What's up everybody? I'll be hosting a head-to-head, single-elimination song tournament on my crew's discord which starts on Sunday February 9th. Basically on that Sunday I'll be drawing participants names out of a hat to create random matchups and giving each pair a few words/phrases from which to draw inspiration from. Once you get your topics, you'll be required to write and record an original song inspired by one of the topics by Friday, February 14th at Midnight PST. Once both people have posted their songs, we open the battles up to voting from the community and amongst the other participants until voting closes on Sunday February 16th at 9:00 PM PST. Whoever gets the least amount of votes will get eliminated and the winner will move on to the next round where new matchups will be formed with new topics to create a new song from. We will continue to whittle down the competition week after week until only one person remains who will be crowned champion of the "Battle of the Bangers" and winner of the $500 grand prize. There's no fee for entry or any hidden requirements, anyone who would like to participate is welcome as long as you aren't recycling old songs you had sitting around and are giving your best effort with these original tracks. It's going to be a competitive contest but if you'd like to test yourself against other artists and get genuine feedback on your art with a chance to win real money, hit me up in my DM's and I can send you a link to enter.

EDIT: Link to enter - www.discord.gg/whitecollarrhymes. Just put your artist name in the "Sign Ups" thread under "Battle of the Bangers"

How do you guys get music “ideas”

I would consider myself a pretty creative person, i can add a charm to an existing project and generally im pretty creative, i also know how it feels to light up with an idea, and i know how the need to bring it to life feels like, and how you get energized and all exited about it, but these ideas i have are usually ideas of business projects or ways to improve or do shit better than others, i never had that kind of feeling for art or music besides itching to draw since i was a little kid, and im really into making music right now even if its shit but whenever i draw or make music, i never have any idea of what im gonna make. Its just pure randomness, i find something i like and then expand on it. But thats not what im looking for, music and stuff that i create that way is meaningless thoughtless emotionless, and what is the point at that point. I really wanna have ideas for music.

So that’s why im wondering how u guys get music ideas , how does it feel when you have one, how do they look like?

Have been sampling for 6 months or so now, all from digital sources, but would love to sample the £1 records and tapes in the shops where I live.

I was planning on buying an old cassette player and an old vinyl player from eBay or Facebook marketplace, but is there anything I should watch out for? Any compatibility issues? I’m not worried about damaging records as I’ll only be buying cheap ones.

Sampling into a Roland P6 atm for what it’s worth.

I am creating a playlist of fellow up & coming artists to feature on our Artist profile and hopefully generate some additional listens.

You will be featured alongside tracks from our latest EP, so check the spotify link in my bio to see if you want to be included.

I will share the link when it's complete / featured so you can check it out and share / feature it yourselves

Hello I'm a 14yo kid from Serbia. Yep you heard it, that is the problem. No producer wants to put their beats and time into a 14yo Slavic kid, yet the one that gave me a chance was impressed, but for some reason he left me. I don't have the usual accent what is the most common stereotype because i have lived in the US for a year in Boston. I like to listen to the likes of: Eazy e, Nas, all of D12, all of the Nwa, all of the Wu Tang clan, 50, pac, biggie, mob deep etc. I would prefer if you have the same music taste like me but i also listen to the newer rappers like Kendrick and jinn and juice (whatever their name is) and to the older ones like slick rick etc. I prefer raping on a slower repeated beet like a 90s type one. if you are down please DM me on reddit and upvote so i can find more opportunities. Hope we work out and please give me a chance.

May be a silly question but .... have any of yall who made beats for rappers decided to just pivot and release your beats yourself ?

Im thinking of taking this route but a lil clueless on how to even market it

Welcome to Freestyle Friday! If you're a producer - feel free to donate a beat down below in reply to the beat submissions comment. If you're a rapper - scroll down to choose a beat, then record a freestyle over it. You can post whenever, just have fun!

Beats go under the "beats" comment; freestyles go under the "freestyles" comment.

Check out previous Freestyle Friday threads.

I'm trying to find some info about it. Were there well known pioneers or like a milestone albums made digitally that influenced a lot of people or anything like that.

Google search suggests 1990s but I don't know if that's accurate because I remember when Soulja boy did "Crank dat" in 2006 and a lot of people seemed taken aback that he used what was then fruity loops to make the beat.

