WHY NOW IS THE BEST TIME TO BE A MUSICIAN! ($100,000/yr)
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Nice to see you guys! In this video, I share the opportunity for ANYONE to make it as an artist in the age of social media and audio streaming. I discuss the change in the music listening landscape, followed by the various money streams that you can build to obtain a liveable income from your artistry. I will also give a beginner music marketing blueprint to get anyone started on the basics of getting more people listening to your music.
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
2:00 - Chapter 1 (Put it into perspective)
6:41 - Chapter 2 (Money Streams, Money Dreams)
9:39 - Chapter 3 (Law of Attraction)
Thanks for checking out the video! The growth in the past couple of months has been incredible and I’m excited for the community we’re continuing to build. The conversations and debates in the comments have been humbling, to say the least. The fact that we can spark conversations about the music industry and build on each other's ideas is so exciting. I wish you all a blessed day and I’ll see you again soon with another video! Thank you to Exociety for permitting me to show their amazing podcast in this video!
#education #spotify #music - Hudba
After reading some comments regarding my stance on the financial opportunities that can be made as a musician I wanted to just say that the music should absolutely always come first. Passion is a necessity if you don’t have it then making it a career isn’t necessary. This is for those who have always dreamed of being able to share their art full time and making a living from it.
not me, ive had nighmares being forced to sell my soul for fame and fortune.
i hope those days are over where artists had to literaly sell there soul and join the illuminati to be part of music, we were better off under the mafia
i highly disagreed, now feels like the worst time to be a musician, AI Music Is Toping the charts, rock and roll was taken away, and music is just generally dead. there is no such thing as a good song in this day in age
@@TheSlayerOrFate Nah man there's still good music out there you just gotta find it
real🔥
but please only make music if you're actually passionate about it.
This right here
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You not gonna make any music if you're not passionate
@@DeejayRach0 naa, some people work in music and just see the money n the fame
@@DanielKUniversehe’s right tho, you might make a “song” but you ain’t making no music without passion
I appreciate the tone and encouragement of this video. HOWEVER: we should continue to spread the message that it is not fair, equitable or right the way the Streaming Services are treating artists. Music creators deserve to get paid for their Music. Period. They are making HUGE PROFITS off of YOUR music.
I’m so grateful to live in a time where music is possible entirely alone.
This has always been the case from Mozart to Johny Cash
Music has really become what it was always supposed to be... art. All that label and push and promo and gimmicks and and fake personality fake streams blah blah blah. That's used just solely for the money and no art. We are moving in the right direction again
Too bad you don't see you were sold that. This idea that people like Skrillex are doing it all by themselves. Why? Is another story. People don't understand that the internet is like another worldly dimension that they're trying to get everyone to plug in to.
me too!!! so happy
Horable idea. You need freinds
"Hard work is the key of success, repetition is the key of expectancy." Most of the time people will laugh at you saying your this dream is impossible to achieve. But then you have the utmost right to work your ass off reach that level and take revenge on them. After all proving them wrong is the best revenge you can have.
lower barrier to entry = an increasingly oversaturated market = publishing corps (like Distrokid) take full advantage of their position as the middleman = aspiring musicians are now the products that generate revenue, not the music itself
Exactly
You gotta think as a small artist how much value are u providing? get better
@@vScribomore value means more payment to the middleman, which doesn’t disprove op’s point. There’s a lot of good arguments you could have made.
@@judbaker5752 your value is 3minute audio file not even visuals then maybe a ad placed before every couple plays n u want a max payout em lil 700 streams ain’t movin the needle, getting better gives you more leverage n avenues you can go down for income but if u care bout the money that much you already not In it for the right reason
then i guess... make nusic and not money
Its a nice concept, in reality, its like the you tube dream, most will not make any money, regardless of talent and passion. Most that will do well at this will be those who are already good at marketing and anyone with an advantage to getting on playlists.
There are plenty of resources on CZcams that provide valuable detail on how to do those things!
DistroKid isn’t $20/month it’s $20/year
I thought so but while making this video I looked it up and thought I saw it was $20/month. My bad! Good catch
No it's not lol it's a totally scam
How is it a scam? Honest question
@@doubledakakingdavid2952 ????
@@lorenzob249 Distrokid takes a massive cut. I use it myself. They always take like $70 LOL.
Great video! I’m an independent artist who’s ranged from 400k-200k monthly listeners. And I’ve had and still hold many songs on major editorial playlists on Spotify and Apple. I’ve also made income from publishing and other royalties. There are definitely other streams to check out too!
Congrats on your success!
What were/are the common challenges you face along your way?
How does all that translate monetarily?
@@lomarsweed6604 $14
Loved that you included Aries, Ramzoid and Quadeca. They’re big reasons why I’m pursuing doing this as a career. Very inspiring video!
That’s awesome. They’re extremely inspiring because they manage to build a career and earn respect from a platform that scrutinizes CZcamsrs for doing music.
I loved this video. The biggest thing that will steer me away from signing to a label is how labels force their artists to go viral on TikTok. I liked your inclusion of Aries in your footage, he was on a label for Believe in Me and because of label troubles, we had to wait 2 extra months for his Kids on Molly single because of labels doing scummy moves like that.
When I start releasing music, I won’t be on TikTok because I understand what kind of audience I’m trying to attract and I like how you mentioned to focus on the platforms for the people you want to reach. Great video 💚
Glad that resonated with someone. Doing short form content is iffy sometimes because you attract people who only tune in for short bursts
@@onqueueisgoodAbsolutely agree. I think Tiktok actually does more harm to the vast majority of careers. Becoming labeled a “one hit wonder”, can be fatal for an artist’s career regardless of how true it is and Tiktok is King at creating one hit wonders. They may know your song but it does not mean they are fans. I’ve heard so many good songs on Tiktok but only ever search up the chorus of the song and couldn’t really care less for the artist. Interestingly, if the other labels follow Universal in removing their music from Tiktok then things could change a lot.
as a 26 year old independent music artist whos still trying to figure things out, this video has answered many of my questions to level up my brand and improve my ways of reaching my goal of building 1000 true fans and community that will support my art and make a living, thank you - with gratitude, LaynoProd 🙏🏽💎📝 im taking notes!
So glad that I could do that. Keep up the grind you got it!
Thank you for sharing this video!
We take completely different approaches but same exact fundamental message.
Dude this video is so great! The majority of people are totally pessimistic about the possibility of a career in music. I am so happy this video is a positive outlook on the subject. 🎉
Thank you!
thank you for this! I definitely needed this advise!
Glad it was helpful!
Even the coolest “job” in the world isn’t to be cool all the time.
Think about how cool it will be when you reach the point where you’re able to pay ALL of your bills off your music. That probably won’t include a summer home in Cancun (or wherever) and a fleet of Ferraris. Still gonna be COOL AF!
I want that for myself. I want that for you too (whoever you are). There’s more than enough to go around.
*Thanks for this video!*
Being comfortable making art sounds amazing
Finally a positive, encouraging video! 🖤⭐
Thanks
Glad to drop some positivity on someone!
Agreed lately there's only been videos about the music industry crashing
AMAZING!! And that’s an understatement. I can see how much time you put into these videos; your passion seeps through so effortlessly. Never stop!
Thank you so much 🥹
The fact that I live in Arlington Texas is crazy, I can only believe he made this video for me and that is really cool
Yup just for you! lol
so awesome to see exociety get some attention, especially as a point supporting the idea that you can succeed without mainstream success nowadays
They deserve it! Very under appreciated artists.
Thank you so much. Love this vid so encouraging. God bless ❤
So glad I could do that for you!
Absolutely buzzin to have found your content! Keep it up bro!! Thanks for sharing
Thank you so much!
That was really excellent. I learned a lot from your information that was well presented. For someone, like myself, that the internet got away from leaving me lost in how to promote my music online, that 14 minutes was very helpful. On another note, thank you for keeping it short. To many people make drawn out videos which I am not drawn to. Thx again. I'll look forward to your other videos.
