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I reactivated an old Distrokid account recently and found that I had earned the princely sum of $0.10 from songs I deleted years ago. Given I have always paid way more for this on instruments and apps, plugins, etc. I don't think I will be retiring anytime soon. How much have you earned?
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Sep 25, 2021 21:59
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I've made a total of like $60, mainly from goons who are way too nice for their own good, and some random who decided an EP was worth AU$15 (it was free). He was wrong.
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Sep 26, 2021 16:44
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I've made exactly one American dollar so far.
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Sep 26, 2021 18:14
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a couple grand, all from gigging (never bothered with the streaming apps). also spent a couple grand drinking at said shows, so music remains a $0 endeavor.
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Sep 26, 2021 20:58
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I made $1 from spotify steams last year and that is by far and away more than i expected
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Oct 5, 2021 08:30
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From royalties I've made a few grand mainly from pieces being played in concert. From Spotify and the like basically 0$. From commissions and the like I've been lucky enough to make a large part of my earnings there the last 2-3 years. I make a bit from some gigs too. Made a few grand also from production work just recently too, hoping to get more of that work. That said, music is also my full-time gig!
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Oct 12, 2021 12:10
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This year - 29.00 on bandcamp, 6.54 from streaming. All it cost me was like 10k in gear over the past two decades, thousands of hours playing, practicing, watching tutorials, recording, etc, so I think I'm doing pretty good everything considered. The fact that I've generated more than zero dollars with this hobby kind of blows my mind considering I'm just some dude in his basement pissing into an infinite ocean of more talented artists.
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Oct 30, 2021 12:30
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i’ve spent thousands on lessons / equipment and made maybe a couple hundred off gigs. so, minus a lot
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Oct 30, 2021 12:49
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internet celebrity posted:This year - 29.00 on bandcamp, 6.54 from streaming. All it cost me was like 10k in gear over the past two decades, thousands of hours playing, practicing, watching tutorials, recording, etc, so I think I'm doing pretty good everything considered. The fact that I've generated more than zero dollars with this hobby kind of blows my mind considering I'm just some dude in his basement pissing into an infinite ocean of more talented artists. This is the same thought I have. Like, I make dumb songs for fun and it seems hard enough to get people to listen to my poo poo, but sometimes I release something and people pay actual real money for it? What the gently caress?
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Oct 30, 2021 12:59
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Aaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahahahahhaahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhaha ...Ahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahha!!!
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Nov 4, 2021 00:07
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Isn't it really how much we have all Learned from our music, and the many friends we made along the way?
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Nov 4, 2021 00:22
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negative one million
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Nov 9, 2021 15:55
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-$29,000 for going to college to get a degree in music. Probably in the ball park of -$10,000 to -$15,000 spent on musical instruments/equipment, software, etc. over the past 25 years. I made $10 at a basement gig in college once. 
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Nov 10, 2021 03:28
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$589.20 according to Bandcamp. Most of that went towards a legit copy of Reason. Since the beginning of this year I have made negative a few thousand dollars from getting into Eurorack. 
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Nov 18, 2021 02:51
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I made a cool $50 total from the two albums I put out over the last year, much of which was my mom not realizing she gave me $20 for a copy of one of them instead of the $10 default I listed it for on Bandcamp. That said, I'm in the early phases of starting a mixing/mastering service ad a side job, so maybe I can make something, anything to justify the plugins I paid for.
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Nov 18, 2021 03:58
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Well it's a fun little hobby for me, and most of my "gigs" are actually charity events and fundraisers that I put on, so... About £200 in small, paid slots playing covers and about £500 running/setting up open mics for various pubs. Oh yeah... time to quit my day job (I used to do the open mics for free, but I stopped doing that as I was undermining paid work for actual musicians trying to earn a living) ** - Also just realised that the question was about making money off your OWN music, in which case absolutely zilch.
