How Much Do Music Producers ACTUALLY Make Off a Hit Song?

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[@DillyDGIB]

Ask me anything you guys want in the comments and I'll answer every question!

[@ProdByJira]

You ever gonna release music as an artist like Benny Blanco or Kenny Beats?

[@DillyDGIB]

@@ProdByJira Would love to! Hopefully I can do that through this channel. Right now I have to pay my bills with type beats. But hopefully as this grows I can use this as my main source of income and use it as a platform to promote my own albums.

[@all-stargamingentertainmen1157]

What are the legal things to do before uploading and selling a beat? And how to do so...

[@DillyDGIB]

@@all-stargamingentertainmen1157 not much you need to do, just have a tagged version, untagged and the stems and upload to Beatstars or however you choose to sell

[@wazi4713]

If you use a sample in a beat, can I still use the beat for non-profit on SoundCloud without clearing the sample?

[@KJDADON777]

How this man managed to fit all this info in under 5 mins is immaculate 😭🙏🏽

[@DillyDGIB]

Haha thanks bro! No time wasted, I was ruthless with the editing

[@knives5964]

Mans shoulda been a teacher, mfs can't teach these days.

[@DillyDGIB]

@@knives5964 Love this comment man, it something I care a lot about, because I know how hard it was for me to gather all this information myself.

[@tejas.a06]

@@DillyDGIByeah man you did well i’m impressed

If you produce 10 hit songs with 1% cut .. You're set for life

[@DillyDGIB]

True! This isn't even counting radio play, which can be a multiplier on a radio friendly song

[@thegamingzone5963]

Espically if u can rap on your on beat and make it a more hit then u are more set

[@DillyDGIB]

@@thegamingzone5963 yeah then you own everything. Like Russ, he gets everything a lot of the time. Which is insane

[@thegamingzone5963]

@@DillyDGIB that's wat am trying to do now but I have a poor vocabulary.making beats is more easier .

[@Chronicrealngga]

@@thegamingzone5963 don’t limit yourself. Reading books is a good way to expand your vocabulary.

[@prodaram]

It's incredible how you managed to explain such a confusing topic in such a simple way - great stuff man 🙏

[@DillyDGIB]

Thanks bro, I tried!

[@f4llenstarr]

I swear the best thing to do is be independent, build your own brand everywhere (youtube, insta, spotify) and just work that consistently then make music with artists and get 50/50 splits for example, non major artists pulling in say 500k monthly listeners I swear you'll be alright

[@DillyDGIB]

That would actually be 🔥 do you know if anyone doing that?

[@mlodyrafael]

@@DillyDGIB Young Multi is an independent polish rapper. He has around 500k monthly listeners

[@connormuraski3229]

Primo Beats

[@digitality7161]

Doesn't Mustard do that?

[@TROYVIXIOUS]

I've been a full time music producer for a couple years now without fully understanding this stuff and this is the most helpful video about the topic I've ever seen 🔥

[@DillyDGIB]

Great to hear! Thanks for watching!

[@Cancel_Vulture]

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[@prodkxvi]

The goat RETURNS

[@DillyDGIB]

Finally lol

[@sharifeady6834]

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[@sharifeady6834]

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[@christmauricemouvenguiibou6623]

I think it's important to contextualize. 1 to 5 points on the master recording applies when it was a work for hire or if the beat sold to an artist/label. However, when a bearmaker collaborates with an artists, the segmentation of the pies is very different. It most likely start at 50/50 for each. Generally, those who "finance" the recording own the masters...

[@sanjefff]

Not a producer but this video is super dope, I’m currently learning Accy in college and the way you show the cuts, the factors, and the splitting is really spot on. Great video

[@spooky_kitty901]

thank you for explaining this in such an easy to understand way, its extremely simple to understand, most videos make things complicated, thank you

[@steezymakeithit]

This is a huge motivator‼️

[@fktheproducer]

Great video bro this definitely helps paint the picture more clearly in my head

[@whoishereally4028]

i love this! this would be a great playlist for you.. doing hit songs.. great content!

[@zeninvites3209]

great video. had me entertained the whole way thru

[@fytstaff4570]

All producers need to wake up one day and realize there is nothing without them. Not be greedy, but leverage more for themselves. Again, there is no "music business" without the "music".

[@DillyDGIB]

10000% or they need to start building platforms like Metro has. You’re spot on

[@luhhricofr]

This is really good information bro thanks💜

[@prodbynmh]

Ayy been waiting for an upload from u for a long time, dope to have u back!🙌

[@DillyDGIB]

Thanks! Aiming for more regular uploads from now on.

