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Music producers, it's Curtis Keene, CurtisKeeneBeats.com, and I'm finally, finally, finally answering the question.
How do you clear samples in [Bb] 2018?
Let's talk about it.
[Gm] [Gb] [Ab]
[Eb]
[B] [Bb] [Gm] [B] Music producers, you guys always ask me the question, how do you clear your [Bb] samples, especially in 2018,
when sampling is [Ab] very rare, especially on a mainstream level.
[E] However, there are still hip-hop enthusiasts,
there are still music producers that pull from the records of yesterday.
Now in [Bb] the past, let's be real,
the process has not always been so black and white.
What you got to understand is [B] no sample is made the same.
The original [Bm] song or the master recording,
depending on who the publisher [Bb] is, it can be a more difficult process [Gm] dealing with one than the [A] other.
So there's not really one universal way [Gm] to clear every single sample.
Well, that's until Tracklib came around and they sat here [Bb] and
meticulously went through all these songs, original songs, not loops and samples and one-shots.
Original songs [Abm] from the 70s, [Ab] 50s, [Gm] 40s, 30s.
They brought all these publishers together and [Bb] decided on a universal system that allows producers like you and I to [G] clear our samples.
Now, [Gm] is it perfect?
In my opinion, not quite yet.
However, this has got to be one of the most fluid and easy [F] process you've ever seen when it comes to clearing [Fm] samples.
Now, here's what [Bb] they do.
First and [Dbm] foremost, you go and create an account over here at [E] Tracklib,
like you see what I have right here.
First [Ab] thing you probably want to go do, go [E] find a tracks.
There are [Bb] so many [F] songs here on this website.
And like I [E] said, it's from multiple years and multiple BPMs.
You can [Bb] actually search these things by their actual genre.
So say I want to find [E] a
R&B [Dbm] soul song, okay, [Bb] and the region, [A] well,
let's say [E] North America.
Let's say song [Dbm] key, [Abm] A minor.
And then [Dbm] let's go ahead and try,
leave the BPM [E] as is.
And then the year, we're gonna go ahead and push it up [Eb] to about
1970 to [A] 1980.
[Db] Okay, once we got that particular search criteria, now we can start listening to songs.
You can listen to songs by literally [Eb] clicking on the play button.
[C] [A] [G]
[E] [B]
[Bm]
Now, when you find some samples that have potential, you can do one of two things.
You can either [G] favorite it by clicking on the heart here [Bbm] and then making your own [Bm] collection based upon that.
Or [E] you can go ahead and add it to the cart.
Now, when you [G] go ahead and add it to the cart,
basically what you're doing is downloading the song.
You're not getting the sample clear by downloading the song.
That's just the first process.
[B] They allow you to basically have the song in your possession for $199 [Bm] and you're able to sit there and chop it up and see
if it's something that actually has potential.
And if it does, before you decide to release it to the public,
especially before you decide to put it [G] up for sale, you got to make sure that you follow their rules.
Now, the rules that Tracklib lay out is that if they allow you to have that sample and you're chopping it up and you find
a great chop, you love the song, you have to go back to the website and get a license for that actual sample.
[B] So let's go to one that I actually purchased.
So I purchased this Tiger Trot Master song.
I like some of the vocals in it.
And because I already got the master, I download the master for $199.
They basically allow me now to go get a license.
Now, the licenses are basically divided into three different categories and I'm read it off here.
So there's a C [F] category, a B category and an A [Bb] category.
Now, the A category are typically [C] like big hit songs, songs that if you're going to sample those,
[Fm] you're going to have to pay out a little bit of [C] money.
That [B] little bit of money being
$2 [F],500 to clear that.
[G] And it's really not even just [Gm] to clear it,
it's an advanced before you start paying out royalties.
The B [Cm] category for [F] songs that are like in [C] the middle of popularity.
Those are about 500 bucks as an advanced, [Cm] like I said, to get a license on that particular [G] sample.
And then there's a C category.
They say about 98% of the songs on here on the C category
and that's only 50 bucks.
[C] So imagine having a license that you purchase from this website for 50 [Cm] bucks that basically gives you the rights to put the [C] song out
there.
You can sell [A] the song, you can put it out for free, [Eb] but you have cleared [Ab] your sample.
