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Making Money as a Musician on Youtube

mobiuscog said:
I guess it's why most become 'influencers' and/or use it as a medium to market their courses and other 'side hustles'.
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Cool video. From what I gather, a lot of money can be made from not making music and talking about music. That is so good to hear. People don’t have to go through years of learning an instrument in order to make money. They can simply make more money from talking about music and music equipment. This is a breath of fresh air because composers can do less composing and do more demonstration work to help companies with money sell their products.
 
Epic Wonder said:
Cool video. From what I gather, a lot of money can be made from not making music and talking about music. That is so good to hear. People don’t have to go through years of learning an instrument in order to make money.
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I hope you're being sarcastic! Well, there's still a need for some suckers to create the music to be talked about. That's where we come in..
 
I think that as long as you have a modular setup in the background and a lot of other gear - most all sent/requested for 'long term review' and lots of pretty lights, that's enough these days. Just release videos on each 'new' thing that's around, and job done.
 
So great Mary is willing to share his experiences.

I don't see this as any different as an artist that loves to make music but at the same time is a music teacher because that's what pays the bills.
 
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Niah2 said:
I don't see this as any different as an artist that loves to make music but at the same is a music teacher because that's what pays the bills.
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True. The difficulty is determing who is doing that, vs who is 'teaching' more without much real experience.
 
"I've been making 10 k per month on Amazon selling ebooks, sign up to my workshop and watch a video where at the end I ask you to buy my product that does this for you, its not that I'm actually making money from selling books its that I make it the money selling a bit of software which 'could ' help you do that, that's how I make 10k a month"
 
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Greeno said:
"I've been making 10 k per month on Amazon selling ebooks, sign up to my workshop and watch a video where at the end I ask you to buy my product that does this for you, its not that I'm actually making money from selling books its that I make it the money selling a bit of software which 'could ' help you do that, that's how I make 10k a month"
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Can you share the link ?
 
YaniDee said:
I hope you're being sarcastic! Well, there's still a need for some suckers to create the music to be talked about. That's where we come in..
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No I am not. 😐 Look, everyone is not going to make a career from composing music for a living. That is a fact. 🥺 So instead of feeling depressed and angry about it, why not pivot into another area that still focuses on music? 👀 Performing demonstrations on software and equipment gives a chance to make income. It also gives a chance for composers to sneak into some of their compositional skills. 🎹 📯 🎸 It can be a real game changer for those who are at a crossroads pursuing music full time. 🤔 I have personally bought products based on demonstrations and have sought to listen to music from the guys and girls giving those demonstrations. 😎 They had the music skills and were able to also sell a product. If people think that selling products for a living is bad, then why are some composers so desperate to sell music for a living? 🧐
 
Epic Wonder said:
No I am not. 😐 Look, everyone is not going to make a career from composing music for a living. That is a fact. 🥺 So instead of feeling depressed and angry about it, why not pivot into another area that still focuses on music?
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Well, I see your point, but at this rate, the inevitable outcome is the drying up of music and musicians. You can't have everybody focusing on being a YT influencer. For me, the big picture doesn't just involve composing..it includes performing, studio work, teaching, kids leaning the clarinet in school, etc. There are tons of unbelievably amazing youngsters, and scantily clad young women shredding on YT, mainly doing covers of technically challenging classic rock (guitar, bass, drums), but it seems that the main reason they're doing it is to be YT stars. Guess we'll have to live with it..
 
I wouldn't mind good music courses and I tried evenant one for trailer music. They don't know how to structure it, or they just decompose few tracks so you can copy and you will learn something but when I pay few hundred $$$.

I want proper time saver. PDF to follow along, give me 5 structures of tracks, give me 20 minor structures, give me 5 scales and 20 chords progressions for trailer, epic music etc etc so you will be able to create own 30 different tracks without brain storming and researching all day since I paid for it.

Instead they decompose their track, give you few chords, every video is recorded and mastered differently with different volume, quality, absolute garbage. And these positive reviews lol. Usually just positive reviews from other YouTubers ( because they all support themselves ).

For 400$ I want proper course. Not garbage glued together. Their Landing page sounds 100x better than actual course.
 
Nico5 said:
It's always been better to make jeans, picks and shovels than to dig for gold
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Yes, the merchants made more money during the gold rush, than the dreamers. Being a musician, except for the very few, is not a road to riches. If I wanted that, I would have gotten a degree in a marketable field, rather than music. But I stuck it out, and have no regrets.
Music gives me a genuine pleasure. You can spend your life discovering new things. I value that more than money..

Epic Wonder said:
True. Musicians and composers need to be more desperate to make money than be more desperate to be better musicians.
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I still don't get it.. If money is your primary goal, and learning an instrument and composing is a burden and a waste of time, why bother?
 
YaniDee said:
Being a musician, except for the very few, is not a road to riches. If I wanted that, I would have gotten a degree in a marketable field, rather than music. But I stuck it out, and have no regrets.
Music gives me a genuine pleasure. You can spend your life discovering new things. I value that more than money.
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I wholeheartedly agree. Making music still makes a lot of sense, if it’s not primarily about economics, but for the numerous other rewards it can hold for the right person in the right circumstance.

This holds true for numerous other human passions as well.
 
YaniDee said:
Yes, the merchants made more money during the gold rush, than the dreamers. Being a musician, except for the very few, is not a road to riches. If I wanted that, I would have gotten a degree in a marketable field, rather than music. But I stuck it out, and have no regrets.
Music gives me a genuine pleasure. You can spend your life discovering new things. I value that more than money..


I still don't get it.. If money is your primary goal, and learning an instrument and composing is a burden and a waste of time, why bother?
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The point is to make money on YouTube as a musician.
 
Epic Wonder said:
The point is to make money on YouTube as a musician.
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I get it. I almost forgot that I'm the one who put that video up. I did it to share some concrete info on the realities of that market, but frankly, it seems like a of work, making 500 videos, setting up lights, editing , etc. It can be quite lucrative for some people, but it's not a field I'm really interested in.
 
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