Not a fan of the vague detailed videos I really want to be as up front and real as possible 🙏 glad you enjoyed it
Really hoping Congress gets this new bill passed. Going to help a ton artists in regards to their Spotify streams.
What's in the bill?!
I used to be a musician, singer and songwriter. Then I realised that modern music is so shitty and bad and very often created by people who don't even know how to play any instrument but wanted to make money - and lots of money. And public is even more stupid to buy or listen that awful crap they call music if not even art. It has nothing to do with art. I couldn't write songs that bad if I tried... Thank god we have older music which I still love, mainly 60's or 70's stuff. The music that makes your skin goosebumps. I don't think many listeners of modern music have experienced that too often.
Why’d you stop making music though?
I'm too frustrated and hopeless to do music anymore.
Thank you for this video. I am 53 and am grateful to any help wrapping my head around the modern Music business
It’s always evolving it’s hard to keep up with for sure!
Absolute gem of a video. Thanks for sharing big bro
Thank you so much glad you enjoyed it man 🙏
Thanks Bro, needed to hear this ❤
This video gave me so much hope thank you! This video was so educational and it was such a relief to see all the practical objective info that you laid out. I really feel like i might have a chance at surviving after watching this. This is the type of video record labels don't want Artist to see.
Glad it was helpful! Independent/independent label is the new wave!
this video gave me hope and ideas.. thank youuuuu!
That’s what I love to hear!
Great video! Love how it’s very visual!
Thank you it’s the only way I can pay attention to what I’m saying lol
Keep spreading the message
The perfect time to become a musician/producer were the mid to late 90s - this time was GOLD, it will never be like that again until the sun burns out.
If you were in LA or NY & your name is Rick Rubin etc. otherwise not ;)
Thanks for this brother, excellent video
Glad you liked it!
Thanks so much! Great information!
Glad it was helpful!
appreciate the knowledge
love this video, hope you make more content like this !
Of course!
To be fair, I think the next trend will be artists abandoning streaming services and just operating exclusively from their own websites, where they’ll sell their songs, and that’ll be the only way to get any music going forward
Interestingly on that Void FM podcast they talk about how Snoop Dogg tried doing that with his own platform and it failed
precisely what I'm planning
Artists doing that are honestly just displaying that they really don't understand the business. Music is a longevity game not a hit and run. The real money has always been in the mechanical and publishing royalties since the beginning of time. The key has always been having your song heard and played over and over. When a song made in the 1950s is used throughout every decade in movies ,commercials,video games, karaoke lists,juke boxes, etc the royalties literally never end. If no one listens to your music than sure selling direct to consumer might sound like it makes sense. The objective is wrong though. One person paying 10 dollars for a cd might sound better to you than needing 4000 streams to make 10 dollars. But what is more valuable? 4000 listeners or one ?
@@RobertJeffers-ms6uz those aren't mutually exclusive. Why are you making it an either or?
@@onqueueisgood wasn't that some NFT BS?
This really gave me some much needed motivation. Makes my dreams feel not so crazy and more tangible. Thank you.
Your dreams aren't crazy whatsoever. Never stop doing what you love.
Dreams are real. But then you wake up. 🤣🤣🤣 sorry just messing around. We struggling out here too
Thank you for this information!!!
Glad it was useful!
Damn bro I've been working at music for a while but lately I've been feeling like it's all pointless. This video gave me an insane motivation boost! Thanks for your help!
That’s awesome to hear. Keep pushing!
That talking ?huh? CAT really made my day! 😂
Respect my dude✊🏽
yes lets take a chance on our dreams love you brother god Speed
Thank you 😊
Loved the Twenty One Pilots video so i had no doubt this one was gonna hit and it REALLY did. Big inspo thank you again 🙏🏿🙏🏿
Thanks for your support man! Glad I can be help 🙏
I needed this
Crazy visions ‼️ come tap in b4 everybody know selfmade
a very well put together video fam
Appreciate it!
Great fuqn vid dude goddamn🗣. Inspiring shxt. Keep up the great work your helping a lot of indies out there and perhaps even artist on major👍
Thanks so much for the kind words!
