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Is being a trance producer viable? (pg. 2)
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| Jay M |
| At least need a lot of people buying your tracks, so then you'll probably end up in pop commercial scene, cause there's where the buying people are.... It's pretty hard to create trance for that scene.. |
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| isoterra |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jay M
It's pretty hard to create trance for that scene.. |
Actually it's pretty easy. Just take an old cheesy 80s tune, pick a random girl on the street to sing it for you, come out with a really simple boom-tssh-clap-tssh groove & an offbeat bassline, recreate the chords and add a supersaw riff on it. Send it to the right people & the kids will go crazy, AATW will sign you instantly and it will be licensed to the forthcoming Clubland album & various clones. |
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| Alan Nimmo |
lol, absolutely!
or you could just make some rnb :) |
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| wwu.punisher |
| quote: | Originally posted by Mr.Mystery
If that's the first question you ask when beginning then I'd take a deep look into your motives of coming a producer in the first place. |
Quit trying to sound like you're a purist.
The music is about the money, regardless of what anyone says. You can be as "I don't want to get rich making music," as you want to be until someone throws a fat paycheck your way for something you produced. All of a sudden, your motives will change. |
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| Vizay |
| quote: | Originally posted by Mike_Foyle
its not like they say "we will give u this much for this tune!" it depends how well u sell, could make a few hundred, could make a few thousand. |
that's actually not 100% true
different labels aproach this different.
know a few people that has gotten one big ammount for a signed track and then they will get a percentage of the sales like 2 years after it's been released.
but considering that a person will at the most have one really big release every month you can still not live on it, just to little cash in it.
I say keep it as a hobby, that will probably prevent ya from getting tired at producing after a year :) |
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| Sunquest |
people who do it for money, usually make 1 track and disappear, otherwsie they might make 3 or something, but the bottom line they really suck and dont diserve if theyre doing it for the money
back in 1999 garunteed it wasnt for the money, it was for the love of it, but now all these stupid songs coming out, never heard such trash in my life, garunteed its all for money, these one time producers with their 15 minutes of fame, all $$$$, so dont try to be one of them, ;) like most said here, keep it as a hobby, if u dont find it interesting then dont do it :)
simple :)
peace out |
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| Vizay |
word sunquest! :)
as long as I can make the people I know happy with my music then anything else is just a big plus :)
remember that it's supposed to be something you do because you love it and think it is fun, not something you do because you think you can make a few extra $$. :) |
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| Mike_Foyle |
| quote: | Originally posted by Vizay
that's actually not 100% true
different labels aproach this different.
know a few people that has gotten one big ammount for a signed track and then they will get a percentage of the sales like 2 years after it's been released.
but considering that a person will at the most have one really big release every month you can still not live on it, just to little cash in it.
I say keep it as a hobby, that will probably prevent ya from getting tired at producing after a year :) |
As far as i know, people are very rarely given a sum of money before anything is even sold, in THIS part of the industry (i cant remember what its called)...If you are a successful comercial producer then maybe... but labels cant afford to "buy" trance tunes like ours because of the risk that they wont do well i wouldnt have thoguht, ive certainly not come across it in the trance scene anyway. But who knows :D
For s sake why are people still posting in here? lol why am i posting in here? Its not even a question that should have been asked in the first place. specially not in a forum devoted to trance ADDICTS who are in it for the music and nothing else, its almost insulting that people think we are in itfor the money |
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| trancey_spacer |
| umm...can you name some companies? Is Birchwood Music one? |
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| Mr.Mystery |
| quote: | Originally posted by wwu.punisher
Quit trying to sound like you're a purist.
The music is about the money, regardless of what anyone says. You can be as "I don't want to get rich making music," as you want to be until someone throws a fat paycheck your way for something you produced. All of a sudden, your motives will change. |
Yeah, good thing you got my point :rolleyes:
If the very first thing you wonder about when beginning to make music (even BEFORE you actually know how) is whether you'll make a living on it or not then you should seriously reconsider your motives in starting music making in the first place. Music should come from the heart. Do you honestly think the big players do it only for the money? No, they do it for the love of music. The money is a byproduct.
If money is the first (and only) thing you think of you'll become the next DJ Sammy. Sure, you'll make loads of money but that's basically whoring yourself.
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What I mean is that I've got nothing against making money. Hell, if someone gave me money for my tracks I'd take it. But it shouldn't be the first thing you think of. |
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| Vizay |
as mystery said, the money will always be a nice bonus, of course no one would turn them down.
but to even get to the point when you can make money of your music I think you need to have a big passion for musicproduction. It's just not enough to say that your'e gonna study music 8hours a day 7 days a week. it will probably sound good but the music won't have any soul. |
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| Mike_Foyle |
Nuff Sed |
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