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Selling your music
Offering instrumentals to rappers and singers, or music for videos, on BeatStars or stock audio sites.
How to get started
- Compose with music software (free versions exist) and decent headphones.
- Create a store on BeatStars (beatstars.com): selling requires a paid subscription.
- Offer several licences: simple lease, exclusive, with or without separate tracks.
- Promote your tracks on YouTube and social networks, with a free preview.
Skills needed
- Creative
Tools and equipment needed
- Computer
- Craft supplies
Good tips
- BeatStars takes no commission on sales from your own page.
- Background music for videos can also be sold on stock audio sites such as Pond5 (pond5.com).
Watch out for
- Do not use any sample you do not have the rights to.
- Read each licence agreement: it sets what the buyer may do with your music.
Rules to know
France
Income must be declared: micro-entreprise or the artists and authors scheme depending on the case. Register your works with Sacem if they are broadcast.
Belgium
You usually need self-employed status, which can be held alongside a job. Sabam manages musicians' copyright.
Simplified summary: check the official websites before you start.
How much it pays
Indicative amount, varies with region, experience and demand. Before tax and social contributions.
France
Estimate not available
No reliable source found yet: we prefer not to give a figure.
Belgium
Estimate not available
No reliable source found yet: we prefer not to give a figure.