A few other ways to make money selling your music:

1. Do gigs and sell CD's. With a good fan base and a variety of different clubs, you can make a nice income this way. Of course, you can't keep playing the same club every weekend. You have to have a few dozen different venue's on the schedule. Back in the day, well before CD's and digital music, one of the bands I was in was playing a fairly decent club circuit and played full time. I sold merchandise for the band. It was an investment I had made and so the profits or looses were mine alone. I sold photo's of the band, buttons, and T-shirts and other sundrie items. We didn't have any music to sell. There were many nights where I made more money selling merch than I did from my cut of the gig money.

2. Set up a web presence and get a sizeable fan base. Sell on line. You really want to have over 5,000 fans. Pomplamoose is the example to follow here.
https://www.youtube.com/user/PomplamooseMusic
They even landed a nation TV car commercial as a result of their fame a few years back. They make a respectable income from doing their music this way. They don't tour. IN fact, they did a tour one time and lost money on the 30 day tour. Watch some of their video's to see how they do the music and video.

Use your imagination and find the way that works best for you.

Last edited by Guitarhacker; 06/08/16 03:29 PM.
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