u/Remarkableruin27

I’ve downloaded a bunch of kits over time (Lunch77, artist kits, etc.), but a lot of it is duplicates or stuff I’ll never actually use. So I’ve been going through everything and pulling out only the sounds I like, then organizing them into my own personal kit.

For anyone else who does this, how many of each element do you usually end up with?

Like:

- Kicks

- Snares

- Claps

- Hi-hats

- Open hats

- Percs

- 808s

Do you keep it really tight (like 10–20 of each), or do you keep a bigger selection?

Trying to find a good balance between having enough variety and not slowing myself down scrolling through sounds.

I don’t have a huge catalog yet, so I’d likely be sending the same packs to multiple artists. Is that normal, or should packs be more exclusive? And how many beats should I include in these packs?

Realistically for me at the pace I work at because of having other responsibilities in life I’m not making 30 plus beats a week where I can send 5-10 different beat packs lol

How do you usually organize packs? One folder, or split by vibe (trap, R&B, pop, etc.)? My beats aren’t locked into one sound, so a single pack could have mixed styles.

Also, what happens if two artists want the same beat?

Can multiple artists use it (non-exclusive), or does it come down to who locks in exclusivity first? Trying to understand how this is usually handled so I don’t create confusion.

When sending beats out, I’m trying to figure out what actually makes the most sense.

Do you send fully arranged beats (full 2–3 minute tracks with intros, hooks, verses, etc.), or just a short section like 8–16 bars?

I have full arrangements done, but I’m wondering if it’s smarter to only send a clip instead of the full track. The thought is that sending the full beat might be better for the artist to work with and decide whether they want to use it or not. However, that also means it can make it easier for someone to steal it, whereas a short section doesn’t include everything.

Also, MP3 or WAV?

I know some people send MP3s with the idea that artists won’t want to use them since they’re not full quality WAV files. But realistically, if someone is willing to take a beat without paying or steal it from you without you knowing, I doubt file format matters to them 😂

So is it fine to send MP3s in beat packs, or should everything be WAV from the start?

I’m a 29-year-old guy from the US. For most of my life, I was atheist or agnostic, but over the last couple of years, I’ve started becoming more spiritual and believing in a higher power. Not necessarily God, Jesus, Allah, or any specific religion, just that there is a creator.

I haven’t actually read the Bible. I’ve tried about six months ago, but I only got to Genesis 10. It felt repetitive and didn’t make much sense and there was a lot of stuff that made me feel uneasy such as incest and to be honest, a lot of violence (like God killing everyone on earth besides those in Noah’s Ark) so I stopped.

Everything I know comes from research online through Reddit threads, YouTube videos, ChatGPT, Google, and other sources.

Today I was thinking about Jesus’ death and resurrection. I can’t help but consider how his disciples continued to spread his teachings even after he was crucified. They literally risked their lives, and many were eventually killed, for what they claimed to have witnessed. If Jesus really wasn’t the Messiah or the Son of God, why would they continue preaching something false? And reportedly, over 500 people saw Jesus alive after his crucifixion. It is hard for me to imagine hundreds of people hallucinating the same thing.

Thinking about all of that makes me lean toward the idea that it really happened. It has made me seriously consider that there might be more to Christianity than I realized.

The last four to six months of my life have been very challenging and really hard. I’ve had a lot of moments of feeling like I’m not good enough. I don’t know where my direction is or what direction to go. I don’t know what path to follow with my life. I don’t know what relationships to trust. I don’t know what I’m gonna do for money, a career, or a job. I don’t know how I’m gonna be able to start a family considering how expensive everything is and how little money I make. I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to become a father one day because of that.

And I’ll be honest, I’m not a super emotional guy. I’m not much of a crier at all. If I did cry, it’d be at most once every couple of years. But these last three months or so, I feel like I cry at least once a week. I don’t know, I’m just really struggling. And now all of a sudden, I have this feeling of something pulling me towards them, and I feel like it’s God.

I know you could argue it’s just my YouTube algorithm showing me stuff because I looked it up before, so it keeps showing me similar content. But at the same time, I feel like algorithm aside, there’s gotta be a reason why I suddenly feel compelled to dig deeper into this.

So I don’t know. I guess I’m venting, or I just kind of want to hear other people’s thoughts on this.