Producer Earns $7,875 after 1 1/2 years in Sync! (After 5 Rejections)

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[@6stringbeats397]

I started my sync career during covid also. I’ve been working hard, staying consistent, building relationships and over delivering on projects. It’s not much but now my royalty statements are around $5000.00 and it’s continually going up every quarter. Hard, consistent and smart work pays off.

[@SyncMyMusic]

That's amazing! If you'd be up for sharing your story on my channel, email me at [e-mail] Either way keep up the great work!

[@EricSkutchMusic]

Thanks for having me on, Jesse! And thanks for sharing all of your amazing knowledge and building such a great community!

[@SyncMyMusic]

Thank YOU for taking the time to share your story with us!

[@didgegirl6]

Congratulations Eric! And thank you Jesse for showcasing his story. I'm especially grateful that you talked about taking good care of yourself emotionally while you're putting your work out there and how so important that is to being successful. Thank you!

[@RogerBadgerDSFlyer]

Congratulations Eric. Stoked for you.

[@weslaycock466]

Nice one Eric happy for you. Appreciate you sharing, it helps me

[@marklarm]

Congratulations Eric! Way to stick it out! Best of luck in the future man. Great video Jesse, really cool. You posted this at the right time for me. I'm at the beginning stages of my relationship with my Library right now, and yes, it feels like a slow process right now, but i'm confident that we will get our mojo going soon enough. It's cool to hear from someone that's been through this stage and what their thoughts and emotions were like back then. Gives me even more confidence to just keep plugging away at everything. Very inspiring! Thanks for posting this! Mark...

[@jonathanfoster5106]

Congrats amazing work

[@RayChinoDiaz]

Great video and inspiring thanks

[@floydkellogg4689]

Did I miss what the breakdown was of the income? Was this from the library buying his music and keeping part of the rights? Was it from getting placements and backend or was it a combination of all of these and to what degree? Thanks!

[@SyncMyMusic]

Eric can share those details IF he wants to, but from our conversation this was a combination of royalties and upfront consideration fees and sync fees.

[@ookamimusic4019]

Hey Congratulations Eric, this is really a great start, is this only from one Album?

[@EricSkutchMusic]

The first album got me into the library but now I have around 200 tracks over that last couple years.

[@ookamimusic4019]

@@EricSkutchMusic Wow over 200 Tracks this is impressive! Anywhere one can listen to Your Music?

[@dafingaz]

🙌🏾

[@ayMillmusic]

🎉🎉🎉

[@wickedmelodiesent.2051]

🔥🔥🔥🔥Eric

[@moharmonicsmusic]

i want to understand something,if a composer gets placement on a show or series,who gets credited,the publisher representing him or the composer who composed the music?

[@SyncMyMusic]

Both, usually the Library earns the publishing royalties and the composer earns the writer's share. If you mean on screen credit? That's usually never the case with production music. If there's any credit, usually the Library's name will get the credit "Music supplied by 5 Alarm Music", etc.

[@moharmonicsmusic]

i ment on screen credit,thanks i understand now,so basically you are saying the publisher is credited not the composer.@@SyncMyMusic

[@TurdMcNugget]

Am I missing something? Why are people working their tails off for $8000/year? How is this a victory? These libraries are taking advantage of hard working people.

[@macaroon147]

Haha thanks for pointing that out. Imagine spending more time than a full-time job on something and just scraping by. Even if you love making music (like me), doing thus 24/7 with no real money would completely ruin it for me

[@troysterlingmusic]

@@macaroon147 remember that some of these tracks can pay out endlessly depending on placement. You compose it, submit it - if it gets placed you’re done with that one and it can keep earning you money over the years. It’s partially a numbers game. $8k for a year and a half doesn’t sound like much but it’s possible it earns him that again the following year and so on.

[@SyncMyMusic]

This is just year 1 of Eric’s career. I have no doubt his income will grow immensely in the coming years, and perhaps decades. Making music your full time job is a privilege, not a right. So if you’re not willing to work for the long-term benefits, don’t get into this business, period.

[@TurdMcNugget]

@@SyncMyMusic Did I miss something? He’s been grinding away for ten years. This isn’t year one. Aside from that, the more I look at sync licensing, the more I see people on KZbin talking about their piddly incomes and simultaneously trying to teach people how to have a successful career at it. It’s weird. “Here’s how I went from $0 - $500 / month in just one year!” That would be great for a side hustle. But the problem is that these folks are working full time hours at this and feeling successful at $500/month. No one can support themselves on that. I know it sounds like I’m just trying to be a jerk, but when I first started looking at sync, I thought it might be something that people might make a full time income on. From what I can tell, it’s not. These library websites seem predatory. Paying people little to nothing for their work. If it’s good enough to put on tv, it should be good enough to pay for. And don’t insult people’s intelligence by saying that a years worth of work is worth $8000 because “If you’re not willing to put in the work then don’t get into this business” nonsense. It makes you sound like someone in a multi-level-marketing scheme trying to convince people they can make it if they just “put in the work”. There are a lot of people putting in the work and getting paid peanuts. And from what I can tell, many of them are in sync licensing.

[@joshuabonnett2291]

I'm sure he's not doing sync full time right now, and the money he's making from sync is most likely in addition to a part time or full time job. Also, 8K from sync in the first year is actually really good for this business. Sync is a very competitive industry, so to achieve what he has achieved so far is amazing. Lastly, making decent money doing something you truly love is much more fulfilling than working a job you don't enjoy at all just to make ends meet; which is what many people are doing, unfortunately.