BEATS 101
LEASED BEATS
“ IF I PAID FOR THE LEASE OF THIS INSTRUMENTAL WHY DID SOUNDCLOUD TAKE MY SONG DOWN?”
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efore You lease or buy another beat off a Beat-maker you have previously did business with, I would like you to read this important info I have to share with you. It will protect you, your music, and the money you spend on leasing beats. Buying beats online, sending your money internationally and waiting patiently for your beat to come in the email. During that wait period you feel like there ' s a chance that the Beat won’ t come. Sometimes it takes longer than it should to arrive. When it does arrive you feel relief as if the beat maker came through for you. A certain wave of respect is built instantly because he delivered. You feel like the beat maker has held up his end of the bargain. But to be honest there is still the agreement we agreed to, usually without reading it. We don’ t even have to sign it. Making our payment is actually the form of contract approval. It’ s easy to hold up our end of the lease agreement. Most underground artists don’ t sell their music anyway, its usually free downloads. A beat maker’ s goal is to lease a beat. From basic lease $ 20, to premium lease around $ 60 and lately I been seeing tracked out leases for over $ 100. Giving you more rights, but still no ownership. So after they make all that lease money and the beat is out there all over music sites and videos you made with the beat. The beat Maker then sells the beat’ s exclusive rights away to a buyer, a lot of times a label. The label then searches the internet for lease holders and contacts radio’ s and Soundcloud etc. to have the music taken down that you created on, what’ s now their beat. And they show the agreement proving they own the beat. Music sites like Soundcloud