Rappers Can Distribute, Promote And Buy Beats Online

Everybody seems to be talking about how the music industry is crashing and it's impossible to come up these days, but with the ability to buy beats online, distribute yourself worldwide using the internet and promote yourself for free using websites... I'm not exactly sure where their information is coming from. Sure it's true that illegal downloading and cyber pirating has become somewhat of a problem in the past couple of years, but it's blown way out of proportion and it's definitely not the reason why the major industry is seeing so many less sales. The music industry is going through some dramatic changes but by no means is the rap game, hip hop or music in general dying out.

The media is responsible for most of the negative talk about declining record sales for major artists and some seriously bad numbers coming in for the most famous artists worldwide. It may sound like I'm speaking in terms of conspiracy but it's true that the media as a whole doesn't want you knowing the truth, at least I believe that. The major music industry is seeing less sales and for that reason the industry must all be crashing, right? Wrong. The major labels are simply losing out on more sales as independent record labels are starting to really see an increase in their overall success.

For instance did you know that in 2009 Billboard magazine publicly estimated that 50% of the record sales and singles downloaded that year were from independent record labels and artists? Those are some seriously huge numbers. For the longest time it had been known that the major labels had a seriously dominating fist punching down on the music scene, but that's all changed now. Major labels are now seeing less and less sales every project they put out and it's seriously scaring a lot of people into making up all these crazy accusations about the hip hop games current state.

So the internet has been blamed for the destruction of the industry when it simply isn't the truth. In reality, according to every study I've seen that had any legitimacy, only 20% of sales are seen as a loss due to cyber pirating. That means that 80% of music lovers still buy music from their favorite artists and they have no problem doing so! Tell me, if the vast majority is still buying, how can it be that the internet has ruined anything? In fact I believe that the internet has brought life back into the rap industry with new technologies.

The internet has seriously made everything better. You can now promote yourself online for free which has dramatically changed the music industry with websites such as MySpace, Twitter and Facebook making it possible to get some serious recognition using the internet. You can get huge numbers of fans on these sites. Also you can even sell to them using companies such as Tunecore which allow you to distribute yourself online and get your music on all the major retailers such as iTunes, Rhapsody and many others. Distribution is so affordable it would blow your mind. It's about as much per year as a single fancy lunch would be. You can also buy beats online which has helped the industry as well.