One album I know that was somewhat pioneering but not in the US, was Original Pirate Material by the UK group "The Streets." The album was highly regarded but was influenced by the UK garage scene which I believe was already into digital production by then.

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Hey wassup everyone! I'm a new producer and I want to connect with other rappers, singers, artists, producers, djs, etc I want to know more about your experiences on how was it for you starting, whenever that may be.

I want to connect, make friends, potentially collabs in the future who knows. Just throwing my hat in to see!!

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I watched a video called 'What makes Meet the Grahams sound scary" and started detuning my samples/instruments ±40 or so semitones in a few of my beats. He talks about this at the beginning of the video.

It’s a small tweak that noticeably changes the whole vibe imo. It's something I never really thought of doing before. I always just kept my beats in key. I'm just curious if any of you have ever tried something like this in your production.

EDIT: cents not semitones

Hello guys, how are you?

This time I wanted to know if you could give me an idea of ​​what to do with a problem I have regarding copyright.

It turns out that 1 year ago I uploaded a beat that I created to my YouTube channel and to beatstars, that beat worked quite well, it got more than 500k views to date, and the sales of licenses for said beat were also good.

Here comes the problem, it turns out that approximately 2 months ago an artist bought the standard license for my beat to be able to upload his song to the different streaming platforms (he uploaded it through distrokid).

When the artist uploaded his music to DistroKid, a week later I received a copyright claim on my YouTube beat, so I could no longer monetize it. I contacted the artist and he had indeed purchased a license to upload his song. I contacted distrokid support but they didn't give me much help, in fact it took them weeks to respond at all.

The only thing I want is to be able to monetize my YouTube video since the visits are still increasing and that generates me extra money. Has it happened to anyone? What could I do in these cases? This topic really brought me down because these copyright claims can generate a shadow ban on my YouTube channel. :(

If something similar happened to someone and found a solution, I would appreciate it if you let me know! thank you very much for reading me!

Listening to a playlist of unknown rappers and they all fire.

Doing things I thought were unique to me and doing it even better 😂

I'm in the search for a small "idea box". I got a synth recently and was playing with it in my bed and realized it would be satisfying to have the ability to add kicks, snares, baselines, leads etc. Im now in the market for a groove box that I can make 80's / synthwave / trap type music. Do you guys have any recommendations? Im currently in my "hardware" phase! I know the Elektron stuff is popular and it looks physically appealing, but all I hear on it are hardcore techno things that I have no interest in. Thanks!

Products I'm considering are:

OP-XY

SP404 mkii

Elektron Series (digitakt syntakt etc)

Push 3 Standalone

MPC One

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Hello!

I’ve been trying producing for a little over a year now. started off just rapping off yt beats in my car during a security job, and now making my own songs.

I’ve had distrokid for about 6 months now(?) and I released some whatever songs so far under a name i dont care much about. it was more so about me getting rid of the burden i feel regarding holding onto my music, and i get to listen to on apple music, super cool!

That said, Ive been working an actual real personal project, and it has a lot of songs (still deep work in progress). I’m just thinking about it from the long term, and its definitely not like these songs are top notch quality, but I find myself in a dilemna.

do i release under the same name i used last time?

or maybe utilize the 2nd artist option that distrokid offers me?

and i know ive said alot so far, but I’ve heard that releasing a random album out of nowhere with no listeners isn’t the move. i guess what i’m asking is should i release more singles? haha, i don’t have a single one!

Finally, as a bonus question, what do we think of distrokid? Should i be chilling there?

Thanks for any responses love yall and goodluck on the music!

i feel like i’ve been shadowbanned on socials from people that use to love my music or friends or really anyone. man i was really picking up momentum last year.. then my 2 of my best friends past away that i really like wanted their validation to know if my songs were dope or not. i hit a huge drug induced depression and really like shut out the whole world. i was like legit alone all last year. it was hard… but it was a serious time for growth maturity wise and figuring out who was really wanting me to succeed in life and who didn’t give a fuck.

but anyways… like i am making some seriously fire (to me) music and i know that i have the gift that people would kill for. i freestyle everything and the melodies and lyrics that just naturally flow out of me are MOST DOPE. but i am a 1 man team. i am trying to do it all while keep afloat w/ having 3 little boys. (hints why my name has 3Gs in it - cuz im raising 3 G’s)

my music is there. my presentation is not. instagram & tiktok are sick of my posts lol and i don’t know where to go from here if anyone has been here and pushed thru and progressed to a new level please! let’s chop it up. it would mean a lot to me. ~shagggy1of1

I need like a hip hop buddy who can hear my ideas and give their opinions and their takes so I don’t over think my work or overlook something important.

