The Make Music Income Podcast

What do you do when you are taught formally, play the organ at church, compose music. AND love synthesizers? Well, for Jameson Nathan Jones, you end up with a YouTube channel talking about it. And he’s kind of hilarious! Education is a sticky subject for some, maybe you. But in this interview we delve into how education helped Nathan become…Nathan, AND make music income. We also get into the less-...

In music income, there’s good and there’s bad and there’s just stuff in between. Today I will share some nice wins, some poor results, and some stuff that’s just…the same. Plus how NOT to get lost in all the minutiae of music life. See the Netflix "Love is Blind" placement of "The Rest of My Life" here: !https://youtu.be/2kY5llWDitE?si=_lrbnQQ-INNrN0g7 See the full Positive Spi...

In this video we talk with Art Munson who developed and runs MusicLibraryReport.com, This is a web site that has been operating for over 15 years gathering and updating information about music libraries. Art has a rich history with music and the beginning of production music in Los Angeles and Nashville. #musiclicensing #musiclibrary #productionmusic LINKS IN THIS PODCAST: https://musiclibraryrepo...

So right now we are in a “I Quit YouTube” phase with some rather big YouTubers quitting. This is not a video about that per se. I myself have seen and experienced some issues in keeping a music YouTube site going. And you’ll never guess what the biggest problem seems to be with MUSIC and creative YouTubers… Special thanks, best wishes, and watch the channels of:  @LDreTheGiant   @CinecomCrew   @To...

So, what does a full-time sync agent actually do? What do they look for? Who do they work with? In this revealing video, Mark Frieser of ​⁠ @syncsummit tells it like it is and what he does every day as a sync agent. #syncagent #synclicensing #musiclicensing LINKS IN THIS VIDEO: SYNC SUMMIT: https://syncsummit.com/ FREE METADATA STYLE GUIDE: https://syncsummit.com/metadatasg/ Music Libraries VS. Di...

You know how I always ask every guest on the show “How do you Make Music income?” Well, in today’s podcast I tell you how I made income last year. In many ways. 2023 was an affirming year and also a directional year for my music. Not to spoil the show, but I probably ended up making about as much in 2023 as I did in 2022. With basically the same jobs: My Own Music Composing, My Music Clients, Teac...

THIS IS THE MAIN EVENT! In this corner…the way most online gurus suggest you license your music for TV and Film…the Master of Passive Placement…the Sometimes Your Song Is Never Heard But You Do It Anyway Because All You Gotta Do is Load It Up and Wait…Music Libraries! (ERIC COPELAND) And in this corner…the way artists and songwriters get their music into TV & Film…the Hustle for the Must Sell…the...

au·da·cious /ôˈdāSHəs/ adjective 1. showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks. So, it’s going to get REAL in 2024. I’m done fooling around. I’m done with part-timing it. I’m done with being done. Wait until you hear what I will be doing in 2024. It might just blow your mind. 🤯 0:00 - Audacious!  6:48 - 500 Songs??  14:57 - 25 Albums to Sync  25:26 - 2-3 More Exclusive Libraries/60% No...

In today's video we talk with Spotify Marketing guru Andrew Southworth about marketing your music to Spotify, Apple Music, Pandora, and more. We go WAY beyond just marketing though A GIFT FOR YOU: Take 50% off any level of The Stock Market Course, Where, Why, and How to Submit Your Music to Stock Music Libraries and Other Licensing Sites. Just enter code: 465YSK1Z2M and get 50% through Christm...

It’s been the tag line of this channel for some time now. Make the music you love, and make music income. Well, I do exactly that and am taking steps to do it even more. And I think you can too. -- Introducing STREAMS! Join our new community STREAMS for FREE at https://www.musicincomestreams.com/ We bring together composers, producers, artists, beatmakers, and musicians ready to elevate their musi...

This has been a very interesting few weeks for royalties for me. Royalties from Content ID, BMI, Stock Libraries, and I even hear of some Sync royalties coming…this is one of those times that Royalties just seem to come from everywhere. But there are also some disappointments that I didn’t get. So on today’s podcast I want to talk about the ups and the downs of music royalties. Plus Streams, Eric&...

I want to go into some very important reasons why you need to be registered with a Content ID collection service. We are also going to check in with our old friend, Mr. Chad GiPiT, and see what he has to say about his AI counterpart Content ID. So yeah, I’m the guy talking about Content ID, and why YOU should probably be monetizing it… LINKS IN THIS VIDEO Check out Identifyy. I highly recommend th...

