Beats are licensed, not sold. You keep ownership of your lyrics, your vocals and your recording; I stay the author of the instrumental and a co-writer of whatever you build on it. Both tiers carry identical terms — the only thing that changes is whether anyone else can license the same beat after you.
Record, release, perform and monetise. The beat stays available to others.
LEASE LICENSE
You receive the files listed at checkout.
WHAT YOU MAY DO
- Record your own vocals or instrumentation over the beat.
- Release the finished song commercially on all streaming and download platforms.
- Perform the song live, including paid performances.
- Use the song in monetised video content, including social platforms.
ROYALTIES AND CREDIT
- The producer remains the author of the underlying instrumental and is a 50% co-writer of any song built on it.
- The producer is entitled to 50% of all songwriting and publishing royalties from that song. Your recording (master) royalties are yours.
- Register the finished song with your PRO, distributor or publisher listing the producer for that 50% writer share. Do not register the instrumental itself in your own name.
- Credit "prod. by" the producer in the song title or description.
WHAT YOU MAY NOT DO
- Sell, license, give away or redistribute the instrumental on its own.
- Claim sole authorship of the instrumental, or register it with a content-ID system as your own work.
- Transfer this license to another artist or to a label. A label release needs its own license or an exclusive buyout.
EXCLUSIVITY
This license is non-exclusive. The producer may continue to license this same beat to other artists. If you want it taken off the market, buy the Exclusive tier.
Exclusive
Exclusivefrom $333
The beat is yours alone and never sold again.
EXCLUSIVE LICENSE
You receive the files listed at checkout.
WHAT YOU MAY DO
Everything a Lease allows, without limits: record, release, perform, broadcast, monetise and sync the finished song, with no cap on streams, sales, videos or performances.
WHAT MAKES THIS EXCLUSIVE
- The beat is permanently withdrawn from sale the moment payment clears. Nobody else can license it after you.
- It stays visible on the store, marked sold, so existing links keep working, but it cannot be purchased again.
- Lease licenses already sold to other artists before this purchase remain valid under their original terms. The producer will tell you what, if anything, was already licensed.
ROYALTIES AND CREDIT
These are the same as a Lease and are not changed by exclusivity:
- The producer remains the author of the underlying instrumental and is a 50% co-writer of any song built on it.
- The producer is entitled to 50% of all songwriting and publishing royalties from that song. Your recording (master) royalties are yours.
- Register the finished song with your PRO, distributor or publisher listing the producer for that 50% writer share. Do not register the instrumental itself in your own name.
- Credit "prod. by" the producer in the song title or description.
WHAT YOU MAY NOT DO
- Sell, license, give away or redistribute the instrumental on its own.
- Claim sole authorship of the instrumental.
- The producer may continue to use the beat in a portfolio, showreel or promotional context, but will not license it to another artist.
Royalties, on both tiers
I am a 50% co-writer of any song built on one of my beats and I'm owed 50% of its songwriting and publishing royalties. Your master royalties — what your recording itself earns from streams and sales — are entirely yours. Buying exclusive does not change this.
When you release, register the song with your distributor or PRO listing M3 Beatz for that 50% writer share. Never register the instrumental on its own in your name.
Rules on both tiers
- Credit the production as M3 Beatz in the title or description of anything you release.
- You may not sell, redistribute or license the instrumental on its own, claim sole authorship of it, or register it with a content-ID system as your own work.
- Licenses are non-transferable. If your release moves to a label, the label needs its own license.
- You may not use the beat in a way that is unlawful, or that implies I endorse a product, campaign or organisation.
The difference: exclusivity
A lease is non-exclusive. I can keep licensing the same beat, so another artist may release a song over it too.
Exclusive takes the beat off the market the moment your payment clears, and nobody can license it after you. There are no caps on streams, sales, videos, performances, broadcast or sync. The beat stays on the site marked sold so existing links keep working, but it can never be bought again. Any leases sold before your purchase stay valid under their original terms, and I'll tell you what was already licensed.
Refunds
These are digital files delivered instantly, so purchases are final. If a download is broken, corrupted or the wrong file, email me and I'll fix it or refund you.