FlipTunesMusic | From IT Manager to Eric Bellinger’s Producer

Hamza Ehsan, better known as FlipTunesMusic, is a 21 year old multi-genre’d producer; born and raised in London, United Kingdom. At 21 years old, he has already landed producing credits for artists such as  Eric Bellinger’s ‘Iz U Wid It’, Rayven Justice, and has ghost produced for a huge superstar artist that I am sadly not at liberty to mention because of legalities. In addition to that, he has already amassed over 200k plays on his personal Spotify page, over 17 million plays on his YouTube account and more than 100k subscribers across all social platforms. How’s that for an introduction?

FlipTunesMusic creates melodic symphonies laced with dance-infused Hip-Hop that instantly makes you bob your noggin with every listen. Almost as if a colorful wave of vibes slam you right in the dome. I know this first hand, as I am writing this as I listen to ‘The One’. I literally feel as if I am in a tropical island with an abundant amount of 22 year old sun-kissed women wearing grass skirts dancing feverishly. That is a value that you obtain for free, just for listening to this mans music.

In addition to the talent he oozes with music production, the man is a seasoned web developer and entrepreneurial wiz.  He has been working in IT for 7 years. Did I mention he’s 21? Find out why he ditched his job as an IT manager (a median salary that rakes in 135k in the US) to do music full-time.

We got the chance to talk with FlipTunesMusic exclusively, here at Rap Fiesta. 

Melodies are my thing. That’s been my bread and butter from the beginning.

So, where you from and whats your background? Thats usually how I open up my tinder messages, but go ahead. 

I was born in London. I been here since I was born. My dad is from here. My mom is from Pakistan.

For the most part, do your family and homies generally show support and love to your music?

In the beginning, not many people believed- including my own parents. They didn’t believe that I would be close to where I am now. So it was kind of just me by myself. When I started out I was trash man, you know what I mean? It took me time to find my sound and grow my techniques. By the time I hit 16, my sound was ready to go and ready to sell. That’s when I started to build a bit more of a brand.

I want some flipping tunes man! Your name is dope. Where does this originality stem from in your music?

Well it starts with the melodies. Melodies are my thing. That’s been my bread and butter from the beginning. I want to make melodies that catch you and hook you straight away. But literally every beat I make starts with me just messing around on the keyboard until I’m like ‘Oh thats the one’.

There is no excuse to not be putting out music

What I really love about you is how accessible you make your beats. Your site is extremely professional, and what is even better I thought was that you even have a section called “FlipTunesMonthly” where people can essentially buy 3 beats a month of their choice for $50 a month! How did you come up with awesome deal?

I studied business and I studied the English language. I’ve never studied music like that, that was all self-taught. From a business point of view, I knew that having people on a monthly basis would be number one, beneficial for me as a business, and number two, benefit me as an artist. If your buying 3 beats a month every single month of your choice, there is no excuse for you to not be putting out music. That was ultimately the whole push.

That’s what im saying man! That’s an amazing deal. A lot of these producers don’t offer deals like that, especially at $50/month. What pushed you to give such a good bargain?

I was sick of artists saying ‘I aint got no beats, I got nothing, I aint got this, I aint got that.’ When your getting 3 beats a month of your choice, especially at that price,  there is no excuse to not be putting out music. At least 3 songs a month.

Your beats are hella wavy and spacious. You blend that in with relaxing vibes that ease the listener as well, but the backbone of it all seems to be dance-floor focused material. When you make these type of beats, how do you put yourself in the mindset that your about to make all your listeners start bumpin to your production?

All of that is 100% natural. I don’t sit there and intend, I just know. When I start my music the first thing I make is the melody, I won’t progress any further until that melody makes me wanna seriously bop my head. Until I am in the zone with the melody I ain’t moving any forward, and then when I am, the rest is built around it.

It seems if as a lot of big artists that you’ve worked with such as Eric Bellinger, Rayven Justice, Miles B, and Sire are from places like Australia and the US. How do you get in touch with these music phenoms across the globe?

Its all about your social media presence. Most of the people I’ve got in touch with are through my Instagram account, that’s like my main root of people coming to me. I was one of the first producers to jump on Instagram and grow my account to a big stage. That alone drive’s my beat service.

I have a funny story about Miles B actually. I went to school in New York around the area that he lives, and a great DJ and friend of mine, Frank Pierce walked in with Miles B and introduced me. He was a cool dude. What was it like working on “The One” with him?

Man he’s like probably one of my favorite artists to work with. As a dude, he’s the most chill and cool dude you’ll ever meet. As an artist, his talent is insanely raw man. He just does his thing, theres no back and forth. He knows the sound and he knows what were going for, and he’ll just put it down.

There is not shortage of beats coming from you. Every few days there is a new beat on your YouTube Channel and I love how active you are on there. Do you find it hard to produce so many beats and give it to the people as quickly as you do?

No, not at all. I quit my full time job in March and I started doing music full time. So for me, music is my job. I get up every morning, make my beats and do my thing, and that’s me for the day. Before doing music full time, I was an IT manager. I was doing IT since I was 14 years old so I was in there for a while, but obviously on the side I was always trying to build my music up. Once it got to a stage that it surpassed my job, I thought ‘Well, screw it- lets do it then’.

In the hip hop community, the vocalist gets most of the love. How do you make sure you get the recognition you deserve on a track, versus the stereotypical (and mythical) “behind the scenes” producer?

100%. What I tend to do is, produce for the artist I want on it and then release it as a single for us both. So for example, the single I dropped with Miles B, its Miles B and its me. Its not Miles B produced by me. Its us both, you know what I mean?

Right now your making moves as an independent artist and managing yourself?

That’s been my vibe from the beginning. To make my own brand, build my worth and then reach out to labels and what not. I’ve had a few record labels contact me in the past year, but obviously these are deals that need discussing and negotiation, so yeah I’m in the midst of a bunch.

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I know what you’re thinking. Is there anything the man can’t do?

Well it turns out there isn’t.

The man also has his own social media agency that aims to grow social media presence for artists and producers as well. Check out SocialOnTheBeat. Oh, and did I mention he’s 21?

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