{"id":19135,"date":"2020-03-04T17:30:10","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T17:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=19135"},"modified":"2020-03-04T15:31:44","modified_gmt":"2020-03-04T15:31:44","slug":"how-do-i-sell-my-first-beat-license","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/how-do-i-sell-my-first-beat-license\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I sell my first beat license"},"content":{"rendered":"

Getting started selling beats online can be a daunting task, but it needn’t be. Here are all the tips and tools to get started selling beats.<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n
Your Brand<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Don’t expect to build a website, post your music and watch the money come pouring in for your licenses with no work. Before making one sale you need to establish yourself a brand online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Make sure you’re active on all social sites. Posting samples on Facebook, ‘type beats’ with visualizers on YouTube, tagged beats for free download on SoundCloud. Don’t expect anyone to pay you until they can see you’ve got a following and a good collection of content online. Keep your online brand unique and consistent, this way you will stand out and be identifiable across different social sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Selling Music<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

The most important aspect of selling music is ensuring the music your making is perfect. Make sure it’s mixed and mastered in the best way possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listen to other musicians work and compare it side-by-side with yours. Is yours sounding flat or smaller? Work out where yours is suffering, research how to improve in this area and put in the hours to perfect your craft. This will be time consuming, but only by spending time researching and building will you get better and quicker over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Get your music everywhere. Social site, stores, streaming services, lease selling sites and your personal website<\/a>. We can help with the stores and streaming services.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As\u00a0for lease selling sites, take a look at Beatstar<\/a>, Airbit<\/a> and SoundClick<\/a>. These sites all offer different deals, but their concept is largely the same. They will host a page showcasing your music, give listeners the various pricing tiers you offer for different licenses and manage payments. They all offer different deals based on what you want as an artist. Beatstar for example offer the follow:<\/p>\n\n\n\n