. Professional demo singers can be a little pricey, but it is usually worth it....and what you shouldn't do is rely on someone's word that they can sing, then blindly to pay them, then when you get into the session, they take forever and sound horrible....and you end up with a song that sounds nothing like you wanted.
If you decide to use a professional demo singer, or you are singing the song yourself, if your budget allows, you may also want to hire a "vocal producer".
A vocal producer is the person who is responsible for making sure your vocals are delivered correctly, your melodies are attractive, and that the over all recording is marketable.
That's it for now, but shortly I'll cover more topics, so until we meet again..
It sucks when you have all your lyrics done, but no songs recorded and you don't know any super producers and on top of that you don't have the cashola to pay for sessions, even if you did know a super producer. It's more disheartening when you have recorded your songs to every one else's beats that you have no right to use.
When you are a writer that writes rap songs, things are a not that complicated. You need beats that you have the legal right to use, then you need a studio to record your song in, then you need mixing and mastering, before you unleash it. There are many places online to license beats from, and there are typically two types of licenses you may choose from, exclusive and non-exclusive.
Exclusive licenses are considerably more expensive because once you buy this license, no other artist can buy or lease this music, but that doesn't mean that you will be the only person licensed to use that beat because it may have been licensed non-exclusively before the exclusive licensed was purchased. At any rate, once you buy an exclusive license, no one else can buy a license that beat from that point on.
Now, exclusive licenses cost more because once you purchase this beat, no other artist can license or lease this particular music. However, that does not mean that you will be the only artist with that beat because it may have been licensed non-exclusively before the exclusive license was purchased. But still, once you purchase an exclusive license, no one else can license that music.
Non-exclusive licenses range from 2.99 to around 50.00 per beat, and exclusive licenses are anywhere from 200.00 to 10,000.00, depending on who the producer is. So whatever your budget is, you can find something within your budget. Plus, producers offer package deals when purchasing multiple leases. www.freshoffabreakup.com is a good place to start.
For writers that create R&B songs or pop songs everything above still applies, but you also should to find a singer who can "demo" or "sing" your songs. That is, unless, you can sing them yourself. Finding a demo singer that will do your songs justice can be a difficult task. Professional demo singers can be a little pricey, but it is usually worth it....and what you shouldn't do is rely on someone's word that they can sing, then blindly to pay them, then when you get into the session, they take forever and sound horrible....and you end up with a song that sounds nothing like you wanted.
If you decide to use a professional demo singer, or you are singing the song yourself, if your budget allows, you may also want to hire a "vocal producer".
A vocal producer is the person who is responsible for making sure your vocals are delivered correctly, your melodies are attractive, and that the over all recording is marketable.
That's it for now, but shortly I'll cover more topics, so until we meet again..
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