Future's Producer on How to Earn 30k/Month Without a Following |

[@dylangraham7577]

It should be illegal to have your Xmas tree up still

[@DillyDGIB]

Yeah KXVI's cancelled for that 😂

[@DillyDGIB]

jk we filmed it in December

[@Incognito.701]

Who cares 🤦🏼‍♂️ if he want a Christmas three is the house he is allowed.

[@pullupgeorge]

even being released only for 1 hour it already has underrated engagement for the value it contains 🔥🔥

[@DillyDGIB]

I've noticed some of the bangers take a minute, either way I'm happy to add value to the community

[@pullupgeorge]

@@DillyDGIB yeah im having similar realisations with my channel too. i relate & wish you the best

[@DeepanshuRishi]

Fr

[@ProdByZivo]

Dilly’s leveled up the production value on these interviews! 🍾🎶🔥

[@DillyDGIB]

Love to hear it! That's the goal 🔥

[@obg_fresh]

Bro this video is just what I needed. I appreciate you Dilly and Kxvi you are guys are literally my inspiration. 💯🔥🥺

[@DillyDGIB]

Amazing to hear, thanks for watching!

[@DillyDGIB]

Take Kxvi's advice and make sure to collab on the like button for this one

[@monBeatsStore]

Hilarious :))

[@DillyDGIB]

Ask me anything in the comments, I'll be answering everything! Join my discord too, I've been collaborating with people in there as well as giving out advice and feedback daily. Discord: discord.gg/rtcaUvXa9m Full interview: bit.ly/3J47rCW Edited by Prod Chikara 🔥

[@obhbeats]

What platforms do you rely on to promote your site and how much do you spend per month in promotion

[@DillyDGIB]

@@obhbeats Like $1k a month in beatstars promo, but promo is only a good idea if you have something working to promo it too imo

[@DillyDGIB]

Beatstars promo btw

[@812JB]

I thought Luca Doncic became a producer for a second 😆

[@thebeatmajors_yt]

Basically become a sample creator. New school crate digging 💪

[@DillyDGIB]

Yessir, become the source!

[@rapando5834]

8:37 is the 💎, quite literally gonna start doing this ASAP!

[@adentravis]

I think another important thing to keep in mind is education. While it is possible to become successful without education, going to college and learning all things audio will not only make you better at making music, but it will also allow you to build connections.

[@prodSlimeBallThreat]

definitely for connections but these days u dont need college for music production you can learn anything online

[@DillyDGIB]

It could be a good route, there's pros and cons to everything. That wasn't a part of Kxvi's or my path, so we don't speak on it, but tons of successful musicians have gone to music school and met people. Different strokes for different folks

[@ZxAMobile]

I think doing that would be a horrible idea all of the countless hours wasted having to deal with college you could become one of the greatest producers in the world if you put your time in and actually understand producing music on YOUR OWN. The greats don’t copy/learn from 1 person/institution.

[@ZxAMobile]

@John D the thing is you should not be doing anything to make money. If you’re going to produce music you should be doing it because you want to be the greatest music producer in the world and the money should just be secondary if you’re doing it to make money then you are a trash human being and you don’t deserve any money. Or, rather, I should say, if your initial/only purpose for producing music was just to make money if you find yourself only producing music to make money but initially you wanted to do it out of a passion now that makes sense. And yeah, I agree with you. It is 100% about connections this dude got extremely lucky and the worlds best music producers that you find on SoundCloud that have been producing for over a decade make almost no money unfortunately, going into the future all music producers are going to go extinct because of AI and this applies to all artists in every profession. It was a good idea to start producing maybe a decade ago, in terms of making money but for people watching this video and thinking they can just start producing music and make money without getting lucky or having connections. Yeah that’s not happening. Even the lucky ones might be making 1000 bucks a month but they are putting in over 100-200 hours just to make 1000 bucks and making less than minimum wage. Don’t do anything just for the money screw the money money is a nice bonus. The only thing that matters is the glory and being a legend. Fame/money is wack.

