Sell Music Online If You Want to Make a Living

 

You want to make it in the music business, but you aren’t a plucky young upstart who lives in Detroit and is plugged into the underground freestyle scene. The cards are against you, but you’re determined to get your music out to others. Fortunately for you, this is the 21st century, where the Internet is king.

 

There are plenty of websites where you can submit beats for others to download for either a fee or for free in order to produce their own music with it. Not all rappers are producers, after all, and it can be inspirational to have another person’s musical style as the backdrop for your lyrics.

 


 

Get the message out

 

In fact, there are a lot of people who make their living selling music online. To sell music online you can try to go through a large distribution website, or you could create your own website and sell your music there. To get started, social media is a great place to advertise what you have to offer.

 

After you’ve gotten a following, other musicians may start to use your music; a DJ spinning your tracks in a popular club can go a long way towards getting more fans. That means more downloads from your personal website or wherever you’ve chosen to sell your beats, which means even more exposure. Which means more people listening. Back and forth, as your name and sound spread.

 

Plan B

 

Even if you don’t end up becoming a huge star on stage, selling your music online is a great way to get considered for music production jobs. You might be brought into a studio production team, or you could even end up part of the music publishing business. Much has been said in the news of how music publishers are dead or dying, unable to make a profit, but their quarterly reports say differently, and you shouldn’t be afraid to take the opportunity.

 

So don’t be afraid of the Internet! The web is the artist’s friend: its direct access to your audience and a cheap way to pass the medium of your art to them. Admittedly, it can be hard to make a profit; the web seems to be a great place for stealing intellectual property. But if you’re smart about it, you can get around that as so many other artists have.

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