Rip-Offs in the Music Business

If you are an emcee, or want to become one, you can find places to buy beats online. There are literally thousands of sites online that have instrumentals for sale. Between this and companies like Musicians Friend bringing studio quality gear straight the artists at a reasonable price its now easier than ever to fund your own project.

Equipment Deals

The best advise I can give you here is to shop around. You may want to check out the prices to purchase the gear through the mail. Musicians friend is an excellent mail order company with pretty good prices. You should at least get their catalog to compare the prices between them, your local stores, and online for any equipment that you are interested in.
Promotion
If you plan on buying an ad in a local newspaper to promote your act make sure you find out what the amount of distribution is. The slightly higher priced magazine or newspaper might be a better deal because they have a much higher distribution number which means more people will see your ad.