[@adentravis]

@@DillyDGIB definitely agreed!

[@sherifhenry]

Fire vid dilly 🔥🔥.....keep it up👊

[@DillyDGIB]

Thanks, new video coming next week!

[@slayerbeatzzz6800]

This kinda stuff ,that keeps me motivated!

[@peterk3556]

The runaway melody in the beat Sounds dope

[@greeneyed3739]

yo this was such a helpful video. taking notes the whole time, appreciate the advice

[@honeyhillbeats]

Really dope interview! Very inspirational! 🔥🔥🔥 keep it going guys

[@DillyDGIB]

Thanks bro!

[@sejohfrogi]

Great Interview! Thank you!

[@Georgelife]

Nice vid! Nice breakdown thx

[@ozzartheproducer]

Super Dope Channel And Interview! U guys are Geniuses that figure out how to make that much per month! 🔥🙏 Had to sub to learn as much as I can from this guys! Thanks for all the gems!

[@dozhadeville444]

The first few parts of his story is my exact producer journey years ago lol And its crazy, his videos actually introduced me to the Beatstarz game 💯💪🏾

[@prod.BrentBeats]

A crossover of the goats!🔥🖤 Can't explain enough how much both of you have inspired and driven me to be a full time producer. Dilly x Kxvi = new age producer godfathers💯

[@Mellowdias]

On the real they are the new age godfather producers 💪🔥

[@Taylor11247]

Ayee you got nasty c’s “can’t imagine “ track on your vid🔥love all the way from SA🇿🇦

[@DillyDGIB]

Shoutout to Cedes, that's a crazy beat

[@ProdChikara]

🔥🔥🔥🔥 KXVI dropped some gems in this vid forreal!

[@DillyDGIB]

Yessir, thanks for the edit bro, you killed it once again!

[@YM-bn7wl]

Is it possible to download my plugins onto a hard drive cause my computer doesn’t have much space? (Bit of an off topic question I know 😭😂)

[@DJPain1]

One stocking for KXVI, the other for L.... ?

[@prodkxvi]

lillee, my girl hahahah

[@DJPain1]

@@prodkxvi ohhhh that’s your spot not Dilly’s, their names rhyme though

[@prodkxvi]

My man!

[@DillyDGIB]

Legend 🔥

[@CALLMEFORDOPE-om3lo]

man the question at the minut 7 its fire...thank you both. So inspirational

[@tini808]

🔥🔥🔥 I have my own studio and i make beats too. Services of mix and master too

[@AzmariCarBonHIPHOP]

hey dilly am one of your channl subscriber. i have a quastion bro, i am from ethiopia and the one thing that stop me from selling beat online is i cant open paypal account from my country, it doasent support to open paypal from here. how can i get a paypal account bro can you help me get one pleas

[@DillyDGIB]

I don't think I'll be able to help you directly, but have you checked out Stripe? I know Abe from beatstars is working on getting payment processing internationally, he was talking about it in our podcast. Just work on beats and marketing, it's coming from what I hear. Also there's probably some alternative you may have to be creative

[@DathunyBeats]

Well ask some one else to create a paypal account for u from somewhere else

[@LessGravity]

Great video man! 👍

[@anotherxlife]

This video is full of gems. Thank you both for this interview 🔥

[@Arsshedrin]

Thanks for an amazing interview!! Gathered a lot of inspiration and easy-to-use advices. Btw, the link to the full interview doesn't work :( could you by any means send a valid one please?🙏

[@Philbrazil]

holy shit lol..dudes on another level when you start on lmms....

[@MrGeesco32]

So does he make money from his actual beats or does he just make money from selling loops?

[@DillyDGIB]

Both! His big income so far in his career has been collaborating on beats that get sold

[@peachulemon]

Busy works beats man's been through it 😂

[@consiglius]

Thank you very much for sharing your experiences. You are both very generous. Giant hug from Argentina 🤗

[@DillyDGIB]

Thanks bro! Means a lot

[@Sjdngncomr]

Take away was the best way to make a living in music is to sell things to other musicians.

