How do all the "Big Names" get the acapellas

P2, I always thought that well-known DJ’s get the ‘official’ acapella’s straight from the record label of the original artist. I think if they are signed up themselves, the labels can sort out all the legal stuff for them.

DJ Levant wrote:

I always thought that well-known DJ’s get the ‘official’ acapella’s straight from the record label of the original artist.

I heard there’s a great site called http://www.acapellas4u.co.uk so maybe they get them from there.

I heard somewhere that itunes does acapellas and instrumentals for download….but it all dependes on the lable/artist on whether or not they want to release it.

Surely it’s in their intrest to release the acapella… then remixes/mashup’s can be done which will only increase playout in clubs all over the world…..free publicity

I think the studio pellas and diy pellas should be separated into separate lists…also it should be a requirement to state "diy" or "studio" not just say "acapella"

Jacks Wax wrote:

.. I think the studio pellas and diy pellas should be separated into separate lists…also it should be a requirement to state "diy" or "studio" not just say "acapella"

This idea Jacks Wax could be split from your post and placed in the COMMENTS About ACAPELLAS4U forum, so that we don’t lose sight of your thoughts.

We do however urge members to clearly state what’s what with regards to the acapella itself. We also encourage everyone to submit ‘file comments’ on pellas so that we always have THE most concisive list of files in our database.

Regards,

acapella

[quote quote="vice verses":14ljfxwa]there must be some famous djs/ produers using this site…. seeing as its clearly the best acapella source on the internet.
would be interesting to know which djs do use it!…. bu tthen i guess we’ll never know!!

V.V.[/quote:14ljfxwa]

Maybe that will remain one of ACAPELLAs4U’s closely guarded secrets V.V 😉

But we should all be aware of at least some of the well-known talents from the upper echelons that DO use the site regularly.

Regards,

acapella

For real DJs, they go to pay sites like cicana to get all of the official stuff, like songs with dirty, clean, inst, and pella with it..

They got sended all sounds apart?

You mean they are sent the session from the original producers or at least sent the tracks the label owns. Not everything is digital, guys. Even if it is, it’s received as a bundled session after a TON of paperwork is done.

If you guys really think you have a chance at remixing some big names then get a good lawyer and let them work the labels for you.

A good entertainment lawyer is the most valuable person you can EVER hire in this business.

Jacks Wax wrote:

[quote quote="scramthebug":1y9kix62]I was thinking they did that to. Then they get the actually song probably both the clean and dirty version, depending on the song, and the instrumental and sometimes the acapella. A lot of the time you won’t find the acapella direct from the label.

I’m confussed

What do you mean by the ‘Dirty’ pella?

I always assumed the Dirty pellas were poor DIY pellas hence "dirty".
Or does it refer to the fact it’s Lead singer WITH backing singers??????[/quote:1y9kix62]

To ACAPELLAS4U, dirty means ‘explicit’ version of the acapella.
CLEAN meaning quite simply it’s the non-swearing version of the track.

Nothing to do with quality control issues.

Regards,

acapella

[quote quote="Jacks Wax":2v6r3mfn]Damm It!…..I’ve avoided D/Ling ‘Dirty’ ones because I thought it meant it wasn’t clean of instrumental elements….

We learn something everyday.[/quote:2v6r3mfn]

and let’s just hope that members aren’t reporting files as ‘incomplete’ purely because the acapella preview feature only plays a short sample aswell

Regards,

acapella

Well-known DJ’s sometimes could be signed to a label, and they could get the acapellas from tracks that they produce, as they have the studio-production sections of the song, i.e. – vocals, bass, drums, guitar, etc.
Other DJ’s can buy official vinyls which usually has the acapella and instrumental on it.

DeeJay_Mc7 wrote:

[quote quote="otg":2xvt440v]Good luck with that… there’s quite a few JT acapellas already on this site, just search for Timberlake… from memory there’s Like I Love You, Rock Your Body, Lovestoned, What Goes Around, Sexyback and the one with Timbaland and Nelly Fertado. Why go to the source when A4U has it all?

There’s….there’s a LoveStoned acapella? Omggggggggggg I gotta get my hands on that[/quote:2xvt440v]

You definately need representation to get ahold of official acapellas, I’ve tried to do it myself a few times and it hasnt worked yet, i think they take you more seriously if you have representation. You could always try and fake it and get your friend to pretend to be your manager I spose hah but still

acapella wrote:

We also encourage everyone to submit ‘file comments’ on pellas so that we always have THE most concisive list of files in our database.

I often wondered if there was a ‘file comment’ feature here… I don’t have enough posts for the preview thing yet, and it’s always frustrating to waste one of those five precious downloads per month on a track that is in many cases unusable because of overly-jarring artifacts from the DIY extracting process (not to mention drums or other instruments still completely intact). Whenever I get one of those, I always wish I could write a quick review to let other people know what they’re using their credits on.

DJ Arno wrote:

If you want to remix tracks that have been a hit you first must proof yourself by making a track, or another way

word up to that!

yeahh man. i’ve always wondered if the owners of acapella 4 u actually have all the file s uploaded to the site. or does it go to like a general server thing? i can’t imagine how much fun they’re having 😉