The Industry For Hip Hop Artists Who Buy Rap Beats
Today's music industry is dramatically different than it used to be, with the digital revolution making it easier to buy rap beats, distribute music and promote artists. The internet has opened up so many doorways for musicians that it's astounding and quite honestly it's hard to wrap your head around. The industry seems to be working in favor of the independent movement and not so much in favor of the majors.
Many people are under the false impression that the internet has actually ruined music in a way. There are countless amount of artists in the major industry that are trying their hardest to make sure that things like cyber pirating are stopped by any means. This is because artists tend to believe that the declining record sales for major labels is due to the fact that communication has become so easy and fast with the online community. Songs are being spread virally by fans through email attachments and file transfers, so there's an illusion created.
If you'd like to read the truth, here it is... Even with cyber pirating hitting the market as hard as it has, most music experts agree that only about 20% of sales are lost due to pirating or illegal downloading. That means that a huge 80% of music lovers are still buying music as they come across artists they like.
It's my personal belief that records will always sell, for all of eternity, for as long as there are fans to buy the music. Why? Well I say this because those who buy music don't buy it just because they want to listen to it... In fact, in today's industry it's much more likely that they have access to those same songs for free... The reason they buy is because they want to support the artists which they look up to so much.
Today's industry is literally at the best point it's ever been, for independents anyway. Yes, the major labels are seeing less sales and they're not acquainting themselves to the new digital era very well... But independents are doing great! Majors are simply using the same old business plan and it's starting to become quickly obsolete. They put huge amounts of money into each artist they promote and most of the time they don't even come out with a profit. The major's business model is basically to promote everybody with the same amount of mega dollars spent and drop the artists from the label who don't do as well. But 9/10 artists on a major label won't make anything for the company! That's because of those stupidly spent dollars, which don't turn profit easily. The few mega famous artists who the companies represent bring in enough success for the majors to continue on.
Independents run on a completely different business model. It cannot be assumed that all of the music industry is doing badly when that simply isn't the case. Last year, in 2009, Billboard magazine predicted that 50% of all album and single sales were made by independents... That's some serious selling power! It's because websites such as Facebook, YouTube and Twitter have made it possible to promote on a wide scale without the need for a big budget.
On top of free promotion, distribution has also (finally) become affordable. Tunecore, an online company, allows artists to get distributed on all the major mp3 retailers such as iTunes and Rhapsody for an extremely affordable rate. Anybody can afford their rate, it's the kind of thing you can pay for with a 9-5 job and the risk is so low it's ridiculous. The first thing you have to do, though, before you can start promoting yourself and making money from your music, is to buy beats so you have the right to sell your songs. You need a proper license to your music if you expect to come up. Again, the internet has helped in this respect. A company called Beats4Legends provides instrumentals to independents who are working on a small budget. Click the links in the paragraph below to visit Beats4Legends today and purchase instrumentals online easily.