Now, speaking of revenue [D] share,
you got to [Gm] let them know as you set this up.
So if you go [Ab] ahead and run this, put in your particular full name.
[Fm] So my name is DeJuan Howard, [Cm] my goodman name, like you'll be talking about.
[C] Okay,
and the next step is you have to tell them if you used up to two seconds, up [Fm] to 15 seconds and up to [F] 60 seconds
of the original master [Cm] recording for your sample.
Why is [Em] this important?
Because [Fm] based upon how much of that sample you used, you're going to have to shelve out a percentage of [Cm] your revenue share as you
start to put it out there for sale.
[Bbm] So if you only use two seconds, you only owe them 2% of [Db] revenue that you [Eb] account from your song.
If you use 15 seconds, you [C] got to share 10% [Fm] of the revenue.
And if you use up to 60 seconds, it's about 20% of the revenue.
And keep in mind [C] that's also in addition to that $50 license [Fm] fee or that 500 license fee or that 2,500 license fee.
But because they [Cm] allow the revenue share, they're basically [C] just saying, look, give us 10% of the revenue share for using the sample.
We already [Bb] have that advance, [Cm] which says that at least we'll get [Bb] paid off for this no matter what this song does.
And as a song becomes more [Ab] popular, you'll get your money back.
[F] They'll get a percentage and [Bb] your sample will be cleared.
Now, the next thing you got to do after [Ab] you got your license, you're feeling good.
You're [D] brushing yourself off.
You're like, I cleared a sample.
I can't believe I did it.
The next thing you got to do, you got to register your song with the performance rights organization [F] like an ASCAP or BMI.
This is basically so they can keep track of the [Bb] money that needs to be distributed out.
In addition to your PRO, you're going to have to also make sure that you register with the recording rights organization, such as a sound scan.
Or [Gb] you can even use DistroKid.
TrackLit provides you an email that allows you to be a part of their DistroKid team, and you can start [Ab] sending royalties directly from the [F] sales that you are getting straight from your DistroKid account that you're selling the sample that you just cleared on your original [Ab] song.
It don't get [F] no easier than that.
So when I first used the website in this beta, I thought it [Bb] was the most amazing thing.
I didn't share with you guys quite yet because I felt [Ab] like there were still some things that were trying [F] to work out.
Only thing I wish it would have addressed more [Bb] is sort of the language that we use when we're leasing our beats as producers.
[F] Maybe they can figure out some kind of percentage or some kind of [Bb] number based upon it.
Maybe they can collaborate with the air bits of the beat stars [Ab] and they can figure this out so that we're able to just [Eb] sell our beats.
When rappers pay for the beats, as soon as the money comes [Gb] into these websites, a percentage of that gets cut straight [Bbm] directly to TrackLit and everybody got [F] their hands clean.
But until then, [B] just dip into the website.
Go and sign up to TrackLit.
I promise you, [Bb] I'm just sharing good [Ab] information.
I don't have no affiliate links.
I'm going to leave the link in the description below.
I just want to make sure you guys know I love being able to [G] share this kind of information, especially about a topic that many of you have been asking me for quite some time, which is how to clear your samples.
I hope this was very helpful to you.
Once again, this is Curtis King of CurtisKingBeats
How do you clear samples in [Bb] 2018?
Let's talk about it.
[Gm] [Gb] [Ab]
[Eb]
[B] [Bb] [Gm] [B] Music producers, you guys always ask me the question, how do you clear your [Bb] samples, especially in 2018,
when sampling is [Ab] very rare, especially on a mainstream level.
[E] However, there are still hip-hop enthusiasts,
there are still music producers that pull from the records of yesterday.
Now in [Bb] the past, let's be real,
the process has not always been so black and white.
What you got to understand is [B] no sample is made the same.
The original [Bm] song or the master recording,
depending on who the publisher [Bb] is, it can be a more difficult process [Gm] dealing with one than the [A] other.
So there's not really one universal way [Gm] to clear every single sample.
Well, that's until Tracklib came around and they sat here [Bb] and
meticulously went through all these songs, original songs, not loops and samples and one-shots.
Original songs [Abm] from the 70s, [Ab] 50s, [Gm] 40s, 30s.
