I dm artists about using my beats but I dont actually understand if they need to pay or not?

Hi everyone,

I’m wondering what plugins you keep on your master melody bus to give your melodies a more interesting sound. I know about HalfTime and tape-style plugins, but what else do you usually keep on while making melodies, and to give subtle movement?

Things like guitar pedal plugins, ShaperBox, Portal?

Would really appreciate any recommendations or advice.

I’ve worked with multiple artists in Pop & RnB, and now I’m developing my own style in Cinematic Trap, Psychedelic Trap, Melodic Trap & Experimental Industrial Trap.

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I’ll handle full production, mixing & mastering, fully custom-built Experimental music around your voice and energy.
You’ll receive a finished, release-ready track at the end.

In return, working with artists who trust the vision so I can grow, learn, and refine my sound through real collaborations.

Looking for active, creative, serious artists who want to experiment and create something unique. Not just generic Music like others.

It needs to stand out, and I am here for that.

Im looking for some brass/trumpet VSTs that sound good. Using a matrix of 1 to 10, with 1 being very cheap and synthetic and 10 being hiring a trumpet player, I'm looking for a 6.

Right now I'm using BBC Symphony Orchestra Free and their brass was made to be layered with strings, not stand out by itself. So it sounds really cheap and that "release air" just don't be "releasing"...pause.

So if you know of a good brass VST (or if you had an issue like this before), let me know.

Let me know if you need to hear what my current brass sounds like and I'm DM you.

Note, using Redux and still tinkering it to give vocals enough space, but leaves some artifacts. So still cleaning that up. Ignore that if you can.

I’ve been producing about 1-2 years now and I’ve started to really like the whole Florida sound. Specifically Loe Shimmy, Veeze, Hurricane Wisdom, etc. you name it.

Most of these guys have a distinct sound. Think some orchestral sounds but also a mix of analog vibes

- Pads or EP (maybe layer too)
- Strings
- smooth bass line
- Brass or flute melodies
- rims
- occasional vocals
- some people use accents/phrases

My issue is I can start a beat but not know what direction to take things after my core foundation. I want to post on YouTube and also send out loops but I need some assistance figuring out how I can make these sound unique. I find that I’m using the same sounds over and over and it feels like my beats are sounding the same.

Does anyone have advice on how I can make my beats unique? Does anyone have any advice on how I can make my own accents/phrases? Maybe I just have to experiment?

I appreciate any feedback. I appreciate any resources/links as well that may be able to help. I’m trying to get better at my craft as well as learn as much as possible.

I appreciate all of your time and efforts.

Thank you

youtube has stopped pushing my videos recently i think its because i have such a low average view duration but no matter what i do to fix it nothing works

lmk if anyone can help it would be highly appreciated

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Good morning I've been making some songs and exporting the master in 16 bit 48kHz, (probably without saving the settings in the projects)

My doubt is: if I want to modify the master already exported in FL Studio and I equalize and export again, will the audible quality be worse?

(I know that the ideal would have been to have exported in 24 bits or more for this, but I did it in 16 and I don't want to make the sound worse)

maybe leave it like that without EQ tweaking, it depends on your answers.

thanks

(Rap/trap beat) I been trying to mix this beat for a week now. Is taking this long because I’m actually trying to get serious about my mixes, i feel like all my previous mixers are over processed and sounds hella flat. So I’m sitting down and really trying to learn the basics i have tweaked with this beat for a week straight now and I’m still not satisfied. So is there someone willing to just walk me through the mixing process?

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Hello, can I know some ways to make money from music?

I don’t know anything in my life except making music. I live in a country where there is no Visa card, PayPal, or YouTube monetization. Are there any other ways to earn money from music?

Please help, and thank you.

How do you achieve those dark pulsating organs/strings that you often hear in future/southside beats?

Every other sound just doesn’t sound as powerful as the basic saw wave to me. A lot of the time I write my base chords with the default saw wave and then look for other sounds to replace it with, but every other synth preset I find just sounds off compared to it. Of course I layer other sounds on top of the saw synth for leads and other melodies, but it seems like no other synth presets I come across have that oomph that the basic saw wave has to me when I’m looking for something loud and powerful. Other synth presets I try using usually have some weird quirk to them, whether it’s some kind of reverb or automatic tuning automation, that turns me off to them, or sometimes they just don’t sound good. I’m worried that I’m gonna use the saw synth too much and a lot my beats and songs are gonna sound too similar to each other. But then I remind myself that the majority of successful rock bands only had guitar as their main instrument back in the day, but it seems like times have changed, tell me if I’m wrong. But yeah I’ve been thinking about this for awhile. Let me know your thoughts on this.

Anyone bought one that they like? All the free ones on r/drumkits I keep finding are low sound quality.

I've been making beats for around 1 and a half year. I sold my first beat six month ago for 15$. I've later set the price up to 30$.

I noticed that the 30$ lease is unlimited for everything. So i made a "Basic License" for 19.99$, which gives 2000 distributed copies and 50.000 streams.

I mostly do "Juice WRLD Type Beats" and other similar beats.

Am I underselling myself by only charging $30 for an ‘Exclusive License’? If so, how should I price it — and what kind of usage terms should I set for the licenses?

Any idea of how i set set up usage terms on the other leases?

Thanks in advance!

Hello everyone, I’m a beat maker and i’ve been in this situation a few times. I actually got burned because of this last year and started looking into why split sheets are so difficult to do. What I found was quite relatable.

The session is vibey, the energy is high, but whoever talks about percentages and legal stuff after the session kills the moment. No one tryna take that risk. Later the song blows up and everyone starts inflating their percentages and contributions.

Yes the pros do it the professional way, sending the sheet to their collaborator or through a manager, but it’s different for the majority who’re still building relationships and don't wanna come across a certain way.

I wanna know how y’all actually handle this. Do you get splits done every time? Has there been a moment in your process where you brought it up and got the side eye?

Been working on something for the past 4 months to see if the vibe issue can be solved, happy to share if anyone's curious and lemme know if i got it all wrong.

I usually do trap drums pretty much on the grid, usually that sounds pretty good. Except for the snare.

In these scenarios of putting everything on the grid. I always get the feeling that my snare’s timing is off. I guess moving it is an option but I kinda feel its some psychoacoustic bs because of hearing the beat so much so I wanted to ask if it’s something you guys notice also in your beats