How can I make money composing/writing music?

[Dina_Melissa19]

[dangerDoge]

Assuming you have all the skills/tools you need for being professional, I’d say the very first thing to do is have sample work that you can use as a portfolio. When you start out, the goal is to persuade clients that while you don’t have “jobs done” per se, you can create quality work. Write them, get them mixed well. Release them on a public platform (e. g. spotify). If you’re aiming to compose/write in a particular genre, make the song in that genre, but if you’re trying to say you’re well-versed in multiple genres, write songs in several styles.

For getting clients, I would suggest a site like Fiverr for getting your name out there. You’ll want to price yourself a bit lower to start out to build your portfolio with more clients, but price yourself fairly. If you underdo it, it can create an effect that you won’t put effort into your work or that your content is cheap in quality. Check out what is competitive for your skillset and what others are doing.

As you get clients, include the works you’re happy with in your portfolio when possible to attract additional clients. Once you have stuff built out, I suggest having a website so you have a URL you can market yourself with. Makes you look professional, it organizes your content in an easier to find format, and a URL is easy to link in social media and such.

I also think going on social media like twitter and posting short snippets of work (not confidential stuff for a client, but just little fun projects and such) can make a difference too. Connecting with artists and gaining a following on social media with projects showing off your skill makes a difference.

For instance, I found my sort of niche in a way with making music in the vtubing scene. I’m not a streamer, but a lot of streamers make music, so I gained connections through discord servers and participating in community music events.

The key to making money with music is…

• flexibility but firmness, esp when starting - have a bottom line you’re hitting and respect your work, but be professional in communication and patient if it doesn’t cross a point. You aren’t a charity, and you have a product you are selling, but peoples’ financial situations differ.
• Getting credits and your name out there. Social media, music credits, all of them help. Don’t be afraid to take smaller projects to start. People with high budgets tend to look for people with large portfolios unless they really believe in the person’s skill.
• Understand if you want to make music full time, you will need to grind for it. It’s a profession a lot of people want to do, and nowadays there are tools that make a lot of people self-sufficient. You will need to convince people that your skill level beats out what the person could make by their self. That’s not always easy.

Good luck!

[DopeTurtle]

Well, it depends on the type of music and style you have then look at all the genres of music and entertainment that can benefit from your body of work.


Build up a body of work such as album ideas, song / singles, lyrics, poems , etc; then pitch them to people from artists and bands that need additional writers, record labels, even content creators on YouTube or tik tok

[NathanDavis]

notoriety comes first... try composing for independent films, or work with composers for independent film makers

[TheSpaceGnome]

The easiest way is to put it in a video game.

[Sparkie460]

I guess you write them. Get the copyright for them then contact the right people who will pay for the songs. I don't know how to go about all that

[CubaPirate]

Try not to involve Simon Cowell for starters

[Guardian45]

Write it, copyright it, sell it!

[Bklynbadboy12]

You have to get you name out there first