They brought all these publishers together and [Bb] decided on a universal system that allows producers like you and I to [G] clear our samples.
Now, [Gm] is it perfect?
In my opinion, not quite yet.
However, this has got to be one of the most fluid and easy [F] process you've ever seen when it comes to clearing [Fm] samples.
Now, here's what [Bb] they do.
First and [Dbm] foremost, you go and create an account over here at [E] Tracklib,
like you see what I have right here.
First [Ab] thing you probably want to go do, go [E] find a tracks.
There are [Bb] so many [F] songs here on this website.
And like I [E] said, it's from multiple years and multiple BPMs.
You can [Bb] actually search these things by their actual genre.
So say I want to find [E] a
R&B [Dbm] soul song, okay, [Bb] and the region, [A] well,
let's say [E] North America.
Let's say song [Dbm] key, [Abm] A minor.
And then [Dbm] let's go ahead and try,
leave the BPM [E] as is.
And then the year, we're gonna go ahead and push it up [Eb] to about
1970 to [A] 1980.
[Db] Okay, once we got that particular search criteria, now we can start listening to songs.
You can listen to songs by literally [Eb] clicking on the play button.
[C] [A] [G]
[E] [B]
[Bm]
Now, when you find some samples that have potential, you can do one of two things.
You can either [G] favorite it by clicking on the heart here [Bbm] and then making your own [Bm] collection based upon that.
Or [E] you can go ahead and add it to the cart.
Now, when you [G] go ahead and add it to the cart,
basically what you're doing is downloading the song.
You're not getting the sample clear by downloading the song.
That's just the first process.
[B] They allow you to basically have the song in your possession for $199 [Bm] and you're able to sit there and chop it up and see
if it's something that actually has potential.
And if it does, before you decide to release it to the public,
especially before you decide to put it [G] up for sale, you got to make sure that you follow their rules.
Now, the rules that Tracklib lay out is that if they allow you to have that sample and you're chopping it up and you find
a great chop, you love the song, you have to go back to the website and get a license for that actual sample.
[B] So let's go to one that I actually purchased.
So I purchased this Tiger Trot Master song.
I like some of the vocals in it.
And because I already got the master, I download the master for $199.
They basically allow me now to go get a license.
Now, the licenses are basically divided into three different categories and I'm read it off here.
So there's a C [F] category, a B category and an A [Bb] category.
Now, the A category are typically [C] like big hit songs, songs that if you're going to sample those,
[Fm] you're going to have to pay out a little bit of [C] money.
That [B] little bit of money being
$2 [F],500 to clear that.
[G] And it's really not even just [Gm] to clear it,
it's an advanced before you start paying out royalties.
The B [Cm] category for [F] songs that are like in [C] the middle of popularity.
Those are about 500 bucks as an advanced, [Cm] like I said, to get a license on that particular [G] sample.
And then there's a C category.
They say about 98% of the songs on here on the C category
and that's only 50 bucks.
[C] So imagine having a license that you purchase from this website for 50 [Cm] bucks that basically gives you the rights to put the [C] song out
there.
You can sell [A] the song, you can put it out for free, [Eb] but you have cleared [Ab] your sample.
Now, speaking of revenue [D] share,
you got to [Gm] let them know as you set this up.
So if you go [Ab] ahead and run this, put in your particular full name.
[Fm] So my name is DeJuan Howard, [Cm] my goodman name, like you'll be talking about.
[C] Okay,
and the next step is you have to tell them if you used up to two seconds, up [Fm] to 15 seconds and up to [F] 60 seconds
of the original master [Cm] recording for your sample.
Why is [Em] this important?
Because [Fm] based upon how much of that sample you used, you're going to have to shelve out a percentage of [Cm] your revenue share as you
start to put it out there for sale.
[Bbm] So if you only use two seconds, you only owe them 2% of [Db] revenue that you [Eb] account from your song.
If you use 15 seconds, you [C] got to share 10% [Fm] of the revenue.
And if you use up to 60 seconds, it's about 20% of the revenue.
And keep in mind [C] that's also in addition to that $50 license [Fm] fee or that 500 license fee or that 2,500 license fee.
