About how much money does a music producer make?
Mutt Lange and so many others have made millions but my suspicion is that most make a meager living at best and need to supplement their music income?
How Much Money Can A Music Producer Make?
Next to nothing these days. Music doesn't sell unless you're someone like Taylor Swift. Besides, most musicians record and produce their own music using home equipment because it's cheap. Music doesn't sell anymore and musicians don't have the money to pay producers a good chunk of change. I was once very interested in the music industry but after realizing what crap it is and how little it pays I decided to change routes and go to school to get a BA in Business/Economics. It's definitely the best decision I've made.
I’d say about a grand should do it for a PC and software. Personally I’d go with a Mac (MacBook Pro) running Logic Pro X which will set you back about £1700.You’ll need an interface and some decent speakers; you’re looking at ~£100 for an interface and ~£300 for speakers. A decent pair of headphones will set you back around £130 for some Beyerdynamic DT770’s. If you would like to record bands you’ll need a studio and a collection of microphones (doesn’t matter what they are to begin with) and a corresponding interface with all the preamps you need, depending on how many mic s you plan on using.So that’s the cheap bit.What is really difficult to price up are the years of time you’ll be putting into honing your skills. Human beings aren’t born knowing and understanding how EQ, compression and music works so at the very least you’ll have to spend some time with a guitar or keyboard and learning how those things work and how music fits together. You’re talking thousands and thousands in cash, and hours of time and sleepless nights as you learn.Good luck!
Great question. Making money, big money as a producer has never seemed more elusive. The music industry took an amazing hit over the past 18+ years with digital piracy and a sometimes flagging economy. The business that it was 25 years ago is long gone, and what has evolved still leaves most of us scratching our heads.Hardly anyone would argue that it may have never been easier than now to get your music out to the public and develop a fan base. Twelve year old artists are ramping up their online presence through Instagram and YouTube, building huge fan bases, such that three years later they are literally touring the world and selling out clubs. Check out Johnny Orlando.But your question is, how can you make money. That’s very different than just having people who will love your music as long as you essentially give it away.Twenty years ago the digital revolution decimated the industry. It killed off huge swaths of a bloated, ego-driven business that was mainly serving top executives at the expense of the music creators. Today, the digital revolution has turned the tides, putting the power to directly access real opportunities back into the hands of the creatives. An artist or music producer has more control to get their music to licensing opportunities and artist placement than ever before!This is my subject. I wanted to know exactly the same thing as you, how do we make money doing this thing we love. In my career I’ve had some great success with big artists, but these days I work a lot with online music placement and production opportunities as well. It’s made possible through websites like MusicXray, Songtradr (yep that’s the spelling) and Soundbetter. There are more, but these are some I use. From music licensing opportunities to hiring yourself out as a producer, it’s all directly accessible to you. So check those sites out.As I said, this is my subject. If you want to get into the details, I focus on all of this on my YouTube channel: Trey Vittetoe MusicBest of luck to you!
How can I help a talent music producer make money from his songs that sound like they should be hit songs.?
"producer make money from his songs" I hate to tell you this, but your producer "friend" should know that everyone steals music these days, good luck trying to make any money from it?
How do i become a music producer?
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How much money does a beginner music producer make in R & B?
yo listen it depends if they dont have money like dat den charge dem dey limit if dey famous charge alot and anotha thing u get paid by howw good dey album is and how much cds dey sell u should charge dem fo da studio most producers have dey own studio
How will a music producer make money in the future?
Everyone is stealing music these days and as a result the industry is suffering. Some argue that it's a good thing, because it brings the artists who can actually perform a good live show to the forefront. In other words, people will share their mp3's for free, but will pay big money to see them perform live. That's all fine and dandy. But what about the producer who does all their work behind the scenes in the studio? People like Quincy Jones, Rick Rubin, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Dr. Dre, etc... Producers historically made their money by taking a percentage of album sales. But if there are little or no album "sales", how will they earn their bread & butter? Bonus: How will studio musicians earn money? I am thinking of one group called Van Gough. They are two wheel-chair bound musicians whose artistry is in their studio-productions. They simply cannot perform live. Are they basically screwed financially thanks to technology "advances"?
It depends on the genres and styles you produce, and on your lifestyle & type of work you’re willing to do. Here’s a few ideas:1 - Beats routeProduce ‘beats’ (applies mainly to hip hop) for airbit and beatstars. A few producers claim to have reached 6 figures through those services, and many others use it as their main income generator.2 - Jingle routeProduce ‘stock music’ in various genres and upload in marketplaces such as audiojungle and musicbed (get a cut from every sale), or pitch your music to premiumbeat (up-front payments) & audio network (royalty based income).3 - Samples routeProduce samples and loops for samplephonics, loopmasters, adsrsounds, etc.4 - Artist routeProduce your own music (EP, singles, album), distribute it via Distrokid on all platforms, submit it to blogs, and book gigs. Build your fanbase and get paid from streaming & gigs.Ideally, if one day had 124 hours instead of 24, you would combine all of the above. If you can do (2), then you can do (1), probably ending up with enough material for (3) - all of that gives you enough experience and experimentation to try (4) and see where that goes.
You have to hit a specific genre, in its infancy, to really make some cash.A friend of mine, is one part of a Dubstep duo, and hearing his crazy stories of gigs gone past, the troubles of dealing with management, shady promoters, being left in airports, the “ten minute” dash to the stage, the girls, the drugs, the fame from fans, the other big DJ's/producers you meet, and the phrase “whatever you want, bro”…It all sounds great. It's something I wanted to do.But getting into music, back when the scene I follow, was in its infancy: FL Studio was non existent. Cubase had just released ASIO. Atari's were the cheapest and best option for sequencing. CD decks had just been brought out. And what was a VST?It was all hardware synths, MIDI, and analog signals. A studio, was an actual room, that got so hot, it became unbearable, in the summer months, and cost over £10,000, in 1999.It was never a laptop, and a dodgy copy of Fruity, in your mum's basement, which is how it is today. Any douchebag, with a doucheknot and a laptop, can make a club banger.My friend, made substantial earnings, was endorsed by big companies, such as Pioneer, Native Instruments, UAD, and Spectrasonics, got free software and hardware. I'm sure he had a Pioneer mixer, even before Pioneer UK had one.He told me, when he cracked into the USA, one year he earnt £140,000, through gigs, tracks and merchandise.It's not all glamour though. You're expected to be a wild animal on tours, not sleeping, flying everywhere, and barely seeing your home country, or your own bed, for weeks at a time.I can tell you now…I've been producing for 15 years, and never made a penny.But it doesn't stop me doing it.Good luck!