[@DillyDGIB]

That’s not KXVI’s main source of income, he gets $ from collaborating and he only makes as much as his collab beats sell to artists. His collabs are worth nothing if artists don’t buy the collab beats

[@DillyDGIB]

Then he does sell to producers through his store as well. He does both

[@Sjdngncomr]

Gotcha but he's trying to make selling like loops the main focus it seems

[@DillyDGIB]

@@Sjdngncomr fair, It's a good business for him and I think that's his goals in the future. I don't think there's any problem with that he's proven to have very effective samples that artist want to use. What are your thoughts?

[@Sjdngncomr]

@@DillyDGIB same game as selling beats to artists or making an instrument for someone to play! Nothing but respect!

[@frankflux]

I guess my main question is if I was to send out my loops to diff producers (with out a previous working relationship) for free how do I know that I will be compensated if it gets placed or is that a risk that everyone has to deal with? Thanks Dill.

[@DillyDGIB]

If you can prove you can always lawyer up and get your $, sometimes the lawyer fees eat up the advance, but at least you get the credit and the placement and now have an opportunity for a relationship with the artist it got placed. But 90% of people do business honestly anyways. The people with low integrity don't last long imo

[@DaDirtyTroll]

@@DillyDGIB yeah what he said if the artist isn’t huge the advance is going straight to lawyer to get you a contract or get your contract read, but the publishing you keep acquiring will be worth it in the end.

[@BlockBallerRecords]

I know Tm88 and Sizzle personally we all do sample flippin but if y’all want to be heard just be Original

[@DillyDGIB]

​@@BlockBallerRecords Good advice bro, be unioque, consistent and dope af and you'll get noticed eventually

[@DillyDGIB]

@@tamatea_ I think there is a misunderstanding, if it's labeled as free then it's free, producers can't come back later and ask for $ after they gave something away, but they can advertise their catalog of different beats after they've built a relationship by giving out free stuff

[@nicoluminous]

damn this just hella motivaed me

[@prodbyunknvwn]

What’s the biggest mistake amateur producers make when starting off? And how long does it usually take to start seeing some growth?

[@DillyDGIB]

I think it's producers getting frustrated and discouraged by not having crazy results in the beginning, it takes longer than people think. But just make sure there is some growth going on. It depends, you should see at least SOME growth month 1, but that could be an extra 10 views per type beat

[@prodbyunknvwn]

@@DillyDGIB appreciate the response🙏 managed to make my first sale yesterday. You’re a huge inspiration man

[@Rhx99501]

Falling for plug-in scams tbh. If it sounds good it sounds good will always be true

[@sukunawillstillwin]

not having good music

[@LeftyKeyz]

10:19 Ohhhhhhh Fam, that's nice.

[@PhilsTutorialTV]

im hyped!

[@DillyDGIB]

Yessir!

[@yaboiavery5986]

As someone who didn't grow up making music this is super motivating 🙏 thanks yall

[@prodbycashtro]

10:08 Its motivating to see the progress of others !

[@DillyDGIB]

Agreed! KXVI's work ethic and strategy inspires me too

[@SP7000SP]

What are loops and kits? Are they different than just full on beats??

[@ProdChikara]

A loop is the chords/melody without any drums, so producers often send loops to each other to collaborate. one producer might send (or sell) a "loop kit" which is a pack of samples/loops that they created. Then the other producer would bring it into their DAW, add drums + bass, etc. and structure it in a way to create a full instrumental.

[@SP7000SP]

@@ProdChikara oh damn. That’s funny, I used to be heavy into making beats, but I was never good at drums, 808’s, snares, or high hats, so I always just made 3 minutes of basically a piano, synths, and other melodical stuff, to where it WOULD be a full beat if you added the stuff I wasn’t good at. So I was actually just making loops this whole time?