But because they [Cm] allow the revenue share, they're basically [C] just saying, look, give us 10% of the revenue share for using the sample.
We already [Bb] have that advance, [Cm] which says that at least we'll get [Bb] paid off for this no matter what this song does.
And as a song becomes more [Ab] popular, you'll get your money back.
[F] They'll get a percentage and [Bb] your sample will be cleared.
Now, the next thing you got to do after [Ab] you got your license, you're feeling good.
You're [D] brushing yourself off.
You're like, I cleared a sample.
I can't believe I did it.
The next thing you got to do, you got to register your song with the performance rights organization [F] like an ASCAP or BMI.
This is basically so they can keep track of the [Bb] money that needs to be distributed out.
In addition to your PRO, you're going to have to also make sure that you register with the recording rights organization, such as a sound scan.
Or [Gb] you can even use DistroKid.
TrackLit provides you an email that allows you to be a part of their DistroKid team, and you can start [Ab] sending royalties directly from the [F] sales that you are getting straight from your DistroKid account that you're selling the sample that you just cleared on your original [Ab] song.
It don't get [F] no easier than that.
So when I first used the website in this beta, I thought it [Bb] was the most amazing thing.
I didn't share with you guys quite yet because I felt [Ab] like there were still some things that were trying [F] to work out.
Only thing I wish it would have addressed more [Bb] is sort of the language that we use when we're leasing our beats as producers.
[F] Maybe they can figure out some kind of percentage or some kind of [Bb] number based upon it.
Maybe they can collaborate with the air bits of the beat stars [Ab] and they can figure this out so that we're able to just [Eb] sell our beats.
When rappers pay for the beats, as soon as the money comes [Gb] into these websites, a percentage of that gets cut straight [Bbm] directly to TrackLit and everybody got [F] their hands clean.
But until then, [B] just dip into the website.
Go and sign up to TrackLit.
I promise you, [Bb] I'm just sharing good [Ab] information.
I don't have no affiliate links.
I'm going to leave the link in the description below.
I just want to make sure you guys know I love being able to [G] share this kind of information, especially about a topic that many of you have been asking me for quite some time, which is how to clear your samples.
I hope this was very helpful to you.
Once again, this is Curtis King of CurtisKingBeats
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Music producers, it's Curtis Keene, CurtisKeeneBeats.com, and I'm finally, finally, finally answering the question.
How do you clear samples in [Bb] 2018?
Let's talk about it. _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Gm] _ [B] Music producers, you guys always ask me the question, how do you clear your [Bb] samples, especially in 2018,
when sampling is [Ab] very rare, especially on a mainstream level.
[E] However, there are still hip-hop enthusiasts,
there are still music producers that pull from the records of yesterday.
Now in [Bb] the past, let's be real,
the process has not always been so black and white.
What you got to understand is [B] no sample is made the same.
The original [Bm] song or the master recording,
depending on who the publisher [Bb] is, it can be a more difficult process [Gm] dealing with one than the [A] other.
So there's not really one universal way [Gm] to clear every single sample.
Well, that's until Tracklib came around and they sat here [Bb] and
meticulously went through all these songs, original songs, not loops and samples and one-shots.
Original songs [Abm] from the 70s, [Ab] 50s, [Gm] 40s, 30s.
They brought all these publishers together and [Bb] decided on a universal system that allows producers like you and I to [G] clear our samples.
Now, [Gm] is it perfect?
In my opinion, not quite yet.
However, this has got to be one of the most fluid and easy [F] process you've ever seen when it comes to clearing [Fm] samples.
Now, here's what [Bb] they do.
First and [Dbm] foremost, you go and create an account over here at [E] Tracklib,
like you see what I have right here.
First [Ab] thing you probably want to go do, go [E] find a tracks.
There are [Bb] so many [F] songs here on this website.
And like I [E] said, it's from multiple years and multiple BPMs.
You can [Bb] actually search these things by their actual genre.
So say I want to find [E] a
R&B [Dbm] soul song, okay, _ [Bb] and the region, [A] well,
let's say [E] North America.
Let's say song [Dbm] key, [Abm] A minor.
And then [Dbm] let's go ahead and try,
leave the BPM [E] as is.