Find out more about Dave Kropf at https://www.52cues.com JOIN THE HELLO COMPOSERS MASTERMIND: This is a face-to-face, weekly Zoom meeting for a small group of music composers to focus on specific issues personal to each member and facilitate composition portfolio growth and success. Also included is a private consulting session with Eric Copeland about your compositions. These Mastermind classes o...

So you want to get started in Music Licensing, but you also need to make music income - fast! What are the Actions Steps to get income coming in from licensing? Everyone says it’s such a long game. Oh, what to do? I have had a pretty long path to profit in licensing and can’t say with absolute certainty I am "profitable." Well, today our good friend Stevie B and are going to outline the...

You might have heard Jesse from Sync My Music lately doing a series called DO NOT SYNC! Trying his best to talk you out of sync licensing as a focus. It’s been a great series and I would highly suggest it and will have the links down below to his Playlist on this and his products. But of course, I HAD to steal the idea for a podcast. Should you REALLY put your music in Stock Libraries and MicroSyn...

At long last I catch up with a man that was supportive and as you will see somewhat part of this channel's growth: Daniel Carrizalez of StockMusicLicensing.com and the new channel DanielCarrizalez.com We talk about starting out in Stock Music, many, many libraries, why people get mad at him, and his journey to a whole new career due to the success of his SML channel. Find out about Daniel'...

Sometimes when you want to do something, you have to take decisive, focused, action steps NOW to get there. This is really true in any career, but especially when you want to make music income. Listen, everyone thinks “Hey I make great, amazing music, and the money will come.” But the truth is that you have to take action my friends. You need a plan. Then you need to execute that plan. We define t...

It’s On! Like Donkey Kong! You may have heard me say in other videos, even maybe last week, that I have made much LESS in Sync Licensing so far than in Micro-Sync or Stock Music Licensing… But the tide…may be a’ turning! — LINKS: Native Instruments S88 MK3 | My Dream Keyboard?? https://youtu.be/HazDBTyQXVo?si=k298JDnLRdT73yEy Sweetwater Link: https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/KontS3-88--nati...

This is a topic that is likely to ruffle some feathers. Micro-Sync. Is it even a real term? Stock Music. Is it something you should even think about as a serious, sane person wanting to make music income? Well, I say yes. -- Our very first COURSE is Here! THE STOCK MARKET COURSE! Find out more here and get a FREE PREVIEW 👉 https://payhip.com/b/pvsfL Interested in learning how to make music income...

So have you ever done or wanted to do a cool cover of someone else’s song? If so, you may have some questions. Maybe you made a cover version of a recent pop song. You completely remade it and redid vocals for it. Totally new version. Can you just put that on Spotify for sale? Can you put it on YouTube? Maybe you did a remix and used the stem of the original song’s vocal. Can you put that out to S...

What IS the Future of Music Income? What will music licensing continue to make us income from this point on? The actors and writers are striking in Hollywood, what’s the need for sync licensing music if no shows are being made? We already know that non-exclusive stock music has taken a hit across the board since the hey days of AudioJungle and Pond5 paying hundreds and thousands 10 years ago. Is i...

It’s time to talk about some realities about music licensing. To talk with optimism, and also caution about what you can expect if you decide to get into music licensing of any kind. I have heard some amazing numbers which I will talk about today, and have heard other reports of no luck at all with music licensing and the licensing world. And I live in the middle somewhere. So today, we are going...

If you are like me you may have heard and wondered about this thing you keep hearing about called making and selling beats. We talk about all kinds of music income streams on this channel…could beats be one of them we could add to our list? Well today we will find out with someone who not only makes and sells beats but also happens to be one of the top online influencers in sync licensing as well....

It’s time for something new. I have always been a fan of the newest next big thing. So today, I’ll talk about those next big things for me…and maybe you’ll want to do them too? -- JOIN ERIC BEHIND THE SCENES Come and SUPPORT the channel and get exclusive daily updates from Eric every weekday on what he is doing to Make Music Income THAT DAY. JOIN MAKE MUSIC INCOME DAILY: https://www.youtube.com/ch...

This isn’t what you think it is. When you see a channel called “Make Music Income” you probably think, okay obviously this guy is only wanting to make money with his channel by talking about how to make income in music. Well, kind of. Yeah sure. The truth is actually way deeper than that. -- FREE EBOOK: THE DO-EVERYTHING CHECKLIST FOR YOUR SONGS https://makemusicincome.com/checklist FREE COURSE: H...