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What are instrumental beats?
Simply put, an instrumental beat (a.k.a beat, backing track) is a musical composition designed for an artist or songwriter to write a song over. Usually, beats are structured like a full-length song with verses, choruses etc. Unlike most “backing tracks” on the internet, beats are usually original compositions created by the producer - not covers of existing popular songs.
Instrumental Beats are usually written in urban genres such as R&B and Hip-Hop. They’re popular with unsigned and developing artists as they’re ideal for creating demos and show reels. Many artists also use beats as a basis for complete albums released on CD and iTunes.
In the last 5 or so years, instrumental beats have become increasingly popular with artists - with a growing number of producers and websites ready to supply them. Using beats can be a very cost effective way of recording a demo or album, the alternative being to pay a producer and studio (or enter into a costly label agreement.) Beats have also become a great - and legal way for producers and composers to earn valuable income.
How do I download beats?
Downloading instrumental beats is easy! Simply click the 'add beat to cart' button next to the beat(s) you wish to download. You’ll be taken to a checkout screen hosted by 2Checkout.com, the payment providers for smoothbeatsonly.com. You can pay using a variety of methods including most debit and credit cards, and PayPal.
Once you’ve completed your payment online, you’ll be returned to the smoothbeatsonly.com website and taken to a page where you can download full, untagged versions of your chosen beats in MP3 format and where applicable, WAV format. A link to download your beats will also be sent to your e-mail address. Best of all, if you ever loose your beats or data, you can re-download your beats at any time from the website.
Testimonial
What's up Al, I want to say thank you for helping me take my independent label
to the next level. With the tracks I purchased we were able to put our Jazz CD next to the million dollar labels and the sound quality was the same. Keep doing what you do, you are truly a blessing to independent artist and labels. Look forward to doing more business with you.
George, CEO Markslife Entertainment LLC
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..In my opinion a cut above industry standard tracks that sound as if you have your own band on staff. Al's instrumental beats are pretty much preset for a vocalist to simply listen to the designed structure and begin to create their own vocal ideas, arrangements etc.
In a world where there are producers seemingly sprinkled just about everywhere on the planet, I can only think of one spot that I'll shop at and that's Smoothbeatsonly.com. I'm always satisfied with the finished product as it's nothing but Grade A+ quality each and every time.
Charles Dixon
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I'm Andrew Avaire, a 15 year old singer/song writer currently living in Asia. I used to spend days at a time just looking for good quality beats, but rarely succeded. Smoothbeatsonly has really helped me! I'm going nowhere else from now on. Thanks for the beats Al! Keep it up!
Andreaz
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My name is Soup and as an independent artist, I'm always looking for something that sounds and feels good. Not only have I found that - I was also able to find someone with a passion for music. Al gave me that sense of style that is on par with todays music. It's so easy to transform his beats into something special. I've already written three songs using his beats and it all turned out pretty well..
Soup
A word from the producer..
Thanks for visting. My name is Al Fraser, and I've produced the instrumental beats you're listening to now. I've designed this website to help you create and record your R&B demo or album.
These instrumental R&B beats have helped hundreds of artists with their careers - and many have gone on to get management and record deals. Every beat comes with full, unrestricted commercial use, and select beats also come as Studio Ready 24bit WAV files - exclusive to this site!
There are thousands of producers selling beats on the internet. Where will you get your beats from? Most "producers" operate using a free myspace page and cheap software, hoping to make a quick buck. They only offer a cheap, low quality MP3 file for you to record with. Customer service? Forget it.
I know you take your career seriously. I take my production, and business seriously, and I pledge to supply you with high quality instrumental beats and the technical support you need. I answer every e-mail I receive, and offer support and guidance to my customers.
Al Fraser
Producer/Manager




Hey what's going on Al...I just wanted to thank you for your professionalism in how you took care of the problem I had with my order. I'm not so computer savvy and I end up buying the same track twice but the guys at smoothbeatsonly.com took care of me ASAP. They replied to my emails really quick and with an understanding response that showed that they genuinely cared. Your music has definitely inspired me to start writing again and my album will be out soon.
His tracks are fantastic and have truly been a source of a great musical breakthrough.
I felt I was talented and had a lot to express, but couldn't really let it out because I didn't have the musical instrumental experience to create real quality beats. Smoothbeatsonly filled in that puzzle piece for me! These beats are not only professional in quality, they're inexpensive and have a smooth sound.