And then the year, we're gonna go ahead and push it up [Eb] to about _
1970 to [A] 1980.
[Db] Okay, once we got that particular search criteria, now we can start listening to songs.
You can listen to songs by literally [Eb] clicking on the play button.
[C] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [G] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ Now, when you find some samples that have potential, you can do one of two things.
You can either [G] favorite it by clicking on the heart here [Bbm] and then making your own [Bm] collection based upon that.
Or [E] you can go ahead and add it to the cart.
Now, when you [G] go ahead and add it to the cart,
basically what you're doing is downloading the song.
You're not getting the sample clear by downloading the song.
That's just the first process.
[B] They allow you to basically have the song in your possession for $199 [Bm] and you're able to sit there and chop it up and see
if it's something that actually has potential.
And if it does, before you decide to release it to the public,
especially before you decide to put it [G] up for sale, you got to make sure that you follow their rules.
Now, the rules that Tracklib lay out is that if they allow you to have that sample and you're chopping it up and you find
a great chop, you love the song, you have to go back to the website and get a license for that actual sample.
[B] So let's go to one that I actually purchased.
So I purchased this Tiger Trot Master song.
I like some of the vocals in it.
And because I already got the master, I download the master for $199.
They basically allow me now to go get a license.
Now, the licenses are basically divided into three different categories and I'm read it off here.
So there's a C [F] category, a B category and an A [Bb] category.
Now, the A category are typically [C] like big hit songs, songs that if you're going to sample those,
[Fm] you're going to have to pay out a little bit of [C] money.
That [B] little bit of money being
$2 [F],500 to clear that.
[G] And it's really not even just [Gm] to clear it,
it's an advanced before you start paying out royalties.
The B [Cm] category for [F] songs that are like in [C] the middle of popularity.
Those are about 500 bucks as an advanced, [Cm] like I said, to get a license on that particular [G] sample.
And then there's a C category.
They say about 98% of the songs on here on the C category
and that's only 50 bucks.
[C] So imagine having a license that you purchase from this website for 50 [Cm] bucks that basically gives you the rights to put the [C] song out
there.
You can sell [A] the song, you can put it out for free, [Eb] but you have cleared [Ab] your sample.
Now, speaking of revenue [D] share,
you got to [Gm] let them know as you set this up.
So if you go [Ab] ahead and run this, put in your particular full name.
[Fm] So my name is DeJuan Howard, [Cm] my goodman name, like you'll be talking about.
[C] Okay,
and the next step is you have to tell them if you used up to two seconds, up [Fm] to 15 seconds and up to [F] 60 seconds
of the original master [Cm] recording for your sample.
Why is [Em] this important?
Because [Fm] based upon how much of that sample you used, you're going to have to shelve out a percentage of [Cm] your revenue share as you
start to put it out there for sale.
[Bbm] So if you only use two seconds, you only owe them 2% of [Db] revenue that you [Eb] account from your song.
If you use 15 seconds, you [C] got to share 10% [Fm] of the revenue.
And if you use up to 60 seconds, it's about 20% of the revenue.
And keep in mind [C] that's also in addition to that $50 license [Fm] fee or that 500 license fee or that 2,500 license fee.
But because they [Cm] allow the revenue share, they're basically [C] just saying, look, give us 10% of the revenue share for using the sample.
We already [Bb] have that advance, [Cm] which says that at least we'll get [Bb] paid off for this no matter what this song does.
And as a song becomes more [Ab] popular, you'll get your money back.
[F] They'll get a percentage and [Bb] your sample will be cleared.
Now, the next thing you got to do after [Ab] you got your license, you're feeling good.
You're [D] brushing yourself off.
You're like, I cleared a sample.
I can't believe I did it.
The next thing you got to do, you got to register your song with the performance rights organization [F] like an ASCAP or BMI.
This is basically so they can keep track of the [Bb] money that needs to be distributed out.
In addition to your PRO, you're going to have to also make sure that you register with the recording rights organization, such as a sound scan.
Or [Gb] you can even use DistroKid.
TrackLit provides you an email that allows you to be a part of their DistroKid team, and you can start [Ab] sending royalties directly from the [F] sales that you are getting straight from your DistroKid account that you're selling the sample that you just cleared on your original [Ab] song.
