How this 17 year old producer made over $100k selling beats

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In today's video, I share my conversation with a producer named Kontrol who's already make over $100k selling beats online and he hasn't even graduated high school yet. We talk about the KZread algorithm for type beat channels, how to turn selling beats into a real, sustainable business, and much more!
Follow Kontrol here - / kontrolsauceitup
‪@kontrolbeatss‬
Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
01:10 - How he got into making music
03:06 - How he balances his music producer career with high school and regular life
04:55 - How he got started selling beats online
06:50 - Having multiple type beat channels and starting new ones
11:40 - Genre type beats are better than artist type beats for longevity
13:37 - Selling beats never changes, just the platforms
14:31 - The importance of having an email list
15:40 - Learning email marketing and emailing rappers
17:20 - How to make a new type beat channel
18:04 - Building a producer team is the sauce
20:12 - Building a beat selling business vs starting a producer collective
21:05 - Treating selling beats as a real business to see real results
22:25 - Networking and building relationships with other producers
24:21 - Having love for the grind
25:10 - Blowing up producer content
26:25 - Gatekeeping in the producer community
27:41 - Depending on the algorithm for sales won't lead to a long career
28:30 - Lack of business fundamentals will lead to your beat selling downfall
29:50 - What Kontrol would do if he started over from scratch

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  • @kontrolbeatss
    @kontrolbeatss3 ай бұрын

    haha thanks for having me! also I didn't realize my camera had the grid on still 😭

  • @Duke.Productions

    @Duke.Productions

    3 ай бұрын

    😂😂😂

  • @MarriCozaire11

    @MarriCozaire11

    3 ай бұрын

    yo u got a discord server ?

  • @GRISELDABEATSem.asaint

    @GRISELDABEATSem.asaint

    3 ай бұрын

    I didn‘t realise that until I saw your comment 😅

  • @wegotthatHEATE

    @wegotthatHEATE

    3 ай бұрын

    Appreciate you for coming on bro!! I thought you did that on purpose 😂😭

  • @XBeatt

    @XBeatt

    3 ай бұрын

    Yo Kontrol, where's the new video bro, i have many questions bro

  • @kintubeats
    @kintubeats3 ай бұрын

    I've come to realise that views dont necessary equate to sales, i have a video with over 40k views and barely any sales and a video with less then 5k views that literally funded 3 guitars, a standing desk and a round trip 2 africa and back

  • @wegotthatHEATE

    @wegotthatHEATE

    3 ай бұрын

    Facts, I've had a beat get over 100k views and only ever sold 1 mp3 lease, and plenty of other beats that made way more that got less than 1k views

  • @umvemnyama

    @umvemnyama

    3 ай бұрын

    Craaazzzyyy. This is really interesting

  • @OTG_Collective

    @OTG_Collective

    3 ай бұрын

    my understanding of this is that the more views a beat has the more the potential buyer assumes its already been bought a lot etc..

  • @Marvelous_Melodies

    @Marvelous_Melodies

    3 ай бұрын

    Can y’all give me feedback on my beats id appreciate it fr.

  • @ProdConMon

    @ProdConMon

    3 ай бұрын

    Wtf

  • @G2GMusic_
    @G2GMusic_3 ай бұрын

    Salute to yall,great info🫡

  • @EvolvEBeatzRELOADED
    @EvolvEBeatzRELOADED3 ай бұрын

    This is what I been needing to hear

  • @gabojimenez2439
    @gabojimenez24393 ай бұрын

    🔥🔥🔥 most helpful video

  • @BringMeTheSauce-TypeBeats
    @BringMeTheSauce-TypeBeats3 ай бұрын

    Gotta love the Producer community ❤

  • @wegotthatHEATE

    @wegotthatHEATE

    3 ай бұрын

  • @DirtstainBeats
    @DirtstainBeats3 ай бұрын

    another fire vid

  • @wegotthatHEATE

    @wegotthatHEATE

    3 ай бұрын

    💎💎

  • @ProdByAngus
    @ProdByAngus3 ай бұрын

    Kontrol is a business man

  • @wegotthatHEATE

    @wegotthatHEATE

    3 ай бұрын

    Yessir he is fr

  • @TheCookUpWithVonFreeze
    @TheCookUpWithVonFreeze2 ай бұрын

    Good interview dude seems like a real cool humble guy salute 👽

  • @wegotthatHEATE

    @wegotthatHEATE

    2 ай бұрын

    Kontrol is a real one fr

  • @HellboyMob
    @HellboyMob3 ай бұрын

    This is awesome

  • @rmcbeats2
    @rmcbeats23 ай бұрын

    Great tips!! I feel like if you choose an artist that’s really Big and will be for a while you’re good! I’ve gone for the RnB Chris brown route and making sales every week 🤷‍♂️

