Make Money From Your Music Online

How to make money in the music industry is a lot easier than you think, however, people often complicate it till this very day. Too many people make the common mistake of beginning and never finishing in any venture that they try. I feel that when it comes to music, this mistake is too common. I'm going to briefly help you lessen your mistakes and make the most out of your music venture.

Sign Up for as Many Social Networking Sites as You Can
This is a very important step that many people fail to take because they feel as if they only need one website to market their self. You need to have as many social networking pages as possible because this creates maximum exposure. If I were to sell 10 CDs a day in front of my house, I would possibly make decent money. If I were to get 10 people selling 10 CDs a day in front of their house also, I will more than likely be more successful in the music industry. The same thing applies to social networking sites such as MySpace, Facebook, YouTube, and more. For one, it's less work that you have to do in the long run and two, more pages equals more people, meaning more money in your pocket. Another trick you can do is sign up for Myxer.com and Soundstation.com. You can use Soundstation to sell your albums directly to your fans and use Myxer to sell ring tones right on any of your social networking sites by embedding the code's onto your pages. So many people struggle trying to figure out how to make money in the music industry and one of the answers is as simple as the above.

An Extra Street Marketing Tip
As I said before, the more people you have to sell for you, the less work you have to do. Too often I run into people who have fans that are so into them, they feel it not robbery to enthusiastically tell the artist as if they were in love with the musician and the response the artists will give the fan is "thank you very much." This is the worst response you can give someone with that much enthusiasm from listening to your music. If you offer to pay them a percentage of sales for the number of records they promote and sell for you, they will more than likely take it because they love you that much. This is a trick that many musicians don't follow, therefore, now that you know about it, you have an edge on them.

Selling Music Online

For musicians, most of the revenues come from the rights to their songs and the albums that they sell. For an independent musician especially, money can come in very slowly if at all. However, the power of the worldwide web can help them to gain higher profits. There are more resources than you can ever use available online. Plus, you can reach new fans anywhere in the world quickly and easily and sell them your music. Here is a look at ways that you can use the internet to your advantage as a music artist.

First, you need to take advantage of the independent music resources that are available to you online. These are numerous, and can be used to spread the word about your songs and music, as well as assist you with album sales. Chat rooms, websites, online radio broadcasts, communities of music lovers, and even online stores that sell music can all be ways for you to get your name and music out there. Remember, the people visiting these sites are already interested in music, and many times specifically your genre, so you will have a captive audience to listen to, critique, and purchase your music.

Selling your MP3 downloads is a great way for you to get your music out there without spending a small fortune. Focusing on selling CDs works for some artists, but a lot of times the money will not come in quickly due to the costs of packaging, shipping, and other items associated with CD production. Selling MP3 downloads can allow you to save on the majority of these costs, making each sale nearly pure profit. Plus, there are plenty of ways for you to market your MP3s, from your own website to music communities. While you may have to pay a fee to the website, you still end up selling your music at a high profit. You can also ask friends or other website designers to sell your music as well. A flat fee or percentage of the sales can be enough of an incentive for other people to help you sell your music. Plus, you may find that using others can broaden your fan base and bring in fans from places you may not have even considered. Lastly, you can use the efforts of other musicians to teach yourself how to become successful at marketing music online. Watching other musicians that have had success can help you to get an idea of what works and what does not. You can find music interviews to study, picking up the strategies that have made other musicians money. You may also be able to avoid common pitfalls of marketing your music online.

The internet is a literal pool of millions of music listeners and the people that create the music. Musicians of all types and all skill levels are available for download, so expect some competition. At the same time, many of these musicians are finding ways to profit from the demand for independent music online. Now is the time for you to get out and share your individual music and talents with a captive and awaiting audience.

Download Music Legally

Internet Music downloads have come a long way in a small amount of time. Just a few years ago music companies and individual artist were in an uproar over music download sites. Music download sites such as Napster allowed online users to share and download music for free. Many individual citizens that would never consider doing something illegal figured it was okay to get the music for free and stopped buying it in stores!.

The trend became so popular record sales took a nose dive and companies and artist were out of millions in potential revenue. The music industry fought back and Napster as well as similar sites were accused of stealing music, and forced to close up their businesses.

They may have been down but they were not out for the count! Napster and similar websites revamped and came back this time offering one hundred percent legal music downloads and still free to join.

Legal music downloads are becoming more and more popular due to the rise of the MP3 player. The digital revolution made buying legal music downloads a must for many people. People no longer feel its okay to get music for free especially with the risk of persecution. This new attitude has helped the industry continue to expand. Some people still choose to get free music downloads through illegal means but more often than not they pay the price.

There are still many Internet sites that offer music for free. But as the old adage goes you get what you pay for. This "free" music comes with a very heavy price. Most of it is littered with spyware and viruses that could cause permanent damage to your computer. Every single time you download music from such sites you are putting your computer at risk and you could even have charges filed against you for stealing music.

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