If you want to make money from your music in 2020, in the next 10 minutes I'm
going to share with you eight techniques that you can put into practice today
from home to start making money from your music. So here at EDM tips over the
last three and a half years I've helped thousands of producers achieve some
pretty cool stuff some of whom are now making music full-time making money from
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techniques of how you can make money from your music in 2020 number one is
release your own music because the industry has changed so much over the
last few decades that you don't need a big label to get out there and start
making money from your music now the way that you do this online is to use a
distributor I use "Distrokid" it's really good it's like $20 for the year
and what you do is that you upload your music to this located with the artwork
and the release date that you want and then Distrokid it will put that music on
the different streaming platforms like Spotify Apple music and you know Amazon
music stuff like that now they do the rest so they will create your pages on
Spotify and wherever and once those are created your music up there you can
just promote that as per usual and then you get all the royalties from streaming
so Distrokid is a good option if you don't want to sign to a label if you do
want to sign to a label you can check out my other video that's either there
or there and that's going to show you how to do that ok number two and first I
should say actually that there's a caveat your music does have to be good
enough to do it you know if you're not quite at that level yet that's fine it's
usually going to be a couple of years at least until you can make money from your
music if you're starting straight away but if you have been doing it for a year
or two and you've got some skills then you're going to be able to do most of
these things so as I was saying number 2 is to engineer other people's music now
even if you're doing this as a sideline if you are mixing or mastering other
people's music that is a great way to make a few hundred dollars here or there
now the way that you do that is you connect to people in facebook groups and
other online communities and you do need some kind of track record to do this so
even if you've got a couple of tracks on SoundCloud
that sound really good they're mixed well they're masters well there are
always people looking for good mixing and mastering engineers so go on these
Facebook groups or subreddit things like that just reach out to people don't be
spammy and offer your services and quite often you will get some bites and this
is something I've always done as a kind of sideline is mixing and mastering
other people's work as well as producing my own so three is remixes so again this
is similar to the last in so much as that you reach out to people you have a
couple of tracks that they like but there's an extra bonus with remix in you
can enter remix competitions now I've won thousands and thousands of pounds
from entering remix competitions and got management deals and record deals and
things like that but the only thing is it's quite saturated now they're you
know there are lots of remix competitions out there but there were
also lots of people entering the remix competition so I'll make a video on how
to actually win remix competitions but yeah remixing is another good way if you
are doing remixes remix in for artists unless you've got some sort of following
you're probably not going to get paid and if you do get paid you're not going
to get paid much so if you've got the following of your own already then you
can afford to or you can charge for remixes I've just been writing a track
with another producer we're getting a prominent artist to remix it and we're
paying them like a thousand bucks to do that now a few years ago these guys
would have been getting five thousand bucks for a remix maybe even ten
thousand you know if you're someone like armand van helden maybe even more than
that so it isn't as rich pickings as it used to be but there is still make money
to be made from remixes okay number four the fourth way that you can make money
from your music this year is to gig to get out play your music live or do DJ
gigs this is a great way to make some money each and every week if you get a
rig regular gig and you're going to get better at your craft and you're going to
learn what people want and what works well in a crowd so getting out playing
gigs is a great way to earn money now the way that you can do that if you
don't know anyone is start attending some gigs in your area in this style of
music that you like get to know the promoters show up there you know support
the night and then you start to build relation
this is the best way to do it if you don't have a following okay before we
continue on to the next four if you're going to make money from your music in
2020 give me a hell yeah in the comments below and make that commitment because
it's all about the mindset if you've got that in your mind then you can take the
actions that you need to do it so if you are gonna make money give me a hell year
and let's crack on into the next four so number five is selling merchandise now
this is something you can't really do unless you've built a bit of a following
so I'll make a video on that as well but if you're selling things like t-shirts
and hoodies for 15 20 bucks at a time that can be a nice way to make some more
money on the side but again you do need a bit of a following for that maybe 20
or 30 thousand followers just a core fan of people who really love your music and
if you're doing gigs as well you can sell merchandise there but it's so easy
to sell it online now from just an online shop with WooCommerce something
like that so that is another excellent way to make a bit of money on the side
from your music number six and this is a great way this is licensing your music
so if you sign up with a company like PRS what happens is that you register
your music when you've made it and you've released it and then every time
it gets played anywhere you are going to accrue royalties for that and then they
will pay you those royalties so make sure that you do that if you were making
any money from your music sign up to something like PRS or the equivalent
organization in your country because there are different companies all over
the world that do this the seventh way you can make money from your music this
year is to sell beats online so if you register with a website like adsr for
instance you can actually create sample packs preset packs or you can sell them
from your own website as well they do have to be good but if you love sound
design then this is a great way to make money from your beats and finally number
eight and this is something that I love to do you know it gets a lot of flack
but ghostwriting can be a great way to get paid either a some upfront or to get
royalties on a track I say that if you choose some are very good to do ghost
writing for so if you find a DJ who is prominent and they're on the up-and-up
and they need someone to help them produce this can be a great way for you
to make money hone your production skills
accountability deadlines to work - and if you're not all about the ego you know
if you don't need the fame and stuff like that it's a great fun great way to
make some money is by ghostwriting but if you want to make any money from your
music at all this year you're gonna have to finish your music first so I've put
together this speed writing cheat sheet that you can download for free below
this video so make sure to click that link and grab my free speed writing
cheat sheet to get your music finished and there you have it guys that's how
you can start making money from your music in 2020 today from home try any of
those methods or all of those methods and you're gonna start making a living
from your music of course some of them you do need a following some of them you
can start today but you do have to be good at music so if you want to get
better you can check out my other videos on this channel and if you like this
video give it a thumbs up share it with your friends and don't forget to
subscribe to my channel to get signs to any label of your choice check out my
video there and I will show you how and drop me a comment below letting me know
if you are committed to making money from your music this year until next
week... Cheers and happy producing!