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do producers make a good living? (pg. 2)
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Been mates with Marcos for years. He's recently had to return to his day job even though he is at the top of his game. Gets screwed over by promoters frequently and there are long delays in payments from labels.
So unless you are BT or Tiesto or similar you can forget making a living off production or DJ'ing. |
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| Scoops |
| Hex Hector used to get anywhere between 5-10k per rmx |
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| julien2 |
Producing is a lot of work. The more work you will put into it the more money you will get.
However, there is some "random factors": timing, label, luck, which you cant control.
1% of producers were lucky and talented enough to produce 1 mega hit which built them a reputation.
Put that with royalties, touring as a DJ, remixes, etc.
And you get yourself a wealthy mothafu**er.
But it is still a minority |
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| SPANIARD |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ian
I think the "professional" producers often are way worse than those with 'real' jobs. Take guys like Ralphie B who earns his money from his day job & produces secondly. He is then able to produce 1 or 2 quality tracks a year even, and not rely on it selling, meaning he doesn't have to copy fads or flog his sounds in 100 tracks a year like some. |
Very good point and I never agree with you except if it's a Spanish Bias.:D |
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| TOR |
You won't make any money if you stick to producing and don't pick up dj'ing, and by that I mean dj'ing full time.
L-Vee does not take on many bookings and he only just manages to keep his head above the financial water. |
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| jupiterone |
| quote: | Originally posted by TOR
You won't make any money if you stick to producing and don't pick up dj'ing, and by that I mean dj'ing full time.
L-Vee does not take on many bookings and he only just manages to keep his head above the financial water. |
And vice versa, it can't be one or the other, its gotta be both. |
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| SPANIARD |
| quote: | Originally posted by jupiterone
And vice versa, it can't be one or the other, its gotta be both. |
There are exceptions though, Eddie Halliwell is the first to come to mind as a DJ. |
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| Zombie0729 |
there's no way anyone is really in it for the money... i know of a thousand other things that will make you more money per work put in.
you have to figure the average producer puts in 20-30hrs a week of their free time writing music, screwing around with new software, LEARNING all of the tricks and traits.
regular job = 40hrs + producing as hobby(still work to most though) is another 20-30hrs we're talking 60-70hrs of work a week.
although you might not use the word work, the goals in the end should be the same. there is a big prize out there but if anyone wanted to dedicate themselves to anything full time they could become a success at it. i would think. |
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| Allied Nations |
| quote: | Originally posted by Zombie0729
there is a big prize out there but if anyone wanted to dedicate themselves to anything full time they could become a success at it. i would think. |
Success can be defined in many different ways ;) |
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| jupiterone |
| quote: | Originally posted by Allied Nations
Success can be defined in many different ways ;) |
+1 |
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| Tayfoon |
| quote: | Originally posted by breakaholic
Probably quite true, especially trance music don't sell much anymore (Even 100 times less than before 2000). Digital (mp3) are selling better and better but unfortunately there isn't much money at all for us producers. I think, average you need to get about 30-40 tracks released/year if you want to make living with music. This is reality to new producers, established names do earn better naturally. So better make your name known out there or forget about trance if you want to make living with it. Or start doing house music, it still sells atleast few thousand vinyl copies (or so I've heard). Trance labels press about 200-700 copies these days and many labels have given up vinyl for good.
Money really is in dj gigs so no wonder why many producers dj as well. |
Trance by numbers, see all the net labels for examples |
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