It don't get [F] no easier than that.
So when I first used the website in this beta, I thought it [Bb] was the most amazing thing.
I didn't share with you guys quite yet because I felt [Ab] like there were still some things that were trying [F] to work out.
Only thing I wish it would have addressed more [Bb] is sort of the language that we use when we're leasing our beats as producers.
[F] Maybe they can figure out some kind of percentage or some kind of [Bb] number based upon it.
Maybe they can collaborate with the air bits of the beat stars [Ab] and they can figure this out so that we're able to just [Eb] sell our beats.
When rappers pay for the beats, as soon as the money comes [Gb] into these websites, a percentage of that gets cut straight [Bbm] directly to TrackLit and everybody got [F] their hands clean.
But until then, [B] just dip into the website.
Go and sign up to TrackLit.
I promise you, [Bb] I'm just sharing good [Ab] information.
I don't have no affiliate links.
I'm going to leave the link in the description below.
I just want to make sure you guys know I love being able to [G] share this kind of information, especially about a topic that many of you have been asking me for quite some time, which is how to clear your samples.
I hope this was very helpful to you.
Once again, this is Curtis King of CurtisKingBeats
How do you clear samples in [Bb] 2018?
Let's talk about it. _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Gm] _ [B] Music producers, you guys always ask me the question, how do you clear your [Bb] samples, especially in 2018,
when sampling is [Ab] very rare, especially on a mainstream level.
[E] However, there are still hip-hop enthusiasts,
there are still music producers that pull from the records of yesterday.
Now in [Bb] the past, let's be real,
the process has not always been so black and white.
What you got to understand is [B] no sample is made the same.
The original [Bm] song or the master recording,
depending on who the publisher [Bb] is, it can be a more difficult process [Gm] dealing with one than the [A] other.
So there's not really one universal way [Gm] to clear every single sample.
Well, that's until Tracklib came around and they sat here [Bb] and
meticulously went through all these songs, original songs, not loops and samples and one-shots.
Original songs [Abm] from the 70s, [Ab] 50s, [Gm] 40s, 30s.
They brought all these publishers together and [Bb] decided on a universal system that allows producers like you and I to [G] clear our samples.
Now, [Gm] is it perfect?
In my opinion, not quite yet.
However, this has got to be one of the most fluid and easy [F] process you've ever seen when it comes to clearing [Fm] samples.
Now, here's what [Bb] they do.
First and [Dbm] foremost, you go and create an account over here at [E] Tracklib,
like you see what I have right here.
First [Ab] thing you probably want to go do, go [E] find a tracks.
There are [Bb] so many [F] songs here on this website.
And like I [E] said, it's from multiple years and multiple BPMs.
You can [Bb] actually search these things by their actual genre.
So say I want to find [E] a
R&B [Dbm] soul song, okay, _ [Bb] and the region, [A] well,
let's say [E] North America.
Let's say song [Dbm] key, [Abm] A minor.
And then [Dbm] let's go ahead and try,
leave the BPM [E] as is.
And then the year, we're gonna go ahead and push it up [Eb] to about _
1970 to [A] 1980.
[Db] Okay, once we got that particular search criteria, now we can start listening to songs.
You can listen to songs by literally [Eb] clicking on the play button.
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_ Now, when you find some samples that have potential, you can do one of two things.
You can either [G] favorite it by clicking on the heart here [Bbm] and then making your own [Bm] collection based upon that.
Or [E] you can go ahead and add it to the cart.
Now, when you [G] go ahead and add it to the cart,
basically what you're doing is downloading the song.
You're not getting the sample clear by downloading the song.
That's just the first process.
[B] They allow you to basically have the song in your possession for $199 [Bm] and you're able to sit there and chop it up and see
if it's something that actually has potential.
And if it does, before you decide to release it to the public,
especially before you decide to put it [G] up for sale, you got to make sure that you follow their rules.
Now, the rules that Tracklib lay out is that if they allow you to have that sample and you're chopping it up and you find
a great chop, you love the song, you have to go back to the website and get a license for that actual sample.
[B] So let's go to one that I actually purchased.
So I purchased this Tiger Trot Master song.
I like some of the vocals in it.
And because I already got the master, I download the master for $199.
