DO NOT SYNC: You're Not Gonna Make Much Money (Reason 2 of 10) 

IMPORTANT: With the income range I share in this video, that's still NOT guaranteed just because you work hard & with the right Libraries. Many producers work consistently for years with little to no income to show for it. We have no control over whether TV/Film clients use our music - it's just about consistency and being in the right place at the right time.

This is the main reason I only do sync "on the side". I take it very seriously, and go very hard at it, but only for a limited time per week (5-10hr). I have another job which pays the bills, and from sync I make an extra 2K-5K a year, and still get the "coolness" factor of being able to post on social media every once in awhile "Hey, I just got this placement on this TV show!". Best of both worlds for me.

For years, you confidently reassured skeptics of this channel that warned you of flooding the market with too many producers that "there's plenty of room for everyone". Everyone should sync. Yet, here we are.

For just starting out, this is very helpful to me and not depressing at all. This is just something for me to understand that I am still going through with this. 8 MORE VIDEOS TO GO!!!!

I appreciate the tough love - makes me hungrier! Although I did have to take a min and process, why you would start a series like this - Its a interesting position you're taking and Im def. looking forward to the rest of the videos!

But video games need music!! 😂😂😂

I've been expecting this. Eight more videos to go, and this stuff is not depressing me at all so far.

Strangely these videos work the opposite for me. I am not put off by the work needed in sync or the money but I have a toxic part of my mind that interprets everything in a very personal way.... "you are rubbish, you could never do this, what are you thinking!" when presented with these facts. But I know this part of me and I know it's not true! Im going to keep trucking. I've been a music producer for too long to turn back now, regardless. Gonna hit up music supervisors, AD Agencies, gonna hit up more music libraries, gonna try non exclusive as well as my exclusive stuff. Too hell with what people say you can and cannot do. Gotta find what works

I was already a producer and didn't know anything about the sync industry, 1 month ago I saw only one ad about it, it wasn't yours, but I immediately felt that love for this industry, I need to be very professional, it's not the same as sending an instrumental to people waiting for magic to happen, I want to thank you because since then I've been looking for how to be the most professional producer as I can be, for sync specially, and your content has helped me a lot! still helping! when my PRO approves my process, even with you I will get in contact! thank´s again!

Everything you have said here aligns with what I've seen so far from my own experience. There are no consideration fees and, for most of the placements I've had so far, there are no sync fees either. You can only rely on the backend performance royalties from the PRO, which are less for the streaming services than they are for broadcast TV/cable. But if I can eek out just a side income from Sync-Licensing I'm still happy. It keeps me motivated to keep writing and creating new music. I just have to balance this with other things in my life that I can count on to provide a steady income, such as a day job and live gigs.

That is the hard truth about sync licensing music. Very good info.

really good ^^

Love this real talk, no one is doing this on RU-vid. If 40-50k is considered good income, I will stick with my day job.. would struggle to survive here with that income anyways. It makes music just so much more fun for me, without that income pressure.

Ok vid #2 I'm still in. This confirms the need to gather more musical streams of income to add into the pot. I've haven't relied on the what if I get a big deal to save my financial life in decades. I had a deal with Roadrunner Rec years ago but that model is dead and so with that we must evolve if you want to create with ANY income. Okay vid 3 bring it ..

Hmm....You sure you're not getting discouraged Jesse? Create something 🔥🔥

Not depressing at all. :) Btw, i know some publishers (some really great, as Dan Graham) and other veterans composers think that the average income after consistent and 'all correct' work is morebetween 50k and 100k after 7-10 years. Are your figures based only in your experience and your network of composers and do you ever heard about those other figures and what do you think about it eventually?

Renaming this Sync Sucks. 😂 Great to have this perspective. Thanks!

I'd be happy getting into any synch library, however many current trends are not turning my crank. I do not buy into the countless invented genres and labels at all. The endless streams of 'how to make this' etc. Its over the top I just like composing. Done my gig trying fit in. Its a useless venture, at this late part of my life. I will still make music in some form. I would rather run a library, if it comes down to some coin. I know with some certainty what I really like in other musician and producers work. Its a certain level of rarity or novelty that stands a chance, but even that is fleeting Money is not the only currency, if you work in a particular field there are benefits, like food, like cheap rent or a crapload of expensive vsts and hardware

Where do I sign up to the Corn Academy?

I synced 10 songs with a top 10 international network tv show and after it aired they added themselves as the publisher 50% It wasn't through their library, it was direct, me to producer lease. What would you do ? No pub deal.

So yesterday i got my 2nd statement from BMI and earned around 97$ for 2 tracks placement. You think it’s a good start? What i have noticed is that i didnt earn much from streaming services but really way much more from a blanket licence or satellite TV. Would you know why is this Jesse?

Hmm, yeah. I'm just gonna keep making music for my own fun.

The 20-50k estimate, how many placements a year. 500 TV placements or so ?

I''ll have everyone here know I made $0.78 cents on an Audio Jungle sale just 3 months ago thank you very much.