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This article was written specifically to inspire dedicated rappers who buy beats online and promote themselves as well as to destroy a couple of myths that have been spreading around the music industry today. I swear, people must think that the industry is falling apart at an amazingly fast rate and it literally falling down beneath the Earth by what people are saying. The media is blowing the situation out of proportion and if you read this article you will be let in on the facts, what's ACTUALLY happening in the industry and whether or not it's a good time to start selling music.

The major industry is seeing a decline in record sales and overall success in the past few years and so everybody is flipping out acting like music is about to go down the drain for good or something. I swear to you there couldn't be anything further from the truth. The music industry is booming so big right now it's completely insane. It's definitely more healthy than it has been at any other point in history, it's just that major labels aren't the ones racking up the sales anymore... It's people like you and me!

So what do you think, that the digital age has ruined the music industry? That cyber pirating and illegal downloading has caused everybody to spiral into an insane state of chaos? This isn't true, don't believe the hype. Look at the statistics anywhere and you'll find just as I did... Only 20% of sales are lost due to illegal downloading. That means that a big fat 80% of music lovers still buy their favorite music without a doubt. So why on Earth would there be so few sales coming in for the biggest, most famous artists in the world? The answer is simple.

People aren't buying major music anymore, really... Everybody is starting to move to the underground and the independent scene. This means that people who are less known are racking in way more sales while the major labels are slowly falling off. Don't believe me? Billboard magazine announced that in 2009 it estimated that 50% of all album and single sales were made by independents... That's an insane number! There's no way the numbers were in our favor so much back in the day.

So what's going on? The internet is what changed everything but not in a bad way, at all. Now it's possible to promote yourself on websites such as YouTube, Facebook and Twitter for FREE and make a serious fan base on those sites alone. Soulja Boi made it off of Soundclick and MySpace, and he's blown UP now... Sean Kingston made it off of MySpace... It really is happening, people! There are artists getting seriously famous by using these resources available on the net.

Not only that but distribution has now become readily available and, you guessed it, a whole lot more affordable. Using a company called Tunecore, artists are now able to distribute themselves to all the major mp3 retailers for a yearly cost that wouldn't even pay for a high end dinner. It's this kind of advancement in technology that has truly revolutionized the music industry.

However if you want to get started as a hip hop artist in today's industry then you have to start with the basics. Before you can promote yourself, distribute yourself and otherwise make music that makes money you first have to have rights to the beats you use. Many rappers make the false mistake of using mainstream beats... This is bad because you simply can't sell your work. You need professional production that record labels would pay for but you need it at an affordable price, affordable is the new word for today's music scene. To find affordable, professional beats that majors look to you can visit Beats4Legends or click the links in the paragraphs below.