MikeViper Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Hey, MikeViper here. I'm looking to eventually sell some of my music. Where are some good sites where I can sell my music and find people who will buy it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelCityOutlaw Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 (edited) If you're looking to sell your music and expecting any sort of profit on it, my best recommendation would be to look elsewhere in the universe - away from planet Earth. People have given up on that here. Though you could try Bandcamp or CDBaby. Edited January 4, 2015 by AngelCityOutlaw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timaeus222 Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 You need to market more. That helps more than just putting it up on a popular hosting site. I would still recommend Bandcamp though, for profit's purposes (though again, it doesn't guarantee or promote purchases, it just makes it possible). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederic Petitpas Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 iTunes & Amazon, like the rest of the world ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexstyle Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Loudr.fm doesn't charge anything up front and distributes to all the major music outlets, including Google Play, iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, etc. They also have their own site which allows a pay-what-you-want structure similar to Bandcamp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nabeel Ansari Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 (edited) Ignore the sarcastic/rude posters. The music industry is in a really bad place these days. It's very difficult for someone such as yourself to just come in and try to make money off of music; it just doesn't work like that anymore in the age of piracy and .00001% royalty streaming. It's more practical to release your music for free or for pay-what-you-want (on like Bandcamp) and work on building a huge fanbase by getting passed on on popular websites and social networks by other people who have big followings, which is more important if you want to eventually make money on music (free music is easier to build a fanbase because there's no difficulty in people "trying out" your music). Other artists are turning to more interesting models like Patreon, where "patrons" can monthly donate a pledged amount to you in the return of "rewards", being access to your newest creative endeavors. It's like crowdfunding, but it's just donations for YOU, not for any specific project. One person I know is using it to fund her new creations, another is using it to actually pay for his living expenses. But again, you're only going to get success in any of these models with a bigger fanbase. If you don't have any fans, no one's going to donate to you or pay anything to you. Edited January 4, 2015 by Neblix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelCityOutlaw Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 It's more practical to release your music for free or for pay-what-you-want (on like Bandcamp) and work on building a huge fanbase by getting passed on on popular websites and social networks by other people who have big followings, which is more important if you want to eventually make money on music (free music is easier to build a fanbase because there's no difficulty in people "trying out" your music). Other artists are turning to more interesting models like Patreon, where "patrons" can monthly donate a pledged amount to you in the return of "rewards", being access to your newest creative endeavors. It's like crowdfunding, but it's just donations for YOU, not for any specific project. One person I know is using it to fund her new creations, another is using it to actually pay for his living expenses. That's actually pretty interesting. Never heard of Patreon before =/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyril the Wolf Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Patreon is great. I use it and while I need to market myself a bit more to get it bigger it really has saved my bacon. Patreon is great because it can either be monthly (like OCR) or per work (like myself) and I find the per work model to be great because that way I don't have an off month where I don't make anything and have people pay me for not working as hard as I should to get content out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeViper Posted January 6, 2015 Author Share Posted January 6, 2015 Ignore the sarcastic/rude posters. The music industry is in a really bad place these days. It's very difficult for someone such as yourself to just come in and try to make money off of music; it just doesn't work like that anymore in the age of piracy and .00001% royalty streaming. It's more practical to release your music for free or for pay-what-you-want (on like Bandcamp) and work on building a huge fanbase by getting passed on on popular websites and social networks by other people who have big followings, which is more important if you want to eventually make money on music (free music is easier to build a fanbase because there's no difficulty in people "trying out" your music). Other artists are turning to more interesting models like Patreon, where "patrons" can monthly donate a pledged amount to you in the return of "rewards", being access to your newest creative endeavors. It's like crowdfunding, but it's just donations for YOU, not for any specific project. One person I know is using it to fund her new creations, another is using it to actually pay for his living expenses. But again, you're only going to get success in any of these models with a bigger fanbase. If you don't have any fans, no one's going to donate to you or pay anything to you. Thanks, I'll try out BandCamp man. For right now though; I'm mostly interested in doing music for indie stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteo Xavier Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 I personally got the most album sales out of CDbaby for my admirable but troubled first album, ESPERS, back when it was going to be on Aardvark Records. I don't know if I'd still be selling albums on there today if I had stayed on it, but somehow I still was making money on it long after I exhausted myself trying to market it. Just chiming my anecdotal experience in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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