How Long Does it Take to Make Money Writing Production Music

Making money from composing production and library music is a long and unpredictable pathway punctuated by extreme highs and very lows! It's thrilling hearing your music on TV but also disheartening waiting, sometimes for years, for royalties to finally hit your bank account.
In this video I outline my experience 5 years into the journey and look at some accepted industry standard timescales for finally getting paid!

[@IhMA00]

Thanks for your sincere information.

[@andrewhindmusic8961]

Hey, no problem. Hope it was useful! :)

[@electropunkzero]

Is your primary revenue source the music libraries? Are you doing contract gigs too?

[@andrewhindmusic8961]

Hi, yes, my primary income is from music libraries. It took 3 years to see any significant income and I now have about 550 tracks with libraries after about 5 1/2 years. I'm making an acceptable living but some ways to go. It's certainly not an easy way to earn a living but for me it's about the lifestyle and I completely love what I do.