Should You Give Away Free Beats (And Use Them??) - Copyrights and Royalties
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- When you give away a free beat download, do you give away your rights and royalties along with it? When you download a free beat, what rights do you have? Let's work this through.
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I got a few of your beats downloaded and im fully aware if they went anywhere it would be Non Profit. If i upload i usually try and give credit anyways and expect to be copyrighted. But the people who think they own a beat they didnt pay for or make because they downloaded it are in deep waters if they do blow up, i think the free beats are good for practicing and rough drafts , non release mixtapes ect.
@@vonicsmusic yeah very correct
@@vonicsmusic exactly
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Always providing value with your knowledge pain! Hope people will watch this and educate themselves so that theres less friction between artists and producers that give away beats for free
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Great vid my dude. Wish I'd had access to this along time ago when I first started! Preciate u reaffirming this concept tho! Always valuable to hear things I know said a new way or from a different individual!!! Keeps me rethinking everything from new perspectives as I grow!!!
Over the last couple of months I've gone as far as giving away 1 beat a week FREE FOR PROFIT (I upload 4 times a week). While I was kinda skeptical at first, the overall results have actually been pretty positive. Customers come for the free beats, end up listening to a lot of beats, etc. Haven't really thought about the "paperwork" side of giving away free for profit beats tho. I'm sure that would get complicated, especially if someone registers their recording through Content ID services. I should probably register the beats first and whitelist anyone who uses em....
It's the same as multiple people licensing the same beat. It shouldn't hurt. Maybe include a EULA with your downloads.
@@DJPain1 That's a good idea. A EULA might be the best way to go about that.
What are important points we need to add in EULA
@@replacewordnswithbrothersp6308 I would look at my beatstars licenses to get an idea
@@BrokeboiBeats1 ok perfect idea 🤔😀
One would think that people would be more respectful to you... I’ve never seen a producer care so much about giving us artists knowledge! Big up DJPAIN1 fr bro that’s what’s up!
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This is why I copyright, register with PRO, distribute with Tunecore, register with Soundexchange, and then register with HFA under my publishing company. I started my own pub company because I saw I was losing 100% of my "publishers" share. Currently reading "The Plain and Simple Guide to Music Publishing" by Randall D. Wixen. Good luck guys!!
Could I talk to you somewhere about this? I’m trying not to be screwed over.
@@wtmusic515 After a year I can safely say that all that shit I did was unnecessary. Unless you already have a big following, working with lots of artists, and selling a shit load of beats, just make music. If it makes you feel any better you can always register a beat album with the copyright office just to CYA.
Great Video Pain
Thank you pain for the knowledge👊.
Great information man
the beat on this video so good i got distracted
I understand where Djpain1 is going with this business model but I still think by giving away all your beats for free you're leaving alot of potential lease money on the table.. I suggest have some free and some with a continuous tag running every 20 sec with the untagged version on your website for lease. I also think producers out there should never sell exclusives online through an automated payment system. Get the artist to contact you directly and look at their situation aka budget before you give away exclusive rights to a tracked out beat
Yeah huge respek for you man
My income has tripled since using this model. It works for me. You could try it, or you can reject it 🤷🏽♂️
Useful info
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By watching this video a few years later. Do you still believe free beats are a good strategy? Also as you said in the video "its takes away the need to place a tag every 10 seconds", How would you tag a beat in a way that doesn't interrupt the creative process of an artist that downloads the beat?
I'm just trying to implement other strategies and see if this 2023 is a better year for me in the beats game. Thanks for this video.
Thank you for sharing pain
What is the best method to use to track artists that have recorded songs to your beat for profit ie. Spotify, apple music etc??
Plenty Mo' Trackz I use songtrust
Check my last video about copyright claims.
@@PDigitalTv thanks 💯
Thank you for the helpful information. I have a question, if a rapper likes your beat and says “ bro I am broke now or I am a student I can’t afford to buy a beat” what can we do that time? I was wondering, what can I do if they ask for free beats! Many Rap Artists don’t understand how this works. We Music producers can afford to pay for Beatstars subscription or Ascap or Copyright gov, or invest money into our business, but customers always want free, please if you can explain me how this works, I would appreciate your help!
You can always respectfully say no. I say no all the time.
DJ Pain 1 Thank you Pain for your help not only to me all Producers out of there. I respect this , but one more question please, I think in this game I am new so how artists gonna know my job because nowadays they are bot only listening to my music they want numbers, follows or subs they want you to be a promotion of their songs! I think a lot of producers will agree with me, Let’s say an example, if I take a beat from a famous producer and try to sell it is not gonna work, and if a famous producer take one of my trash beats , he will sell it very easily. So my conclusion it’s not only sound, it is the name!
