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Exclusive beats are, Gold and Platinum Pack beats are not. We offer exclusive beats, which are sold to only one person, for $799 each. When an exclusive beat is bought, it is removed from the website and never resold. We also offer non-exclusive beats, which are sold for $29.95 to $149.95 each. When a non-exclusive beat is bought, it remains on the website and can still be bought by others. The next question and answer will explain how a beat can be bought by multiple people.
If two different people buy the same beat, they can still each copyright their own song they make with that beat, and sell, distribute, perform and broadcast that song, keeping all their own royalties.
When you purchase a beat from Bottom Feeder Beats, the copyright for that beat alone still belongs to Bottom Feeder Beats. However, the copyright for the song that you make with that beat, your lyrics combined with that beat, belongs to you. And with the rights granted to you by the Bottom Feeder Beats license agreement, you are allowed to sell, distribute, perform and broadcast (TV, radio, Internet) that song, keeping all of the royalties.
When you purchase a beat from Bottom Feeder Beats, the copyright for that beat alone still belongs to Bottom Feeder Beats. However, the copyright for the song that you make with that beat, your lyrics combined with that beat, belongs to you. And with the rights granted to you by the Bottom Feeder Beats license agreement, you are allowed to sell, distribute, perform and broadcast (TV, radio, Internet) that song, keeping all of the royalties.
If you want Bottom Feeder Beats to stop selling a beat, then contact us about the issue and we will be willing to work out a deal.
The only differences are type of the audio files you receive when you purchase your beat...
Gold Pack: The downloadable MP3 audio file (128 kbps) of your instrumental.
Platinum Pack: The downloadable studio quality WAV audio files (24 bit, 44.1 kHz) of your instrumental, and the tracked out audio files of your instrumental.
All Gold and Platinum Pack beats entitle their buyers to the same usage rights.
Gold Pack: The downloadable MP3 audio file (128 kbps) of your instrumental.
Platinum Pack: The downloadable studio quality WAV audio files (24 bit, 44.1 kHz) of your instrumental, and the tracked out audio files of your instrumental.
All Gold and Platinum Pack beats entitle their buyers to the same usage rights.
Tracked out audio files, also called stems, are sub mixes of an instrumental. For example, an instrumental might have the four stems: Bass, Beat, Percussion, and Instruments. The Bass stem being the bass; the Beat stem being the kick and the snare; The Percussion stem being the hi-hats, shakers, and crash cymbals; and the Instruments stem being the strings, organs, and synths. All of these stems are the full duration of the instrumental and can be layered together to recreate the stereo mix of the original instrumental.
The reason for stems is that they allow for more precise fine tuning while mixing a song. For example, one can adjust the gain on the Bass without affecting the low end of the Cellos. Or you can mold the cymbals around the vocals without affecting the punch of the snare. Although Bottom Feeder beats come already professionally mixed, depending on the particular artist's vocals or the sound of the rest of their album, adjustments may want to be made in mastering. With stems these adjustments can be made much more accurately and easily.
The reason for stems is that they allow for more precise fine tuning while mixing a song. For example, one can adjust the gain on the Bass without affecting the low end of the Cellos. Or you can mold the cymbals around the vocals without affecting the punch of the snare. Although Bottom Feeder beats come already professionally mixed, depending on the particular artist's vocals or the sound of the rest of their album, adjustments may want to be made in mastering. With stems these adjustments can be made much more accurately and easily.
If a beat does not have a Platinum Pack available, this only means that the audio files for those packs have not been prepared and uploaded to Bottom Feeder Beats' server yet. We are currently working to prepare and upload as many Platinum Packs as we can, but if there is a certain one that you would like made available sooner than the others, please make a request Contact Us
Once you have selected the checkboxes for the beats you want to buy, click the orange "Buy Now" button at the top right of the player. This will take you to a secure PayPal checkout page where you can choose how you want to make your payment. Once you have completed your purchase, click the orange "Download Your Beat(s)" button on your order confirmation page. This will take you to your download page where you can download all of your audio files and license agreements. We will also email you a link to your Download Page for if you want to revisit it later.
Yes, you can chop, loop, speed up, slow down, add extra sounds, and change up the beat as much as you want as long as you still give full production credit to the original Bottom Feeder Beats producer.
In all projects where any part of a Bottom Feeder beat is used, be sure to give credit in one of the following formats:
"Produced by Bottom Feeder"
"Beat by Bottom Feeder"
"Original Music by Bottom Feeder"
"Produced by Bottom Feeder"
"Beat by Bottom Feeder"
"Original Music by Bottom Feeder"
Bottom Feeder Beats are made using various DAWs such as Logic, Pro Tools, Reason, and Ableton Live.
No. All Bottom Feeder beats are made using copyright-free or licensed sounds, so you don't have to worry about clearing any samples.
BOTTOM FEEDER, A.K.A. Leo James, was born in San Francisco, CA and raised in Santa Cruz, CA. After graduating from Ex'pression College for Digital Arts in Emeryville, CA., in June, 2008 with a BAS in Sound Arts, he returned to his hometown to continue the pursuit of his dreams. After 11 years of producing music, Bottom Feeder is always pushing himself to create original material. His style is constantly evolving and morphing, as his skill set grows.