Any producers selling instrumental albums?
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BiggRome 2.0
Can you dig it ?
I don't have an instrumental album but I think "eventually" an instrumental album could stand on it's own.
The only thing I see wrong is the song format that Hip Hop music has, it's tailored to and built for an artist to rap over. If it wasn't so structured, maybe it could be interesting. Like say if it wasn't so monotonous but rather the songs changed up more. Different sections.
Maybe tie them together with short skits that spoke to the feel and name of the songs.
Putting beats in successive order with 2 second gaps probably won't move most "listeners". Somehow somebody is going to have to make a Hip Hop Instrumental album feel like a Jazz CD purchase.
I don't believe the songs can be normal length either, they may have to be shortened... I guess.
In a nutshell... an instrumental CD will need it's own format and structure and way to set up the songs. Make it a listening experience instead of a "skip to the next listen for 10 seconds" experience.
Also, there would have to be a lot of them available for them to catch on. Techno and all of that is just beats - but they build and change enough to keep people interested.
I don't know... good thread though. Interested in seeing what others say.
My 0.02...
The only thing I see wrong is the song format that Hip Hop music has, it's tailored to and built for an artist to rap over. If it wasn't so structured, maybe it could be interesting. Like say if it wasn't so monotonous but rather the songs changed up more. Different sections.
Maybe tie them together with short skits that spoke to the feel and name of the songs.
Putting beats in successive order with 2 second gaps probably won't move most "listeners". Somehow somebody is going to have to make a Hip Hop Instrumental album feel like a Jazz CD purchase.
I don't believe the songs can be normal length either, they may have to be shortened... I guess.
In a nutshell... an instrumental CD will need it's own format and structure and way to set up the songs. Make it a listening experience instead of a "skip to the next listen for 10 seconds" experience.
Also, there would have to be a lot of them available for them to catch on. Techno and all of that is just beats - but they build and change enough to keep people interested.
I don't know... good thread though. Interested in seeing what others say.
My 0.02...
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im1ufo
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I've been thinking about doing this same exact things...I got into making music with the goal of creating an 'album'...it turns out I'm no vocalist...selling beats one by one doesn't really interest me...I want to find someone that is willing to go wild with my vision of what an album can be
...I don't have any albums made yet because I feel like I'm still developing my style
but I did do something recently that is a bunch of short tracks that are part of a cohesive whole...next time I plan on doing more interludes to string them together a bit better...7 tracks in 8 minutes:
...I don't have any albums made yet because I feel like I'm still developing my style
but I did do something recently that is a bunch of short tracks that are part of a cohesive whole...next time I plan on doing more interludes to string them together a bit better...7 tracks in 8 minutes:
Traxx1
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^^This..takes me back. I remember thinking that too. Then, i realized that instrumentals are just half of the song....so i focused on trying to build songs..
..I guess Rome has a point though, you'd have to make it interesting and different. Something a lot of guys nowadays lack ((originality)) #Food4Thought
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The Bright Lights
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Homie BiggRome got it right. If you think about it, there are some great instrumental rap albuns, like the Dilla ones. Recently, I can remember that Clams Casino mixtape. It's probably not lucrative NOW, but I dunno, the industry changes and it's not impossible. But, like Rome said, major changes have to be made to help the instrumentals stand on it's own.
Griffin Avid
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I had to look at the start date of this thread to make sure I wasn't reading something resurrected from 10 years ago.
Obviously, you are using the italicized HERE to ask about the FP members since it's pretty common for other producers to do this.
The split comes in when you consider that it's usually Producer/DJs that are able to fill the 'missing vocal' with scratches and samples/speeches/quotes.
In traditional music, it's usually a soloed instrument that replaces the vocal, like a violin or guitar. They use it to follow the melody of the sung verse.
I find that, from a composers perspective there is both a dilemma and freedom of arranging your 'rap' beats into a flow that doesn't need to leave space for vocals.
You can take some really cool musical directions, but you lose that 'album of instrumental beatz' feel.
And thus, you create instrumental music- inspired by rap.
When we did this, the mission was to achieve a balance : some beats-like, some more full-on instrumental.
You can hear the previews of each track here :Fallout Shelter | Elevator Music, Vol. I (Bassment Level) | CD Baby Music Store
iTunes: iTunes - Music - Elevator Music, Vol. I (Bassment Level) by Fallout Shelter
Obviously, you are using the italicized HERE to ask about the FP members since it's pretty common for other producers to do this.
The split comes in when you consider that it's usually Producer/DJs that are able to fill the 'missing vocal' with scratches and samples/speeches/quotes.
In traditional music, it's usually a soloed instrument that replaces the vocal, like a violin or guitar. They use it to follow the melody of the sung verse.
I find that, from a composers perspective there is both a dilemma and freedom of arranging your 'rap' beats into a flow that doesn't need to leave space for vocals.
You can take some really cool musical directions, but you lose that 'album of instrumental beatz' feel.
