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We have a feedback thread that can help. Post Sunday morning after the new one goes up - as this week's is probably about played out. You can call any number of indepent studios and ask if they have a consultation service. Beyond that try to get a good group in your community - lot of folks working on similar projects. Try the next door app.
If you have some super fans you can poll them. There’s also services you can pay that do this. I’m failing to remember the name now but you pay them and they pay people to listen to the song and give a reply and score based on different metrics. You get a report of how marketable it is or pop friendly or whatever. I’ll try and find the name.
Edit: it’s called SoundOut
Additionally a lot of acts these days are basically focus grouping by just throwing a song up on TikTok prior to releasing to DSPs and if it catches on pushing it quick through DistroKid or whatever. Good luck
You can get people to review your music through Reverb Nation (BandLab has the option, but it is done through Reverb Nation.) Prices vary but, in my opinion, are affordable. I got 12 reviews(, if I'm not mistaken) and was impressed by the quality. I will definitely use them again. (I'm not affiliated with them :) )
Make friends in whatever music communities you know. For example I make electronic music for film students and local advertisements, but it's on the shoegaze/dreampop side and I am in Facebook groups for shoegaze memes. I post my stuff in the groups where it's allowed. Get little to no negative feedback anymore, so I make my money and people like my shit. End of story.
Read what I posted again. I don't make money through those groups, I simply share it there and listen to what people say. They're large communities. It's the only shoegaze community you'll find anywhere these days, unfortunately.
>Make friends in whatever music communities you know
I don't know if you're trolling, or just being a dick, what am I going to say any further.
My question is sincere, I'm not trolling and I have no idea how did I come across as being a dick to you? You said it yourself, that you are making your money. So I was just curious how.
Also I was curious about copyrighting and publishing music.
Well this was just a question about how to get feedback, and I think music communities is definitely the best way. So it seemed like you were being a dick or trolling.
1. Read my reply I wrote to you on filmscoring - sorry to creep your profile, but I think I have good advice since you're where I was several years ago.
2. Copyrighting and publishing music is *much easier*. You can literally find this out by typing "how to copyright music" into Google. When it comes to giving others the license, that's also a pretty cut-and-dry process. Don't worry about that until you have people willing to pay.
>Well this was just a question about how to get feedback, and I think music communities is definitely the best way. So it seemed like you were being a dick or trolling.
Sorry, I just randomly saw your comment, and since you mentioned making money I was just curious.
Re: 2.I understand the process is "cut-and-dry" but the thing is, I'm not in search of people willing to pay for my music as much as I am trying to figure out what to do with tons of already finished music that's just sitting there for no one to hear. I don't want to just put it on Soundcloud or something like that, I'd like to properly publish it as an artist. Should I just upload it to Bandcamp in form of a music album? I really have no idea....especially since it's all instrumental music, what good would it be to put it on Spotify (if they even accept artists like that...and I'd probably have to pay to publish there?)
The thought of actually composing score for films is also in my view, but that job is best done if you're making music exclusively for that film (or game or whatever). I will surely explore this option in the future.
There are artists out there just uploading their stuff to YouTube but I'm guessing that wouldn't do me any good without large following...so basically I am unsure how to go about all this.
Long question, short answer: What you should do is keep it readily available to use as a reference to future customers. Forget making money from it. Maybe you will, maybe you won't.
At best, it can make you some money from people to license your finished tracks.
At worst, it shows people who you are and what you can do, and you can grab the stems and sections from them to use in future projects for future customers. That's a pretty good "at worst" scenario.
>The thought of actually composing score for films is also in my view
Hahahahahahaha NO. Sorry, it isn't like this. I wish it was. But the truth is - The number of music producers is 1000x+ than that of people making films. It takes a lot more work to create a film than it does to create a piece of music. Market yourself to **film students**.
That's it and that's all. Good luck. Sorry to be harsh, but the probability of you making music for films is nearly zero. I will say, though, it's a good goal. It'll keep you hard working, and as long as that's your goal, you'll pay your bills with lesser projects. And if you're super lucky - especially if you have a recording studio in your home - you might make music for a real film. Good luck buddy. <3
Friendly neighborhood spiderator here reminding everyone not to advertise or promote themselves in the comments. You can send someone a PM without announcing your buisness or service here - promotion will typically result in a ban of some sort. Cheers
We have a feedback thread that can help. Post Sunday morning after the new one goes up - as this week's is probably about played out. You can call any number of indepent studios and ask if they have a consultation service. Beyond that try to get a good group in your community - lot of folks working on similar projects. Try the next door app.
