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All my income is from home recording. I sold my first track on Audiosparx five years ago after having uploaded a bunch of stuff I’d already made anyway, just to see if it would sell. I was absolutely elated when I got the email to inform me of the sale. It gave me so much belief. So I registered some music with my PRO and uploaded to some of the other well known libraries.
The next milestone was my first backend – I got a letter from the PRS to tell me I had generated £23.96 in royalties. Again I couldn’t believe it and I was deliriously happy. I spent the money on a bottle of bubbly to celebrate and a frame to put the letter in. It’s on my studio wall right now.
After that I went part-time at my job for three years and built up my portfolio of music (and I managed to find libraries and publishers crazy enough to want it!) I finally quit my job a year ago to make music full time and I’m still alive!
I still have so much to learn but I continue trying to improve and I cannot believe how lucky I am to be doing the thing that I love while friends and family drag themselves out of their beds every day to go to jobs they hate.
I am very fortunate, and I am proof that it can be done 🙂
I agree. Do your own research, cultivate your own contacts, build your own relationships. Besides – anyone listed in that book is presumably now going to be inundated with by anyone who has purchased it.
I know of at least one library who I have exclusive music with who upload it to Audiosparx, but they have them listed on their website as a distributor, along with many others worldwide. I guess as long as that’s not all they are doing to work the music, (and I know they work hard to place the music) it’s okay..?
I just found out about this. Whilst I was looking it up I also found out that BB King, Ben E King, Percy Sledge and Mike Porcaro died in the last few weeks. I am in total shock. Rest In Peace you giants of music.
A lot of these companies are run by musicians or ex-musicians, and you know what musicians can be like! Slackers! Most of the time they are not trying to rip you off, they’re busy working and they miss deadlines like the rest of us, although I appreciate that when it comes to money they should be much more on the ball.
I have one publisher who keeps getting me placements, usually owes me a fair bit in fees and is always late paying. But I trust him – he’s open about the placements he’s getting, always lets me know about them, and is working hard, and I’m he’ll pay me soon enough.
You have to be patient, and be nice, and you’ll usually get what’s owed to you.