Are my prices to low? really? how's your price? Producer to producer tips...

[RICP]

Recently some people have been saying my prices are too low


I should charge Artists more for my beats...


Check it on my website www.beatsbyrico.webs.com


But really? since there's a lot of broke Artists this days...


Most of them try to get free stuff from you..


What do you have to say about this?


Thanks for your support


@Rico_Bdz

[Xabiton]

Naw these people just want something for nothing. They don't care about you they just want to do their own thing and don't care about anyone or anything but themselves most of the time. I have had rappers try to get over on me over $1 leases which I was doing as a promo for a while. They still tripped over $1 meaning they are likely unwilling to pay anything at all. I prefer dealing with the guys who respect our craft enough to pay a reasonable price. Cats who haggle you over $12 leases ain't worth your time.

[bandcoach]

Dang and here I thought I was charging just right - $60-$100 per hours worth of work. Exclusive lease ca. $600 or 10% of gross sales and publishing income.

Buy it outright looking at $6000 easy - I only want to deal with cats who believe in themselves and believe in me......

Non-exclusive leases I don't want to know about.......

[RICP]

unfortunately That happens to lot of us....
for some reason Artists don't respect upcoming producers like us no more!

I'm feeling your beats bro
Good Stuff there!
Thanks
beatsbyrico

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yhh bro...keeping it real!
I guess it depends on what you're looking for....
Some just do it for fun...

beatsbyrico

[Xabiton]

Dang and here I thought I was charging just right - $60-$100 per hours worth of work. Exclusive lease ca. $600 or 10% of gross sales and publishing income.

Buy it outright looking at $6000 easy - I only want to deal with cats who believe in themselves and believe in me......

Non-exclusive leases I don't want to know about.......

The internet market is flooded with home studio college, high school, middle school aged kids. They are the ones who spend money on beats and you have to price according to their weekly allowance. Therefore $20 beats is just what the market needs/wants. When you leave the net and find artists actually paying for stuff u find reasonable offers like that.

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unfortunately That happens to lot of us....
for some reason Artists don't respect upcoming producers like us no more!

I'm feeling your beats bro
Good Stuff there!
Thanks
beatsbyrico

---------- Post added at 07:04 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:01 PM ----------

yhh bro...keeping it real!
I guess it depends on what you're looking for....
Some just do it for fun...

beatsbyrico

Its not a new thing artists been saying that online for about a decade now.

[RICP]

yhh you're damn right!

there's always hope....
Good promotion and quality beats can boost your sales.

[Xabiton]

The best way to boost sales is change your sales strategy. The reason there is not much money in hip hop anymore is because the hip hop audience doesn't want to pay for anything. We have been getting free albums for a decade, free plug ins free beats free music software free movies free magazines free books free video games free basically anything we want for a good decade some people grew up not knowing that you were actually supposed to buy cds there are guys out there who want to make beats with samples and say omg records are so expensive ect when u can get a shit ton of records for $20 if u go to the right places but youtube has the same songs for free so why buy a record. I honestly have lost a lot of faith in hip hop sales wise but i love the music. Its to the point people are begging you to buy their albums and its kinda sad. Producers aren't getting paid for their work by major artists and shit like that is becoming more and more common. In the future producers will not exist because you will have to be an artist who makes their own beats writes their own lyrics promotes and finances their entire project. that is the direction music is going into less collaboration and more in house DIY. Adjust your strategy accordingly

[RICP]

YOU SAid it all ... that's how things are this days.
But i think we should not lose our faith, Loss of faith can involve questioning ourselves and that's not what we want. You should always belive in yourself, But I do understand what you're saying.
I belive there's enough room for everyone to make money or just get what you want as long as you apply yourself and be patient enough, good things will come to you.
blessings
beatsbyrico

[Xabiton]

Oh I am making money just not all based on beat sales or hip hop. Not enough to pay all of my bills with but a good portion of them

[Desire Inspires]

Recently some people have been saying my prices are too low


I sould charge Arists more for my beats...


Check it on my website www.beatsbyrico.webs.com


But really? since there's a lot of broke Artists this days...


Most of them try to get free stuff from you..


What do you have to say about this?


Thanks for you support


@Rico_Bdz

Honestly, you should be giving away your music.

You are not bad, but you are not good either. You are not ready to start charging money for your music yet. You need to give out tracks to artists that you enjoy hearing. Start chasing down cats instead of waiting for them to come to you. You will then be able to build your name and let people know that you have quality material.

You are wasting time trying to make money with no buzz. People much better than you are giving away free music and are building their names. You should be doing the same. If you are desperate for money, get a day job. Work your music on the side until you truly build something worthy of making money from.

Do not be another "cats don't wanna pay for my hot joints" beatmaker. Your joints are not that hot yet. Get to work by building. You will then be able to charge thousands for songs without even hustling. This is how professionals do it these days. Do not wait for cats on the internet to discover you. You go to those who are serious and put in work. Please think about what I am saying. I am only here to help.