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Is the best music promo free? Do bigger rappers lease beats? Katori Walker joins us to discuss signing a major label deal, what went wrong, how he leases beats and why he doesn't always buy exclusive beats, and why he hasn't spent a cent on music promo in years.

Getting beat and song placements in television and film takes a certain skillset and process different from making and selling beats or songs for traditional listeners. Barii explains how he gets synch placements and how making beats is different from scoring. Also, we talk TikTok's so-called viral secret that was recently exposed and why platforms have always been able to make music go viral.

If you make beats, will you be replaced by artificial intelligence in the near future? Will beats be automatically generated at the click of a button? Pain and Dame debate the future of AI and discuss the copyright implications of AI beats. Dame and Erinn discuss the necessity of connections in the music business and why Dame's Guapdad interview received such a backlash.

Learning how to sell beats? Pricing your beats, especially exclusive beats, is tricky. We discuss how much beats should cost, when it makes sense to give away free beats and how rappers can scam new producers for free beats. We also discuss how managers should vet opportunities for their artists, Errin's apology to her record label and Phillip Payne's winning social media strategy.

Selling exclusives beats became a hot topic after Beatstars posted a tweet asking how much exclusive beats should cost. We discuss prices, problems and why most people don't even understand what an exclusive sale involves. On the subject of copyrights, we also discuss whether or not record labels are greedy for offering bad deals and how desperate producers and recording artists should react to a bad deal.

Your beats are getting stolen and apparently many artists and producers think this is a good thing. When Grammy-winning producer Knxwledge complained about rappers stealing an monetizing his beats, the internet ganged up on him. What do YOU think? Also, we discuss whether or not artists can be slept on. Are your favorite artists slept on or are there simply other factors at work that keep them in a certain corner of the music business?

If you're a musician, watch out for more scams coming soon via Twitter's new Blue feature. Should musicians find a new social media platform to replace twitter? Also, would you take the job as Glorilla's assistant? Will it help you with your music career? The MEC crew debates this point and more in today's episode.

Sending beats to managers is a bad idea? Male managers being condescending to women collagues is common? In this episode, we discuss the good and bad of management-- red flags to look out for, what managers should certainly not be doing, and what managers should be doing to grow and develop as professionals. Special guest Yan Snead of Pandora.

Knowing how to sell beats also involves knowing your rights and understanding intellectual property law. When you're selling beats, are you also selling your copyrights? Should you be? Also, we discuss fans attacking artists, but end on a positive note: Actionable steps and expectations for building your music career from the ground up.

Making beats is too easy with FL Studio and other DAWs? That's what DJ Khaled said, which caused controversy. We discuss technology and how the producer community is being targeted and used for clickbait. Also, Quentin Miller is speaking out in frustration of being treated as a ghostwriter for the biggest rappers.

If you're learning how to sell beats, you may wonder how much you should charge. Today we explore whether producers want too much, whether individual artists demand too much of their beatmakers and how not to react in these negotiation scenarios. Also, we cover why teams split up and what you can do to make sure your team stays strong and unified.

Selling beats and releasing music in the future will be more profitable in the future with Web 3, according to Brandon Tory, founder of Formless. He explains how beat selling/music streaming will be much more profitable by using his platform.

Some producers can't figure out how to sell beats and unfortunately turn to scamming their own community. Why do we continue to fall for this? Also, will these scams increase in frequency because Twitter Blue allows anybody to be verified? We discuss the changes in Twitter, social media strategies for successful music releases and we respond to the "top 6 places to sell beats online" article.

Whether you're selling beats online or releasing a single as a recording artist, you may be considering paying for advertising. Larussell recently spoke on losing money when investing in ads and in all likelihood, you will lose money too. We discuss ways to learn from these losses. Also, we discuss whether or not managers should have to "prove" themselves before collecting money from an artist they represent.

If your beats aren't selling, what is your reaction? Some producers will vent their frustrations on social media. What happens next? Also, why do some artists think low-price beat leases amount to them owning the beat? Erinn discusses communication and why she has started to record conversations between her and the artists she works with.

When you make a beat for a song and that song becomes a viral hit, who owns the song? This is a complicated conversation and unfotunately, Glorilla and her producer HitKidd are both letting this problem play out over social media and they blame each other for selling the rights to their collaboration "FNF." What could have gone wrong? We discuss. We also cover why Steve Lacy fans don't know his music as seen in a viral concert clip.

If you're selling beats online, make sure to upload beats to this website, with twenty five million users waiting for your music. Our guest DJ Z explains the benefits of using Audiomack over other platforms. Also, over 100,000 songs are uploaded every single day and Spotify is moving away from supporting music. Labels are panicking. What are ways an unsigned artist can succeed in this climate? We explain.

Selling beats online? Want to know how to advertise your beats the smart way? Learn from the mistakes and successes of others and catch a few gems in today's episode. Also, Russ claims rappers are NOT getting blackballed in the music business. We discuss. Finally, are one-hit wonders all broke? Why or why not?

Are music festivals dying? The recent Rolling Loud problems bring up some uncomfortable questions for festival organizers-- do rising insurance costs, post-pandemic crowds and higher prices mark the death of the major music festival? Also, are loop and sample makers stealing sounds and potentially getting producers in major legal trouble?

Trying to sell beats? Do you need industry connections to be successful as a beatmaker who sells leases online? We explain why this narrative is harmful and wrong. Also, there's a rapper who is doing everything right-- steal some ideas from him and apply them to your own music career. Listen to the full episode to learn exactly what these lessons are.