How to get my music out there...

Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2002 6:28 pm

I'm a rap producer - I produce instrumentals for artists to rap to.

How does one get to be a producer like for say Jermaine Dupri, Timbaland, for example. Where do you start?

Also, how do you protect against people 'biting' my beats? [trying to duplicate it and call it their own] How do I copyright?

Are there any sites with like guides for rap producers [tips/advice/tutorials/etc]? Because this industry seems so foreign to me how/what things go on just because you have a simple beat someone can rap to.

I'm 17 with about 60-70 beats.

Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2002 12:49 am

I don't know how much help this stuff will be, but have a look at these:

http://www.loc.gov/copyright/

http://www.recordproduction.com/index.htm

http://www.nmpa.org/hfa/faq_general.html

http://www.studiocovers.com/articles19.htm

There.

That'll keep you busy till someone who knows more than I do comes along.

Good luck,

Monty

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