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Articles on sampling, Suno, beatmaking and selling on BeatStars. Written from the studio, free to read.
10 articles
Suno & sampling
Suno & samplingSuno AI tutorial for beatmakersStop asking Suno for a song. Get it to hand you raw, chop-ready material, then get it into your DAW.
6 min
Suno & samplingBest Suno prompts for samplingWrite prompts that pull loops and textures out of Suno instead of finished pop songs.
4 min
Suno & samplingHow to use Suno for sampling: the prompt structureThe seven blocks of a chop-ready prompt, plus copy-paste skeletons you can adapt.
6 min
Suno & samplingHow to generate chop-ready samples with Suno AIWhy default Suno prompts fail for sampling, the method that fixes it, and the free tool that runs it.
6 min
Suno & samplingIs it legal to sample Suno and AI music?The honest answer, minus the fear and the hype: what you can and cannot do in a beat you sell.
7 min
Suno & samplingHow to chop samples in FL StudioFrom a raw loop to a playable kit in ten minutes: the Slicex and Edison workflow.
6 min
Suno & samplingHow to flip a sample like a proAnyone can loop four bars. Flipping is what turns a sample into your beat. Six moves.
6 min
Suno & samplingWhere to get samples you can actually sellRoyalty-free, your own recordings, and AI-generated: what keeps the risk low, and what gets your beat taken down.
7 min
Suno & samplingHow to make a beat from a sample, start to finishOne loop, one full beat: the complete path from a raw sample to a finished, sellable instrumental.
6 min
Suno & samplingSuno v5: getting sampleable stems (updated for v6)Newer models want to finish the song for you. How to pull clean, usable source material anyway.
6 min
3 articles
Making beats
Making beatsHow to make beats: a beginner's guideNo gear talk, no gatekeeping. The shortest path from nothing to a finished first beat.
6 min
Making beatsHow to make trap beats808s, hats, and a melody that carries. The anatomy of a modern trap beat, layer by layer.
6 min
Making beatsHow to make a melodic type beat that sellsThe melody is the product. Build a beat an artist can hear themselves on in four bars.
6 min
10 articles
Selling & BeatStars
Selling & BeatStarsHow to sell beats online: the complete guideWhere to sell, licenses, pricing, titles, traffic and royalties: the whole path from beat to sale.
15 min
Selling & BeatStarsHow to sell more beats on BeatStarsPlays but no sales? Find where buyers stop before you chase more traffic, then fix what turns visits into sales.
6 min
Selling & BeatStarsBeatStars profile checklist for producersExactly what to fix on your page: positioning, titles, pricing, trust, and in what order.
5 min
Selling & BeatStarsBeatStars licenses explainedBasic, premium, unlimited, exclusive. What each gives the artist, and how to price the ladder.
6 min
Selling & BeatStarsSplit sheet template (free) and how to use itOne page, signed before release: what goes on it, how to agree on the percentages, how ASCAP, BMI and Sacem read them.
9 min
Selling & BeatStarsHow to get placements as a producerWho to contact, what to send and how the splits worked, from the person who did the outreach for Navigators Crew.
9 min
Selling & BeatStarsHow to price your beatsToo cheap and you look amateur, too expensive and you stall. The ladder that makes buyers climb.
6 min
Selling & BeatStarsHow to name your type beats for searchThe title is the discovery engine. A naming formula that helps your beat get found.
6 min
Selling & BeatStarsFree vs paid: the type beat give-away strategyGiving beats away can build a catalog or bury your income. Where the line is.
6 min
Selling & BeatStarsHow to sell beats with no audienceNo followers, no list, no plays. How the first sales can actually happen.
6 min
4 articles
Grow & business
Grow & businessHow to make money as a music producerLeases are one income stream, not the whole business. The realistic map of how producers get paid.
6 min
Grow & businessHow to grow a type beat channel on YouTubeUploading more is not a strategy. What moves a channel from zero to a real funnel.
6 min
Grow & businessHow to mix and master your beatsA great idea with a bad mixdown sounds cheap and does not sell. The checklist that makes a beat sound bought.
6 min
Grow & businessWelcome to the labWhere everything lives and where to start: tools, music, content and how they connect.
4 min
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