  • @prodbyluxxx2

    @prodbyluxxx2

    3 ай бұрын

    That's what I'm thinking too ! Also, congratulations too for the sales brother 🔥

  • @Prod.Maur09
    @Prod.Maur093 ай бұрын

    great talk man

  • @wegotthatHEATE

    @wegotthatHEATE

    3 ай бұрын

    appreciate it! Had a blast making this video

  • @prod.shadow
    @prod.shadow3 ай бұрын

    Huge! Insane gems

  • @wegotthatHEATE

    @wegotthatHEATE

    3 ай бұрын

    💎💎

  • @DerrickLench
    @DerrickLench3 ай бұрын

    let's go!

  • @arijevacgaming921
    @arijevacgaming9212 ай бұрын

    So what would be advice for someone who is making multi genres, what should i do to get the most out of channel! :)

  • @misterLamistaJ
    @misterLamistaJ3 ай бұрын

    I’m making beats but I also want to write songs and be my own artist.

  • @xiagabeats
    @xiagabeats2 ай бұрын

    Kontrol is ❤

  • @rxli.712
    @rxli.7123 ай бұрын

    ♨️♨️

  • @prodtrulydavid
    @prodtrulydavid3 ай бұрын

    looking good Troy

  • @wegotthatHEATE

    @wegotthatHEATE

    3 ай бұрын

    🙏🏽

  • @user-rf5lf7cq5e
    @user-rf5lf7cq5e3 ай бұрын

    I knew who the guest is just by looking at the title😈

  • @wegotthatHEATE

    @wegotthatHEATE

    3 ай бұрын

    😈😈

  • @benjamin2151
    @benjamin21513 ай бұрын

    at 26-27 seconds yall was talmbout the business being fragile because a video made it diminish. I agree fasho and a lot of these type beat dudes aint got no talent. Music will be around forever. Sellin beats on the internet is a huge bag I'm knowin but being in the studio fr linking up w rappers will always be the best route in my opinion. Meeting other producers, engineers, a&r's n stuff like that is more important in your longevity than selling beats to absolute no name rappers. Being cool is still your best marketing🤣💯i fw the video tho that kid tuff

  • @prod.G7
    @prod.G73 ай бұрын

    Sorry but i gotta ask. I make freddie dredd type beats, memphis phonk type beats all that stuff. but i don't want to do the exact same beats all the time so last year i was posting asap rocky type beats when my beats were getting traffic, and it did decent but now i wanna go full on combining all those type beat on my channel and i don't know if it's okay to stay on that one channel coz other producer sustain with that idea but idk

  • @wegotthatHEATE

    @wegotthatHEATE

    3 ай бұрын

    I'd say try it all out on one channel unless they sound completely different imo

  • @JEMLYFERR
    @JEMLYFERR3 ай бұрын

    the mf goat

  • @wegotthatHEATE

    @wegotthatHEATE

    3 ай бұрын

    Kontrol da 🐐 no 🧢

  • @Pabyyy
    @Pabyyy3 ай бұрын

    I like how @kontrolbeatss perspective that he compares his business to Target and other major retail companies.

  • @no1doesitbetter.
    @no1doesitbetter.3 ай бұрын

    Hey guys, real question, is it ok to repost the same beats on different channels or is KZread gonna do some about it ? Like I'd love to try the same beat with other keywords on another channel and I wonder if that would be ok

  • @spec1133

    @spec1133

    3 ай бұрын

    if you change the visual side of the video and give it a completely new title and tags then you should be aight

  • @wegotthatHEATE

    @wegotthatHEATE

    3 ай бұрын

    I’d be careful with that, I’ve heard of some producers get their accounts banned for doing similar stuff

  • @no1doesitbetter.

