How to make money from singing?

[deliscute]

I sang a famous song and made it my own and would like to earn money from it like famous singers. Any ideas?

[rachel776]

You can't "make it your own" if you don't own the rights to it.

[Anonymous]

You can do covers of popular songs on YouTube. If you want to do your original work, hire a ghostwriter to write lyrics that meet mainstream standards and then sing it.

[deliscute]

Yeah but how that won't earn u money. doesn't matter how much u watch

[Opinion Owner]

You can't expect to be making a lot of money at the start. Plus, entertainment, in general, is an unstable career. You don't have a 401k or the same benefits as a stable job. I am assuming you're trying to take a risk with becoming a singer. What can do is maybe make some jingles for commercials and build up a profile. You can also go to college and major in something that is going to give you a stable job and minor in music. And pursue music on the side.

It's not a stable that where you're guaranteed a bunch of money at the start. And even if you make it big there's also younger talent that can take your spot. It's not stable at all. You have expect a lot of risk for a high reward. And you have to have profile or something that you can present to record labels.

It's very similar to coding. Most people make a github profile and work on projects by themselves for free expecting no income because they are passionate about it. And then when they apply for a job at a company they can refer to their github account to show the employer how passionate and talented they are. A lot coders start off making little to no money at first because they want to enjoy coding before they turn it into a career and that also helps the employer see you actually care your work.

It's the same thing as making music. You don't have nothing to show and you're unproven talent and you need a paycheck to do anything that's already telling them you're probably aren't passionate about your work as a musician. Start look for a gig making jingles for commercials and work your way up.

[Anonymous]

If it is a famous song and you want to make money at singing it, you have to see if someone owns the rights to it. You might have to pay a royalty.

[Ms_Facesitter]

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