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Can’t say that I have a solution for this, but when my non-library music (music for retail sale, which happens to be in a bit of a niche market) hit 20k streams and I saw the pathetic income it brought, I made the decision never to write any more of it. The streaming killed MP3 or iTunes purchases.
20,000 streams. If 20,000 people had paid $.99, I would own the entire 8dio catalog. Nope. Juicy Fruit. I was able to purchase some Juicy Fruit gum. Yep.
@DI (your original response in this thread)…..20 years? I can’t imagine that anyone who is a musician (composer, songwriter, or just a gigging musician) would ever make that statement. Unreal.
I know musicians that live off of music they wrote 20-30 years ago, and that living is well deserved.
@Desire Inspires,
This is great to hear, as I had never entertained that thought. If you don’t mind me asking, how long did they collect dust before you pulled the plug? I was thinking that 5-7 years should be enough time for the library to make a placement.
One showed up earlier this week
If you signed their agreement with the aforementioned terms, I would consider it a lesson learned and move on. I signed a few tracks away under such terms and could shoot myself for not being more careful. Lesson learned.
Denis made a great point. Read those license agreements and make sure not to shoot yourself in the foot. Providing stems for tracks with exposed loops can be a violation and that goes for some synths as well.
That said, I always use loops but mutilate them to the point where they sound like something totally different. Makes it a little more creative than just plugging in a bunch of loops and calling that ‘composing’. And this is just me. More power to the guys that do that and crank 3 tracks per day.
Brilliant
Agreed. Okay, I have similar plugs.
Ozone 5, Nugen Visualizer, Sonalksis Free G
@ Art,
Good topic. Did you settle on any analysis plugins that you found to be favorites? I am thinking that the plugs I have used for years are perhaps insufficient.
Thanks in advance!
@ Gary,
Agreed. My worst quarter in a very long time. Taking a beating at libraries that have typically been very strong….one in particular. Has me pretty concerned about either RF, or how my brand is interacting in the RF market.