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@AlexBtvmusic
11 ай бұрын
I appreciate your honesty, Steve. This video can save a lot of people from the frustration of getting small (if any) results from stock libraries. Anyone who claims that a person who's totally new to stock music can make from $500 to $1000 a month nowadays is a fraud. Stock libraries, like you said, are good training grounds but they're limited in terms of earning potential as there's very little that we can control inside them. We're anonymous contributors to them, just numbers on a screen. We don't build relationships with them. And this is just how that kind of business works. We can't complain. Keeping an open mind, honing our skills and being on the lookout for new opportunities is the key to pursuing success in music licensing. It's a bumpy road but it's one worth taking if you love making music and seeing it being used in video productions. If you're doing it for short-term money results, you'd better do something else.
@therealdanguitar
11 ай бұрын
Thank you for such a great video Steve. It’s not only useful but extremely honest and you don’t mislead people from the truth whilst also pointing them in the right direction. This is why I love your videos and the support in the academy.
@Steven_Beddall
11 ай бұрын
I really appreciate that Dan, thanks for the comment 🙏
@brettclarinmusic
11 ай бұрын
Considering that there are more KZitem videos and videos in general, it’s bewildering that demand for music for these videos has taken such a drastic nose dive. My only guess is that there is already so much music that the total amount being used is higher but the use per song is way down.
@musicbysazid
10 ай бұрын
Thanks for the honesty. You earned both my trust and subscription.
@Steven_Beddall
10 ай бұрын
Appreciate that 🙏
@genuinefreewilly5706
11 ай бұрын
Heck of a way to make some spare coin. I finally made some music sales on Pond5 and it was 'not' production music, pretty left field material. How and where it could used, is a mystery. For myself one piece a week is about all can muster, its still a lot of work I am late (old) to the production music field anyways. I might as well double down on more adventurous compositions .
@osynthwrfmusic
11 ай бұрын
Great video, I like that realistic approach, especially about Artlist / MA, as you said, nothing last forever, it's important to see the big picture, be ready for the change, and just keep to evolve and dig for opportunities :D. As always your vision is very precious and help a lot ! Thank you !
@vancestreetmusic
11 ай бұрын
This one line sums it up "I work way harder and longer now than when I had a 9-5 job"
@MakeMusicIncome
11 ай бұрын
Yeah, but a lot more FUN than that non-music 9-5.
@Steven_Beddall
11 ай бұрын
@MakeMusicIncome Absolutely 👍
@TheTheimpossible
11 ай бұрын
Steven your mediocre is my goal. 😄 Thanks for helping me get there.
@bjornark
11 ай бұрын
Agree with everything. The time when you could earn 500 USD a month from a stock music library... I wont say its impossible. But it would require a huge amount of work. That huge amount of work could be used elsewhere IMO. For myself, I am working on Spotify and my YT channel. As you say, its important to have other options. Good video!
@Steven_Beddall
11 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching man, yeah there are a lot of things we can pursue, it's important to explore all options!
@bobbyhallmusic
7 ай бұрын
Thank you for posting this video. I am considering this as a second income and the attitude that you described in this video is healthy. As you know, having the right attitude is so helpful. Great video!!
@CloudMomotang
7 ай бұрын
Thank you man this is very helpful and encouraging, I was starting to get down on myself for not having a certain income stream by now, but slow and steady wins the race hopefully
@CaveWomen88
11 ай бұрын
I have 214 files on pond5 of all different generes and I’ve made $15 Canadian this month so far and that’s a GOOD month. I haven’t sold a song on audio jungle in a year. I don’t think I have the inspiration or what it takes to get into those other more active libraries.
@Steven_Beddall
11 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing
@CaveWomen88
11 ай бұрын
@@Steven_Beddall You’re welcome. You videos are always insightful and helpful. Thank you.
@carcamovmusic
3 ай бұрын
Have you tried on other libraries? (Motion Array, 123ref, Audiosparx, etc)
@TonyThomas10000
11 ай бұрын
Thanks for the honest overview. Much appreciated!
@Steven_Beddall
11 ай бұрын
Cheers Tony, thanks for watching!
@TonyThomas10000
11 ай бұрын
@@Steven_Beddall Anytime...appreciate your honest input and excellence. I would love to see more videos on targeting your music to the folks that actually use it and how to build relationships with them. I did an interview with Alan Silvestri back in '86 and the secret to his success was developing a relationship with film maker Robert Zemeckis. I also did another interview with a guy I knew from my hometown, Alan Howarth, who did the same with John Carpenter. Often, it is not what you know but who you know as you stated in the video.
@sethaustinmedia
11 ай бұрын
This video is definitely a bit of a wake up for me! I appreciate you sharing Stevie
@mikel917
3 ай бұрын
Thanks! Good info. I agree, it’s about the validation, first and foremost.
