Exclusive Beats

Relevance Info Services, an international publisher of quality information, approached me as an expert author on subjects regarding making and teaching music. They asked me to do a research on music maker software with a strong accent on making beats.
Because of my experience during many years as a studio musician supporting a large number of internationally well-known artists and bands with their studio recordings I know which products work and which wont.

But first something about exclusive beats.

When you hear the term exclusive beats you probably think of it as either a reference to certain components of music or something having to do with the music industry. With the growing popularity of rap, hip hop and R&B songs these days, this term is used more than ever. Today many artists are discovering ways to redefine music, learning to push the envelope, learning to make the music new and different. They are constantly seeking ways to make their music unique, to make it readily stand out from the competition. Thats where the exclusive beats come in.

Beats are sounds used by musicians and producers in synthesizing two or more sound sources that are put directly together and interfering with each other in order to produce the needed beat. For instance, if two adjacent notes are played on the piano and they have frequencies of 220 Hz and 233 Hz, they will produce a beat at 13 Hz and this is heard as a wa-wa-wa sound. Usually, this type of music belongs to the genre of Hip Hop, Rap, R&B and Instrumentals.

When you have an exclusive beat, you have procured or paid for a beat that has limited ownership. It simply means that the product can only be used by people who have created it or paid for its rights. Getting an exclusive beat makes the buyer the sole owner of the beat and it can never be used again by another owner.

If you are interested in obtaining some exclusive beats, there are a few things you can do to help you along the way. First, listen to and decide which beats you want. Since you are at the point of obtaining exclusive beats, make sure its what you really want. Weigh all your options and narrow your choices down to the ones you like the most. Next, you must decide if you want demo, lease or exclusive rights to the beats. Its important that you know which rights you choose.

Demos have optional choices, which is advantageous. The tricky stuff happens when you have leased or have the exclusive rights. So, whats the difference between the leasing and exclusive rights? When you lease a beat you dont have sole ownership of the beats. Leasing is a good idea in situations where you perhaps have dreams of recording a demo after you listened to some rap beats, but you really dont intend to do anything serious witht it. Leasing works well when selling a mix tape or giving away your music for exposure.

Exclusives are very similar to leasing but can take things to the next level, like creating an album. You want to own the masters so you can combine your vocals with the tracks. This is the time when you are ready for shrink wrapping and bar coding your CDs for commercial use. Thus, no other artist can release songs that you made on that album except you. And lastly you can buy and get them instantly in your e-mail with the click of a button. The price usually ranges from cheap to a much more expensive price depending upon the track and the producer.

Once the beats are purchased and released in the market, whether you make big money or not, you dont owe anything more to the source where you purchased your beats. The seller has only the right to show a sold beat while all other rights are yours.
Exclusive beats are a way of giving meaning to the music industry. They are often used in websites, albums, commercials, performances and many other promotions. Owning exclusive beats shows the uniqueness of the individual. Other than the pure talent of the owner, it also shows the individuality of the music by being different from others.