BeatHive

BeatHive.com has released the Best of BeatHive, Volume 1 loop collection. The DVD-ROM contains over 1,200 of the highest rated loops uploaded to the website.

The collection is designed to boost the creative arsenal of any music producer, composer or songwriter. It is available for $99 USD + US or International shipping. It is available in the EU at EquinoxSounds.com for 76 EUR.

11 producers have loops in the collection and present a variety of genres and instruments. There are hip hop construction kits, world beat kits, break beats, electronica synths and drums, acoustic guitars, percussion, rock drums, experimental sounds, and even pedal steel. Read more…

BeatHive, an online marketplace for musicians to buy and sell loops, is offering a free download of 12 loops. Downloaders are encouraged to create a song using 6 of the loops and post the completed music track to 3hive.com, a growing jukebox of selected MP3s from bands and labels that like to share their songs.

The top 5 music compositions, selected by 3hive and BeatHive, will receive a free “Best of BeatHive” DVD-ROM Loop Collection, a 12-pack of CDs from 3hive artists, and a plug on 3hive.com, which has thousands of daily visitors.

More info at the 3hive site.