Beat Demons interview on the Producergrind Podcast.
The Beat Demons stopped by the office to talk about their come up, how to sell beats online effectively & much more. We got into detail when talking about strategies for selling beats online through YouTube, Beatstars, Instagram, Facebook & other platforms. They talked about email marketing advice, instagram ad tips & tricks & a lot more sauce when it comes to marketing your beat store. We even talk about how rapper Money Man purchased a beat from their store which landed them a placement. They also shed some light on how producers “steal sounds & recreating beats” which happened to these guys. They did however reach out to a lawyer and were able to turn the situation around to their favor.
The duo talked about how they linked up and formed a production team in their hometown Austin, TX which lead to the 2 quitting their jobs to pursue music full time. We talked about their daily lifestyle and how they manage to stay focused and stay creative. Overall these 2 dropped hella producer advice for you to learn from.
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0:36 How Beat Demons came together?
3:00 Challenges of being a team
5:20 Day in the life of Beat Demons
7:04 Being efficient and structured as a producer
10:00 Online vs. Industry Producer
12:12 Placements from Beat Stores
15:30 Social Media’s impact for producers
18:51 Daily budgets for online marketing
22:07 Tunecore and CDBaby agreement issues
25:33 Advice for producers taking the online route
27:13 GET YA BRANDING RIGHT!!
31:21 Overrated/Underrated
– (31:56) SXSW
– (33:15) NFL Superbowl
– (34:20) Schlotzsky’s
– (35:18) MIDI Loops
– (36:26) Eminem Kamikaze
38:13 Producers that inspired Beat Demons
40:10 Personal Growth as a producer
45:00 Legal action after beat was wrongfully remade
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