    @no1doesitbetter.

    3 ай бұрын

    @@spec1133 That's what I would've bet on too but I felt like it could also end up being bad for the system if people start uploading a 100 times the same content till' it blows up on different channels. So, guess I'mma join what HEAT said and be careful with that, only with really bad uploads that may need a new life but not as a casual tool I could use often.

  • @no1doesitbetter.

    @no1doesitbetter.

    3 ай бұрын

    @@wegotthatHEATE Thanks for your reply, guess it's something tricky to go with yeah

  • @spec1133

    @spec1133

    3 ай бұрын

    @@no1doesitbetter. yeah good approach, i did it like once and it worked but i guess if somebody would abuse it then it could end bad

  • @Gualaguala659
    @Gualaguala6593 ай бұрын

    Literally like like like like six figures like literally like like?😮 Literally..🤯

  • @wegotthatHEATE

    @wegotthatHEATE

    3 ай бұрын

    damn that's like crazy

  • @prodboyalien2
    @prodboyalien23 ай бұрын

    lesgoo

  • @SnackingBadger
    @SnackingBadger3 ай бұрын

    my question is how he made 10-15 channels and was able to verify all of them to add thumbnails

  • @wegotthatHEATE

    @wegotthatHEATE

    3 ай бұрын

    Pretty sure you can make multiple KZread channels with a single google account

  • @cosmo9mm
    @cosmo9mm2 ай бұрын

    808th like

  • @wegotthatHEATE

    @wegotthatHEATE

    2 ай бұрын

    8️⃣0️⃣8️⃣

  • @ashinoh
    @ashinoh3 ай бұрын

    bring clvr here

  • @f4llenstarr
    @f4llenstarr3 ай бұрын

    timestamps would be good

  • @SuperflyKy

    @SuperflyKy

    3 ай бұрын

    bruh word

  • @wegotthatHEATE

    @wegotthatHEATE

    3 ай бұрын

    Just added!

  • @f4llenstarr

    @f4llenstarr

    3 ай бұрын

    legend @@wegotthatHEATE

  • @markibeatz59
    @markibeatz593 ай бұрын

    Like

  • @trenthaysproductions
    @trenthaysproductions3 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the content but, this video editing is so distracting.

  • @preqsbeatz
    @preqsbeatz3 ай бұрын

    what is that thing on his face all the time haha bro that shi get on my nerves

  • @prod.xavgvst

    @prod.xavgvst

    3 ай бұрын

    Fr I was boutta say it's annoying ash

  • @dawi

    @dawi

    3 ай бұрын

    He forgot to turn it on on his camera

  • @ikeysayso
    @ikeysayso3 ай бұрын

    That a Jeffrey Epstein poster??

  • @NzyMakesBeats

    @NzyMakesBeats

    3 ай бұрын

    Anthony Bourdain

  • @ProdKarma_
    @ProdKarma_3 ай бұрын

    You can hear the bullshit through his voice

  • @Des_Armoni
    @Des_Armoni3 ай бұрын

    Big cap. The guys really making money from music arent making these types of vids and i checked dude beat stars and he has sampled beats cut it ooout! LDre is the only one making money and showing receipts along with the cymatics dudes and that was from selling sounds and loops.

  • @wegotthatHEATE

    @wegotthatHEATE

    3 ай бұрын

    Lmao bro check out Kontrol's youtube videos, he literally shows all his analytics and sales

  • @GustavoSantos-gz7uj

    @GustavoSantos-gz7uj

    3 ай бұрын

    What does sampled beats have to do with sales? 😂 Most of these new producers can't sample if their life depended on it. Shit, most producers are out here using AI to make their whole beat 😂

  • @westsidevicious

    @westsidevicious

    2 ай бұрын

    Clearly you ain’t seen the rest of his catalogue. If you salty just say that 🧂

  • @kyxxx.
    @kyxxx.3 ай бұрын

    kid speaks a lot of facts icl

  • @zadzaprod
    @zadzaprod3 ай бұрын

    most helpful content thank you for not gatekeeping🔥🔥🫶🏼

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