@@UpDownLevel branding helps, music and art in general is totally subjective, so I cant really guess at those hypothetical scenarios.
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but Information ironically is low ha! well said
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Free for non profit has been going on since soundclick days I'm cool with that.. but some people are literally saying give it away for free free
If it works for you, it works for you.
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@DJPain1 I'm just curious about are the beats on Rapchat free,cause I'm an artist on there and I don't want to use them without permission by uploading me rapping/singing over your beats on my SoundCloud
What if u give them credits
Dude a guy gave me a beat for free for Christmas and I think imma use the song I made wit that beat to monetize distribute and sell so that I can get money to buy the beats I didn't pay for so that I could monetize from them to once I pay for them :(
dude..if what you say is true..then just for example; that means akai electronics system programming company which OWNS all of it pre-programmed beat and sound selections within their equiptment have legal stake in the intellectual property created from the use of thier equiptment..if you create a beat/sound variation using thier equiptment or consoles THEY can file suit. Being as tho the content ofthe console is also trade marked.. can you tell us the difference?
Because there's such a thing as an end user license agreement that allows companies to grant royalty-free licenses to their consumers.
@@DJPain1
output.com › legal › eula
By installing any Output product you accept the following license agreement. 1. License Grant. The license for this product is granted only to a single user. ... All sounds and samples in this product are licensed, but not sold, to you by Output. ... for the purpose of re-recording or reproduction as part of any free or commercial use. My sister works as a software developer for input, and dude this is just for online sound production software, they are looking in to pecentage enduser charges for final product [or a royalty % of the final export] long and short.. is this legal? if so, how do you find out if the console/software manufactures furnishes the end user agreement before we purchase it. And bro im not being a smartass, just trying to stay a step ahead of copyright disaster. **good look on the speedy response Pain, real talk.
How much fo beats
do I have to register the free beats to the pro? and can I use beats that I gave away for free in my own project? thanks for these videos are very helpful!
If you're a recording artist, you should register your songs to the pro
@@DJPain1 thank you for your reply
This might be a dumb question, but can you file a DMCA claim if you didn't register your beat with copyright.gov?
Yes of course. You own the copyright whether or not it's registered.
@@DJPain1 awesome thanks for clarifying
this is stupid for so many reasons so giving a beat out for free causes you to loose your rights but selling it doesn't? and if multiple people download it for free and you loose the rights who has the rights? and if you no longer own the rights how can you keep giving it away for free and how does this alleged new rights owner prove they own it plus most free beat downloads come with a license telling you what you can and cant do with the beat which is usually promo only.
What if an artist leased a beat and records to it. Can they copyright the song they made?
Yes but they would exclude the beat from their copyright. Theres a 'materials excluded' form in the copyright registration process
Wow! that was a fast reply. Thanks,
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Do you just email them the beat for free without a contract?
Think about a stranger walking up to you and giving you something you didn't ask for, and then also trying to get you to sign a legal document right on the spot as well. Pretty socially inept.
@@DJPain1 First off I really appreciate the reply on such an old video! Second that was a great analogy thank you.
So if you email them, there really is no way to stop them from using the beat for profit use then? You'd just have to keep an eye on what they post?
Sorry if its a dumb question all this is overwhelming
When I give away a free beat 1) should I give it away exclusively or non exclusively? And 2) can multiple artists release tracks to Spotify with that beat and I monetize it or do I get money just through royalties?
Give it away for free non - exclusively, and yeah multiple artists can use it for Spotify. You can negotiate a percentage split with the artist
@@Sondxr Thanks man.
@@Sondxr Another question, If I approach an artist with a beat and they want it non-exclusively what do you think would be a good price to charge them?
@@adoebeatz Ooh that could vary man. I'd probably just go to numerous producer's beat sites and see where there prices are so I could find a range I'm comfortable with and make that my price.
@@adoebeatz it depends what they're after, I would always offer less than what's on your website if you have one. For example my prices are $20 mp3, $45 wav and $95 stems which are roughly entry level prices, but I'd knock 5 off an mp3 or 10 off wavs, more for stems etc if I'm talking to them. But don't approach an artist first and expect them to pay, you have to give something if you're the one reaching out if you want to build long standing relationships, they'll pay once they trust and respect you.