I’m locked in my head 24/7 and I guard my ideas but I recognize the value of other opinions so anyone interested dm me we can have a working relationship and I’ll share my ideas and thoughts on your works as well.

Hi I am a small time Streamer. Who stream on Twitch and TikTok (TaztheTarnished). I love using my platform to promote others and their talents. I want to know is there a discord or place i can connect with artists and preview some of their music on my stream every Tuesday and Thursday and Sundays.

Hey everyone, I'm a brand new artist (been producing and rapping for years but just started putting out music publically) and I wanted your opinions on something.

I'm bilingual (French/English) and want to make music in both languages but can't decide if I want to use separate artist names for both languages.

I feel like doing both under the same name kinda defeats the point because half of my (nonexistent) fanbase wouldn't understand half of my discography but I also feel like splitting my discography between two artist names would just fragment my listeners if I ever did get a fanbase, plus I'd need to upgrade my distrokid plan to have multiple artist names...

What do y'all think?

This may seem like im glazing myself, but I'm not. My beats are quite weird, and I fell that my ideas are to advanced for my skill lvl. Which can lead to feeling frustrated and burnt out. Can production be too unique, and how do I not feel burned out?

Every night right before I fall asleep, a unique and perfect beat flows through my mind like a divine revelation. But I’m too sleepy to compose it. By the time I wake up, I’ve already forgotten it. What do you guys do when you get ideas but can’t compose them right away?

Hi! I'm a producer and I'm looking for a native English speaker rapper to collaborate with on a trap song.

I'd love to hear something you've made (both written and recorded) so I can get an idea of what you're capable of.
It's also important that you have a decent microphone and audio interface so we can create a high-quality song, this is really important to me.

I'm not famous, and I don't think we'll get famous or make even a cent, so the idea is to do it for the passion, but with the intention and dedication to make a Billboard hit, at least in terms of quality.

The deal is pretty simple: I produce, mix, and master the song; you write and record the vocals, then send them to me so I can finish the song and release it on streaming platforms with both names as primary artists.

If this sounds good to you, drop your music, and let's make some great stuff!
If linking music isn't allowed in this sub, feel free to send me a DM so we don't break any rules.

Thanks.

Are there specific guidelines for this kind of thing? What makes a sample high quality? I just made one today and I want to know if it’s good enough to potentially sell.

Flip This Challenge 31

FTC30 was stacked full of interesting bangers with different approaches and styles. Really impressive to see what you guys come up with again and again.

Let's move away from the italian samples with FTC31 - let's switch to la France mes amis:

Gilbert Becaud - La Maison Sous Les Arbres 1971 - Rene ClementGilbert Becaud - La Maison Sous Les Arbres 1971 - Rene Clement)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgEZDNxyAOY

Rules:

• You can only submit 1 beat
• You have to use the sample in your beat, it should be recognizable (don't just throw it in a granular synth lol). You can add other instruments and samples obvs, but the sample should be a main element.
• Beats can be any genre, no bonus points for making a specific genre beat.
• All submissions submitted before the deadline will be linked in the voting post; whoever gets the most votes wins.
• Have to vote to be eligble to win. Ties are decided by whoever posted first.

Deadline: Monday, February 3rd 2025 midnight CET time

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Dealing with a client from a country with different currency. They wanted to buy a beat. They tried sending their money to my PayPal, but their bank wouldn't let them.

How do beat sellers get around this? I don't want to give my banking info + deal with a $15 wire transfer fee every time I deal with an international client.

Hi everyone, I've been producing and rapping for 5 years or so and moved to NYC 6 months ago and I'm looking for people who want to collaborate on music.

Sound: I am very tapped into the underground US and UK trap sound (opium, 2hollis, nemzzz, damon r. Lancy/fimi/len, YT, jim legaxcy, nettspend, etc) but can/have produced all other types of music (house, rnb, 90s sound hiphop, etc)

Goal: I am looking for others to collaborate with (producers or rappers or vocals) If you're interested, reply to this post and I'll reach out over dm and we can exchange music and see if we can benefit from working with each other.