If rappers shouldn't buy beats what should they do especially since this is the era of producers having zero worth for their beats and rappers expecting everything to be free from PR to engineering to everything in between.
I mean, I could type six or seven paragraphs and explain all of this, but I'd rather have you understand that
RAPPERS LOOK AT YOUR BEATZ THE SAME WAY YOU LOOK AT DRUM SOUNDS, VSTs and SOFTWARE, in general.
Firstly, let's move beyond the obvious, cliche and constantly listed reasons....um...firstly....
1) Why buy it when you can get it for free....
You think you aint doing no harm since it's just pirated, I mean you aint stealing it, just using it...it's digital, you know? They got MORE COPIES....
Apply that to your music, which is digital sitting on some site as an MP3 or underneath some youtube video about to be ripped...lolz
2) I don't know if I'm serious yet so I gotta get a bunch of work in before I know if this is for me......
3) I aint making no money so I.....
4) Beatz is a dime a dozen......
5) I would pay for something if I thought it was better. Right now it's useable, but not really as good as I want.
6) It costs too much. Whatever, should be ...like...12 cents.....
7) When I can afford it, I'll buy.
I could go on for another dozen.....but....
Now, that that list from above and throw it out.
Cause none of it is true.
No one want to spend money because you don't know that value of what you are being told to buy. And like any consumer you want MAX RETURN.
You know who buys digital goods? Someone who is inexperienced enough to just go out and buy them without thinking or someone who is experienced enough to understand the value.
Every beatmaker wants MORE drums and sounds. Why? You will always need more..You imagine making 10,000 beatz.
You need a lot and continuous resources. Plus, you waste a lot of resources while you're learning.
Every rappers thinks he's making 10,000 songs. That follows then.
If I asked you about buying a drum kit...6 sounds total. Showed you a link on the internet and asked you to pay $40 bucks for those drum sounds, you'd laugh. You'd say NOOOO WAAAAY. $40 is way too much. Now suppose those sounds were used in your hit record. Your first big placement. And someone on the internet(s) asked you to send those drums you used to him and he'll pay you $40 bucks. You'd say NOOO WAAAY, $40 aint enough. These are the drums to me biggest banga. That be MY SOUND!!! So you can see how things gain value to you by YOU adding value through usage. And so your beat sitting in cyberspace has NO relative value. You have a perceived POTENTIAL of its value. [Which is why you'll see sites with beatz at different prices]
What it is actually worth has yet to be determined.
That's why rappers shouldn't buy beats.
Why spend $300 or $3,000 on a beat and then make an okay song over it. One that gets dumped on to the mixtape.
When it's just as possible to find one for $30 and write a smash over it...
or get a hot one for free from some kid up the block who just started making beatz a week ago..
AFTER a song gets placed, its beat/music has value. Rappers know this (they aint as stupid as you think) and it's the same thing as valuing the stuff you've been using for years.
That's why even the most ardent crackers and pirates buy the stuff they use when they realize how important it is to what they do.
I would buy a beat to show the beatmaker I was serious about being a rapper and to get in his world as a business connect.
I would never buy a beat from someone or something I had no direct contact with or through. We need to have a relationship.
He needs to know who I am. If he can't answer an email or reply to a comment....
I would pay for his talents and NOT IN ANY WAY be concerned with buying 3 minutes and 30 seconds worth of instrumental.
So No, I wouldn't ever suggest buying beatz, but I would expect you pay for the music used in your songs.
If rappers shouldn't buy beats what should they do
Work with a producer instead.
Use free resources (Not use resources for free) until you bring value to whatever you have an interest in.
Don't pay, compensate.
Don't spend, invest.
I have no problem with cats selling beatz or trying to sell beatz.
I think creating a business entity is an important thing to do and also shows that you are, indeed serious.
Plus, it usually forces you to step your game up and actually create some finished inst music. I support the process totally.
It's when I see dudes thinking that's ALL THEY HAVE TO DO to inherit the kingdom, that I shake my head.
