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Go Ahead, Buy Beats, Make Beats, Share Beats - The Unprecedented Mass Collaboration of the
World's Home Recording Artists
Musicians, songwriters and recording artists who feel they are somehow honoring tradition by
avoiding the impulse to buy beats, are missing a very important truth: the music industry they
remember, as well as the ways and techniques that supplied it with content (songs), no longer
exists.
Something entirely new has taken its place and it has the potential to be something quite
wonderful, if we allow. It could even be called a type of renaissance (a time of freely sharing
artistic ideas.)
But, of course it wasn't always like this. For most of our lives, musicians, songwriters and
recording artists have collaborated by physically getting together face to face, because there was
simply no other choice. Most commonly in groups of two to four in the same room, musicians
would try each other on for size by using the seed of a song idea and then crossing their fingers
and hoping. Hoping that the influence of each member of the team would cause the song to bloom
into something more than the sum of its parts.
However, the success of songs written with this model of collaboration depended entirely on the
right individuals finding each other. It often came down to chance meetings or incredible
coincidence. A single twist of fate could have derailed the miracle of Motown or the meeting of
minds that was The Beatles.
Fast forward and compare that to what is happening today and then tell me with a straight face
that we aren't in the middle of a home recording revolution/renaissance.
You see, our ability to buy beats, guitar riffs and bed-tracks and at the same time freely sharing
our own beats, is having a truly profound effect on the evolution of music creation and recording.
It has literally turned the whole world into a kind of collaboration playground. Because of the
internet, songwriters and home recording artists' creative imaginations can now be sparked by any
number of collaborators. These are collaborators that they will most likely never actually meet in
person. And yet, the sharing of their sounds and ideas will enrich each other's lives and art.
"Mr. Music Industry, (We're Going to) Tear Down This Wall!"
Whether established recording artists and their labels and management want to admit it, their very
success created what seemed to be a permanent "underclass" of independent and unsigned
musicians. How so?
Before the internet caught the recording "industry" with their pants down, or at least looking the
other way, it was only the wealthiest and most commercially successful recording artists who had
the ability to create exotic and unusual collaborations.
We would regularly hear about artists like Sting, David Bowie, Peter Gabriel etc, making
pilgrimages to far corners of the world to find and attempt to create new genres and rhythms.
These artists counted on the "all access card" that their success supplied them, to collaborate and
yes, to put it bluntly, to "buy beats" from the great musicians of those cultures. Fans and unsigned
artists were expected to stand in awe of, and never partake in these wonderful experiments and
cultural collaborations.
Things Have Changed. "Darn Right I'll Buy Beats, How Do You Like Me Now?"
Catalogues that regularly exceed 100,000 beats or more have taken this ability to collaborate with
the world's rich and varied cultures and their music, out of the hands of the Few and put this ability
firmly into the hands of the Many.
Let the Explosion of New Music Begin
Imagine the following scenarios as examples of what is occurring every minute of every day in the
new environment of songwriting and music creation:
Picture a guy, let's say, in Cleveland. Let's say he will make rap beats which he then will upload to
his website to share with someone willing to pay a few dollars to buy beats and finished grooves.
This rap beat maker may imagine that his grooves will attract customers like other rap artists
looking to fill out their new rhymes. It comes as a pleasant surprise to him that some of those who
buy beats from his collection are a metal band in Germany, a Celtic singer in Ireland, and a
Icelandic vocal group. They all are inspired to use his urban beats to create new and exciting
hybrid genres for their songs.
Now imagine that an African recording artist hears the recording made by the German metal band
above and finds the heavy beat and aggressive guitars an unfamiliar and totally intoxicating
combination. He decides to go online and buy metal guitar loops to blend with his traditional West
African style. A month after this amazing collaboration is released, an Italian kid hears it while
surfing the net and decides to... and so on.
Share Beats and Buy Beats of Every Style and Push Your Music Out of the Box and Into the
Future
You have to realize that the genres and classifications given to music are false and have always
been artificial. They were created by the 40 year alliance between record label marketing
departments and radio and broadcast conglomerates. You also have to realize that these
companies no longer hold the keys to the boxes or cells they created to lock and limit your
creativity. The doors are open. You just have to walk out. If you are willing, you will find you can
make and record any music you want.
There are thousands outside waiting for you. He'll buy beats from you, she will share beats with
them... let's collaborate.
In another article in this series we'll discuss how to look beyond typically used tempos and BPM
(beats per minute) to create fresh and original beats, bed tracks and new styles.
I invite you to Buy Beats from a collection of over 100,000 studio quality grooves, bed tracks and
beats featuring hundreds of styles. Find out how to make professional home recordings fast that
stand out from the crowd.
Warner/Chappell, Hi Bias, Audio Socket and LoudThud recording artist, songwriter and producer,
Owen Critchley has been writing, releasing and recording songs and music for movies, TV, cd
release, licensing etc. for over 15 years. For more information about Owen and his home
recording tips, and how to be successful in the new music business, visit
http://recordinghomestudio.com/buy-beats/
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