Today I'm a real musician

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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No, I’m not homeless and sleeping on a friend’s couch. Although I’m sure that’s coming. Nope, I decided to finally put my music up where I can earn money from it. :slight_smile:

I upload my fugue, and my cover of Auld Lang Syne, both instrumental and lyrical versions. Now, I can start earning a third of a penny every time somebody listens to it. :slight_smile: Why do I suspect I’m going to be my own best customer? :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

Still, I’m excited. It is a bit wild knowing that my music can now be heard be people other than the select groups to which I’ve shared it.

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Hurray! Good on you, that is a big step! Do yourself a favor, though. Don’t read the reviews!!!

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:link: ?

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Yes, please add a link to the thread. We want to hear your music.

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I cannot put a link to it for two reasons:

  1. It isn’t up yet. I guess it takes about a week.

  2. Since it would be for commercial purposes (I’d be getting $0.003 a stream!), it violates the rules of the board. I asked in ATMB earlier.

Maybe when it is live I’ll send a DM to anybody interested? I think that should be ok.

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What service or app did you upload them to? This sounds quite interesting.

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Uhhh. Like all of them. LOL I used a distribution service. Note, it isn’t live yet. I made this post thinking it would be up near instantly, but it takes about a week.

  1. Single title:
  2. Number of songs: 1
  3. Stores: Amazon, Anghami, Apple Music, MediaNet, Boomplay, Deezer, Instagram/Facebook, Adaptr, Flo, YouTube Music, iHeartRadio, ClaroMusica, iTunes, Joox, KKBox, Kuack Media, NetEase, Qobuz, Pandora, Saavn, Spotify, Tencent, Tidal, TikTok/Resso/Luna, Triller, Soundtrack by Twitch and Yandex Music (beta)
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If you like classical music, then I’m writing a symphony right now and another fugue.

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I sent a message to the mods to get some further clarification on what I may and may not do. If I can share them in any way, then I will. :slight_smile: I would love for those of you interested to hear my music.

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You might ask about #marketplace, it used to be reserved for paid member posts only but they won’t let people buy membership anymore…

~Max

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When I saw the topic title, I thought maybe you’d had your Bar-band Mitzvah. Mazel tov!

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Yeah I’m clueless about this stuff, to the extent that I was thinking about YouTube.

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Yeah me too. I meant the “Uhhh” in that context (just for clarity). It seems it sends it to YouTube Music. I wonder if it will show up on my YouTube channel?

And I did get permission from the mods to create a thread where I can share a link to my music. I’m just waiting for stuff to actually get uploaded. It should be pretty soon I would think.

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It’s a wonderful milestone, for sure. But it’s not what makes you a real musician. :slight_smile:

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Pretty sure it is when you’re broke and sleeping on a friend’s couch. :rofl:

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Hehehe, the classic joke is it is when you’re willing to haul $500 of equipment 50 miles to make $25.

Personally, I think it’s when you’re willing to do it in front of someone else, and/or are willing to record it and put it out there. At that point, you’re a real, producing musician. It’s up to the public to decide whether they want to listen or not.