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Dec 13, 2021 19:22
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Havn't seen dime one even tho my youtube's have ads
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Dec 14, 2021 21:11
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Ready to hate life and kids these days and all that poo poo? My 19 yr old son started writing recording pop songs last year. LAST YEAR. Then he got a record deal. NOT COUNTING the advance - just looking at the money from Distrokid: $3,000.00 (so - songs he's continued to release before any official release on the record label) Now - me? My CD that I released in 2005? I think SUM TOTAL from that day to today, thru CD Baby? $17.00.
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Dec 23, 2021 17:39
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If we're doing gross income probably about $15k over my lifetime, maybe $25k if you count the money I made recording and producing other people. If you factor in how much I've spent on gear and software over the years, though, I've probably broken even or might be in the hole a bit. Weirdly enough the past few years have brought in the most in actual music sales, due to an appearance on Welcome to Night Vale and some songs I did for Hypnospace Outlaw. There was a significant halo effect from those that sorta boosted my sales across the board, including some very old stuff that hadn't been selling much in quite some time.
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Dec 30, 2021 03:10
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magnificent7 posted:Ready to hate life and kids these days and all that poo poo? Please tell me he's named Magnificent 8.
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Dec 30, 2021 03:21
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$5 on Bandcamp this year (so like $3.75 after BC and PayPal's cut). Plus like a dime or so waaay back on the old last.fm radio service before it got shut down.
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Jan 1, 2022 06:15
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Do music as a full time job, so teaching and gigging. Managed to make 18k the year before the pandemic, then got kicked in the teeth and had to build it back up again. Looking decent this year again finally.
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Jan 17, 2022 11:15
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A few bucks as a performer, but not really worth it when you include travel, loading, unloading. I basically played for fun and for free with friends and had to get a real job.
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Jan 21, 2022 11:23
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Trig Discipline posted:Please tell me he's named Magnificent 8.
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Jan 26, 2022 18:19
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I have made $2 from bandcamp and currently have $11.61 available in my distrokid account. This is with zero effort to market my music though because I do this for fun/sanity. I can technically call myself a professional musician now though.
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Feb 21, 2022 02:02
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I've made a couple hundred but they're for my duo so half that, and it's earmarked for the next album so it's like having none at all
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Mar 13, 2022 13:09
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Simone Poodoin posted:I have made $2 from bandcamp and currently have $11.61 available in my distrokid account. This is with zero effort to market my music though because I do this for fun/sanity. I can technically call myself a professional musician now though. I make music for the same reason - it's fun, and helps me feel like I've accomplished something after a lovely day of work. What's your bandcamp page?
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Mar 16, 2022 06:21
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https://vicstradamus.bandcamp.com/ What's yours?
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Mar 16, 2022 21:57
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Simone Poodoin posted:https://vicstradamus.bandcamp.com/ Mine is https://spacehoers.bandcamp.com/ I also upload a lot of stuff to Soundcloud. https://soundcloud.com/the_door_is_scary/ im_sorry fucked around with this message at 21:19 on Mar 20, 2022 |
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Mar 17, 2022 03:03
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I'm several grand into gear without a penny back and so I shall die
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Aug 14, 2022 16:18
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lifetime music earnings? at least ~$190k, with 125k of it only in the last 2 years. 99% for performing live music and requisite rehearsals. I have no recordings/royalties and have taught less than 20 private lessons ever, the last time having been in 2014. I dissuade everyone I can from pursuing music as a career nonetheless
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Sep 11, 2022 21:40
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About $2k over the past decade.
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Feb 12, 2023 20:33
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Justa Dandelion posted:About $2k over the past decade. Better than zero? You tell us.
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Feb 12, 2023 20:42
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Probably around $10-15k, over about 10 years of live performances. Lots of 3-4 hours jazz gigs at $50 an hour, $125 minimum for shorter apperances. That doesn't count drive time, unloading, and loading gear (which wasn't much honestly; an amp, drum set, and maybe a small PA). Do it for the love of the music
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