Built for one record.
The only consultation we sell. A producer starts from nothing and builds around your record, which is a conversation before it is a price. Six questions decide whether the call is worth booking.
A licence is a purchase. This is a build.
A licence covers a beat that already exists. That is the right answer for most records and it is considerably cheaper, which is why the survey below will say so if that is what your budget describes.
A custom build is different work. The producer writes to your reference, your key and your vocal, revises against what you actually send back, and delivers stems you own on terms agreed in advance. There is no version of that which can be bought from a page without a conversation first.
Mixing and mastering is handled in house by Thirty1, so a commissioned beat and the finished record can come out of the same room rather than being posted between two.
Producer, Sonic Architect
Sean Hamad
Programs the lists himself rather than delegating to a submission filter, which is the reason they sound like anything at all. Takes custom production in blocks, and will tell you when a record does not need him.
Producer, Mix and Master
Thirty1
The one you want when the reference is a rhythm rather than a mood. Handles mixing and mastering for the house, so a commissioned beat and the finished record come out of the same room.
One of six
What is the budget for this beat?
Asked first, because it decides whether this is a custom build or a licence off the shelf.