Bro selling beats is for people who like marketing more than music, that's who excels at it. You clearly are a music first person and that's dope.
@rude_noise
Жыл бұрын
100% the older I get, the clearer is it that I'm not made for the business side of music hahaha. Which is okay with me.
@Craftmaster3
Жыл бұрын
@@rude_noise I love seeing people get to this place because it leads to better tunes in the end
@Ilylynette36
Жыл бұрын
I’m glad to see that there’s someone else who shares this mindset because I feel that selling beats is just so complex now that people lose their love in the music itself
@StrillLife
Жыл бұрын
The struggle is real. I've just back on making tracks but finding time to do it is hard. Being creator is a hard hustle in general.
@12welve
Жыл бұрын
Working with you gave me a lot of insight and experience in the music industry. Gave me some of my most creative moments in my career by far and proud to call you a friend. Can't wait to see what else you bring into the world bro. Proud of U.
@rude_noise
Жыл бұрын
man i appreicate you a lot throughout the years, you really helped me find my sound bruh. imma keep at it, just havin fun with it now 💪🏾
@BMSADE
Жыл бұрын
You are absolutely right bro, personally I still do beats as a hobby, only now they generate income through Time, but it is not the most important thing for me, I just enjoy making beats and if I usually make some money is fine, for me creating instrumentals is a therapy .. Greetings from Chile
@kvmoore1
Жыл бұрын
I agree with pretty much everything you said. I am picky about what artists I choose to work with as well, particularly rap artists. At the end of the day, you are exposing your work through these artists and the artists you choose to work with are a reflection on you. Would you want your name to have any affiliation with a project or song in which the artist uses highly explicit language and sends a negative message that advocates violence, drugs, disrespect towards women, and glorification of money and materialism? I don't want my name to have any part in that. There's enough of that in the music industry and what we need is positive music. That's how I feel and the reason why I am picky about what artists I prefer to work with. Now for those who make beats purely from a business perspective, sell their beats online, and don't care who uses them or what message gets delivered over them, than that's on them. Music is more than just a business. It also sends a powerful message. You can decide what kind of message you want your music to send. I want my music to send a positive message and choose to work with positive artists. With that said, it is incredibly difficult to reach a point where you can make music for a living these days, although it's not entirely impossible. Therefore, having an alternative career (a day job) while doing music on the side is a more realistic and practical way to make a living. That way you will have a GUARANTEED source of income that you can live on regardless of whether your music endeavors become financially successful or not. If you want to drop the business aspect of making music professionally and just do it out of passion as a hobby instead of a career, then there's nothing wrong with that either. I wish you well on your IT endeavors. There is a lot of money in coding/programming. Just make sure you have a passion for that as well so you'll be successful in it. It's not for everyone.
@Dreamer88keys
11 ай бұрын
I feel you on this .. keep making music never give up 🙏🏽 something gonna shake soon
@loganpoke1523
Жыл бұрын
Don’t stop. Fuck the money. Make beats cuz u luv it n u will be ok. I make what I make. But no one could pay me to do it. Stopped working in 2019 n all I do is work on my craft. I’m picky too. It’s my beats u gotta be dope or u gonna make my beats sound trash lol. N not only that I rap too n I coulda laced it lol. At the end though this is my passion n release. It’s therapeutic I luv this shit. I don’t care if I sell one beat a year
@Dizzy808Productions
Жыл бұрын
facts💯💯 same here havent had real job since 2018 been selling beats and doing temp and gig jobs ever since i've always been picky because 90% of my beats are not generic and are my orginal style i made for myself and im at the point where i just do what i want because this is my only true pasion and like you said this is my thearpy i love it to much to care about views and sales
@Glendale-pj8jk
11 ай бұрын
Selling beats online is not dead, it's just not simple. Producers post beats online and assume if it's "alive", they'll make tons of money immediately. That's like getting into real estate and getting mad because you aren't a millionaire or selling multiple houses in your first few years. It's a business and most do not treat it like that. I average almost 30k a month selling beats and do literally 0 marketing. And yes, that is completely from artists buying my beats. I will say that most will not take the time to learn the ins and outs to ever get to that kind of cash flow but me being a top seller online, I'm also very aware of how many others make similar to me and even those who are more casual are at least paying the bills. Type beats will die when artists do. Type beat is strictly a keyword for discovery on your beats. I am commenting on a private account though so most will probably assume this isn't even true and that's what keeps people away from success. The second you truly believe you can do it and put aside the doubt, you are on the right track
@70kg589
4 ай бұрын
How do make that amount without marketing? I’d assume it’s from having a very large catalogue or did you have prior relationships with a lot of artists who continue to buy them
@PORTALBEATZ-2.0
Ай бұрын
Exactly, Thank you 🤦✅✅✅
@tquality_beatz
Жыл бұрын
it is hard for an artist pay for a beat, pay for studio time, mixing + master then promote it, and at the end get $ 0.002 per stream from music platforms those industries r no paying what musicians deserve..
@realdiole
Ай бұрын
Becoming a programmer is good advice. I am a programmer too, I make music on my spare time. The problem with selling beats is that you have to make the same type of beats over and over again for the algorithm to catch on, it's a whole ball game if music becomes your main source of income, you lose the freedom to make music that you actually want to make. I did want to be a full time music producer but not anymore, being a software engineer provides a stable income with prospects of even better income with gaining more experience. Now I make music without the former added pressure of having to make a living out of it, I do it more for the love of it now. As a side note, you really have to calculate time spent vs the reward of pursuing money through type beats. You have to check if you time wouldn't be better spent on a career like software engineering and then you can make music that you actually love with your spare time.
