5 Ways Amateur Band Men Monetize Their Music

If you could make money as a musician, you would be able to buy the effects pedals you want, and you could expand the range of your activities, so it's helpful, isn't it?
I started to think so recently, so I studied and found that there are quite a few tools that can help you to monetize your music.
It seems there are a few ways that can work out immediately, it's good to try while analyzing and studying composition, and I think you can make use of what you learn in your band to help promote yourself as well.
Here are 5 ways that you can monetize your music as a band man.

■Write a music blog

Band men buy various equipment such as effects pedals and musical instruments, right?
And there are many people who want to know about the equipment you purchased!
Even if anyone can see the specs online, you won't know what they actually sound like unless you buy it, and an effect pedal costs around 10,000-20,000 yen, which is not that cheap.
You don't want to end up buying something that you won't use!

For people who want to find out about instruments and sound equipment, you can write blogs about products for people looking to buy new audio equipment.
Keep on writing blog posts for your target audience so that they can use that important information from your product reviews to buy items featured on your website. If you continue to do it right, eventually, the blog will attract more readers, and perhaps, you will earn money from Google AdSense. Thus, making your dreams of creating profitable online content comes true.
"Hey... I thought you were writing the blog for the sake of others but in reality, you only want to use the blog as an advertising tool to make money?" Some people might say that. So what... at least, the reader was able to make the decision to go ahead and buy the gear himself. I believe it would be a waste if he did not even have the chance to buy the gear right away!

However, managing a blog requires patience to keep regularly updating, so study Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and work to improve the quality of your articles. Blogging requires a lot of time and effort, which unfortunately cannot be monetized immediately.

■Sell your music on Audiostock to make money

Audiostock is the largest stock music service in Japan.
This website is where you can upload your original music, and people who need music to create smartphone games and videos will want to buy it.
If you can make music that matches the consumer demand, people may buy your music.
There isn't anything better than being able to make a profit from your own original music!

However, it seems difficult at first for popular young amateur creators to monetize their projects because the website is already overcrowded with many talented young musicians.
So, the first thing you can do is to post a lot of music and increase your chances to stand out.
Niche music also seems to sell well, so you might consider writing sub genres so you can sell your music through that avenue as well.
This method may take some time to make money, but I think you will be able to improve your composition and the ability to understand a client's requests, so it's not a loss.

■Video streaming on YouTube

I bet a lot of band men already have their live footage and music videos on YouTube.
You can put ads on your videos and make money.

However, YouTube has been changing their conditions recently that require their creators to obtain a certain number of subscribers and accumulate total watch time in order to put ads on their videos for money.
I think it takes considerable effort for an unknown band to get subscribers to satisfy this condition.
Therefore, it's important to think about the content and not only live videos, but also reviews of your equipment like the blog I mentioned earlier, and streaming a radio show.
It might help you learn how to analyze and manage a band.

■ライブで動員を増やす

Increase your live audience
If you're a band man, I'm sure you want to value this the most. The bigger the audience you get, the more chances you'll get to sell your music and merchandise, and then you can definitely monetize them.
However, if you are able to do that with little effort, then you wouldn't have to struggle...

So, my idea is to spread the band's works and appeal online.
After all, there are only a few people who want to pay for a ticket to see a band. They don't know your appeal or what the band is about.
Nowadays, you can easily post about your works through social media and video sharing platforms, so you can't fail in getting yourself out there!
Improve your posts through trial and error, and you will have a bigger audience at your shows.

■Summary

This time I wrote about my thoughts on music monetization.
My band isn't famous either, so maybe I do sound a little arrogant.
I'm sorry if I offended you.

However, I like to put into practice what I write because I am not famous.
Let's do our best together so that we can earn income from what we love to do!