[@BrandmanNetwork]

Commonly tackled subject but love your angle and presentation. Good stuff man!

[@DillyDGIB]

Thanks bro! I've seen some of the other videos, for the bigger ones I feel like it was over simplified, so I tried to show the whole picture, as best as I could.

[@KYRIGO]

quality video sir dilly thanks for this one

[@DillyDGIB]

Thanks for watching bro!

[@Pizzaeater893]

This Video Is Just PERFECT!!!

[@user-rf5lf7cq5e]

Im glad you are back!

[@DillyDGIB]

Back for good!

[@YonasKBeatZ]

Amazing video bro. Very clear!

[@DillyDGIB]

Thanks bro!

[@muzibeats1010]

Thank you! This video was insightful.

[@DillyDGIB]

Thanks for watching!

[@luffebeats]

nice video bro! Really nice production quality!

[@DillyDGIB]

Thanks!

[@kaladar130]

THIS IS SUCH A COOL VIDEO BROTHER.

[@PinkyUnchained]

Thank you for that tool, so dope!!!

[@DillyDGIB]

No problem, thanks for watching!

[@Cumshot-millionare]

This outs my dream career into perspectives i did not know it was this good im hooked now 💯

[@monBeatsART]

Hey Dilly, I just wanted to ask, if the editor position is still available, I've already applied thorough the Application, but never got a confirmation e-mail, so I was just curios about that. Other than that, thank you again for all the hard work and inspiration, you've left us with! Cheers!

[@ProdByJira]

Was starting to think you weren’t coming back G. 💯

[@DillyDGIB]

Never leaving again bro! Gonna be trying to make great videos weekly/bi-weekly

[@NickLAnderson]

Thanks for the breakdown Dilly! 🙂

[@DillyDGIB]

No problem Nick! Thanks for supporting everything!

[@NickLAnderson]

❤️

[@Lodusbeats]

Great info 🙏🙏

[@pyro6412]

U make the best videos on music industry

[@DillyDGIB]

Thanks bro! I try 🙏

[@Beatitat]

Really good video. My one critique though, is a lot of producers established big name brand established ones can sometimes demand higher % of ownership of a record especially in regards to the Master. Southside has been vocal on how he takes typically 50% of everything.

[@DillyDGIB]

Really? that’s crazy if he’s able to do that. Did he say that in an interview? If so do you know which one? I’d love to check it out

[@prodbyTY]

Thank u for explaining it in a way that doesn’t make my brain numb!!!

[@DillyDGIB]

That was my goal! I tried making a boring confusing topic as entertaining and as clear as possible.

[@kylexbeats]

thx for this video bro!

[@DillyDGIB]

Of course!

[@beatsbyvig]

thanks man! can you make a video of all the ways to collect your earnings on a song? I have a few major label placements but im always confused on all the various ways to get my $ and im afraid I might be leaving money on the table.

[@DillyDGIB]

Hit up beatstars publishing, they take care of that for me!

[@Desirezbeats]

I needed this thanks a bunch

[@DillyDGIB]

No problem bro!

[@ProdByJLib]

Great video bro 🔥

[@DillyDGIB]

Thanks for watching 💯

[@gabelucas1195]

Great video bro!

[@DillyDGIB]

Thanks bro!

[@prodhiddenlotus]

we deserve more bruh we b carrying whole songs most of the time

[@mack11beats]

goat bro

[@ryanverseburgess5337]

Hard 🔥

[@DillyDGIB]

Thanks bro! 🐐

[@pdmustangs]

GOAT 🙌🏼

[@DillyDGIB]

What up Preston!

[@pdmustangs]

@@DillyDGIB glad to see you still crushing the game!! Keep it up

[@yourneighbour3309]

great vid btw!

[@DillyDGIB]

Thanks for watching!

[@sharifeady6834]

He finally dropped!!!

[@DillyDGIB]

Yessir!

[@sharifeady6834]

@@DillyDGIB if you leave us hanging this along again Callin the police bruh 😂

[@DillyDGIB]

@@sharifeady6834 😂😂 2 weeks is the max, I've already got some new ones in the works!

[@bardobeats]

w video w kidsuper shirt!

[@DillyDGIB]

Thanks bro, you re brand the channel?

[@ssmfetti]

DillyGotItBumpin🔥🔥keep going fam, you got this! Also make your videos 10minutes, so you can get paid more.

[@DillyDGIB]

That’s a good idea, I want to be careful to not bore everyone though so I want each thing to be purposeful and entertaining and not drag it out

[@ssmfetti]

@@DillyDGIB True, whatever works best.

