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making a living from music
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| chris marsh |
| Hi guys. Currently a little disillusioned with my job and daydreaming about working in music for a living. Yes I know its hard :) any thoughts on mixing, producing, composing for a living? Anybody here actually make enough to pay the mortgage? I got to do something. |
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| tehlord |
Selling content to other aspiring musicians is the only way to do it.
You'll never, ever make any money out of the music itself or the mixing, producing or remixing. Certainly not enough to give up a day job. |
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| kosmotika |
| Nope, unless you can somehow magically get signed to a major label, it's not gonna happen unfortunately.:( |
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| vercetti |
| It's well possible, just very difficult. Many others have done it before and more will do it later. It's a business like many others, well maybe just a little bit more difficult than most. You need capital and knowledge. And luck. |
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| Storyteller |
There is plenty of opportunity. It does not come easy though, and you usually won't make a lot, but enough to make a living if you do it well.
My example in this case would be Chris Reece. Basically you need to be able to produce a track a day or more. In lots of different genres (Chris goes from country, jazzy house to full on commercial). Ghostproduce for several ambitious and viable projects. If you're lucky you might be able to reel in a big fish with an audience already which gives you a head start.
Now I know far from all from Chris, But I've seen him producing since about '07/'08 for projects that are still growing in size (reach) to this date, yet haven't really broken through. It's really hard to be in music, even if you have all the talent that it takes. (mind you this guy has been producing quite some charted hits since the 90's if I'm not mistaken.)
If you go down this route, make sure the contracts are set up properly. Either make them pay it forward. Or make them pay a bit and take all the royalties on the tracks while the 'artist' can make an income out of performing. For some reason I think the latter is the setup Chris works in, but truth is I really don't know.
Selling content as Geoff stated is a slightly easier road to go down. |
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| inversoundzzz |
I think it depends on what you want to be. Are you a musician? Or are a audio engineer? If you're a musician then I say go for it, but you won't make much money, but who cares you're doing it because you live for music. If you're an audio engineer then you can get good at mastering or having regular clients come in to record stuff, etc. It's more like a technical thing not artistic.
If you want to be an "artist" for a living....I think this is a special mindset. You have to be in it purely for the music. You won't care about money. If money is what you're worried about when you're thinking about being a musician/art then it's probably not for you.
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| Viber |
Well, if you got the knowledge and the patience you can always tutor kids and adults in 1 on 1 sessions.
But you need to be able to make Electro Siren House\Dubstep etc.... |
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| chris marsh |
| Once you have a mortgage you have to think about money, unfortunately. :) |
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| tehlord |
To put this in perspective a pal of mine is doing well right now.
His last couple of single went to #1 in the Beatport trance charts.
He's touring all over the world, Chicago and NY this weekend (he's based in the UK).
He has irons in several fires.
He worked his bollocks off for several years, dedicates 15 hours a day to what he does now and freely admits to there being a massive dose of luck involved in where he got to (despite immense effort on his part).
He would be financially better off doing telesales. |
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| Deillon |
| quote: | Originally posted by vercetti
You need capital and knowledge. And luck. |
No, you need talent and perseverance |
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| Viber |
^ :stongue: :stongue:
Talent < Marketing team |
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