Great video. Thanks for your time and effort. 🌹
Thank you so much means a lot!
ITS EASY TO RELEASE BUT ITS HARDER BECAUSE THE ALGORITHM IS CONTROLLED + ARTISTS HAVE TO FIGHT FOR THE MASSES ATTENTION SPANS OF TIKTOK
YES ITS LOWER FAR AS RELEASING MUSIC BUT IT ALSO CREATED A OVERSATURATED
GOTTA GIVE BOTH GOOD & THE BAD WHEN SPEAKING ON THIS TOPIC
Gotta spend marketing and stay personal with ur fanbase on the regular
Be memorable
Perfectly said. The cost of producing physical records weeded out the pretenders in years past. 100000 people a day were not making physical releases. That being said physical distribution deals and physical promotion were also hard to obtain and expensive. So is unfortunately the marketing it takes to drive traffic to multiple streaming networks. At the end of the day the face may have changed but money and connections still play a huge role and scams are more rampant than ever. Let's face it. Noone really even knows what percentage of their streams are even human beings lol
Thank you for the information.
Of course!
very clear vedio man.. amazing info on the business side of music rather than only art side... nice job keep them coming
Thanks! I will keep them coming for sure!
could possibly be a life saving video
just want to give a shoutout to that synesso espresso machine in that stock footage
I'm an "artist"... With a secret private carreer... I'm actually ranging from 70k to 120k monthly listeners... I got a song that's reached between 10m to 20m streams (i'm not gonna tell on myself with the exact number)... I'm making enough money to quit my actual job, but i don't really wanna become a celebrity and hang out with them Hollywood weirdos.. no shows, no contracts, nothing. Just music...
Nice try lol
Amazing video!
Thanks!
Thank you for the great advice. Streaming pays so little though unless you have millions of streams, as you mentioned, which is pretty hard to do imho.
I've been in this for a long time and honestly, it's a bit of a rollercoaster and many of my talented friends who have charted, played arenas are still not financially free.
My advice is to do it for the love of music first, talent alone doesn't always get you the success. It's a people business, and timing is everything, besides a decent dose of luck! 😂 Go to as many networking events as you can, collaborate, explore the sync world and get your music placed in tv shows, ads, and movies. So many different ways to achieve success. Don't be too hard on yourself. Keep it fun and magic will happen ;) A positive attitude and tough skin is super important. Wish you all success!!!!
So many great points you love to see it
Great video💙💙
Glad you enjoyed!
too good for so low views, really enjoyed this one
Thank you so much!
after all the negative stuff you find. it was nice to see this in my recommended. yes aries, quadeca, brakence, heylog. love all them. why I continue as well
So glad you found this!
To become Rich off music you gotta start by selling a dream to other artists
Perspective changer boss🎉
Love it! 👍
that was veeeery good
Thanks!
Amazing video quality, hopefully this one will blow like your second one did.
Thanks for the continued support! Let’s hope so!
That's the dream!
This is insane keep working ur gon be huge
Thank you so much! I hope so!
What a great fucking video.
I will refer back to this whenever I feel as if I am slipping.
Thank you.
I’m really glad you enjoyed it 🙌
Synchronization bring me here ❤
Wow you only have 2.4k subs?? Considering the quality of this video, I thought you’d have 100k easy. Keep up the great content sir! Excellent!
Thank you so much! Appreciate the support!
❤🎉I loved liked and subscribed 🎉❤
Thank you for the support!
Best thing about today’s music industry is that ANYONE can put music into the world WITHOUT a label. WORST thing about today’s music industry is that ANYONE can put music into the world WITHOUT a label….
Wow. I was literally about to release a video with this exact title. Insane.
Put it out! Spread the message!
ima do it regardless cuz i enjoy it🖤 how it really go
Mastering the triangle is crazy 🤣
Thank you men
Glad you enjoyed!
The only issue is that it can be a lot of pressure and since you're not a pro in an area such as producing, that one side of your work can be half baked. I do prefer this era over the older one but, I would never neglect getting someone who is actually a pro on certain things. Just for that extra boost.
