Make Beats with thousands of sounds, export to MP3, User Friendly.

You won’t leave your computer days…

You will make thousands of beats and you don’t even need to be a professional musician or have any experience, they have made it user friendly to make your own beats and you won’t believe the quality of the sounds they have packed it with.

Click on the link at the bottom of the this article to check out the video on their site.

In addition to the the sequencer and tutorials on how to use it, they have a members section with production lessons in Logic, ProTools, software instruments, keyboards and much more. You will also get to download high quality beats and instrumentals and show off the beats you make with SonicProducer. If you want to make beats quickly and easily this is the place to do it.

Some Common Questions:

What is SonicProducer?

SonicProducer is an incredible cutting edge music sequencer with mp3 export capability. SonicProducer also features music production tutorials with different keyboards, studios as well as tutorials on how to use the Sonic Producer application. All this is available online through the “members area” and contains everything including the software, sounds and the system of video lessons and documentation.

Will SonicProducer work on my computer?

Yes. SonicProducer works on all computers and operating systems. It does not matter if you have a PC, Mac or other platform.

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If you are producing your own material and need innovative and fresh beats, chec out Beats 365.

They are the least expensive of all of the sites that we looked at and by signing up (1x fee) you are going to receive unlimited access to the BIGGEST ROYALTY FREE HIP HOP BEATS AND AUDIO DATABASE EVER!

You can download as many of their tracks as you like, as many times as you want, and record your battles online with other members! All this for a one-time fee of $29.95. No catch, no recurring fees and no limits!

These folks have 39 different genres and styles including East Coast, West Coast, California, Hip Hop, Raggaeton, Reggae, Gangsta, Ghetto Anthems, Dance Hall, Miami, Old School, Funk and more.

Your registration gives you hundreds upon hundreds of the hottest beats and instrumentals. All are royalty free.

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Phil Peretz (author of this blog) is the founder and former owner of CDDVD Now, a Silicon Valley CD and DVD production company. 

Over the 5 years that he owned CDDVD Now, he worked with thousands of clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to local musicians and everything in between. (Check out Phil’s recommendations on Linked In) http://www.linkedin.com/in/philperetz

Prior to this, Phil was VP of sales and marketing for another replicator in the S.F. Bay Area. Phil knows CD and DVD production. 

After selling off the CDDVD Now trade name, Phil and partner/wife, Catherine Young-Peretz opened Media Media Inc. in Northern Nevada.

Media Media Inc. is a customer centric business. This means that they look at your needs and figure out a solution that works for you. YOU are their client and based on your needs, they will point you to the correct place for your project. This may be a manufacturer, a print/dupe house or a value added reseller.

There are 2 types of  CD and DVD production work, Replication (injection molded presses discs with glass master and stamper) and Duplication (printed and duplicated on recordable media). 

Within these two categories, there are two sub categories,  bulk or basic packaging (single disc, bulk or standard standard packaging like jewelcases or dvd cases) and boutique style projects (multi disc sets or things that require custom printing. 

They work with vendors who can do and and all of these. To get a quote, go to www.mediamediainc.com

How to write a cover letter

By Luanne Hunt

Bob the college radio program director sits at his desk daunted by the giant stack of CDs he promised himself he would listen to today. While giving his scalding-hot coffee time to cool, he opens one of the padded envelopes from the pile and dumps the contents onto his desk.

Judging by this band’s slick CD packaging, it looks promising to Bob. His hopes are high that the group actually might have recorded some decent material. But before he places the CD in the “Yes” pile, he decides to read the group’s bio and cover letter. “Not too exciting,” he thinks, “but part of the job.”

“Dear Bot,” the letter begins.

“Hi there!!!!!!!! We would like to take this oportunity to thank you for letting us let you here our music.

“We are a awesum rock band, the greatest you will ever here!!!!! We just recorded our 1st album in our bass players garage on a 4 track machine he bought for $150.00 when he was in high school. Even thogh we haven’t sold any CD yet, we are sure it will be a bestseller.

“This group, our band, is really proud of it. Ronnie’s uncle love it too and even gave us $2000.00 for running them off and hiring a guy to make up covers, front and back.

“You will love our songs and have our permisshun to play all of them any time. Pleeeeeeeeeease make sure you let the people that collect radio royaltees know so we will get paid. My brother the lawyer told me that.

“A person from our band will call you 2 weeks to find out how many times you played our songs. Feel free to pray them when you want too.

“May the force be with you.”

Drummer Dan

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How To Get Airplay On College Radio
By Luanne Hunt

It’s a fact! Without the backing of a major record label, most Indie artists will never get airplay on mainstream radio. Why? Because in the big business of music, cash (for promotion) is king and struggling performers usually don’t have much.

However, that doesn’t mean there are no other exposure opportunities out there. One avenue for Indie artists to get their tunes spun on the airwaves is college radio.

There are hundreds of these stations in the United States looking for quality music to broadcast — in all genres. That doesn’t mean they will play everything that lands on their desk, but as a rule, college radio stations are open to giving new songs a chance if they believe they will appeal to their audience.

Like any radio promotional campaign, it’s important to adhere to specific guidelines for submission. And follow-up is necessary in order to find out if your song has been placed on the play list. It also doesn’t hurt to send the program director a “thank you” note for putting you in the rotation. Little gestures like that can pay off greatly in the future. Read more »

UPC stands for Universal Product Code., It’s a 12 digit number that is associated to your product. Every product needs a upc barcode and, Nationwide Barcode  makes it easy.

Let’s start at the beginning..

You order a barcode or a number of barcodes from Nationwide Barcode.  They  send you a couple of different graphic files. They send you an EPS file, jpg and a tif file. EPS stands for encapsulated postscript…these files can only be opened by programs such as Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Coral Draw and other high end graphic programs. The tif file (stands for Tagged Image File Format) and the jpg can be opened by everything else…word, paint, pretty much any design program that you have.

NOW WHAT?
After you order the barcode and before they send it to you, we generate the upc barcode graphics and create a Certificate of Authenticity.

They make sure that they never duplicate upc barcodes. This way, when you buy a upc, your upc barcode number is a unique, one-of-a-kind barcode. They e-mail them to you within 24 hours…usually the same day.

They assign the upc barcode to you. Then, you assign the upc barcode to your product.

There is no hidden data built into a barcode, there is no pricing information, there is no product information. The bars represent only the 12-digit number.

If you order 10 barcodes or more, They also provide you with a barcode tracking sheet.

You need to determine which unique barcode goes with each product that you have.

You need to affix a copy of the barcode to each product. There are only two ways that you can do this. You can print up a label or, you can include the graphic on the packaging for your product.

Once you affix the barcode to the product, you will need to communicate to the retailer what the product is and what number you have assigned to the product. There is no download of data from a database. The process is that you teach the retailer.

This is usually done by creating a sheet that describes your product. These product sheets should contain the following information:

1) Name of Product
2) Description of Product (Size, Weight, etc.)
3) Manufacturer Information
4) Selling Price
5) UPC Code

The retailer is going to enter all of this information into their Point Of Sale back-end, This is their computer system that is attached to their electronic cash register system.

Some retailers have you enter this information on line (CD Baby, Amazon, Barnes and Noble)

When a customer wants to purchase the item, they take it to the checkstand and the clerk scans the item using a barcode reader. When the item is scanned, two things happen:

1) Product Information comes up on the Point of Sale System and is printed on the invoice or receipt
2) The unit purchased is removed from inventory.

http://www.nationwidebarcodes.com