[@gotthegoods]

$80 allowance...mine was $0 😂

[@BurnellWashburn]

Gold

[@DillyDGIB]

🙏🙏

[@Matronix94]

i started with LMMS too lol

[@WainwrightBeatss]

I hear you fam.. I need to get on yall level..lol

[@rezfgjj9194]

d u have a video on copyright laws and rules of youtube/beats theses sort of stuff?do we have to register our songs to prevent it from being stolen?

[@DillyDGIB]

Technically you own the copyright when you create something. No need to register, if you have proof you created you'll win in court, the process may be a pain, but you'll win. I know plenty of producers who have successfully won when someone stole there work

[@kokidchaz4790]

Put your producer tag at start of song, that's how

[@Reggi_Sample]

That All I Do by Storm been doing numbers for a minute

[@LuxuryBeatsMusic]

1:45 my allowance O_O

[@TMsite12]

ya but how do you go from making a beat to getting paid? So they dont just use your beat and steal it....need to sign some contract or publishing or something?

[@DillyDGIB]

What's up, you make the beat, you post it to beatstars and put a tag on it, and then sell the untagged version with a license to use it.

[@TMsite12]

@@DillyDGIB thanks for the reply man!

[@madeguyproductions]

Nice one, thanks for this 💯

[@GoatJay111]

lmms were the days 🤧

[@monBeatsStore]

Thank you once again Dilly. You're the man!

[@DillyDGIB]

You're the man!

[@daslukebeats]

Hey Dilly. What are your thoughts on having two separate beat channels for different lanes? I like producing intense hard stuff but also omb peezy type beats, and sounds like I shouldn’t do both. Is it wasted energy to try to do both in separate channels? Edit spelling

[@DillyDGIB]

Quick answer: It's possible but very hard. One is very difficult to do well, two seems extra difficult, but I've seen it done

[@daslukebeats]

@@DillyDGIB thanks man, appreciate it.

[@daslukebeats]

@@DillyDGIB what about one channel, alternating two different type beats that are different but similar. I’ve read that being consistent with two can work but do you think it’s better to stick with a single artist for a while?

[@DillyDGIB]

@@daslukebeats I would say, are the fans of one also a fan of the other, if it's a "maybe" or "could be" i would say it's unlikely, if it's a for sure, then go for it.

[@daslukebeats]

@@DillyDGIB that's a good point, totally makes sense! thanks again.

[@ColorMindMusic]

Amazing interview! So is he selling loops AND getting credits on the music made with them?

[@DillyDGIB]

Yessir! It’s in the agreement when you purchase a pack, any major label release required credits and splits. It’s royalty free for online stuff

[@ColorMindMusic]

@@DillyDGIB That's incredible! Thank you so much for your response to this. Is there somewhere you can get a template for an agreement like this? Maybe beat-selling platforms like Beatstars?

[@yousefsamehh]

been waiting on this one fr 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@DillyDGIB]

🙏🙏

[@Produced.by.nobody]

Allowance

[@rusty7104]

very sick

[@RachelToews1]

❤‍🔥

[@Caayaaa]

How can I start on loop stash? Not native english speaker here :(

[@BernardHenryMusic]

Don't forget to believe in yourself and hone your craft!!!

[@DillyDGIB]

Facts!

[@dozhadeville444]

💯💯💯

[@praw_jex]

I guess Dilly is the "take your shoes off at the door" type of guy

[@DillyDGIB]

Gotta be respectful haha, KXVI keeps his place nice

[@RealHomeRecording]

Very nice, I appreciate the brutal honesty.

[@808_rafa]

Just collabed the hell out of that sub button

[@DillyDGIB]

haha thanks you legend 🔥

[@Bl1ndBoi]

3:05 bro that’s “do what I gotta do” by tre$o

[@DillyDGIB]

Cedes made the beat, it's a banger

[@Bl1ndBoi]

@@DillyDGIB the song is my fav from him

[@outeastofficial]

The problem with this is it only seems applicable to hip hop/rap.

[@DillyDGIB]

I don't think so, say you do pop music do the same thing in that lane and connect with bigger producers who are making sales/getting placements by adding value and grow your network that

[@outeastofficial]

@@DillyDGIB electronic/house?