@nicklovn4177
Жыл бұрын
Totally agree… I’m feeling this way with my music and my profession as a graphic designer. Was laid off from my remote job earlier this year and all this marketing business BS just isn’t why I make art to begin with. Thanks for making this video, I might try to move towards something more fulfilling while making my art 🔥
@madtekbeats
Жыл бұрын
Really nice thoughts on this. There were many things that I can relate to! Im struggling with myself and what kind of music I want to make. For the first time, I literally started selling beats few years ago and make really good money with it But I burned myself out quickly because I only thought about money. After this I wanted to stop and start make different music. I don't like the idea that anyone can buy my beats and do whatever trash they want :D like you said. I totally can relate that. So I started creating completely my own music. no beats. More like electronic music. (That's what I did when I start making music in 2015) I felt that it is my own sound and sounds like my own. At the end of the day, music is art to me. My goal is not to make money with it. I want people to feel emotions and make hair stands out when they listen to my music. But my mind changing all the time. Because Now I've also made beats and I'm uploading them again because I don't want to those just sit on my laptop. However, my thought has changed and now it also feels easier to make beats and posting those. I also create my own music and releasing singles on Spotify etc. I think the biggest problem people have in the whole beat selling business is that they think about too much money. Everyone has forgotten what music really is.
@madtekbeats
Жыл бұрын
Sorry. English is not my main language. Hope you understand 😁
@rude_noise
Жыл бұрын
i feel this 100% man, i really think the most important part is just having fun with it, selling beats is cool but just made sure your enjoying it 💪🏾
@madtekbeats
Жыл бұрын
@@rude_noise Excactly 💯
@thePXRTY
Жыл бұрын
I get your point bro, pretty valid point of view. But not because you couldn't find that level of success you expected on selling beats online doesn't mean it's dead or its dying anytime soon.
@miklodelahonda15
Жыл бұрын
Just started today. 2nd try after 7 year break. Lol
@felinecoffee420
6 ай бұрын
Mad genuine,respect the outlook💯
@talentbender
9 ай бұрын
Great reflection. We shouldn't feel like we have to do music production exclusively. I know there can be a strong urge to pursue music production full-time since making music is fun and addictive, but like you said making a full-time living solely from a music career is extremely difficult. If you don't have any other sources of income, I feel there's a big chance that you'll start compromising on the type of music you want to put out for the sake of making a sale. One of the reasons why I was never motivated to sell beats or be a music production service provider, was because I had a full-time career outside of music. Not to say that there is anything wrong with that if it's what you want to do. I think if you're young and at some point want to be a music producer, then select a career that will compliment and add value to your music career.
@Sk8zOfficialMusic
Жыл бұрын
Same story here bro. Work in tech, went crazy making music trying to make it the soul income. Wasn’t consistent enough for me to leap into. I’m looking into coding plugins now.
@ceasarbeat
3 ай бұрын
Selling beats online is NOT dead ..At ALL
@PORTALBEATZ-2.0
Ай бұрын
Thank you 🤦✅✅✅
@itsmaistro
Жыл бұрын
It's definitely a struggle to make a consistent income from selling beats online, it's doable but requires alot to be consistent. I've had some good success with it but overtime it became way too inconsistent when it came to sales. I would go months with no income despite the email marketing and reaching out to artist, not to mention most of the artist who bought beats never used the tracks they bought so word of mouth was out the window. I'm now making music just for streaming and becoming a musician again. Currently got back into playing keys for a living which I love, the production side is low right now but making beats for my own purpose and putting beats out as singles an EPs gives me more freedom and peace of mind to do this on my own terms.
@Tayajoh
11 ай бұрын
Thank you for the wisdom 🙏
@Marvin-ut4xs
4 ай бұрын
Im the same about being picky. Mfs be putting garbage on your beats 😢
@larrytan73
Жыл бұрын
I disagree making beats is not a business....Getting palcements are about relationships .Everybody has a hot beat! Its who you know! Its been like that for ever nothing has changed! SKILL first money follows!
@Dizzy808Productions
Жыл бұрын
great valid points i undestand 100%
@dondestin
Жыл бұрын
Get back to making amazing records with artists mixed mastered full songs no other feeling than a completed masterful full song.
@zapatatheghost90026
Жыл бұрын
Arrrr tist….you gota be from buffalo lol good stuff advise 🤝🏽
@rude_noise
Жыл бұрын
its an easy give away huh 😂😂😂 no problem man!
@C-Swooop
Жыл бұрын
Sync licensing 🤙sell to tv shows
@jacksp8de
Жыл бұрын
Sell directly to independent artists. Doesn’t work that well with hip hop artists but with pop artists I know people making 2k a song.
@babysunn2
11 ай бұрын
Life Can Be Funny In A Sense... I'm Making More Money By Making Beatz/Song's For People I Know At My 9-5 JOB😏... Like You Said, Build Relationships With People You Know That Likes Music, And Find Out What's Their Favorite Genre, Song, And Or Artist... Then Make A Similar Beat in That Key Range and Tempo, Chop Up Samples and Or One Shots... Throw In Their Storyline, And Or Their Hook Idea On BARS, Get Them Their MP3 To Requested Streaming Levels... And WhahLah, Another Happy Customer... Remember, Everybody Has A Story To Tell. 😁
@GustavoSantos-gz7uj
Жыл бұрын
I feel you
@Gualaguala659
Жыл бұрын
This is just not for you man😊
@rude_noise
Жыл бұрын
def ain't for me haha
@prodgroovyd
11 ай бұрын
nah frfr thats why i make beats for fun of it
@JEFFMAN90
Жыл бұрын
Yeah it's kinda dead now. Either collab with an artist with a project or become an artist yourself and sing or rap over your beats. You can also go the engineering route and record the rappers
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