{"id":6132,"date":"2011-02-07T14:11:51","date_gmt":"2011-02-07T14:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=6132"},"modified":"2022-06-09T12:26:58","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T11:26:58","slug":"list-32-ways-musicians-can-make-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/list-32-ways-musicians-can-make-money\/","title":{"rendered":"List: 32 Ways Musicians Can Make Money"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Future of Music Coalition (FMC) has put together a great list of 32 ways musicians can make money.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>A. If you are a composer or songwriter, here are possible revenue streams from your musical compositions..<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0Retail sales: Mechanical royalties from physical sales of recordings of your songs at stores, concerts or via mail order.<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0Digital sales: Mechanical royalties from digital sales via online services (CD Baby, iTunes, Amazon, eMusic, Rhapsody, MySpace Music)<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0Sheet music sales.<\/p>\n<p>4.\u00a0<strong>PRO Royalties<\/strong>: Royalties for the public performance of your work (airplay on radio, TV, movies, jukeboxes, live performance and foreign royalties, and home recording and foreign levy payments) as distributed to you by ASCAP\/BMI\/SESAC.<\/p>\n<p>5.\u00a0Advances from publishing companies during a publishing deal.<\/p>\n<p>6.\u00a0Payments from publishers for litigation settlements.<\/p>\n<p>7.\u00a0Commissions for works.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>B. If you are a performer (think Patsy Cline), possible revenue from sound recordings&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>8.\u00a0Digital performance royalties: Royalties for the digital performance of your recordings \u2014 airplay on satellite radio, webcast stations, cable TV stations \u2014 distributed to you by SoundExchange.<\/p>\n<p>9.\u00a0Advances from record labels that are not just reimbursement of recording or touring expenses.<\/p>\n<p>10.\u00a0<strong>Label payments for tour support or recording expenses<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>11.\u00a0<strong>Payments from labels for litigation settlements<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>12.\u00a0<strong>AARC royalties<\/strong>: collected for digital recording of your songs, foreign private copying levies, and foreign record rental royalties, distributed to US artists by AARC.<\/p>\n<p>13.\u00a0<strong>AFM Payments (TV, Film)<\/strong>: Payments from the Film Musicians Secondary Markets Fund to performers on recordings used in TV and other secondary uses.<\/p>\n<p>14.\u00a0<strong>AFM Payments (Recordings)<\/strong>: Sound Recording Special Payments Fund to performers for the sales of recorded music<\/p>\n<p>15.\u00a0AFM\/AFTRA Payments: Payments from the AFM\/AFTRA Intellectual Property Rights Distribution Fund (distributes recording and performance royalties to the non-featured artists)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>C. Possible revenue from licensing your musical composition or your sound recording&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>16.\u00a0<strong>Ringtone Sales<\/strong>: Mechanical revenue from ringtone sales<\/p>\n<p>17.\u00a0Synch Licenses: Synchronization royalties based on master rights licensing your song to TV\/movies\/video games\/commercials<\/p>\n<p>18.\u00a0<strong>Sampling Licenses<\/strong>: Licensing fees from other musicians sampling your songs.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>D. If you&#8217;re a performer, possible revenue from live performances&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>19.\u00a0Touring and shows:\u00a0compensation for playing live shows or performances, including busking.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>E. Revenue from a performer&#8217;s brand&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>20.\u00a0<strong>Merchandise sales<\/strong>: t-shirts, posters, etc.<\/p>\n<p>21.\u00a0<strong>Sponsorship<\/strong>: of tour or of a band\/artist.<\/p>\n<p>22.\u00a0<strong>Direct financial support from fans\/patrons<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>23.\u00a0<strong>Ad revenue<\/strong> or other miscellaneous income from your website properties (click-throughs, commissions on Amazon sales, etc.)<\/p>\n<p>24.\u00a0<strong>Acting<\/strong> in television, movies, commercials.<\/p>\n<p>25.\u00a0Product endorsements.<\/p>\n<p>26.\u00a0Other licensing of your persona (to video games, comic books, etc.)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>F. Revenue from an artist&#8217;s knowledge of the craft&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>27.\u00a0<strong>Work for hire<\/strong>\/hired as a studio or live musician or composer<\/p>\n<p>28.\u00a0Work as a <strong>music teacher<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>29.\u00a0<strong>AFM\/AFTRA session payments<\/strong>: Session payments for recording sessions, TV appearances, and performances flowing from synch licenses<\/p>\n<p>30.\u00a0<strong>Producer<\/strong>: income from producing or music direction<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>G. Other ways a musicians&#8217; work can be funded:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>31.\u00a0<strong>Government grants.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>32.\u00a0<strong>Nonprofit\/foundation grants<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Future of Music Coalition (FMC) has put together a great list of 32 ways musicians can make money. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13,1],"tags":[3580,3578,492,28,3579,2443],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>List: 32 Ways Musicians Can Make Money - RouteNote Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/list-32-ways-musicians-can-make-money\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"List: 32 Ways Musicians Can Make Money - RouteNote Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Future of Music Coalition (FMC) has put together a great list of 32 ways musicians can make money.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/list-32-ways-musicians-can-make-money\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"RouteNote Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-02-07T14:11:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-06-09T11:26:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/cover.