[@lavenderllamamusic]

i feel this. I produce in the electronic genre (specifically jersey club and deconstructed club music, as well as house/techno) but i'm not just producing, as i also DJ. This information confuses me as someone who aspires to break through in the producer/DJ world of electronic music rather than "strictly music producer sending loops and wanting to get artist placements"

[@frane_29]

Bro got interviewed by kxvi and now he's interviewing him XD amazing work bro

[@tracksphantom540]

This was a great interview I liked and subscribed looking forward to seeing more content like this thanks.

[@DillyDGIB]

Ayye appreciate it, I won't let you down! Got tons of high value stuff coming soon!

[@bkthedefbeatz]

Genuine question....since kxvi exposed this strategy of sending loops to big KZbin producers, wouldnt this technique become over saturated overtime n the income pool potential of it would greatly dimish because many producers now know about it?

[@DillyDGIB]

Always room for the best, imo it will just raise the level of everyones quality because it's now more competitive. People have to make better ideas to stand out. Like KXVI can't do what he could in 2020 to land collabs, he has to work with musicians, vocalists, have better ideas etc.

[@rebinu]

Nobody watching this 😭 Most are just wasting their time away on TikTok

[@beatdealerz960]

Yes. Everytime I've seen someone expose their exact technique that made them money, market supply and saturation quickly followed.

[@KordTaylor]

Really inspiring. Thanks for this. 👏🏻

[@X10DO]

are you cedes beats or did you just used his beat as background music?

[@DillyDGIB]

I just use his beats, their hard af. I hit him up about it

[@hmbeatzmusic8218]

🔥🔥🔥

[@craegenics]

Some great Gems Dilly.... you earned a sub... Stay blessed 🙌🏾

[@Holysci22]

Thanks for Gems guys.

[@sharifeady6834]

Fire!! Way better than a video chat interview

[@DillyDGIB]

What's up Sharif! Yeah in person, is definitely better. May have to do a few video chats down the road, but I'll do in person as often as possible

[@moisejo]

#Lmms the first steps 😅😅

[@FalloutskyyBeats]

Epic convo and very inspirational!!

[@DillyDGIB]

Thanks bro!

[@DJMontini94music]

Yo... mate a big inspiration for the new skool of producers 💥💣🎹 I appreciate ur big work 😃🤘

[@DillyDGIB]

No problem, thanks for watching!

[@creatureprod]

This helps hella man it’s hard to do by yourself for reallll bless up for the mindset and the grind

[@Pianobluespiano]

Thank you for sharing

[@SIXMYFACE]

🔥

[@dafingaz]

That sample is dope!

[@prodbycodde]

bet thank you dilly, do you think as a 19 year old w 2 years of beat making experience. i can achieve numbers like 2k a month or 5k?

[@DillyDGIB]

Depends on how focused you’ve been in those 2 years. 2 years in I certainly wasn’t making that much. It took me about 3-4 to start earning that

[@prodbycodde]

@@DillyDGIB okay thank you. i’d say i’ve working on making beats 3 hrs a day at least and networks atleast another hour or 2

[@justinl1743]

$30,000 per month is honestly not much comparatively. I'd have anticipated him making a lot more with a GRAMMY nomination... Now that he's got some credits, he should have more leverage in negotiations and charge for the beat + stack residuals in the back-end.

[@DillyDGIB]

I don't want to put anyone's personal stuff out that didn't volunteer it themselves, but you'd be surprised on how many grammy award winning producers are doing wayyyyy less than that

[@justinl1743]

@@DillyDGIB crazy. They really should have an agency negotiating for them or something (wink wink)

[@justinl1743]

@@DillyDGIB I say everything with respect of course. There are however producers out there with 1/10th the talent who are making 7 figures from sales funnels selling to mostly aspiring artists. To have your name in the “prod by” section of a hit song is very Googleable… I’ve wanted to partner up with artists on the above for a while but don’t have the industry connections.

