4 Things to think of before you make a mixtape

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Most Important
The Plan

Why We Need To Plan

If you don't plan to succeed you plan to fail

Having a mixtape action plan will help you map out all of the areas you need to prepare for both the process of ceating the mixtape and how you plan on marketing it.

Write down resources you need for your mixtape eg: Beats , Mixtape Cover , recording equipment , budget and promotion

Plan on obtaining each of these resources.

Writing down all this in a plan or mind map will stimulate creativity and it will help you so you won't feel overwhelmed

Benefits Of A Plan

A plan will help you budget for your mixtape so you can see how much you actually have to spend on promotion and resources.

A budget will make you study the resources that you need for your mixtape and find the best provider of those resources , while obtaining quality but at a price you can afford.

Plans will help you with your promotion studying the websites that you want to advertise on and what these websites can offer you ? This is called networking and start asking the questions before you part with mixtape promotion money.

Plans also you help you when you need others to step on board to help create the mixtape eg : Bring in a soundengineer or a recording engineer

Delegating tasks can help with quality and time management.

1. Having A Quality Mixtape Cover

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2. Quality Rap Beats

Helps you to write better songs

Some beats all ready have hooks and chours

Don't have to invest that much as most producers offer beat leases

Leases allow you try out a beat and profit from it with out having to spend alot of money

Most producers online if you buy alot of beats from them will include a mixing service just to keep your custom

The beat is the back bone of the song , no matter how great your verse as a rapper it the melody and groove of the song is what is going to stick in the heads of your fans

Sell your mixtape before people hear it with your visuals

People Buy With There Eyes

Create interest , Create curiosity , Make people want to listen to it.

When you upload you mixtape on mixtape websites you have so much visual competition so stand out.|

Having quality cover art will give you pride in your work and show professionalism

Having great mixtape cover art is creat for craeting social media buzz and great for social sharing . It will also create anticipation before the luanch date.

Having a great mixtape cover is essential it will be such a waste of time if you make great songs and under sell it with poor mixtape cover art.

If you can't afford to pay for a good mixtape cover tell a mixtape cover artist that you will work for them in exchange for a pro mixtape cover.

Sell your mixtape before people hear it with your visuals

People Buy With There Eyes

Create interest , Create curiosity , Make people want to listen to it.

When you upload you mixtape on mixtape websites you have so much visual competition so stand out.|

Having quality cover art will give you pride in your work and show professionalism

Having great mixtape cover art is creat for craeting social media buzz and great for social sharing . It will also create anticipation before the luanch date.

Having a great mixtape cover is essential it will be such a waste of time if you make great songs and under sell it with poor mixtape cover art.

If you can't afford to pay for a good mixtape cover tell a mixtape cover artist that you will work for them in exchange for a pro mixtape cover.

Quality Beats

Finding a producer with his/her own sound

Most producers offer premium leases where they give you the tracked out wav files of the beat giving you the control of the way you want to structure a beat

Buy Rap beats from a well known online produce gives you the ability to piggy back off thier online success eg My New Song Produced By The Corporatethief Beats :-)

Having quality hip hop beats makes it easier for you to mix you vocals with the beat. Some producers tend to over compress the beat leaving no room for you to rap so make sure to buy quality beats.
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Finding a quality producer that makes beats for you will define your sound eg : Kid Ink Cardiak Beats Roscoe Dash Kane Beats JustinTimberlake Timbaland/Danja

3. Recording Equipment

It is so vital that you have the right recording equipment to record you mixtape so that your song sound perfect to your audience.

If you don't have the right recording equipment , then go to a studio , be prepared have all of you beats ready and make sure you know your lyrics

Studios charge by the hour so being prepared saves you money !!!!!

Putting out a mixtape recorded from your computer microphone or from a crappy free app from itunes won't cut it. The microphone is a rappers instrument and you need to buy a quality microphone so that you sound good.

I see ton's of rappers complaining in rap forums about low mixtape downloads yet there audio-quality sounds awful. If you don't have the money for quality equipment find some that does and offer them your time in exchange for recording time or mixing time.

Work for them tell them you will help write content for their website or help promote them on social media or send out flyers

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4.Budget and Promotion

Writing all the costs down will give you a vision on how much you can spend on each area and which area is more important too you.

You need to ask yourself how much do I have to spend on all of the resources that I need for my mixtape.

Sacrifices

mixtape websites and hip hop blogs and ask for their promotion prices

Make sure you know what your paying for and don't end up pay for mixtape promotion for fake bot plays

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