I dunno why but I'm subscribing cause of the way u said pickle.
All according to plan
4:00 I believe he meant “for only a little more than $20 a YEAR” instead of month.
Yup my bad
love this man, up to 40k monthly right now and have been figuring out what works best for me and how to capitalize off a moment, signed a 1 song deal with a label which I honestly regret due to the fact they wouldn't let me release the song months later after a video blew up, their motto: they wanted presaves... Amazing video and the editing is phenomenal, keep it up
Congrats on the growth! Do what feels right. That creative control is stronger than anything!
Ramzoid mentioned🔥
Bro thank you
Of course 🙏
nice video brotha
Thanks!
Om Namah shivaye
yooooo a Exo reference was not expected, they really doing numbers
Glad someone recognizes them!
just make music if you love it and driven by it, don’t do it for the money, that’s like being a doctor only for the money.
Love and passion always gotta come first I agree
I've been playing music since I was 13, singing decently for the past two and a half years, but only got serious at 43. I'm currently getting a Commercial Music degree at community college. is it too late? Am I too old to become a well-known artist? I look pretty young for my age, work out do yoga, and could pass for someone in my 20's/30's. Most people think I'm a lot younger. Also I'm autistic, so I still dress pretty punk rock, and I'm into that kind of stuff.
There’s no age where your art doesn’t deserve to be heard. Trust there’s always something out there for someone who has the drive and will! It is not too late!
Mike Dean is 59 and still killing the game
Thank you for this! 🙌🏼
You're so welcome!
And what's the percentage of musicians making good music and following the "right" steps that actually make a $100K/yr? Less than 1%. Might as well play the lottery.
Good will always be subjective and the absolute truth there is no right step. The best one can do is make something undeniably great and put together their best cost effective strategy they can muster up. Anyone can blow tons of money to get to a million streams. If no one fell in love with the music and you spent 10 x the payback it only shows a bad investment. The real question every musician should be asking is not how do I go from zero to x number of streams but rather how do i get my song heard by masses of people at once. How do I get to hear people in my local area playing my music driving down the road. Can I sell out a single 50? 100? Or 700 seat room? These are the questions
The hardest thing I’d say is branding
SNAP BACK TO REALITY 100,000 streams is $238.00, and with shows you have to pay venues, equipment, staff and opening artists that’s why you need to sell merch to collect to get pay oh and let’s not for get the money you have to put back into the merch, I’m not saying you goals aren’t able I’m say don’t expect this to be as easy dude making it look. This music sht CAN and WILL MAKE OR BRAKE YOU DO NOT TAKE THIS FOR GRANTED
Amazing video , my only critique is I feel like it’d be better if it was a little faster I feel like it was easier to watch at 1.25 but it was still a little to fast speed ur videos up by like 1.15
Noted! Thanks for the feedback!
Yes yes, go ahead, be a musician.
We're coming for you, anyway.
Love,
AI
This is complete nonsense. Local bands in the 1980s were negotiating for $1,000 guarantees PLUS 25% of bar sales. Musicians were paying their way through college playing in bar bands. And no - you didn't need to know the right people. A&R reps would actually go to clubs looking for bands to sign. Technology has made it an amazing time creatively. The death of the music industry has turned music into a hobby for those privileged enough to afford it. Anyone claiming otherwise is too young to remember.
please make more like this
I gotchu!
Just released my first single! 🙏
Might have to check it out 🔥 congrats!
@@onqueueisgood Thanks bro! More to come! 💪
Lol Arlington😂 I used to go to the mall there and hand out fliers
Does your name happen to be Alex too? 🤣
@@onqueueisgood no but I feel like there was an Alex in every band we used to play with back then😂 band days were funnn
This is really uplifting, thanks for this, I don't really have any gear what-so -ever to even record my music so yeah I basically do it on phone which produces not so good kinda music, also I need to learn more as I know very little about music theory and stuff, but I do have some original songs without any music knowledge so it'd be a major help if some of you music people would check 'em out and leave some constructive criticism or just lmk if it's worth it.. have a nice day anyways:)