[@darylp2280]

Good information. What was it like before youtube & other platforms existed?

[@zzalt]

Did you consider that OZ could be a credited writer on Sicko Mode? Great video overall!

[@fmj2088]

Great video Dilly! At 1:15, you show that Sicko Mode had about 2.5B streams on all streaming platforms, is that an estimation or is there a way to know how many streams a song got across all platforms? Thanks!

[@DillyDGIB]

It's an estimation. The way I got that is I took the spotify streams (You can find that on the desktop version) and then I took the ratio of apple music users to spotify users and multiplied it by that ratio to estimate how many streams.

[@RoryBland]

I'm not a producer or a musician but I find these videos so interesting, thanks for sharing. Love your channel, you deserve way more subs!

[@DillyDGIB]

That’s awesome! What do you do out of curiosity? I would have thought my content would be super music producer specific

[@oholm09]

Im self taught musician I learn independently

[@k-wyzekingpin]

I have two questions 1. Am a musical producer and am also an artiste, I use distrokid as my distributor for releasing music and also for collecting split, is that enough or I still need so sort of written agreement? 2. As a producer of a song, how much should be collected as an upfront and how much percentage should also be collected?

[@realisticalt]

Great Video! How much do you reckon OZ would've got in an "Advance Fee" 👀😂? Love the breakdown you did with publishing and master splits, I would love a video where you break it down more! (producer points, mechanical roaylties, performance etc.) It's all a bit confusing !

[@DillyDGIB]

Im going to take a wild guess here, but 20-50k I would imagine for the advance. I know of producers getting that. Not a lot. I’ll definitely do more of this!

[@perplexed1783]

Just Subscribed, Can't wait to see more

[@DillyDGIB]

Thanks bro!

[@daddoingstunts202]

This is why producers need to understand the distinction between the music and the business! I've seen so many producers left empty handed by the labels because of their constructions on how they create a maze of pie cuts that basically rolls back into the labels pockets...

[@prodbysanii2x]

Sheeesh 🔥🔥

[@DillyDGIB]

Thanks for watching 🙏

[@joesizzle10]

i love when the title of a video is a question and the answer is "it depends" with barely any elaboration

[@magillsk8]

Dilly is a legend

[@DillyDGIB]

You’re a legend

[@RachelToews1]

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[@DillyDGIB]

❤

[@Melofeels]

Gems 💎

[@DillyDGIB]

Thanks for watching!

[@jayfreez3467]

Bro that calculator is an amazing idea!

[@nohelyusuf453]

In Europe its completely diff, we have a publishing and it gets split into 100% of text/songwriting and 100% composition, 1 mio streams are around 4k ( one stream = 0,004 euro from Spotify) so 4k are given to songwriting and composition. and on top there comes if it got played on the radio, shows, clubs etc. and on top there are other streaming platforms where they pay even more than Spotify (Spotify pays the less). Stay consistent and it'll pay of, because if you have more songs that generate streams you'll get paied a good amount every 3 months.

[@hypogogix9125]

Dude you don't need to hold a blue yeti. You could put the thing on a stand at the side of your desk out of view and it would pick you up lol

[@DillyDGIB]

Yeah that's true, I know too much about mics, but I got a Shure and it sounds a lot cleaner now.

[@AimeBeats]

Can you do an Arrangement Tutorial pls I struggle with this alot

[@Pranav9977]

Woah thats a steep cut on producers income....considering the contribution of a producer in a song i think its unfair what they get out of the deal...I've yet to hear about a producer who made fair income out of his production for big artist...or am i wrong...Whats your opinion Dilly?

[@DillyDGIB]

It's tough to say, the publishing is where it's at for a producer, but you need radio hits. I couldn't include radio play in here, because there's no public data about that. But Radio pays out in publishing and it's 50% so if you produced a radio friendly hit, you're in good shape. I bet OZ got a couple m's from radio play on Toosie Slide

[@DillyDGIB]

I think the master should maybe be 10-20% imo, but it's fair that the artists get the majority of the cut because they built the platform, which is arguably the toughest thing to do. A lot of people have great music, very few have massive audiences.

[@Pranav9977]

@@DillyDGIB ohh ok thats a good point...fair enough i guess..

[@TokaNtjana]

Will you continue doing content like this? I really find these types of videos intresting

[@DillyDGIB]

Like how much do producers make?