@HochiOrrillo
11 ай бұрын
@ProductionMusicAcademy Thanks for the video. A question. How do you make money with Artlist? What is the business model? because with Audiojungle and other platforms I understand that it is a percentage of the sales you achieve. But with Artlist and others it is not clear to me. Maybe it would be interesting for you to make a video where you describe each business model of the most important royalty free and licensing music platforms.
@Steven_Beddall
11 ай бұрын
Basically they pay you a percentage of their net revenue which is determined by how many downloads you get. They also have buyout deals where they pay upfront for ownership of the music and share a percentage of performance and streaming royalties.
@Eighty8Music
11 ай бұрын
Very well said Steve! Still positive but also very realistic and balanced it's very needed
@joenelson5145
3 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing knowledge from your journey.
@wishonmusic1
11 ай бұрын
Great content, Steve. Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts on this topic.
@cycling_mansij
11 ай бұрын
Great content Steve! I can relate to so many things you have said here!
@cazhken9423
11 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video! When you upload your songs to Artlist and MotionArray do you also register those songs to your PRO? Or is that not possible in the non-exclusive space?
@Steven_Beddall
11 ай бұрын
Yes absolutely, anything that's non exclusive for me also gets uploaded to my PRO 👍
@NicolaDonchev
11 ай бұрын
What about the exclusive tracks in exclusive libraries and sync stuff? @@Steven_Beddall
@jeguerra84
11 ай бұрын
Thanks for the great video Stevie. I also upload on MA and several libraries but my issue right now is the lack of inspiration to write tracks. Sometimes I compose a track and find out it is completely similar to another I already uploaded, and that´s heartbreaking LOL. I have uploaded so many tracks over the years and in so many genres that I don´t know what to compose anymore. Do you have any tips to come up with new ideas, chord progressions, melodies? Thank you!
@Steven_Beddall
11 ай бұрын
Yeah that's a tough one! No easy remedy for lack of inspiration but I do personally find that cycling through different genres, or trying something completely new and different often gets me back into the right mindset! Try writing something that is totally and completely foreign to you.
@jeguerra84
11 ай бұрын
@@Steven_Beddall sounds good, thanks!
@vitaminfian
3 ай бұрын
Thank you for this 🙏🏻
@nathangproducer
11 ай бұрын
Hi Steve, thanks so much for sharing your experience with us in this video! I'm preparing to apply to Artlist but have a question about whether, if accepted, it's better to upload tracks to Spotify first before I upload them to Artlist, or if I should upload to Artlist first before uploading that same track to Spotify...? I'd love to get your thoughts on that if you have some time. Cheers! Nathan
@Steven_Beddall
11 ай бұрын
It depends, because Artlist offers exclusive and non exclusive contracts. If you want to work with the Originals program you'd be better off not uploading them to Spotify because they'll want to distribute them for you. If it's a non exclusive contract then it's all good to upload them to Spotify on your own. Unfortunately you don't really know what they're gonna offer until you pitch them.
@nathangproducer
11 ай бұрын
Ah, I see! Thanks for your response. I'll have a little research and see what's best. Cheers! @@Steven_Beddall
@JJShalashaska
5 ай бұрын
Hi Stevie, thanks for this video! I think that, as for everything on the artistic field, if we stay consistent and dedicated, results can always come. About artlist and MA, can I upload there music which has been distributed with content ID for KZitem or Facebook? I may seem to understand that they don't accept those kind of songs. Excellent channel anyway!
@Steven_Beddall
5 ай бұрын
See tomorrows video 😊
@JJShalashaska
5 ай бұрын
@@Steven_Beddall thanks man, you're giving me lot of info and I'm excited to start this journey. I feel like I can give a second life to an old album I'm remastering!
@QuincasMoreira
11 ай бұрын
KZitem Audio Library composer here, my experience is very different…
@Steven_Beddall
11 ай бұрын
How so?
@PhilippeStevenson
7 ай бұрын
Care to elaborate?
@QuincasMoreira
7 ай бұрын
I can’t say much due to NDAs, but suffice it to say, KZitem is not a typical sound library. Their main interest is having free music for use in this platform, which also acts as a strong springboard for promoting my work. They pay well but mainly my songs benefit from the ubiquitousness of KZitem which spontaneously pushes my songs so they become popular everywhere and generate revenue in all platforms and countries. It’s very different from traditional music libraries.
@Steven_Beddall
6 ай бұрын
Where do I apply? 😀
@QuincasMoreira
6 ай бұрын
They find you ;)@@Steven_Beddall
@kamenbiz
5 ай бұрын
Good Video …. 👍🏽
@thejawshop-AdventureRecording
11 ай бұрын
a humble update to those that are indeed embarking on some kind of fishing expedition. I would take it one step further and suggest that the key word here could be culture. Where the fish are hanging out is also where the lines get tangled and snagged. The question; are we releasing them or filling the freezer, barbed or not barbed is the hook?
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