[@DillyDGIB]

​@@justinl1743 For sure I didn't see anything as disrespectful, and I agree with that completely I definitely don't think musical ability/talent=financial success. It's weird, but that's the world we seem to live in

[@jrgeorgeproduction3223]

Hey can you make a video on how to get more than 8 Tracks on ableton?

[@DillyDGIB]

You can't have more than 8 tracks on ableton? I can, you just create new tracks, right?

[@jrgeorgeproduction3223]

@@DillyDGIB yeah but it stops at 8 tracks and says that you can’t have more than that

[@obhbeats]

👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@DillyDGIB]

🙏🙏🙏

[@DamamakeBeats-RnB]

🔥🔥🔥

[@DillyDGIB]

🙏🙏

[@cynical-beats]

Fire

[@prodbyricbeats]

💎💎

[@michaelpaul3481]

Are you selling a fully arranged track or like a 8 / 16 bar loop?

[@lavenderllamamusic]

They keep saying loop, so I'm assuming it's like a 32 / 64 bar loop

[@DillyDGIB]

Could be either. Probably 16 bars minimum. But really just an idea that could be turned into a dope beat. That usually means at least an a section, b section, intro/outro

[@michaelpaul3481]

Appreciate the replies fellas

[@ChrisProducedThis]

Yooo wheres the loop at 10:25? I need it!

[@DillyDGIB]

it'll be at Loopstash.com in the future, I'm sure, right now it's on KXVI's hard drive and in his email

[@ChrisProducedThis]

@@DillyDGIB 🤌🏾🤌🏾

[@anthony7960]

LMMS!!!

[@FredExvideo]

this is actually infuriating. ya'll not giving af about the passion of making music. just see numbers. smh

[@DillyDGIB]

Not true, did you hear his samples? That takes a lot of work, also what about the breakdown at the end. We were both excited about that. Numbers are a metric that reflects your marketing, networking and entrepreneurship abilities, so that’s also important to us. We care about both

[@AnimusOpus]

This guy talks about making money with beats like it's a pyramid scheme.

[@DillyDGIB]

How so? I think he’s just collaborating and working on adding value, also his stuff is dope af imo. It’s not like he’s teaching people how to make $ with garbage beats

[@AnimusOpus]

@@DillyDGIB I agree. I wasn't trying to make a direct comparison of what he is doing compared to a pyramid scheme, it was something about how he talked about it reminded me of how people in a pyramid scheme or MLM talk about their business. With my personal experiences the thought gave me a chuckle. I imagined something like Monat but with drum loops and chord packs. Imagine inviting friends and family over to a "beat party" trying to get them to buy your beats. 😅

[@vlvly]

A lot to learn!🔥🔥🔥

[@DillyDGIB]

💯💯

[@allieboy181]

Just came here to say that this ain’t happening for anyone lol peace ✌🏼

[@prodkxvi]

not with that attitude

[@sukunawillstillwin]

@@johnd8084the chances of you being born slim to none the chances of you being born in a time period where you can make music on a laptop slim to none the chances of you making several decisions which led to this very comment under this video? slim to none. millions make a living off a music. i’ll come back to this comment when i’m up. i sold two 30$ beats at random with no promotion most people don’t sell any ever it was a slim to none chance according to you.

[@allcapsbeats]

I noticed the 2020 loop snippet you played sounded like it was recorded all by him on a midi keyboard. It was quite rudimentary. Whereas the 2023 loop you played sounded like it was a collage of loops he's actually put together inside his DAW, maybe adding additional instrumentation himself along with hiring a singer? What's the etiquette on selling loop packs? Can you just go on splice and use other peoples loops and build a new loop around that and then sell it on? Or should it all be totally originally made by you.

[@user-kahsnani]

cringe

[@DillyDGIB]

Thanks for watching

[@user-kahsnani]

@@DillyDGIB any time, mormon

[@thebeatmajors_yt]

​@@user-kahsnanigo make your own videos and life then. It's so weird that you watch some shit just to hate on it. Go touch grass

[@user-kahsnani]

@@thebeatmajors_yt you should upload sum shit bra u look ready to become a youtuber