Comments on: Should You Stop Making Music?

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: 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: fasteddie818ag

fasteddie818ag — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:03:35 +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: 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!

By: Beth

Beth — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:55:05 +0000

If everyone gave up before they started nobody would make it. Also, music is a process; enjoy the process as you go along. There are varying degrees of success and success is measured in different ways.

By: snipe

snipe — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:59:53 +0000

First Time Commenting here.
@ Museum of Techno
“almost no musician will ever make any serious money out of their music”
May you back up your sentence? Please with a source/reference

“the world has a surplus of musicians anyway”
Yes, but remember musicians has their different styles of music, and on another factor its more of a factor of the ‘style’,’sound’ of the music rather than the musican.
For example: You can hear all these club songs, but in the end its not who makes it, its how the song impacts the audience.

“dream and pursuing it to the bitter end would probably result in a bitter end for most musicians.”
How so? Please with a source/reference.

“If you’ve given it a real try but not succeeded, either take a break, then return to making music for love, or feel free to give it up for something else more sustainable and profitable.If you listen gently to yourself, you’ll know if you’re on a hiding to nowhere. Follow the path in life that results in the most love for your friends and family, whether or not that involves music and whether or not it includes money.”

Must disagree on this factor, rather than giving it a try, it rather bases on strategy of thee person. Simply you recording a track and then uploading it up on your myspace, in the long term wont be a great try or a great way to be heard.

@ Mark Valenzuela
Great Article and Great site, Very Inspirational towards of my journey as a Entrepreneur of Music and Producer

Regards,
snipe
http://www.myspace.com/snipeonline

By: Evans

Evans — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:26:56 +0000

Thanks for this article.