How I Made $1,000,000 As A Music Producer In My 20s

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“I gave myself the time I needed”—— PREACH.

Good info, thanks! And congrats on finally getting there.

Great video. Funny this came across my timeline. I just did a similar video but damn makes me wanna do a second run cause this quality is amazing!!!

An honest man right here. Thanks for the depth sir 🤜🏼🤛🏽

Thanks for putting this out

great video thank you sir!!! :D

Awesome advice

MESSAGE FROM DAN: Hey everyone! Welcome to the channel. It appears that this video has gained some traction over the last week and is bringing a lot of new viewers into our world. Nice to meet you! Our mission at Dark Label is to be the antithesis of the "starving artist mindset" and that's why I decided to make a video like this (even though I knew it would open me up to criticism / skeptics). There are a ton of music producers that make a great living doing this. My story is not that crazy or that uncommon (once you've been in this business for 10+ years). With that said, I encourage you to go watch some of the actual business tutorials on our channel so that you can learn and implement for yourself. Most of the biz stuff on YouTube was only for beatmakers selling beats so we wanted to share biz advice for everyone else. That's what this channel is about. Have a good one.

Awesome video Daniel. I'd love to hear your story, long form. Perhaps a Q&A. I know it's hard to find time.

great video bro you deserve more views and subs 💯

As a freelance producer, I have been producing music remotely since 2015. Prior to that, I was producing music as a hobby since 2001. However, at the beginning of 2022, I decided to change careers and move into the IT industry as a programmer. It can be difficult for producers to make a living in the music industry due to the high saturation of producers and the fact that many artists do not have the budget to pay for production services. This creates a challenging climate for those looking to make a career out of producing music.

I have those ’superpowers’ :) Started making music in early 1996 and in 2015 finally went full-time with it which was the intention all along. Hasnmt been easy but there was no other path.

Belief is a MAJOR KEY 🔑 I’m still working on that but I’m getting much better. Mindset is everything.

Good stuff Daniel. Couldn't agree more about the current overvaluing of videos on "how to be a full time, Six figure producer". NOBODY'S path is the same and nobody does this overnight, the lean years leading up to any success ARE part of the success

great points made dude. 🙏

Real talk 💪 faith & patience

The thing I struggled with last year was the lack of external validation. I work hard and I believe that I can be a music producer full time someday but after I complete my first album, it was like nothing changed for me. Life over a year later is still the same. I still yet to even produce anyone else besides myself. And maybe because some of that is time. I only discovered music production in 2016. Transferred schools and I didn't have any way to practice more after I graduated. Then covid hit. I moved to Nashville but it's looking like I'm going to have to move out because it's too expensive. I feel confident that I can do what I want to do in time but I'm still looking for a next step. I've come to terms with the external validation but it doesn't mean that I don't get discouraged sometimes when I feel like I haven't made any progress.

I'm just starting on music production career right now. I was a full time musician(drummer) in Philippines. Since I moved here in Canada, my music life ended. There's no band life for living here. Became a prep/cook in restaurant for 2.5 years. Now I'm doing housekeeping. But where does this end? I wasted 3 years not doing my passion. I feel rusty. I want to get back to music. It's what I love. I can't keep doing things that I don't like. Besides, music production was one of my dream when I was in high school. I wanted to make soundtracks for films and games. I have very small time to practice now that I have 3-month old baby and I'm just starting to learn music theory. I know this will be a very hard journey for me. I don't even know if I'm gonna make it. But I don't wanna stay on jobs that I don't like til I grow old. I'm planning to take online music production course at Point Blank school in LA this October. Any advice for me guys?

Wonderful listening to you