Ok, you have all of your songs written or recorded onto mixtape beats, but you want to make a "real album" that you can release to the world.
It sucks when you have all your lyrics done, but no songs recorded and you don't know any super producers and on top of that you don't have the cashola to pay for sessions, even if you did know a super producer. It's more disheartening when you have recorded your songs to every one else's beats that you have no right to use.
When you are a writer that writes rap songs, things are a not that complicated. You need beats that you have the legal right to use, then you need a studio to record your song in, then you need mixing and mastering, before you unleash it. There are many places online to license beats from, and there are typically two types of licenses you may choose from, exclusive and non-exclusive.
A non-exclusive license is inexpensive and gives you the right to record to the beat and sell usually up to 2000 copies of your song before having to re-negotiate with the producer who created it. (Licenses Vary). One important thing to remember when purchasing a non-exclusive license is that you are not the only one who will have that beat. Any other artist can also buy that same license for that beat....so potentially there can be other artist with songs to the same beat as yours. It doesn't happen frequently, but it does happen.
Now, exclusive licenses cost more because once you purchase this beat, no other artist can license or lease this particular music. However, that does not mean that you will be the only artist with that beat because it may have been licensed non-exclusively before the exclusive license was purchased. But still, once you purchase an exclusive license, no one else can license that music.
Non-exclusive licenses range from 2.99 to around 50.00 per beat, and exclusive licenses are anywhere from 200.00 to 10,000.00, depending on who the producer is. So whatever your budget is, you can find something within your budget. Plus, producers offer package deals when purchasing multiple leases. www.freshoffabreakup.com is a good place to start.
For writers that create R&B songs or pop songs everything above applies, but in addition you have to employ a singer who can demo or "sing" your songs. Unless, you can sing yourself. Finding a demo singer that will do your songs justice can be a hard task. Professional demo singers can be a little costly, but it is usually worth it....and the worse thing you can do is rely on someone's word that they can sing, then agree to paying them 200.00, then when you get into the recording session, they take forever and sound horrible, and you still have to pay them....and all you have to show for it is a song that sounds nothing like you wanted it to sound.
If you decide to use a professional demo singer, or you are singing the song yourself, if your budget allows, you may also want to hire a "vocal producer".
This is the person who is responsible for making sure your vocals are sung correctly, your melodies are plausible, and that the over all recording is sonically viable.
So..that's all I will cover in this article, but I will be covering more topics shortly, so stay tuned..
It sucks when you have all your lyrics done, but no songs recorded and you don't know any super producers and on top of that you don't have the cashola to pay for sessions, even if you did know a super producer. It's more disheartening when you have recorded your songs to every one else's beats that you have no right to use.
When you are a writer that writes rap songs, things are a not that complicated. You need beats that you have the legal right to use, then you need a studio to record your song in, then you need mixing and mastering, before you unleash it. There are many places online to license beats from, and there are typically two types of licenses you may choose from, exclusive and non-exclusive.
A non-exclusive license is inexpensive and gives you the right to record to the beat and sell usually up to 2000 copies of your song before having to re-negotiate with the producer who created it. (Licenses Vary). One important thing to remember when purchasing a non-exclusive license is that you are not the only one who will have that beat. Any other artist can also buy that same license for that beat....so potentially there can be other artist with songs to the same beat as yours. It doesn't happen frequently, but it does happen.
Now, exclusive licenses cost more because once you purchase this beat, no other artist can license or lease this particular music. However, that does not mean that you will be the only artist with that beat because it may have been licensed non-exclusively before the exclusive license was purchased. But still, once you purchase an exclusive license, no one else can license that music.
Non-exclusive licenses range from 2.99 to around 50.00 per beat, and exclusive licenses are anywhere from 200.00 to 10,000.00, depending on who the producer is. So whatever your budget is, you can find something within your budget. Plus, producers offer package deals when purchasing multiple leases. www.freshoffabreakup.com is a good place to start.
For writers that create R&B songs or pop songs everything above applies, but in addition you have to employ a singer who can demo or "sing" your songs. Unless, you can sing yourself. Finding a demo singer that will do your songs justice can be a hard task. Professional demo singers can be a little costly, but it is usually worth it....and the worse thing you can do is rely on someone's word that they can sing, then agree to paying them 200.00, then when you get into the recording session, they take forever and sound horrible, and you still have to pay them....and all you have to show for it is a song that sounds nothing like you wanted it to sound.
If you decide to use a professional demo singer, or you are singing the song yourself, if your budget allows, you may also want to hire a "vocal producer".
This is the person who is responsible for making sure your vocals are sung correctly, your melodies are plausible, and that the over all recording is sonically viable.
So..that's all I will cover in this article, but I will be covering more topics shortly, so stay tuned..
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