I make a living off of beats/music production. There’s a weird conspiracy theory that I make a living off of beat courses(I’ve never made one) or YouTube monetization (I’d starve). Here’s a breakdown of what I do:
1. Direct beat licenses to artists
2. Custom/exclusive beats
3. Royalties from these songs (this includes microsynchs, performance royalties, master royalties, mechanical royalties, more)
4. On demand beat service app royalties
5. Loop/sample packs
6. Major label placements
7. Live performances as a DJ
8. Speaking engagements/workshops/touring
10. Brand partnerships
11. I’m forgetting some, but all the above income streams are related to music, period. Granted, if you can save money up, I encourage you to invest where you can as a music career doesn’t come with an automatic IRA or 401k (you have to handle these yourself).
The reason most producers struggle to make over $1,000/mo selling beats?
They always focus efforts on getting new customers.
And totally forget about the ones who have already been giving them money.
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Selling beats is simple:
Content drives website traffic
Website will either get free people to join your email list or get purchases.
Email then helps free people become customers and gets customers to keep returning.
Without email you're banking on people remembering you.
We recently made a combined $10,000 for 2 producers in 12 days with a Black Friday Sales campaign.
This was all with using organic traffic and NO PAID ADS.
Here's the breakdown to learn how you can copy this: