Our pleasure. Thanks for what you do. We’d love to interview someone from Songtradr on the channel and let our viewers know more how they can license and make music income on your site.
yes, great info. well done and clear video with no annoying background sounds/noise. yay! I am now submitting all my info and making these monetization selections today for an upcoming single. this is the first time I'm using them (used cd baby for all my other bands singles, albums etc) so this is an adventure and hope it turns out great. I like the idea of having licensing opps right there and the possibility of someone wanting to use our music in major productions or projects etc. curious, do you all check every platform on the distribution form such as Tidal, Amazon etc.? the form for submission was a little more complicated than I'm used to but got a real person to email me and help with the process. (they don't do phone customer service fyi)
Thanks Justin. I feel like a lot of these libraries and websites need to be explained by people who have used them for a while. And I think they are going to work differently for everybody. Some people are going to get huge licenses off Songtradr, and some people are going to get a little bit of money from business overhead. But yeah, like you I have not seen any videos that really went into detail about some of these pretty cool opportunities. And the Distribution is not bad for an add on service.
What cut do they take from content ID? Do they give you 100% with the pro plan? I'm trying to find the best platform for content ID, do you have any suggestion? for example I like that soundcloud has a cool interface to handle all the claimed videos, but they charge 8$/month and they also take 20%. Distrokid: 5$/year per song, no interface, they take 20%.
Absolutely recommend Identifyy. Just had a $500 payment yesterday. All those other places focus on many things. Identifyy focuses on ONE thing: your content ID. They take 30% but I think it’s worth it.
@@MakeMusicIncome I watched your video about them, my main problem is that they don't have a dashboard to handle all the claim and that it takes 3 months to see the stats. But the video is from last year so maybe they changed some stuff now?
Again I just don’t think they have the time to chase all that info since they do so much and just purchased Bandcamp? Definitely NOT focused on content Id
I fully agree that content id tends to cause problems with licensing. From a other perspective, as a beatmaker it is really helpful because it's unfortunately completely normal that artists/rapper try to steal your beats/songs.
Can you tell me what Genre sells well for you on all stock libraries because as a super newbie I don't want to make music that's not selling. Appreciate the videos you make.
Well, I would imagine the best selling music on stock. Music libraries is going to be corporate music in some form. Now that could take on many different styles, including rock, pop, Lofi, just a myriad of things. The best way to know what is popular on any library at the time is to look at the most popular downloads of that library. It’s not often that you find one song that goes great across all of them.
Is songtradr a good place to get started with a single song, or should you have a certain number of songs to get started, or start with a different PRO?
Yes, unfortunately this has changed. At one time there was and apparently I was grandfathered in. I have considered paying the $49 fee since it would up how much I make there by 20% which would be more than the $49 fee. But if you are just starting with not much catalog I would suggest the lite version.
Hi Eric :) We're just wondering how you go about setting higher prices for TV/film licenses on Pond5, like how you mention at 18:32. Don't suppose you could give us a quick tip? We've emailed Pond5 about it but they didn't really answer our question. Our guess is that it's by setting our tracks to 'Let Pond5 Set Our Prices' but no one has confirmed this. Also, just as a side question, have you used the Let Pond5 Set Our Prices option in the past and if so, how have you found it? Does it mostly set the prices too low? Eg $5 as an average? Thanks!
@@MakeMusicIncome Thanks Eric! Having looked into it further, it looks like you can get higher license fees based on what sort of subscription the buyer is using, however you're not able to set these higher fees your self. A premium license will double the fee you charge and a business license will increase it even more.
I’m curious as to how they make payments. PayPal, western union, direct deposit, paper checks by mail? Are there options as far as that’s concerned? And what about taxes? 🤔
I would get in the habit of just having a an image for every song across your catalog. In fact I make a 3000x3000 image then resize to 1000x1000 and 80x80 for every song. You’ll need the 3000x3000 for putting the song to some sites like Jamendo, or if you release to distribution (Spotify, Apple, etc). And by the way you can do that free with Songtradr. But if you use other sites like Vfine, or Motion Elements you will want the 1000 pixel and AudioJUngle wants a 80x80. So I just get in the habit of making them for each song. They can just be a free image you find off Pixabay or Unsplash.
I don’t see why not. Just remember this is less a place people go for “stock” music and more a place that has specific uses for music. Not like loading stock bumpers to AJ.
@@MakeMusicIncome Here's a question it's been bought for commission, licensing and monetization, do i need to take the song down from my page now or do i leave it up?
@@MakeMusicIncome Hi thanks for your reply. I asked Songtradr. They said they never take down songs unless requested. They said I can pass on the details so family can access the account. So im happy with that.
Guh, what a nightmare. I use songtradr to upload my music because it doesn't downgrade the quality of my music like SoundCloud. Do you know of an alternative way to get quality files you can send people, without using songtradr? I'm new to all of this.
has anyone done the pre-SALE and paid the extra dough for this? just wondering is it's worth it to help promote our new single. we want to do a pre-SAVE but Songtradr does not offer that. thanks for any and all ideas!
@@MakeMusicIncome i had a 10k year traveling and selling beats to rappers/recording (100 beats @ 100 dollars when i was taking it more seriously) them took a lot of time but still better than waiting for someone to “pick me” u know. Now i see why there isnt much info on sync liscensing because its competitive and isnt very profitable. I live in cali i spend 500$ a month on gas.
If you are talking stock libraries then the prevailing thought is to submit all your Non Exclusive material to ALL of them. Something like Songtradr is not as much a library but a licensing company. Any RF songs can go there too.
Get MORE information about Songtradr and other non-exclusive libraries in “The Stock Market!” payhip.com/b/pvsfL
We appreciate you taking the time to create such an in-depth review of our platform! Thanks for being a part of the Songtradr community 🙌
Our pleasure. Thanks for what you do. We’d love to interview someone from Songtradr on the channel and let our viewers know more how they can license and make music income on your site.
The best video I've seen on this subject. No BS, just the facts. Thank you.
Thanks! Good luck with Songtradr!
This is the best and most thorough review of Songtadr on TH-cam hands down!
Thanks Steve!!
yes, great info. well done and clear video with no annoying background sounds/noise. yay!
I am now submitting all my info and making these monetization selections today for an upcoming single. this is the first time I'm using them (used cd baby for all my other bands singles, albums etc) so this is an adventure and hope it turns out great. I like the idea of having licensing opps right there and the possibility of someone wanting to use our music in major productions or projects etc. curious, do you all check every platform on the distribution form such as Tidal, Amazon etc.?
the form for submission was a little more complicated than I'm used to but got a real person to email me and help with the process. (they don't do phone customer service fyi)
Will they run playlist for you?
Eric i just wanted to say you videos have been super helpful in my journey to understanding the sync licensing world!
That is great and I am happy to help. Good luck to you.
Wow I like that finally someone made a video about songtradr and going in depth on its usefulness and how to better exploit its functions
Thanks Justin. I feel like a lot of these libraries and websites need to be explained by people who have used them for a while. And I think they are going to work differently for everybody. Some people are going to get huge licenses off Songtradr, and some people are going to get a little bit of money from business overhead. But yeah, like you I have not seen any videos that really went into detail about some of these pretty cool opportunities. And the Distribution is not bad for an add on service.
I would love to hear your comments about Songtradr. Has anyone used it?
don't do it my friend.. stay away from Songtradr. there's a lot of complains
What cut do they take from content ID? Do they give you 100% with the pro plan? I'm trying to find the best platform for content ID, do you have any suggestion?
for example I like that soundcloud has a cool interface to handle all the claimed videos, but they charge 8$/month and they also take 20%. Distrokid: 5$/year per song, no interface, they take 20%.
Absolutely recommend Identifyy. Just had a $500 payment yesterday. All those other places focus on many things. Identifyy focuses on ONE thing: your content ID. They take 30% but I think it’s worth it.
@@MakeMusicIncome I watched your video about them, my main problem is that they don't have a dashboard to handle all the claim and that it takes 3 months to see the stats.
But the video is from last year so maybe they changed some stuff now?
Again I just don’t think they have the time to chase all that info since they do so much and just purchased Bandcamp? Definitely NOT focused on content Id
Nice, I was waiting for this one since you mentioned in a couple videos ago.
Great! Hope you like it. It’s pretty deep as far as what they provide. Get ready to dig in!
I fully agree that content id tends to cause problems with licensing. From a other perspective, as a beatmaker it is really helpful because it's unfortunately completely normal that artists/rapper try to steal your beats/songs.
your video is great! I love it. very interesting.
Thanks for watching!
Can you tell me what Genre sells well for you on all stock libraries because as a super newbie I don't want to make music that's not selling.
Appreciate the videos you make.
Well, I would imagine the best selling music on stock. Music libraries is going to be corporate music in some form. Now that could take on many different styles, including rock, pop, Lofi, just a myriad of things. The best way to know what is popular on any library at the time is to look at the most popular downloads of that library. It’s not often that you find one song that goes great across all of them.
@@MakeMusicIncome Will take a look and see what's popular and make that. Thanks for the reply I appreciate it.
Is songtradr a good place to get started with a single song, or should you have a certain number of songs to get started, or start with a different PRO?
Not sure about the PRO part of your question, but you could start with a single or more songs, either one. It really doesn’t matter.
hey please could some one help me understand can i use distrokid to distribute my music and then liesence it with songtradr
Sure. The two are separate Although Songtradr also does distribution, you can used Dk for distro and SOngTradr for licensing.
I don’t see an option for a free account currently. The Lite version is listed at $19 per year.
Yes, unfortunately this has changed. At one time there was and apparently I was grandfathered in. I have considered paying the $49 fee since it would up how much I make there by 20% which would be more than the $49 fee. But if you are just starting with not much catalog I would suggest the lite version.
Hi Eric :) We're just wondering how you go about setting higher prices for TV/film licenses on Pond5, like how you mention at 18:32. Don't suppose you could give us a quick tip? We've emailed Pond5 about it but they didn't really answer our question. Our guess is that it's by setting our tracks to 'Let Pond5 Set Our Prices' but no one has confirmed this.
