Comments on: Should You Stop Making Music?

By: Blaze Burna

Blaze Burna — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 01:57:30 +0000

good article. @museumoftechno thats was a untrue and negative statement. Im not famous at all but i make more then some people with 9-5′s off of my music alone. it is possible to make income off your music. it just depends on how serious you take it and how far you are willing to go. and who cares how many artist or producers are out now. there is no surplus if eliminate your self from the amateurs. if you think negative then your results will show it.

By: OneTrakMindz

OneTrakMindz — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 18:14:43 +0000

Hey Mark,

It’s been a minute since I last spoke to you but glad to see you’re still holdin it down. Great advice you gave. Very few succeed by having things dropped in their lap, most do so “By any means necessary” type of attitude and you sound like you have it…

You’ll hear from again soon – Peace

By: dynamicwayne

dynamicwayne — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 21:35:57 +0000

Love this article thanks.

By: Mark Valenzuela

Mark Valenzuela — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:22:32 +0000

Thanks. I’m glad you like the site. I hope you continue to come back

By: ElijahG10

ElijahG10 — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:36:03 +0000

That was a dope article Mark, and the site is pretty dope too. I stumbled a crossed it a few months ago looking for samples. Never really paid it no mind after that up until recently. Now I come through daily. Good ish man.

By: Greg

Greg — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:56:12 +0000

It’s not hard to make money with music. The problem is most people don’t know how to do it. While most people sit and wiat /pray/hope for making $20,000 a track and up there are people with much smaller ego’s that don’t mind making $500.00 a track. Some musicians and producers actually make good money sound designing for companies. You have to be able to look outside of the box. There is money out there just have to know how to get it

Jingles/Theme music aka Background music is a great venue most beatmakers and musicians don’t even think about tapping into it. Nor do they think about making music for toys. The money is out there. Plenty of no name musicians and producers are living well without the limelight

trust me.

By: fasteddie818ag

fasteddie818ag — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 05:03:35 +0000

PUTTING THE MONEY AND TIME INTO THE RECORD LABEL THAT I STARTED …I WOULD LIKE TO SAY …I WOULD DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN …IT HAS BEEN A GREAT ADVENTURE …AT THE END JUST LIKE MARK ITS A WAY OF LIFE…PEACE

By: T

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:09:11 +0000

Great article, and thanks for the link. You concluded with the biggest point – networking. The truth is, no matter how mediocre your music, if you have the gift of gab and the networking skills – there is plenty of work to get out there, however the opposite is true too. No matter how good your music is, unless you do something to get heard, there’s not much chance of making it your career.

By: Ev-G

Ev-G — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:46:56 +0000

Good article.I don’t care I’ll never give up.How can idiots like Soulja Boy make it?So everybody can!

By: DisPjutR

DisPjutR — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:54:27 +0000

In the end, if making music makes you happy, do continue, if failing to become recognized as an artist makes you sad, stop… but never stop dreaming!