Ever wonder how much artists pay to work with top producers who make monster hits?
Well, celebrated producer Appietus has disclosed that his least charge for making a beat is GH¢5,000. This does not apply to top singers but to those termed as up-and-coming artists.
Appietus has explained that their work entails a lot of work, dedication, and years to perfect their skills. For this reason, they must also reap the benefit of selling their intellectual properties to singers who mostly take all the credit once the song becomes a hit.
“It depends on the song, but usually, if you have like GH¢5,000 going, you can work with me. It takes talent to put a beat together. It is very expensive because now I am giving you my intellectual property and it is going to make you who you are,” he explained in an interview with Showbiz A-Z on July 2.
Appietus mentioned that it takes "raw talent" to put together a beat that is considered fine art.
He also debunked the claim that producing beats "is very easy," noting that not everybody can do it as he does.
According to the producer, he will charge Shatta Wale and other A-list musicians above GH¢10,000 to produce a beat, but for those who are still green in the industry, he can work something out for them with just GH¢5,000.
He maintained that the work of a good producer is unmatched.
“When you give a piece of cloth to a tailor to sew and you watch them, you see it as easy, but when you’re given the cloth, you can’t do it. This is years of practice, experience, and becoming better. So, this is the base fee,” Appietus added.
Read also; Ghanaian singer and songwriter, Gyakie, has shared her experience after working with Ghana’s enjoyment minister, Dblack.
In an interview on Takoradi-based Y 97.9 FM, the ‘Need Me’ hitmaker narrated how “interesting” it was working with D Black and how she caught an “organic vibe” with him.
“It was interesting because D Black is someone I have known before ‘Shege’, he is like most of my songs. It was very organic, the flow was very nice, we recorded in the studio together”, she cheerfully said to Hypeman Ferggy on the ‘Y Entertainment Podium Show’.
Reacting to comments that suggested that she personalized the song she was featured on by D Black, Gyakie explained that she did not do as people said and only sang the chorus of the verse as well as her verse on the song.
“I think you can feel D black in the song as well but I get it, I sang the chorus and the chorus is like the heightening of the song but D black wrote his verse and I wrote the second verse as well as the chorus,” she added.