Being a musician and making a profit.
By deendeon10
@deendeon10 (50)
United States
March 28, 2012 5:44pm CST
Hello, I make music, mostly dubstep, but i want it to become a full time profession. I am 16 years old and have a decent computer with decent equipment, enough to make a good song with. My problem is marketing, I have songs on the internet with 1000+ views and downloads, but they are free. Anytime i post a song to BandCamp, no one buys my music. I just recently uploaded the song today and was wondering what was the best possible way to get my music out there, and become known.
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3 responses
@magtibaygom (4858)
• Philippines
3 Apr 12
Well, you can't do anything about that. It's the trend, especially here in the Philippines. Nobody cares to buy some music online or offline nowadays, because music can now be downloaded for free over the net. Maybe what you can do to make a profit, or should we say, "to make some money with your talent", is use the Internet to build your popularity and then try sell yourself, not your music. When you become famous and people start to invite you to become their guest, like in concerts or in TV guesting, then that's the time big money will comes in. That's how artists and musicians make money nowadays. 
@Andri_tjiu (80)
• Indonesia
29 Mar 12
yeah be a musician is very profitable. because beside we get a profit, and your reputation will be grow. i agree with you galz. don't be sad if you're music no one to buy but can you share downloads link to me, i want to hear you'r song, and by the way are you violinist?
@crimsonladybug (3112)
• United States
29 Mar 12
It's kind of funny, reading this. My favorite singer, and one of the smartest people I know, recently posted a little animation he made on his YouTube, outlining a conversation between a musician and a record exec (his user name on there is wrongchilde, if you want to look it up) and suggested it be shared with any aspiring musician. But shortly before that, in an interview, he was asked what advice he'd give to aspiring young musicians wanting to "make it" and his response was "learn to program dubstep." So based on that I think you must be on the right track. 
Seriously, though... promote yourself every minute of every hour of every day and hopefully your friends are cooler about helping you to do that than mine are. Make sure you have a Facebook page, a Twitter account, BandCamp is amazing, Soundcloud is pretty cool but can get expensive if you need more than the free account... Stop giving things away for free... ummmm I mean, it's awesome to put out a couple of free tracks to get people interested but then make sure they have to buy an album to get the rest of the songs. Look for music blogs that have an appreciation for the kind of music you are making and ask them to listen to your stuff. But email them directly, don't just leave a comment somewhere.
That's all I can think of at the moment. Good luck.
Seriously, though... promote yourself every minute of every hour of every day and hopefully your friends are cooler about helping you to do that than mine are. Make sure you have a Facebook page, a Twitter account, BandCamp is amazing, Soundcloud is pretty cool but can get expensive if you need more than the free account... Stop giving things away for free... ummmm I mean, it's awesome to put out a couple of free tracks to get people interested but then make sure they have to buy an album to get the rest of the songs. Look for music blogs that have an appreciation for the kind of music you are making and ask them to listen to your stuff. But email them directly, don't just leave a comment somewhere.
That's all I can think of at the moment. Good luck.