Should you stop dropping so many beats and/or songs and stop saturating the market with low quality music? Russ says, "Drop music consistently," but some people disagree under the "quality over quantity" battle cry. The MEC has its own opinion on this debate. Also, what is one thing YOU would change about the music business? We share ours.

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.