30-DAYS CHALLENGE

Day 3

Find Your Inspiration

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No need to reinvent the wheel! Find inspiration from other creators and businesses, who you can look to for ideas and strategies.

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20 creators to follow

DJ Pain 1
DJ Pain 1 is a platinum producer and DJ whose production credits include Jeezy, Ludacris, Rick Ross, Lil Baby, 50 Cent, Public Enemy, Meek Mill, 2 Chainz and many more.
Dream Life
Dream Life is a Producer and Sound designer from the U.K. who has produced on records for Logic, Wiz Khalifa, Joey Badass, Kevin Gates, Wale, Big KRIT, Bun B, and more.
UrBan Nerd
UrBan Nerd is a Brooklyn based Producer with over 2 million track plays and over 37k followers on BeatStars.
Mari Tang
Mari Tang is a Hip-Hop Producer from Lima, Peru. She’s killing it in the industry and can be found making videos showcasing how to make songs like Bad Bunny, J Cole, Justin Timberlake, Lil Peep, and more.
Othellobeats
OthelloBeats is an upcoming Producer from Philly who is killing it in Hip-Hop production. With over 3 million plays and 60k+ followers on BeatStars, the community clearly agrees with that statement.
Jus the Engineer
Justin Hernandez is an Atlanta based Audio Engineer and Producer. He began his career as an intern at one of Atlanta’s top recording studios. Justin progressed from Intern, to Engineer, to Studio Manager, and then transitioned to JTE Recordings, In 2018, Justin transitioned to starting JTE Recordings, a freelance Recording and Mixing service.
MANTRA
Mantra is a certified Platinum Producer who has worked with artists like Future, Rihanna, NeYo, Bad Bunny, Pitbull, Marc Anthony, Trey Songz, Tory Lanez, Will Smith, Davido, Lil Tecca, Lil Nas X & more.
GC Beats
GC Beats is a Music Producer residing in Liverpool, England. GC Beats has over 2 million plays on BeatStars, and has over 84k followers.
Retro 1
Retro1 is a music producer, sound designer & owner of Early Nineties Music Collection.
NK Music
NK Music is a Lo-Fi Producer based in Arkansas. His music transports listeners to another realm with dreamy instrumentals and a touch of space-like elements. Perfect for naps, studying, working, chillin’, or all of the above.
Jaemally
Jaemally is an Australian based Producer who is changing the game with his classic Afrobeats, Dancehall, Pop Beats, and R&B beats.
Gummy Beatz
Gummy Beatz is an LA based music producer and collaborator for over 1000 artists, TV shows, and commercials including Saturday Night Live, MTV, ESPN, The Voice, and more.
Mudblood
Mudblood is a Hip-Hop Producer from Saint-Petersburg, Russia who is breaking barriers as one of BeatStars’ top female producers.
Love Pulse Music
Love Pulse Music is California based collective of singers, songwriters, and producers delivering fresh hooks and instrumentals every week.
Crivas
Crivas is a Sound Designer and beatmaker from the Dominican Republic with 10+ years of experience working primarily on Latin Urban Music, POP and EDM.
Beat Demons
Beat Demons is a multi-platinum producer group that’s worked with 6ix9ine, Bad Bunny, Brytiago, Money Man, Tempo, Quin NFN, Lil Xxel, Alvaro Diaz, Sousa, Alicai Harley, NBC SNL, Schwesta Ewa, and More.
Angel Ray
Angel Ray is a producer with 11+ years of experience working with a variety of artists and producers. With a focus on neo-soul and trap vibes, she creates the tracks that will move your spirit and speak to your soul.
Fantom
Fantom is a trap producer based in Los Angeles who has worked on production for a multitude of artists ranging from cupcakKe, Davin Marco, Ruud Boy, Sachi, and more.
Chris Rich
Chris Rich is a Drill Producer residing in the UK. He has produced for Digdat, Aitch, Abracadabra, Sheff G, 22GZ, Bandokay, Double Lz, Unknown T and more.
Kontrabands
Kontrabandz is an up-and-coming producer who focuses on hip-hop and rap production.

20 businesses to follow

Native Instruments
Native Instruments is a developer, manufacturer, and supplier of music software and hardware for music production, sound design, performance, and DJing.
The MEC
The MEC is an online club for aspiring artists, producers, managers, and label owners.
Gold Rush
Gold Rush is a vinyl pressing business based in Austin, Texas that prides itself in quick vinyl pressing turnaround times for all kinds of bands and musicians.
NVAK
NVAK Foundation is a non-profit organization that discovers talented musicians in countries facing social, political, and/or cultural challenges and provides hyper-local, world class music education and resources to help them create and distribute their music worldwide.
Women in Music
Women in Music is the industry's leading non-profit working to advance the awareness, equality, diversity, heritage, opportunities, and cultural aspects of women in the musical arts through education, support, empowerment, and recognition.
Spotify
Spotify is a digital music service that gives you access to millions of songs. Spotify offers everything that all of its music streaming app competitors have and more
ASCAP
ASCAP is a professional organization of 790,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers, owned and run by its members, and the world leader in performance royalties, advocacy and service for music creators.
Audiu
Learning how to write, record, produce or mix music is no easy task. Audiu was founded to help those passionate and committed to their craft get the one-on-one support and assistance they need to excel.
MusicTech.Net
Stay up-to-date in the world of music production with MusicTech.Net - a vital site featuring music production news, tutorials, new software, equipment, and more.
Gear Club
Gear Club is easily one of the best podcasts out there for audio engineers and music producers. Hosted by veteran producer/engineers John Agnello [Dinosaur Jr., Sonic Youth, Kurt Vile] and Stuart Lerman [Sharon Van Etten, St. Vincent, Boardwalk Empire], it’s as insightful as it is fun and funny.
The Six Figure Home Studio
The Six Figure Home Studio is a blog and podcast that gives helpful tips and information on how you can run a successful studio business from home. This site houses helpful guides, free courses, and budgeting sheets to help you curate the best home studio possible.
Melboss
Melboss provides a music ecosystem that consolidates all the players in the industry and offers innovative services for career development and music intelligence tools, creating synergies and providing the best insights and analytics to all the companies looking for music talent.
Canva
Canva is an incredibly useful graphic design platform, used to create social media graphics, logos, posters, album covers, and other visual content. The app already includes templates for users to use so you can spend less time designing your marketing materials and more time creating music.
Shopify
Shopify is an ecommerce software with tools to manage every part of your business, while also giving consumers access to an array of products and services.
Sounds and Gears
Sounds and Gears offers readers music production news, reviews, tutorials and demos on music gear, VST plugins, apps, hardware synthesizers, instrument libraries, and sample kits.
Etsy Success
Etsy Success is, you guessed it, a sub-section of Etsy that sets it’s user’s up for success. Whether you’re on Etsy or not, Etsy Success is a great resource to use for entrepreneur advice, selling tips, and more.
LANDR
LANDR is a professional mastering for music creators. Their blog (linked) is a great place to read up on music production, mixing and creativity.
Producer Hive
Producer Hive is an underground music production webzine that is home to music production tips, studio setup inspiration, and interviews with underground music artists from across the globe.
Pyramind
Pyramind is an established music production school in San Francisco that offers online music production classes and mentorship programs. Their aim is to help you evolve your sound and to learn essential production skills.
Icon Collective
Icon Collective is a Los Angeles-based and online music production school with the singular goal of empowering artists toward a deeper understanding of their personal creative path.