Sep 10, 2015. Over a soulful Johnny Juliano beat, Drake preaches the virtues of honesty, as well as addressing those asking him to do more conscious raps. It does a good job of covering. A good example of how funny this verse is is the line “Keep this whole stripper thing secret in a pole vault.” There's a lot of that.
I mean i heard about soundclick before lots of times but id never looked into it i guess i was just impressed with the quality with the stuff that was on there do people buy beats often desmonda? Yes, the higher u get on the charts the more tracks you sell. The top 20 on the site dont have to work a 9 to 5 job. But its supposed to be ridiculously hard to move up there.
If you dont go 'chart chasing' your beat sales are going to be based on ur personal networking ability, branding, and social network savvy/e-marketing. Sounds almost exactly like a stock photography website. Im training to be a photographer, and I've thought about selling stock photos a lot. Its a bit of a sad reality though- you make next to nothing but sell lots to compensate (which sucks for me because it seems both industries are headed that way, and im involved with both!) I've also heard of photographers pulling six grand a day on stock agencies, but that's like 1 guy in a sea of photographers. My point is, its kinda pointless.
Sent from my DROID PRO using Gearslutz.com App. +1 on Johnny Juliano. That dude does not work a 9-5 and that's because he's talented and soundclick works for him. He probably works as long if not longer in his studio though. Filme Eu Tu E Eles Download Adobe.
He worked with local people too. Kind of a rite of passage for most. But he was working with Wiz Khalifa who was from Philly as well. So, he kinda did both!
Which is the way to go IMO. Soundclick is a resource for networking and getting your music out there really. You do need to WORK on marketing and networking whether your on soundclick or not if you want to sell beats.
That is, if you wanna quit your 9-5. Building relationships with people is invaluable in any business, sometimes it's work, for some it's harder than others.
Wiz is from Pittsburgh and Johnny happened to be living in the basement of my spot (where Wiz recorded and still works). Long story short, that led to the song 'Say Yeah' which Johnny and I produced. That song really got Johnny's name out there (I just wasn't savvy enough at the time to really take advantage of what was going on and my co-production sort of went unnoticed unfortunately). His wife (then girlfriend) does web design and the two of them did an incredible job of branding him online in those early days. That kid makes great music (he's only 22), has huge Internet presence and really cleans house on SC. He's sort of the prototype for sites like that.
What I notice now though, is I see him struggling to break out of that box with bigger placements. I'm really not sure why, maybe his break just hasn't happened yet, I dunno. Regardless, he makes great money via Soundclick (as do a few others) and at the end of the day, it's because his music is consistently great and he's had a big presence online outside of Soundclick and within it. Wiz is from Pittsburgh and Johnny happened to be living in the basement of my spot (where Wiz recorded and still works). Long story short, that led to the song 'Say Yeah' which Johnny and I produced. That song really got Johnny's name out there (I just wasn't savvy enough at the time to really take advantage of what was going on and my co-production sort of went unnoticed unfortunately). His wife (then girlfriend) does web design and the two of them did an incredible job of branding him online in those early days.
That kid makes great music (he's only 22), has huge Internet presence and really cleans house on SC. He's sort of the prototype for sites like that.
What I notice now though, is I see him struggling to break out of that box with bigger placements. I'm really not sure why, maybe his break just hasn't happened yet, I dunno. Regardless, he makes great money via Soundclick (as do a few others) and at the end of the day, it's because his music is consistently great and he's had a big presence online outside of Soundclick and within it.Crazy story.almost sounds like it could be a TV movie. Sidenote: who is that singing on your hooks on your earlier soundclick tracks? Or is that you? Soundclick is what you make it. If you want to be making money, it's going to be a real job getting to the top of the charts and making money.
It's sort of geared towards generic stuff, even though some real talent makes it to the top. To me, it has two big turn offs. First, you are working with people who you probably really don't care about and won't go very far.
Secondly, I just don't like the idea of leasing personally, I get the finical aspect but it's just not for me. Anyway, I know people who make a good amount of money on there. However, I have yet to meet anyone who is particularly happy with what they are doing career wise.
I am not saying that it doesn't exist but I could see how it would be frustrating to make $5,000-30,000/year (that the most I have heard of from people who I trust) but never have much potential in the finished product. It's really hard work too, I know people who spend all day, everyday, doing this stuff. You can't just setup a page and expect money. I don't actively push my soundclick account and maybe have had 15 inquires about purchasing in 8 or so years. I don't make it easy to buy though as it isn't really my thing, just a hosting site for me. When you sell beats for good money, its almost always because of your name first and your music second.
I've heard some really good beats from some unknown producers that were unfortunately selling for 50-100$. But i also have a good friend who i engineer for often, who probably is one of the best rap producers/musicians alive, all though virtually unknown in the US, he is huge in some countries in Europe. The kid took the most unusual strategy to become big however. He has street rep, a big clique, had a very interesting life but never ever tried to put himself out there the conventional way. He created a certain mystique around him by refusing interviews, never being desperate, knocking a few heads around and refusing to do shows for little money for a few years until the demand got so big people started offering him insane amounts of money. Even then he refused and instead he called his relatives in Europe and they organized a few events for him all over Europe in targeted cities where he was convinced he would do well. The few years he was waiting, everyone kept telling him why aint you putting yourself out there and so on and so on, everyone thought he was being stupid.
In the end when he did do those events, each one sold out and was packed, he had insane lighting and sound which he knew was the most important thing. Not only did he take the biggest chunk from the tickets he also made an equal amount or more by selling drinks at his own events. He made a good 7 figures and now produces tracks for 10s of thousands. Which im sure is not alot compared to the likes of Dre or Timbaland but it's still ridiculous money for something he creates in minutes without ever sampling. Anyway, money can be made, just play it smart, and most of all make yourself a great name and great music.