Okay,
 
I have some songs recorded. Now what do I do with them? I was thinking about trying to sell them as mp3 downloads. Since pretty much everything is free online, do you think that it will work, nowadays? There are so many hacker and torrent sites. Everything that has ever been recorded can be downloaded for free from one of these sites. Why would someone pay for my songs?
 
If you think that it might work, do you know the best places to post them?
 
Thanks!
Here is a link to my music. I just added it here today. It is a mixture of different styles. I am a one man band and do everything here in my little studio. I will create a Paypal account on soundckick and see what happens.
 
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandid=874486

check out a website called taxi.my clients do a lot of buisness with them

Well, sadly, you may only sell one or two copies (in this world of stealing free downloads).

I suggest you set a price at $1,378,423.63 per copy.

I have some songs recorded. Now what do I do with them? I was thinking about trying to sell them as mp3 downloads. Since pretty much everything is free online, do you think that it will work, nowadays? There are so many hacker and torrent sites. Everything that has ever been recorded can be downloaded for free from one of these sites. Why would someone pay for my songs?

If you figure this out, there are some very highly paid executives at Capitol Records who would pay you for the answer. For the songs..not so much.

yeah basically no chance, unless you are good...are you?

Thanks,

This is what I thought the answers would be. Most people that I know have not bought a music CD or paid for music in 15 years or ever since the start of Napster.

you need to be serious first of all.first and foremost.
second.you need to promote your music to seal it.there arent to many random people out there surfing around looking for unsigned tallent to buy songs to put in there mp3 players.
you need a demand for your material to get recognized.
start small work your way up..
start by opening an account on soundclick.you can sell your songs on there for a value you choose.be ready to fork over a portion of the proceeds to soundclick.you can sell each song for..example..50cents..soundclick will take 19 of every song sold..thats a downloadable song.
the other option is taxi..like i said in my earlier post.
there you pay a yearly fee to have your songs touted around to major labels looking for commercial music..soundtracks..prono tunes..you name it.
you have a better chance with them,,unless you suk..then nothing will help you.i hear clients tell me..why arent they selling my stuff?..i ask them simply..do you really wanna know why..most of them dont.because they know..there tallent is weak.
the moral is..you need to be proffesional in every part of the game.including selling your stuff.
good luck

Michael....

My advice.... don't waste your time trying to sell mp3's on the internet. The average person trying to sell on the net doesn't even sell enough to break even let alone make any money.

I recommend you check out www.taxi.com  you can go to the site, sign up for the free newsletter that talks about the current industry listings, and you can also go into the forum (peer to peer) and post your songs for critical songwriting reviews. You don't need to join taxi to post in their forum.

The forum there is slower then the songs forum here, however,  the commentary is probably more critical and it's aimed at the writing aspect. The people who comment are generally people who know what is needed to get songs forwarded....as TAXI calls it. 

The bar in the industry these days is very high. With the advent of digital home studio's the quality of music has gone up and as a result it is even harder to get over that bar.....not impossible however.

Taxi provides real music industry leads (listings) where, as a member, ($300 first year) you can submit your songs to those listings for a very small listing fee. ($5 per song) Industry people listen to the songs submitted and say yes or no if it fits the listing requirements. They are very precise. Forwarded songs are sent directly to the listing person or company and they have the info to contact you. Taxi is not a partner to you in that deal.  Whatever deal you make you keep the money and don't have to split it with TAXI.

As part of your membership, you also get the right to attend the Road Rally in LA for no cost. Get there and buy your room, the event and training sessions are all free  to members. I attended the RR and it was a super experience. I met quite a few people there who were making a living writing for film & TV & video games.

I came back fired up and got busy writing and submitting. I have had a number of my songs signed into some major A-list film/TV production libraries. I think about 15 tunes are signed into several different libraries. One was forwarded to a hit show on MTV...still waiting to hear from that...if the show gets picked up again.

Taxi is NOT for everyone. If you only write a few songs a year, you're better off NOT joining. To get the most from TAXI, you should be an active writer, and keep pursuing the craft of writing. Check out the forum there, join it, and post a few songs. You will get some honest feedback that will let you know it you're ready to make the investment.

Pick a listing that, if you were a member, you would consider submitting a certain song to. Copy the listing into a new thread and post the song you think you would submit. Ask the forum members to tell you if they think the song fits, is on target, and is broadcast quality. Since film & TV will NOT re-record the song for their use, it must be ready to go straight on the air as it comes from your studio. That's one of the things that makes the bar so high..... nothing but the best quality should be submitted ..... production counts.

Enough for now.... if you have specific questions, ask!

you should put a link to your music in your signature like many here do.


BTW: here's a link to the latest  listings>>> TAXI LISTINGS

mgh


yeah basically no chance, unless you are good...are you?

Your talking about me right? Lol, I'm just kidding, or maybe not........ Oh snap!

Telewanger


Thanks,

This is what I thought the answers would be. Most people that I know have not bought a music CD or paid for music in 15 years or ever since the start of Napster.

With all respect, I think you look at it from the wrong angle. In the same spirit as some posts above:
It's not that people don't buy music in the internet, they do. Tens of millions of dollars are moving.
The question is how would you make them buy YOUR music among the hundreds of thousands of artists.
You'd need to invest serious money on advertising to make it profit in a scale that isn't just pocket money, and even then - no guarantees.

When Gnarls Barkley as the first artist in the UK sold gold through internet sales only, people got the wrong idea. There were several big ads in the biggest UK music magazines that (partly) made it possible. It ain't cheap.