And thus, you create instrumental music- inspired by rap.
When we did this, the mission was to achieve a balance : some beats-like, some more full-on instrumental.
You can hear the previews of each track here :Fallout Shelter | Elevator Music, Vol. I (Bassment Level) | CD Baby Music Store
iTunes: iTunes - Music - Elevator Music, Vol. I (Bassment Level) by Fallout Shelter
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Griffin Avid
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Oh. Well, that's like saying anyone putting out [insert thing] I just want to know if I should do it.
Why will your [thing] sell as well/better/worse than my or anyone's' [thing]?
It's going to boil down to all the factors that affect sales.
Mostly, marketing and promotions.
If I sold 1,000 units, won't mean that you will sell 1.
If I sold only 1, doesn't mean...
You might be better looking at whose actually selling these kind of projects and looking at their numbers.
And I mean in the larger sense than on this forum. Research who is putting out projects like the one(s) you have in mind and analyze their support system, marketing and promotions and scale up or down as necessary.
I don't see why an instrumental album based on hip hop beats would need to follow different rules than anything else.
Gonna expose it?
Gonna get airplay?
Gonna advertise?
Gonna share?
blah, blah, I'd assume AFTER THAT, it depends on how good it is.
a) Compared to everything else...
b) on a pure enjoyment level....
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BTW, I say you do it. Nothing bad will happen to you if you don't sell 1 unit.
But if you don't do it, you find yourself thinking "I shoulda" and in the end, doing anything/something usually opens some kind of door to other avenues.
Why will your [thing] sell as well/better/worse than my or anyone's' [thing]?
It's going to boil down to all the factors that affect sales.
Mostly, marketing and promotions.
If I sold 1,000 units, won't mean that you will sell 1.
If I sold only 1, doesn't mean...
You might be better looking at whose actually selling these kind of projects and looking at their numbers.
And I mean in the larger sense than on this forum. Research who is putting out projects like the one(s) you have in mind and analyze their support system, marketing and promotions and scale up or down as necessary.
I don't see why an instrumental album based on hip hop beats would need to follow different rules than anything else.
Gonna expose it?
Gonna get airplay?
Gonna advertise?
Gonna share?
blah, blah, I'd assume AFTER THAT, it depends on how good it is.
a) Compared to everything else...
b) on a pure enjoyment level....
---------- Post added at 07:36 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:34 AM ----------
BTW, I say you do it. Nothing bad will happen to you if you don't sell 1 unit.
But if you don't do it, you find yourself thinking "I shoulda" and in the end, doing anything/something usually opens some kind of door to other avenues.
hollandturbine
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Before I got into EDM I used to do alright out of instrumental Bass music, and to be honest I consider putting shit out under your own brand to be far more productive than waiting around for handouts.
ego killer
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rap instrumentals are generally a little boring, and they have to be because if they're too complicated they're a ***** to rap over. they're have been great instrumental hip-hop albums though, like from dilla and dj shadow.
I did a instrumental album that tells a story.
Stir Crazy Music Production, Beats and Instrumentals
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Stir Crazy Music Production, Beats and Instrumentals
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Beat Tapes?
If you're talking about making an album from scratch with instrumentals, then it's not hard. If you're talking about creating an album from instrumentals an artist has used as a track, then it's different.
Creating an instrumental album from scratch gives you the ability to mix things up in the track and make it more diverse, since you don't have to worry about shopping it to rappers and trying to stick with a simplified 1-2-3-1-2-3 pattern.
But again, if you have a nice-sized following selling an album with instrumentals already used on tracks would work too.
Hell, SoundCloud has a HUGE group of producers who strictly sell instrumental albums (beat tapes). My main focus is making beat tapes, if not only for the fact that it's much easier to sell than trying to shop around to known rappers who don't give you the time of day unless you're a friend of a friend.
I figure, since I know I make great music, it can hold itself and the more people that discover it, the more exposure I will get until rappers come to me.
If you're talking about making an album from scratch with instrumentals, then it's not hard. If you're talking about creating an album from instrumentals an artist has used as a track, then it's different.
Creating an instrumental album from scratch gives you the ability to mix things up in the track and make it more diverse, since you don't have to worry about shopping it to rappers and trying to stick with a simplified 1-2-3-1-2-3 pattern.
But again, if you have a nice-sized following selling an album with instrumentals already used on tracks would work too.
Hell, SoundCloud has a HUGE group of producers who strictly sell instrumental albums (beat tapes). My main focus is making beat tapes, if not only for the fact that it's much easier to sell than trying to shop around to known rappers who don't give you the time of day unless you're a friend of a friend.
I figure, since I know I make great music, it can hold itself and the more people that discover it, the more exposure I will get until rappers come to me.
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fataltone
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maybe do stuff like this
add some comedy skits
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add some comedy skits
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I'm selling my mixtape in the streets. It's selling 30 tracks.