So my cousin asked me for some drums....

[T-Top]

Give him some decent samples but not your best :P

[Salem Beats]

Considering that you're just one producer with no established track record to speak of, and that there is a large quantity of talented sound designers out there (with quite a few offering high quality drum kits for extremely reasonable prices), the odds are that your cousin is the one getting a bum deal out of this.

If you're lucky enough for your cousin to make something great with these drums, you *might* gain some notoriety... If people care enough about the drum sounds. Regular non-producer listeners generally don't like songs just because the drums sound cool.

Your drum sounds might be awesome, but please take the situation into perspective. To you, these drums are special, but to the world, it just another generic hip-hop drumkit. Stay humble. You should be honored that your cousin even wants your drums.

-Ki
Salem Beats

[5ynoT]

Considering that you're just one producer with no established track record to speak of, and that there is a large quantity of talented sound designers out there (with quite a few offering high quality drum kits for extremely reasonable prices), the odds are that your cousin is the one getting a bum deal out of this.

If you're lucky enough for your cousin to make something great with these drums, you *might* gain some notoriety... If people care enough about the drum sounds. Regular non-producer listeners generally don't like songs just because the drums sound cool.

Your drum sounds might be awesome, but please take the situation into perspective. To you, these drums are special, but to the world, it just another generic hip-hop drumkit. Stay humble. You should be honored that your cousin even wants your drums.

-Ki
Salem Beats

....while I may not have an " established track record," my shit is my shit. Not once did I say, I dont want him to have "my sound" or anything of that nature. I have never cared, for as long as I've been making beats, about what the world thinks of what I do or have. So why would I care what my drums mean to the world. The sentiment that I *might* notariety from my cousin using drums I gave him or that he's getting a bum deal out of it was just utter disrepect, but I'll take that with a grain of salt and in stride. As humble as I am, is as humble I will remain, for you to speak on my modesty clearly tells me how "humble" you are Ki. Ergo, I'll say this, thanks for replying and much love to you.

[Salem Beats]

Waddup doe yall, Im new to this site, but I've always heard about it, thought I'd sign up and see what it had to offer.

BUT, a while ago, my cousin who also makes beats asked me for a zip of some drums from my library. At first I was cool, because its fam, but the more I sat on it, the more I thought about how painstakingly meticulous it was to build it. And to just GIVE it to someone just felt wrong in some kinda way. What are yall thoughts on this? Sharing drums or even samples with other producers?

Dont get me wrong I've shared a few of my gems with people I know that make beats...especially when my hardware is off somewhere and Im not making beats. ...but still a little part of me dies inside.

Imagine how DAW and plugin developers must feel.

They put in long hours for months (or years, especially in the case of DAWs) meticulously writing code, and people steal the software from them.

-Ki
Salem Beats

[Instrumental Asylum]

You are lucky to have a cousin with this same interest and should be honored that he asked for the drums in the first place, but assembling an kit like this is an incredible amount of work, especially considering this won't really benefit you. Unless you already have a kit made up for yourself that you work off of you can just send him, you should just "teach the man to fish". Show him how you find/grab/chop/filter the drum sounds in the first place so he can learn to do it himself. This might end up being a similar amount of work, but it will be more interesting/rewarding for both of you.

[Xabiton]

I'm protective over my drums personally. I have some sounds that I will give out without thinking about it. But a lot of the time I will tell someone there are 10 zillion drums online stop bugging me for mine.

[dubondabeatz]

Never give up all your secrets, but it doesnt hurt to share a lil

[PeacefulDeep]

I think it's ok. Chances are he'll wind up sampling some of the same drums as you anyway. I mean, how many cats have have sampled "Another One Bites the Dust" drums???

[soulmarauder]

I think it's ok. Chances are he'll wind up sampling some of the same drums as you anyway. I mean, how many cats have have sampled "Another One Bites the Dust" drums???

I haven't... but thanks for the idea!!

[1oakproduction]

Give and you shall receive, Giving will ensure you always have an abundance of resources. Don't stress it. Good luck with your music production career!