Also, just as a side question, have you used the Let Pond5 Set Our Prices option in the past and if so, how have you found it? Does it mostly set the prices too low? Eg $5 as an average?
Thanks!
I’m not sure you get that option at Pond5. I know you do at AudioJungle.
@@MakeMusicIncome Thanks Eric! Having looked into it further, it looks like you can get higher license fees based on what sort of subscription the buyer is using, however you're not able to set these higher fees your self. A premium license will double the fee you charge and a business license will increase it even more.
@@starlingmusicltd9918 Interesting!
I’m curious as to how they make payments. PayPal, western union, direct deposit, paper checks by mail? Are there options as far as that’s concerned? And what about taxes? 🤔
Paypal. In most of these you keep up taxes as an independent contractor like any music gig.
If you license your music to stock music is it less likely to land big sync or network tv?
Stock music sites are less likely to license to TV yes. If your goal is sync, then you need to focus on sync libraries.
Really great info on Songtradr. Thank you!
Thank you for watching!
What do you mean by "Exclusive stuff" thats songs that are already in contract with a company ?
Like if you have signed a song with an exclusive library and they are the only ones who can use the song.
Quick Question, Do select "NO" in Public domain when uploading stock music in songtradr? TIA
I think that option is only if the song IS public domain. Otherwise I don’t fool with it. But choosing No doesn’t hurt.
@@MakeMusicIncome thanks :)
Does every song need an album cover image? How do you handle the songs that you don’t have an album cover/image?
I would get in the habit of just having a an image for every song across your catalog. In fact I make a 3000x3000 image then resize to 1000x1000 and 80x80 for every song. You’ll need the 3000x3000 for putting the song to some sites like Jamendo, or if you release to distribution (Spotify, Apple, etc). And by the way you can do that free with Songtradr. But if you use other sites like Vfine, or Motion Elements you will want the 1000 pixel and AudioJUngle wants a 80x80. So I just get in the habit of making them for each song. They can just be a free image you find off Pixabay or Unsplash.
Thanks for sharing Eric. I also do Logo music, idents, and bumpers, can I put these on songtradr ? if yes then on which section on it ?
I don’t see why not. Just remember this is less a place people go for “stock” music and more a place that has specific uses for music. Not like loading stock bumpers to AJ.
@@MakeMusicIncome Thanks for the reply. Your podcast episodes with Stevie B is awesome. eagerly waiting on every Monday.
We really have a good time taking. The problem is stopping!!
Yes I've used this i haven't got the pro account so they take 30% but one of my songs sold last month for a big amount of money 🙌💯
Fantastic, congrats!!
@@MakeMusicIncome Here's a question it's been bought for commission, licensing and monetization, do i need to take the song down from my page now or do i leave it up?
@@bradbeatz1027 What page?
@@MakeMusicIncome Do i need to take it down from me songtradr account or can i still keep it up for someone else to buy?
@@bradbeatz1027 Keep it up unless they licensed it exclusively.
Does it have anything similar to legacy on DistroKid? What happens to songs distributed when a person moves on to the light?
That’s a good question. I’m not sure. I have a free account now and the songs are still up there, they just take a larger percentage (20?)
@@MakeMusicIncome Hi thanks for your reply. I asked Songtradr. They said they never take down songs unless requested. They said I can pass on the details so family can access the account. So im happy with that.
Thank you
Do you know how to upload songs to songtradr without going through the licensing process eceey time?
I wish. I do find it worth it though. Especially if you have lots of songs that can take advantage of their monetization options.
Guh, what a nightmare. I use songtradr to upload my music because it doesn't downgrade the quality of my music like SoundCloud. Do you know of an alternative way to get quality files you can send people, without using songtradr? I'm new to all of this.
@MakeMusicIncome I'm not interested in using songtradr as a tool to monetize my music, just trying to figure out how to send the files
You mean how to upload them?
@@MakeMusicIncome I could probably just transfer the wav files to my phone from my computer
Thanks for your information
My pleasure, glad you enjoyed it.
Thank you for this.
My pleasure! Thanks for watching!
has anyone done the pre-SALE and paid the extra dough for this? just wondering is it's worth it to help promote our new single. we want to do a pre-SAVE but Songtradr does not offer that. thanks for any and all ideas!
Yeah I’m not sure they offer this service.
$500 profit in one year isn’t efficienct though
I’ll take it. Especially for music that I made years ago and is just sitting around…
@@MakeMusicIncome i had a 10k year traveling and selling beats to rappers/recording (100 beats @ 100 dollars when i was taking it more seriously) them took a lot of time but still better than waiting for someone to “pick me” u know. Now i see why there isnt much info on sync liscensing because its competitive and isnt very profitable. I live in cali i spend 500$ a month on gas.
What is your opinion on submitting your music to multiple music licensing companies?
If you are talking stock libraries then the prevailing thought is to submit all your Non Exclusive material to ALL of them. Something like Songtradr is not as much a library but a licensing company. Any RF songs can go there too.
I am pretty mean eh...! Burrrrr....!
No more "free" accounts, now only $19/Year
Yearly fees??? Hahaha