Major Music Production

"What Some Producers Know That Make Them Rich"

Okay Calvin, you have my attention now what? Tell me about major music production.

Well my friend, Let's get right down to it. There is a huge difference in Internet or software production and being major in music production within the main stream market.

Yeah I know you can grab solid software programs like SampleTank XL and put a knowledgeable engineer on your production and get away with it. That's only going to go so far.

Once you start hitting the record labels they are going to want to hear a more realistic sound. Publishers need to be brought to their knees when they hear your music selections.

How Do You Do That?

Three ways and only 3 ways to accomplish this. I know you want to know what they are really bad huh? Well here is the list...

• Samples
• Work For Hire
• You Play Instruments Like Prince (Yes, Mr. Purple Rain)

Samples

A sample is a piece of music that has been played by a professional musician. They have previously recorded the instrument on a published album or in a controlled setting for sales to producers.

Enhancing your music production by using samples is the easiest way to crush your competition...PERIOD!

You can buy samples from places like Big Fish Audio and totally step your music production within a week. No engineering required to sound professional.

Work For Hire

Sometimes you may know a true musician in your network that can play for you. This person is the absolute truth with his or her instrument. Hire that person to play a guitar, horn, piano or organ piece for you.

The work for hire contracts for this are really good. Now you have those custom sample sounds, keyboard production and real sounds in your music. That's publishing material ready to go. Trust Me!

You Play An Instrument

If you play an instrument like an acoustic guitar then make use of that skill.

I can tell you right now that artist like Lyfe Jennings are not real producers. However, he has managed to use his guitar playing skills to produce hit songs.

With a beautiful guitar riff about 4 to 8 bars long I can produce an entire song.

If you play you should be using this in your production. Companies love to hear real music not keyboard stuff. Remember back in the day you could not be a singing group without instrument players.

You had to have a singer, a guitar player, a bass player, horn players and a piano player. It is this reason alone that producers today sample old albums.

Ask Yourself This Question

Kanye West is known for samples in his music. This is a undisputable fact! He has more than enough money to clear the samples too...hmmm!

Question: If he is known for sampling why does he pay real musicians to play real instruments along with the sample in his songs?

Answer: Kanye West knows that you cannot beat the skills of a real musician that has mastered the their instrument of choice. There is no substitute for a real musician playing. Keyboards are limited.

Remember these tips and you will make alot of money with your music production.

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