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You have good questions. I still do not have a full understanding how the content monetizations aspect works.

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I know what you are saying as in the secret to a production music track but to be honest what i am finding now is libs don’t want that beige sound.

Interesting. I do hear a good deal of modern music in music libraries. As a matter of fact, I get several requests from different companies asking for soundalikes to songs that are in the Top 40. Some libraries actually state that they are not the typical stock music companies.

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Art and I know someone with 30,000 TV style cues, who probably makes 6 figures.

I know someone with hundreds, not thousands, of cues a brilliant orchestral composer, who probably makes 6 figures.

I wouldn’t mind being either one of those composers. 🙂

How to get there is the real issue for me. I know that I have made some of the right moves, but not enough to elevate me to that level of success.

Will it take more skill? More time? More luck? I will never know until I make it happen I suppose.

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I see the thread is still cruising along here….If any of you really want to make 6 figures as a composer…do not get caught up in the “How many tracks do I need to write”…philosophy.

Tell me about it!

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I tried Music Clout out for 2 months. I never got anything out of it.

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Thanks MichaelL.

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So, in other words, DI – you STILL don’t get it! :p

Yes, I do get it now. Quantity is not the name of the game.

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I would not do it unless I got paid upfront.

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DI, may I ask, how much did you think typical backend royalties would be? If someone told you ahead of time, that you would earn $10 for all your effort, would you have done it anyway?

I had no idea how much royalties would pay out. I asked a bunch of times and always got “it depends on the usage” as a response. Plus, if someone would have told me different ahead of time, I would have asked for proof of payouts via a PRO statement. Words alone would not have been enough.

But the past is the past. I am not regretting anything I did. If I would have not created and submitted my music, I would have always wondered “what if”. That would have been the absolute worst situation. That is why I put in so much time making songs and sending them out. 3 cues a day is nothing for me and I don’t even do this full time.

Call me greedy, but from now on I want money upfront and backend royalties. Money matters, a lot! 🙂

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Thank you Kiwi.

It just makes sense all of a sudden. I remember when I first started out. Libraries always promised 50% of the sync fees. After those went away, they stated that the backend is where the real money was because shows repeat and repeat. Next, there was the push to go exclusive to land placements with the major networks.

Today, these companies have 250,000+ songs and still place the majority of their music on cable shows. So now the music is signed exclusively without no upfront money and very small backend. The price for membership into this club has been extremely high. Thank goodness that I am finally coming to my senses.

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If my average writing and production is like this, where do you think i could start? RF stock libraries,non exclusive retitling libraries,typical exclusives,high tier buy out exclusives?

I would say start at the higher end libraries and work your way down if you are not successful there.

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I don’t want this to sound condescending, as it’s not. It’s just an observation – I think you’re starting to ‘get’ it.

No, I agree with you! 🙂

I am starting to get it. At some point, a man has to look back on his work and see if his rewards have outweighed his efforts (could be a woman as well).

I have done a great deal of work and the rewards have not yet matched my efforts. If it was simply the case of me not being able to make enough music, I would understand. If it was the case of me not making licensable music, I would understand. But I have achieved those things. There is something else missing from the picture.

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Yeah, this sucks.

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Overall, I liked it. The strings that came in at 0:16 did not sound good to me. But the rest of the song came together well.

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Not surprising. The music landscape has changed.

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