Alot of Producers Are Shady When It Comes to Free Beats

Don't get caught up in the hype of the free downloads producers are giving out. Although there are still some honest producers out there who do give quality product for free, some producers are pulling the wool over our eyes. You see the posts every where for free beats. The question is, are they really free?

Here is the thing about these free downloads that producers are giving out. They are just what they say, free downloads. Alot of producers are taking this route to lure in more customers. I personally think its shady and sort of on the pointless side. Its like going to the store and the lady giving out free food samples says "You can hold it but you can't eat it". Its a waste of space on your hard drive and a waste of your time. One of the biggest sites that are taking part in this annoying behavior is soundclick. Alot of producers there are luring in the customers, and also gaining millions of plays on their profile by putting up this false information.

As a producer myself I say why? What would be the purpose of misleading the potential customer to your site through puffery. The artist deserves more than to be treated like they always have a price tag on their head. I always tell other producers about this, and their reaction is always I am tired of giving away free beats.They're intention is most definitely noticed and slowly becoming a problem. Honest producers who really do have quality product, that they just want a few people to jump on are losing out. Artists are starting not to trust when producers say that they have free beats.

Not to say that anything in life is totally free, but a lack of money can put an aspiring artist in a strong bind that is hard to defeat. For generations the producer has been the one to get the artist out of that bind. We must continue to stand by our artist's side and be that rock they need. With out us alot of artists could not be heard. It is crucial, and absolutely vital that we begin to support the independent movement. The revolution we call independent music cannot stand alone. It needs artists, producers, a&r's everybody to get involved.

To the producers that are putting your pockets before your pride, shame on you. To the artists who are fed up with the behavior of some of these producers hold on and be strong. I am starting a new era of producers. Honest, talented, trustworthy producers for the world to work with. If you are looking to download some free beats, go to my website that is listed below. The beats are truly free.... regular lease is what you get when you download one of my beats for free.

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When U2 Comes to Town

It's incredible to see the media go in to free fall when the U2 show comes to town. As an exercise in how to promote your show no one does it better and no one will ever do it better. It's close to an invasion, no matter what may be going on in the world, U2 becomes the number one news story. In a day when record (CD) sales are at an all time low and touring is the only way you can hope to trigger off what meagre sales are out there, they literally command centre stage.The public may not have fallen in love with their latest CD but wild horses wouldn't keep them away from the live show.

No matter what anyone says about U2, whether it's the new album, the carbon emissions debate over the tour, or anything else for that matter the one thing you can't ignore is the experience almost every single person who attends the show takes home. For them it's worth every penny. U2 bring a happiness that a lot of other bands don't and for that audience it's the best night of their lives. Paul McGuinness has been quoted as saying they don't break even until the back end of the US tour so you cannot argue about their desire to give people an experience second to none.

I don't think the tour will have a significant effect on their record sales either and I'm sure they know that better than anyone. Their motivation comes from their desire to give something back to the people who have stuck with them forever. It's letting them experience something unique, something completely different to anything. Add to that the perfect host for corporate entertainment, a U2 show remains the place to be seen.

But what could they do next, where can they go? Personally I think it'll be stripped right down and the four guys will take their songs to the masses. U2 have reached such a level now that being the 'hottest ticket' in town allows them to do anything. They've earned it. They haven't earned it because of a gigantic claw and a production of epidemic proportion, they earned it from 30 plus years on the road. They've earned it from playing every tiny club that wanted to book them to every fan who wanted to see them. They've earned it from signing every autograph for every one of those fans who believed in them enough to give them a chance to do this. They posed for every picture with every fan no matter how exhausted they were. For many years they played to under a hundred people and treated every one of them to a concert of a lifetime. They stepped out front to meet and greet the fans for as long as it was safe to do so. And through it all they stuck at it. They paid their dues.

U2, David Bowie, Bob Dylan, Bruce or Led Zeppelin don't have to prove anything to me or anyone else. They earned it. It's called a work ethic and it's blood, sweat and tears. It's called taking chances and making mistakes and it's called entertainment. It isn't about any one tour, it's about understanding why you came in to this business and giving people something to cherish. The experience, the opportunity to take their hard earned cash and spend it how they want to. And if that is on two hours of a thrill of a lifetime who are we to judge? When an act get this big let's not lose site of the fact that they are still meant to entertain. It's what they do and it's what they should always do.

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