Making money with soundtrack music

Because is too much paperwork that translate into procrastination for me :c and anyway… the only one PRO in my country have a lot of suspicion … that they dont even pay you if you are not.. These are extremely impressive numbers…. I write ambient, atmospheric tunes influenced by Air and Radiohead. While I love music and licensing has no bearing on me personally, this really opened my eyes and showed me that I can look at my market obliquely to figure out what works for me personally. Thank you! Music Library Report is also a cool tool with music library reviews and an active forum.

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A LOT of songs. These are extremely impressive numbers…. So I hate performing live. That means that in exchange for the right to use my music in a project, people and companies give me money. Given my profile as a non-gigging musician, music licensing is my best bet to make a decent living with music. I used the statistics from maing distributor Distrokid to calculate the average stream earning per platform. Instead of aiming for a HUGE number and not knowing where to start, you could aim for a much more manageable number of sales.

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A LOT of songs. These are extremely impressive numbers…. So I hate performing live. That means that in exchange for the right to use my music in a project, people xoundtrack companies give me money. Given my profile as a non-gigging musician, music licensing is my best bet to make a decent living with music. I used the statistics from my distributor Distrokid to calculate the average stream earning per platform.

Instead of aiming for a HUGE number and not knowing where to start, you could aim for a much more manageable number of sales. Could I make more money if I wrote great lyrics and performed great vocals? A colleague who has all that now only submits instrumentals because he realized his versions with vocals never sell. Could I make more money if I stuck to one genre? Could I make more money if I persevered in writing happy music? Might as well enjoy it and write music you enjoy!

Production music libraries are platforms that curate music with licensing opportunities in mind. The focus of music libraries is to make your tracks available for licensing to potential customers like ad agencies, YouTubers that need music for their video, videographers, indie filmmakers, music making money with soundtrack music on TV shows a LOT of reality TV shows out there! Note that I still manage to make a big mistake a tie down 4 of my best tracks to a 5 year exclusive deal.

Why the pseudonym when nobody knows my name? Now that I ,usic a few musicians who are also pursuing music licensing, I also ask around to find out if anyone has anything good or bad to say about a particular library. I may live to regret it. By all means, get every single one of your songs copyrighted if you like. The difference with a production music library is that a library will take your tracks and put them on their website where potential customers can browse, search and find.

One of the most common passion projects is music. Until you have a really good idea of what kind of music you want to write and you can clearly see in what type of project that music would work, I suggest staying away from paid opportunities. Songtradr is another one. The free plan gives you 35 credits per months. Most have been bitterly disappointed. Both are very experienced and accomplished musicians. One of them Musoc know has also landed plenty of other licensing opportunities without paying a dime.

All of this suggest to me that you are better off submitting your music to free opportunities, at least until you have proof that your music is good enough by landing your first placement. One of the free platforms I use is Songtradr.

They got me on 4 small licenses in the past few months. Songtradr are a curator sooundtrack licensing opportunities. Too many tracks that are not working for me in music libraries.

Need to upload and set up new tunes. In the past few years, I spent a lot of time experimenting with music and exploring different genres. That has served its purpose. I am raising the prices, showing how hard Witn worked instead of how desperate I am for my music to work :.

With my tunes set up and working for me in soundtracck music libraries, I feel going direct to the customer is how I will get to the next level.

You might know someone who works in an ad agency and can put music in front of a supervisor. No, really, my music is already set up in a few key libraries that I trust. Sincerely, Joyce Kettering. Joyce shares even more in-depth instructions on licensing music and her step-by-step process over at MadLassMusic. Hey your article enlightened me everything but still I dont know what to do with my strange genra of music.

When you created the file or saved as master wav. You can add your name and copyright. Also you have the original composition on your daw and when it was first created.

Great article Joyce!! We need more musicians giving useful information, as well as advice. Id always wanted to pursue licensing my music, as i have a lot of songs, riffs and music written. Can i submit the same song, one with lyrics and singing and another just as an instrumental? So obviously, with hundreds of tunes, this makong interesting for me to get.

I think I work a bit different than most, since I soyndtrack much have a mastering setup in soubdtrack DAW running through the whole production process. Whats your opinion on mastering? I live in Sweden, and here music is automaticly copyrighted. You dont need to do. As soon as you make a song it belongs to YOU. Would this pose a problem when trying to license, or is it just a plus? First, thanks very much for your generousosity in sharing your accumulated knowledge.

I am unclear about one aspect. Thanks again, Steve. Really great article! Would you happen to have any library suggestions for K-Pop tracks with vocals? Hi Joyce, You have an amazing attitude about this business and the giving of your insights. Well done!! Hi, Joyce. I appreciate your information. It is really informative. I have been considering to use one of the licensing companies. What i wonder is that what the difference is between Singtradr and other library sites you recommended.

Another quetion is whether i can use more than one. Will it be a legal issue if i use more than one of them? Thanks in advance. SongTradr is a music library AND an opportunity platform in the sense that it will list licensing opportunities that you can directly apply.

Most music libraries just make your tracks available to license on their platform. Having your music in different libraries is not an issue as long as you sign a NON-exclusive agreement with. Thanks for the quick reply. SongTradr sounds better than other libraries then withh it provides another option. Licensing and copyright things have been msking pain in the ass since I began to compose music.

I am considering going down a similar road of licensing as yourself and found your article very enlightening and inspirational. I have been approached through linkedin by a company called Fresh Sync about a sync deal.

Do you think this clause is a hindrance or is it normal practice? If you are offered an opportunity for an wwith license for a Song by someone other than Fresh Sync, you agree to give Fresh Sync the opportunity to match or beat those terms, as described below: a Notice. This notice will include the principal financial and other terms of the Offer. Mueic agrees not to accept the Offer or terminate this Agreement until the procedures described in this Section 4 have been followed.

Fresh Sync has a period of thirty 30 days from the day it receives notice of the Offer to either match or improve upon the terms of the Offer. If Fresh Sync agrees to match or improve upon the terms of the Offer, Artist agrees that i it will enter into a license with Fresh Sync with soundtrakc to that Song or Songs and ii Artist will not terminate this Agreement for a period of one 1 year following the date that such license is agreed.

Regarding the 30 day wait, yeah, I guess you could miss out on some opportunities. Thanks alot for the article. Awesome article. Loved it. I just have one doubt. It might be a stupid question. Forgive me if it is 😀 I have few instrumental tracks orchestral ready which I am planning on releasing it as an album. My doubt is if I release it through any other media distribution services, can I still put it in music libraries?

If you mean a distribution service to get your music in the Apple Store, on Spotify. So to answer your question…. Hi Joyce, I just wondering which listed sync agency websites pay straightforward without andy specific time frames, e. Music libraries pay you when a customer pays. When a customer purchases a license to your track through their website, the library pays over your share, usually monthly or quarterly.

Music Library Report is also a cool tool with music library reviews and an active forum.

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Again, thanks for sharing this post, Joyce! In addition to putting your music video on YouTube, there are hundreds if not thousands of outlets that will play your music video. A colleague who has all that now only submits instrumentals because he maknig his versions with vocals never sell. Great advice, mysic so much again, Joyce! It might be a stupid question. Make sure you have a making money with soundtrack music presence wherever they are. You can still jump on slundtrack support for large national acts here and. He works in a number of genres, including electronic, folk, rock and hip-hop, and has built his own studio in west London. Also they make things much easier so you can focus on writing, building a fanbase, and all the other things that take up your time. You differentiated between being confident about your musical ability, which you are and your sureness about the way forward, which you made plain you have mixed feelings. Do you want better Serum presets?