not enough to make a living out of, the money is in djing.

and if you are in it just for the money, you shoudl think again imo

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a lot! i'm in it just for the money!

No, actually Im not in it for the money. I just want to live life doing something I love. Unfortunetly, in order to live in this world you need money (realistically speaking) Here in the U.S. hip hop, pop, and rock producers sometimes make more than the artists. So I was wondering how does it work for EDM and trance in general

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It's hard to make a liveable income off dance music unless by a miracle you become a popular club smash worldwide.

Like Luke Terry said, the real money is in gigs: Either playing live concerts or DJing. By all means produce your music, but support yourself with alternate incomes.

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Your only chance of making a living out of this would be to get 3-4 smash hits in a short period of time (<1 year), build up some hype, and then try to get a really good DJ agency that can hook you up with some well paying gigs. From there of course you'll have to keep up the momentum, play a lot of flawless sets, and continue producing quality material.

In order to get to this point you're talking about (tens of)thousands of dollars invested in records, dj equipment, production software/hardware.

In other words: don't quit your day job.

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make another Darude - Sandstorm and you'll be on your way

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Originally posted by Sean Walsh Your only chance of making a living out of this would be to get 3-4 smash hits in a short period of time (<1 year), build up some hype, and then try to get a really good DJ agency that can hook you up with some well paying gigs. From there of course you'll have to keep up the momentum, play a lot of flawless sets, and continue producing quality material. In order to get to this point you're talking about (tens of)thousands of dollars invested in records, dj equipment, production software/hardware. In other words: don't quit your day job.

I totally agree !
Doing music to make money is not doing music.

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Originally posted by R.j. make another Darude - Sandstorm and you'll be on your way

Agreed


get yourself known is the hardest thing i would of thought, once everybody knows you the cash roles in i suppose

i would like to earn some money just for improving studio and continue to produce...

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Originally posted by Luke Terry not enough to make a living out of, the money is in djing. and if you are in it just for the money, you shoudl think again imo

^^I second that, the money is in DJing, but you have to be pretty big in that aswell, as if you get a good residency, chances are 90% of the money you earn from it, goes right back into it, I'm glad its like this, keeps people who just want to make fast cash away.