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Beats For Sale

Freek van Workum is best known for his platinum awarded production work on the hit single In2 by Wstrn. In addition, people may have heard his name in connection with the modest hit singles “Hood Go Crazy” by TechN9ne, BoB& 2 Chainz or “Money and the Power” (from Kid Ink’s RCA debut album) for which he received gold certifications by the RIAA.

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Beats For Sale

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  1. Beats For Sale  Introduction to music:  Frederikus van Workum, professionally known as Freek van Workum, made it onto the music           industry in 2008 when he started selling beats online. Freek came from quite a musical               background. Music was always prominently on hand in his family during his upbringing and           teenage years. In his early teens, Freek developed an interest for rock, metal, punk, hardcore               and other electric guitar based genres. It was to nobodies’ surprise that Freek started playing                   the guitar at the age of fourteen. In addition,healsostartedclassicalpianolessonstheyearhe                   turned eighteen.                                                                                                     Around his 20th birthday hefelloutwiththebandhewasin.Onethingheknewforsureisthat                   he wanted to continue to make music. The only problem was that he was not sure where to                 take his musical abilities next.                                              Becoming a music producer:   Freek was without a band. Solo. It did not take long before he figured that music production                   was a logical step forward. Not only did he possess the musical abilities but it also                 corresponded with his new individual state of musicianship.                                   After a few years of practice with local artists, he started to offer his beats for sale online at                 various outlets. Think of beat websites such as Rocbattle, Mybeatshop orSoundclick. Although                 he had to learn quite a few tools of the trade he became a successful online producer rather                       quickly selling hundreds of beats over the course of a few months.                                               However, he kept raising the bar and was looking to expand to new levels. Some oftheartists                 that were buying beats from him were making good songs. Songs that people enjoyed. Freek               wanted to expand his reach and so he aimedhisarrowsatthenextplatform,themajorsofthe                   music industry.                                                          From having ​​beats for sale​​ to industry production:  Freek recalls that it was obvioustohimthatifmajorartistsweretobuybeatsfromhim,hehad                     to gain the correct contacts to get the instrumentals to them. However, that did not prove to                 be easy. It took long to get the right contact. Nevertheless, after a year he signed a                   management deal that went on to place various recordswithhim.Somesmall,somebig.Anno               September 2016, Freek is a 4­time gold producer and even holds a platinum certification.                                                                           

  2.     What’s next?  Freek van Workum continues to have Soundclick instrumentals for sale. He also regularly             updates his personal website which is ​Rap Beats For Sale​​.Ifyouareanartist(rapperorsinger) that is in need of the best instrumentals you need to buy beats from Freek.                                                     In addition, Freek remains active in the music industry as 50% of production duoN4.Although                 he does not want to spoil anything, Freek might see some more industry releases in 2016.                 

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