[@southernmontage1455]

Hello Do producers get paid on radio airplay and perfomance royalties?and what is the usual percentage on those??thank you

[@UCK788]

Well explained tanks

[@DillyDGIB]

No problem 💯

[@og951]

The key is to make everything fresh dont used samples 😂😂

[@jeulahr]

How does this explanation integrate with distrokid. Please what must I do step by step? I'm working on 4 projects right now for different artists.

[@Enginerosemusic]

One thing holding small artist down is that they always think you need a big budget to make music. For me all you need to do is to consistently drop music videos

[@souls1lver]

Probably why producers are scared to use loops with 5 loopmakers on it

[@DillyDGIB]

Facts, that always gets weird. I’ve done deals where it gets subdivided into producer pies, and the drum guy/guy who got the placements gets 50% of the cut and the loop makers split the other 50%

[@ssoleia]

AYOOO KORBINIANS FACE IN THE INTRO 😭😭

[@DillyDGIB]

Lol, Korbinian is the goat, he helps me out with the videos

[@deejaydiabolic]

LOL WHAT!!! Sicko Mode has THIRTY writers?! That's just wild. Oh yeah, really dope video! Thanks for the knowledge

[@jesseonyenka]

And the lyrics are pretty basic

[@elhoymusic]

Thats about right. Plus the fixed fee they charge the label or artist per production, mix, mastering. OZ`s fee im sure is pretty high up there.

[@DillyDGIB]

Good point! Yeah from what I heard they really run up the advance, like you said. Which makes sense

[@bigtimedrum]

Its one thing to make a song making money and its another on how you spend and save the money that determines how you live .... Financial literacy is everything .

[@DillyDGIB]

💯💯💯

[@thejigochigo5316]

Wait im a bit confused about the split of the publishing on Sicko Mode. I thought its 50% to the composers (instrumental) and 50% to the authors (lyrics). So that composers of a song share on that 50% and authors share on the other 50%

[@Ba_sha]

When are you going to do “how to mix and master on Ableton” tutorials...? we really need that...!!😭🙏🏾

[@DillyDGIB]

I’ll get that info out there somehow, not sure if it makes sense for a video, not clickable enough unfortunately. It’s super subjective every genre mixes different and people have different taste. It’s also more simple than a lot of people think, it’s just sound selection and volume levels and over time you learn how loud stuff should be

[@hutch_]

GOAT

[@DillyDGIB]

Thanks!

[@kintubeats]

Recording artist and record label has no buisness on the publishing side, that goes 100% to the songwriters / producers and their pub admins. Only time a recording artist gets publishing is if they themselves wrote something, change a word get a third as they say, record label only if they adminster publishing as well. Wich most often isn't the case in most producers / songwriters single deal with a record label.

[@bigsam_1007]

Crazy the ones that are making the big money are the rappers/singers themselves when they go on the road.

[@sniperontarget_0tr]

YOUR KNOWLWEDGE IS INSANE

[@DillyDGIB]

Thanks bro!

[@musicholic7777]

Hey dude. When selling Stems, should I sell it as groups(drums,pads,leads etc) or all seperatelly (kick,snare,hihat,piano etc.)

[@DillyDGIB]

I like to group when it makes sense, I always try to make it as easy for the customer as possible while giving them the maximum ability to make it custom for them, which is the reason they bought the stems. So for example drums are super important in hip hop so I would definitely give them those separate and give them full control over those, but if you have a complex 5 layer perc loop that's filtered, I don't think they need the ability to change that. Also in the music when it makes sense I group. Like if I have a String section and I'm confident it's mixed well, I just combine violin octaves, and viola into a group called "strings" because i think that makes it easier for them. Same with brass, if I have 2 trumpets and a tenor sax, I'll group it into "brass", but I wouldn't group Piano and Bass or something like that.

[@musicholic7777]

@@DillyDGIB dude what a detailed answer. Now I really got no more questions about it. Respect brother ❤️ thank you

[@fabians7673]

so what i learned is: you have to produce a hit song all by yoursel so you dont have to split with 30 other people (writers, loopmakers, mixing, mastering etc). I wonder how often that happens with popular songs, when i check on spotify they always have several producers listed..........

[@mark.9352]

publishing is split differently. 50% writers and 50% producers

[@fuckpreme]

hey dilly- I'm wondering if your channel dipped the way mine is right now- if you check the views of my beats my stuff kinda fell off when earlier on things were popping. Am I just looking at the micro? I just gotta keep it moving right?

[@DillyDGIB]

Yeah bro my views aren’t great even when the watch time and stuff is good. It’s strange right now. It’s stressful not gonna lie, but yeah keep it pushing. I started a second channel to see if I needed to try something else. Also you should look into email marketing. I make a free beat every week to send out my list, and it always brings traffic to my store. I’ve heard the same from a lot of people about views being weird

[@SuperYezzo]

This video was perfect. Only one thing that I need to understand still. How big must a song be to generate e.g. 1 million dollars through radio play?