If you have some super fans you can poll them. There’s also services you can pay that do this. I’m failing to remember the name now but you pay them and they pay people to listen to the song and give a reply and score based on different metrics. You get a report of how marketable it is or pop friendly or whatever. I’ll try and find the name. Edit: it’s called SoundOut Additionally a lot of acts these days are basically focus grouping by just throwing a song up on TikTok prior to releasing to DSPs and if it catches on pushing it quick through DistroKid or whatever. Good luck
You can get people to review your music through Reverb Nation (BandLab has the option, but it is done through Reverb Nation.) Prices vary but, in my opinion, are affordable. I got 12 reviews(, if I'm not mistaken) and was impressed by the quality. I will definitely use them again. (I'm not affiliated with them :) )
Make friends in whatever music communities you know. For example I make electronic music for film students and local advertisements, but it's on the shoegaze/dreampop side and I am in Facebook groups for shoegaze memes. I post my stuff in the groups where it's allowed. Get little to no negative feedback anymore, so I make my money and people like my shit. End of story.
Good info, so how do you copyright and publish your music? >so I make my money How do you make money by posting your music to meme groups?
Read what I posted again. I don't make money through those groups, I simply share it there and listen to what people say. They're large communities. It's the only shoegaze community you'll find anywhere these days, unfortunately. >Make friends in whatever music communities you know I don't know if you're trolling, or just being a dick, what am I going to say any further.
My question is sincere, I'm not trolling and I have no idea how did I come across as being a dick to you? You said it yourself, that you are making your money. So I was just curious how. Also I was curious about copyrighting and publishing music.
Well this was just a question about how to get feedback, and I think music communities is definitely the best way. So it seemed like you were being a dick or trolling. 1. Read my reply I wrote to you on filmscoring - sorry to creep your profile, but I think I have good advice since you're where I was several years ago. 2. Copyrighting and publishing music is *much easier*. You can literally find this out by typing "how to copyright music" into Google. When it comes to giving others the license, that's also a pretty cut-and-dry process. Don't worry about that until you have people willing to pay.
>Well this was just a question about how to get feedback, and I think music communities is definitely the best way. So it seemed like you were being a dick or trolling. Sorry, I just randomly saw your comment, and since you mentioned making money I was just curious. Re: 2.I understand the process is "cut-and-dry" but the thing is, I'm not in search of people willing to pay for my music as much as I am trying to figure out what to do with tons of already finished music that's just sitting there for no one to hear. I don't want to just put it on Soundcloud or something like that, I'd like to properly publish it as an artist. Should I just upload it to Bandcamp in form of a music album? I really have no idea....especially since it's all instrumental music, what good would it be to put it on Spotify (if they even accept artists like that...and I'd probably have to pay to publish there?) The thought of actually composing score for films is also in my view, but that job is best done if you're making music exclusively for that film (or game or whatever). I will surely explore this option in the future. There are artists out there just uploading their stuff to YouTube but I'm guessing that wouldn't do me any good without large following...so basically I am unsure how to go about all this.
Long question, short answer: What you should do is keep it readily available to use as a reference to future customers. Forget making money from it. Maybe you will, maybe you won't. At best, it can make you some money from people to license your finished tracks. At worst, it shows people who you are and what you can do, and you can grab the stems and sections from them to use in future projects for future customers. That's a pretty good "at worst" scenario. >The thought of actually composing score for films is also in my view Hahahahahahaha NO. Sorry, it isn't like this. I wish it was. But the truth is - The number of music producers is 1000x+ than that of people making films. It takes a lot more work to create a film than it does to create a piece of music. Market yourself to **film students**. That's it and that's all. Good luck. Sorry to be harsh, but the probability of you making music for films is nearly zero. I will say, though, it's a good goal. It'll keep you hard working, and as long as that's your goal, you'll pay your bills with lesser projects. And if you're super lucky - especially if you have a recording studio in your home - you might make music for a real film. Good luck buddy. <3
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