They basically allow me now to go get a license.
Now, the licenses are basically divided into three different categories and I'm read it off here.
So there's a C [F] category, a B category and an A [Bb] category.
Now, the A category are typically [C] like big hit songs, songs that if you're going to sample those,
[Fm] you're going to have to pay out a little bit of [C] money.
That [B] little bit of money being
$2 [F],500 to clear that.
[G] And it's really not even just [Gm] to clear it,
it's an advanced before you start paying out royalties.
The B [Cm] category for [F] songs that are like in [C] the middle of popularity.
Those are about 500 bucks as an advanced, [Cm] like I said, to get a license on that particular [G] sample.
And then there's a C category.
They say about 98% of the songs on here on the C category
and that's only 50 bucks.
[C] So imagine having a license that you purchase from this website for 50 [Cm] bucks that basically gives you the rights to put the [C] song out
there.
You can sell [A] the song, you can put it out for free, [Eb] but you have cleared [Ab] your sample.
Now, speaking of revenue [D] share,
you got to [Gm] let them know as you set this up.
So if you go [Ab] ahead and run this, put in your particular full name.
[Fm] So my name is DeJuan Howard, [Cm] my goodman name, like you'll be talking about.
[C] Okay,
and the next step is you have to tell them if you used up to two seconds, up [Fm] to 15 seconds and up to [F] 60 seconds
of the original master [Cm] recording for your sample.
Why is [Em] this important?
Because [Fm] based upon how much of that sample you used, you're going to have to shelve out a percentage of [Cm] your revenue share as you
start to put it out there for sale.
[Bbm] So if you only use two seconds, you only owe them 2% of [Db] revenue that you [Eb] account from your song.
If you use 15 seconds, you [C] got to share 10% [Fm] of the revenue.
And if you use up to 60 seconds, it's about 20% of the revenue.
And keep in mind [C] that's also in addition to that $50 license [Fm] fee or that 500 license fee or that 2,500 license fee.
But because they [Cm] allow the revenue share, they're basically [C] just saying, look, give us 10% of the revenue share for using the sample.
We already [Bb] have that advance, [Cm] which says that at least we'll get [Bb] paid off for this no matter what this song does.
And as a song becomes more [Ab] popular, you'll get your money back.
[F] They'll get a percentage and [Bb] your sample will be cleared.
Now, the next thing you got to do after [Ab] you got your license, you're feeling good.
You're [D] brushing yourself off.
You're like, I cleared a sample.
I can't believe I did it.
The next thing you got to do, you got to register your song with the performance rights organization [F] like an ASCAP or BMI.
This is basically so they can keep track of the [Bb] money that needs to be distributed out.
In addition to your PRO, you're going to have to also make sure that you register with the recording rights organization, such as a sound scan.
Or [Gb] you can even use DistroKid.
TrackLit provides you an email that allows you to be a part of their DistroKid team, and you can start [Ab] sending royalties directly from the [F] sales that you are getting straight from your DistroKid account that you're selling the sample that you just cleared on your original [Ab] song.
It don't get [F] no easier than that.
So when I first used the website in this beta, I thought it [Bb] was the most amazing thing.
I didn't share with you guys quite yet because I felt [Ab] like there were still some things that were trying [F] to work out.
Only thing I wish it would have addressed more [Bb] is sort of the language that we use when we're leasing our beats as producers.
[F] Maybe they can figure out some kind of percentage or some kind of [Bb] number based upon it.
Maybe they can collaborate with the air bits of the beat stars [Ab] and they can figure this out so that we're able to just [Eb] sell our beats.
When rappers pay for the beats, as soon as the money comes [Gb] into these websites, a percentage of that gets cut straight [Bbm] directly to TrackLit and everybody got [F] their hands clean.
But until then, [B] just dip into the website.
Go and sign up to TrackLit.
I promise you, [Bb] I'm just sharing good [Ab] information.
I don't have no affiliate links.
I'm going to leave the link in the description below.
I just want to make sure you guys know I love being able to [G] share this kind of information, especially about a topic that many of you have been asking me for quite some time, which is how to clear your samples.
I hope this was very helpful to you.
Once again, this is Curtis King of CurtisKingBeats