Now I'm Not here to talk down about the other production programs, but from personal experience, Fl Studio was by far the best. I have been producing for 7 years and have been using fl studio for 3 years. Most people use Digidesign's ProTools, which is a industry standard program, but the bad thing about it is that it cost around $400- $500. FL Studio on the other hand will cost you around $99 AND free upgrades every year. Therefore 3 years ago i purchased Fl Studio 6, so Fl studio 7,8,and 9 i got for Free!!! You cant beat that. Use this is you REALLY want to save money!!!
Making money with your beats is the hard part. NOT!!! I dint have a website or a professional studio with hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of equipment BUT some how I'm paying my bill, and my moms, AND I drive a 2010 Charger and 09' Camaro. It's quite easy. One word. INTERNET!!. I'm serious. From Twitter, Sound Click, I even sold a couple on YouTube. Just get out here. It's a lot of artist looking for producers.
My last tip with using Fl Studio and making money is to sell your beats at a reasonable price. I sell mines from $250- $5000. Believe it or not that is cheap. You can adjust your prices but I'm just telling you no matter how wack your beat may sound it can be the next hit. Soulja Boy's Crank Dat for example. Don't be stupid and sell your beats for $20 or $50. That's crazy and DUMB. You have to look at it this way; You can't make a hit without the beat plain and simple. Basically these people NEED US!!! WE RUN THE INDUSTRY!!!!
So there you go point blank. USE FL STUDIO! SAVE MONEY! MAKE MORE!!! Good luck!
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