joey tunez
Subliminalz Music Team
Had a slight run in with this with a local rapper and figured i'd share.
I was working with a young rapper who was known for buying beats from a local big name producer despite not really being "on". you could tell that they probably had a past in the form of him buying beats from the producer before he was anybody. regardless the guy is pretty known now and it was clear that he normally gets beats from him at a pretty good rate.
now one of the unspoken rules about pricing is that it is what it is between one person and that one person only.
in short
You not telling people my price is what gets you your good price.
and here is why.
The second this young rapper broke the rule chaos was created.
Him telling me this producers price instantly made me create an appropriate price beneath him. eg "well "BIG NAME PRODUCER" charges me X so....."
which is fine, problem is i happen to know the actual producer and all it took was one gchat convo to make things really awkward in the next convo.
now i know this is the point were producers usually go all over the top and chase down mac miller demanding he put their name on the youtube page, but i like to go a different rout.
its already awkward enough for the kid getting caught in a lie and truthfully im not even in the position to break the lil homies bank and its not in my character even if i was.
I'm just gonna pull him to the side and tell him that in order for us to have a working business relationship we gotta be able to come to a more honest understanding. He wouldn't like it if i sold his beat to someone else before it went to him.
anyway i was curious to know what you guys thought about telling peoples price. i know its common nowadays to just flat the hell out have your price online but for those who are open to haggle how awkward/difficult is it telling people new to this how discussing other peoples prices aint hot? or do you even feel that way? why or why not?
I was working with a young rapper who was known for buying beats from a local big name producer despite not really being "on". you could tell that they probably had a past in the form of him buying beats from the producer before he was anybody. regardless the guy is pretty known now and it was clear that he normally gets beats from him at a pretty good rate.
now one of the unspoken rules about pricing is that it is what it is between one person and that one person only.
in short
You not telling people my price is what gets you your good price.
and here is why.
The second this young rapper broke the rule chaos was created.
Him telling me this producers price instantly made me create an appropriate price beneath him. eg "well "BIG NAME PRODUCER" charges me X so....."
which is fine, problem is i happen to know the actual producer and all it took was one gchat convo to make things really awkward in the next convo.
now i know this is the point were producers usually go all over the top and chase down mac miller demanding he put their name on the youtube page, but i like to go a different rout.
its already awkward enough for the kid getting caught in a lie and truthfully im not even in the position to break the lil homies bank and its not in my character even if i was.
I'm just gonna pull him to the side and tell him that in order for us to have a working business relationship we gotta be able to come to a more honest understanding. He wouldn't like it if i sold his beat to someone else before it went to him.
anyway i was curious to know what you guys thought about telling peoples price. i know its common nowadays to just flat the hell out have your price online but for those who are open to haggle how awkward/difficult is it telling people new to this how discussing other peoples prices aint hot? or do you even feel that way? why or why not?