Are your beats being taken down from Instagram? Why are social media sites targeting people posting or selling beats online and what's the solution? Pain offers some solutions. Also, let's talk TikTok. Are the numbers fake? Are they silencing black creators? Why do successful TikTok'ers have so few followers on other social platforms?

Are your beats unoriginal? Do unoriginal beats sell well online because rappers are making unoriginal sounding music? Let's talk originality in the music business. Also, Dame is running a record label once again. How can artists actually get signed to labels and what should they NOT do when trying to get signed?

Do producers charge too much for beats? Whether they're selling beats online or trying for major placements, are beats unaffordable in 2022? Bobby Shmurda's recent rant about beat prices has only fueled this ongoing conversation. Also, do artists and producers have an obligation to work together "for the love" at any point? We discuss this and more.

Producers selling beats to Bobby Shmurda are holding up the project. Why are producer collaborations causing problems? Should Bobby Shmurda pay thousands for beats? We discuss. Russ recently gave advice to artists, but is it going to be taken the right way? We debate and eventually agree.

If you sell beats online with Beatstars, do you lose your publishing? No, and here is proof. Why is there Beatstars hate spreading around the internet? We discuss. Also, was Lizzo changing her lyrics a positive step? We discuss this, plus much more about producer rights, beat leasing and music business scams in today's episode.

If you're selling beats online, you've heard the narrative that rappers don't buy beats. Why do so many producers perpetuate this narrative and what harm does it cause to their own brand and to the producer community at large? Also, are artists still pretending to be independent in 2022? Why has Erinn quit touring and what should YOU quit in order to make your music career run more efficiently? Listen and consider.

Should you be selling beats via email? Ever see artists asking producers to "send beats" via social media? Let's talk the benefits and drawbacks of this beat selling method. Also, why is a producer mad at Erinn? Finally, we discuss the fiasco between Monique and DL Hughley and how you can avoid similar situations.

Selling beats that contain loops-- especially royalty free loops-- shouldn't result in copyright problems, but it does. Pain explains how he has worked around this problem. Also, Halsey is upset that her label is forcing her to use TikTok in order to release her music and she's not the only one. The MEC has mixed feelings on this topic.

If you're selling beats online and want to collab on a beat with a top beat seller, is it worth paying for a collab? Pain outlines some business inquiry approaches that can make or break your networking efforts. Dame talks Spotify selling NFTs, questions selling beat NFTs and goes deep into artist/management relationship problems.

Selling beats online or just uploading them on YouTube? Wonder why you're getting copyright strikes for using royalty free samples? The problem is ContentID systems and they may be violating federal copyright law. Will platforms like Splice eventually sue YouTube and other platforms? Also, many good managers do way too much for their artists. This sounds like a good thing, but it can be a major relationship killer. Listen and learn why.