[@DillyDGIB]

I wish I could have included, I have no idea tbh, there’s no public data about radio play as far as I know. However I know that’s where big producers actually get the majority of their $

[@NintendolandFun]

how do i know when to get paid master and published

[@Dexter-br3fe]

What s the best method to grow as a producer?

[@MrJimbo777]

So... Are you basically saying that if you make a tune... Every sample you use in the tune, The original creator of that sample gets a slice of the pie?... Like that's how come Sicko Mode earnings got so diluted down? Cos so many (30) different original sample creators were involved?....

[@noeticus5978]

Amazing video! Though don't the producers get a cut from the money generated from album sales? So if X amount of albums were sold and there are, let's say, 12 songs on the album, would the producers not get 1/12th of the money or a certain percentage?

[@DillyDGIB]

So the standard producer cut on a single song for is 1-5% (aka the master recording) so they would actually get 1-5% of that 1/12, which is a super small number

[@noeticus5978]

@@DillyDGIB Ahh all right! Thanks for the info!

[@irjlevelet]

Now I finally understand why Metro Boomin want some more

[@DillyDGIB]

He’s technically an artist at this point so he’s getting majority in the way that DJ Khaled does. He’s killing it

[@Daniel-mn5jk]

So basically if you arent producing top 10 hits for artists like Drake or Travis you arent making that much 😕. I think the top producers on youtube and beatstars make the same amount of money or more

[@DillyDGIB]

That’s mostly true, I know a handful of guys making 6 figures off a few platinum hits. But yeah when the market is good beatstars can earn more, except for the top guys. The other thing this video didn’t take into account is radio play which is a major boost to publishing $ unfortunately I don’t think those #’s are public

[@gabrielmanoto6135]

can you explain the share for producer that makes album please ? like metro boomin (hero & vilain) or dj khaled(god did). what are their share ?

[@DillyDGIB]

It’s difficult to say exact percentages, every song is a negotiation and each song will have different splits, but in that case the producers are getting the majority and they have ownership which is awesome

[@harshbirbrar2830]

People who think producers get too small of a cut need to know a couple missed facts. Producers are almost always paid upfront as well, they bear no risk. And not all, but most producers do not contribute to selling the song, that lies on the singer's promotion.

[@LeaderJi]

🤯

[@zwenz365]

Producers/songwriters should make just as much as the artists if the artists didnt write the some themselves. A lot of artists nowadays wouldn’t be anything without their musically inclined counterparts

[@korbiniannn]

Yaaaaaa

[@KayezTP]

Assuming youre working 1-1 with an artist its usually a safe 50/50 assuming you havent used samples etc.

[@DillyDGIB]

It’s possible, everything is flexible I think the big factor here would be who if anyone has a platform. Usually they have the leverage if you’re both promoting, 50/50 sounds right, if the artist is doing most of the promo maybe 80/20 or something. Another variable is how hands on are you for producing.

[@heesang1989]

I really appreciate this video! I'm confused, How these top edm DJ+Producers like Calvin Harris, Chainsmokers, Martin Garrix and so on make so much money with that very low 1-5% rate? They are producers, not artists, right? Also, after watching this video, I guess the reason why Chainsmokers don't do collabs with singers anymore and Andrew from Chainsmokers take vocal role when majority of people on the internet do not appreciate his vocal skills, To fit that Artist part and maximize profits.

[@miybeats5973]

as far as i know, if the producers release the music by himself. for instance, Calvin Harris release summer, he is considered the artist AND the producer at the same time. and for Slide by calvin harris, he still the artist since the vocalist are only featured in. featured artist get different cut.

[@DillyDGIB]

Yeah so that’s the thing because they’re the artist and producer on those songs they own the whole thing (except maybe a label cut) so for example if Calvin Harris did sickomode he would have gotten the majority of that 10.5million

[@DillyDGIB]

@@miybeats5973 🎯🎯that’s also why DJ Khaled is so smart with his model

[@heesang1989]

@@miybeats5973 Thank you for comment :) I hope all the best for you!

[@heesang1989]

@@DillyDGIB Thank you for your reply 🫀🥹 I wasn't sure who can be called "artists". Your contents are so unique and gold mine! I would pay for any of your courses in a heart beat if you made any in the future:) Really hard to find/takes too much time to find these real infomation regarding what's going on in the music industry!