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"RouteBot\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"RouteNote\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/\",\"sameAs\":[],\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#logo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/routenote-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/routenote-logo.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":1000,\"caption\":\"RouteNote\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#logo\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"RouteNote Blog\",\"description\":\"The World of Digital Music - Distribution - Stores and Free Music\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/list-32-ways-musicians-can-make-money\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/list-32-ways-musicians-can-make-money\/\",\"name\":\"List: 32 Ways Musicians Can Make Money - RouteNote Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-02-07T14:11:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-06-09T11:26:58+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/list-32-ways-musicians-can-make-money\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/list-32-ways-musicians-can-make-money\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/list-32-ways-musicians-can-make-money\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"List: 32 Ways Musicians Can Make Money\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/list-32-ways-musicians-can-make-money\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/list-32-ways-musicians-can-make-money\/#webpage\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/83759dcbb7864667c67cb96a7ec70298\"},\"headline\":\"List: 32 Ways Musicians Can Make Money\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-02-07T14:11:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-06-09T11:26:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/list-32-ways-musicians-can-make-money\/#webpage\"},\"wordCount\":477,\"commentCount\":1,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"list\",\"make money\",\"money\",\"music\",\"musicans money\",\"royalties\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Artist \/ Label News\",\"Digital Music News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/list-32-ways-musicians-can-make-money\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/83759dcbb7864667c67cb96a7ec70298\",\"name\":\"RouteBot\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4f18136bcfbe91b7c9fdcbf445328c29?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4f18136bcfbe91b7c9fdcbf445328c29?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"RouteBot\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/routenote.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/author\/routebot\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"List: 32 Ways Musicians Can Make Money - RouteNote Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/list-32-ways-musicians-can-make-money\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"List: 32 Ways Musicians Can Make Money - RouteNote Blog","og_description":"The Future of Music Coalition (FMC) has put together a great list of 32 ways musicians can make money.","og_url":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/list-32-ways-musicians-can-make-money\/","og_site_name":"RouteNote Blog","article_published_time":"2011-02-07T14:11:51+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-06-09T11:26:58+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/cover.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"RouteBot","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"RouteNote","url":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/","sameAs":[],"logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#logo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/routenote-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/routenote-logo.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000,"caption":"RouteNote"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#logo"}},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/","name":"RouteNote Blog","description":"The World of Digital Music - Distribution - Stores and Free Music","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/list-32-ways-musicians-can-make-money\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/list-32-ways-musicians-can-make-money\/","name":"List: 32 Ways Musicians Can Make Money - RouteNote Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2011-02-07T14:11:51+00:00","dateModified":"2022-06-09T11:26:58+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/list-32-ways-musicians-can-make-money\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/list-32-ways-musicians-can-make-money\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/list-32-ways-musicians-can-make-money\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"List: 32 Ways Musicians Can Make Money"}]},{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/list-32-ways-musicians-can-make-money\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/list-32-ways-musicians-can-make-money\/#webpage"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/83759dcbb7864667c67cb96a7ec70298"},"headline":"List: 32 Ways Musicians Can Make Money","datePublished":"2011-02-07T14:11:51+00:00","dateModified":"2022-06-09T11:26:58+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/list-32-ways-musicians-can-make-money\/#webpage"},"wordCount":477,"commentCount":1,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#organization"},"keywords":["list","make money","money","music","musicans money","royalties"],"articleSection":["Artist \/ Label News","Digital Music News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/list-32-ways-musicians-can-make-money\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/83759dcbb7864667c67cb96a7ec70298","name":"RouteBot","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#personlogo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4f18136bcfbe91b7c9fdcbf445328c29?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4f18136bcfbe91b7c9fdcbf445328c29?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"RouteBot"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/routenote.com"],"url":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/author\/routebot\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6132"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6132\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}