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Do you sense you have the skill to make beats resembling super-producer Pharell Williams? A lot of people feel like they can, and with the variety of beat making software that’s out today, I’ve seen tons of people make beats that sound amazing But there’s a problem, equipment for making music can be madly costly.

The set up that main music producers utilize can total well above $50,000! Even with beatmakers just trying to start out, several of the entry-level beat making programs like Logic, Pro Tools, or Reason cost $500 or more. Oh yea, and you’ll have to have a good computer to operate the program, which can tack on another $1000

What is someone supposed to do if they wanna make beats, but don’t have to cash to start? Making beats online is the key, and for three very good reasons.

1. You Can Make Beats Online At a Dirt Cheap Price

Making beats online is a great, low-cost alternative, to a program like Logic. To make beats online, the software just costs $30. A refund is also available for online software if you’re displeased with the product. You can’t come across this in other good software programs, most of them charge much higher prices. There’s by no means any money-back offers with other software like Ableton Live.  Read more...

Picture in your mind, that you are listening to a hip hop instrumental beat. Now picture that the beat that you are listening to, is one that you created yourself. This instrumental beat is completely your creation, your achievement to be shared with all. Stressing over copyright infringement lawsuits is not necessary. Originality too, will be of no concern to you. Coming up with your next instrumental beat should be your sole focus.

It is actually easier to create your own hip hop instrumental beats than you may believe. It is easy to purchase CDs with instrumental beats on them or simply download some free beats, but there is nothing more rewarding than using your own creativity to create your very own beat.

Why are hip hop instrumental beats so popular? Similar to most art forms, it evolved through time from different forms of beat making. It was in the late 70s that people scratched vinyl LPs (records) to create a one of a kind sound. Not long after this people began using sampling, which is using a small part of a song and mixing it with various instrumentals to create a one of a kind beat.  Read more...

With technical advances, mixing music and making beats has moved online from being just the domain of the traditional methods. Using paid membership sites, companies have set up their software on their own servers, providing a beat maker that is accessed online. This is a very competitive market and Sonic Producer has emerged in recent times, garnering a lot of interest and attention. So what exactly does this software provide the user and is it value for money? This review attempts to answer those questions.

A music sequencer that can export mp3 files, Sonic Producer is a versatile beat maker tool. It also includes tutorials on music production, various keyboards. studios as well as tutorials on how the Sonic Producer software should be used. This is all accessed online through the members area and includes the software, the sounds and a whole host of video tutorials. These include lessons on Logic, ProTools, software instruments, keyboards and much else besides. You also have the facility to download your instrumentals and beats so that you have a permanent record of your compositions.  Read more...

Online music production is an incredible new way to make music. Producers have access to many tools and they can try various production techniques in private without being concerned about studio time for one or more engineers or producers. That’s why its an exciting way to learn music production as well as a terrific way for experienced music producers to travel with their work. It doesn’t get more convenient.

The only thing a producer who makes beats online needs is a connection to the Web. Since all the equipment is online, there is no need to carry costly and cumbersome beat machines, mixing boards and synthesizers. The only thing that a producer may want to carry is a small keyboard for the feel of a piano.

Producing beats this way is very cutting edge and it is the new direction of music production. Producing like this allows new independent producers to make beats online for almost nothing. The producer’s ability to buy expensive equipment is no longer an issue. As usual the internet has acted as the great equalizer between independent and heavily financed artists and producers.  Read more...

Selling on the web has become one of the new frontiers of commerce. We find it hard to think of anything not being sold and bought every minute over the internet; just have a look on ebay.

Hip-Hop producers were quick to understand the powerful worldwide reach of the internet and started selling instrumentals to artists through this channel.

A couple of websites therefore gathered enormous music inventories from professional record label producers, and started selling complete instrumental tracks just like Amazon sell CDs.  Pay x amount online, and we’ll ship you a CD with the tracks you purchased.  A new market full of opportunities was born.

About a year and a half ago we also understood the potential this new market had.  Having promoted our own music on websites such as mp3.com and vitaminic.com, we realised that creating our own service would give us much greater flexibility and reach.  We also had around 250-300 instrumentals sitting on our hard drives waiting for rappers and vocalists to rhyme/sing over them.  There was no way we could’ve used all of these instrumentals ourselves, therefore why not offer artists worldwide the chance to easily obtain top quality instrumentals for their musical projects?  Read more...