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How to Make Your Own Music and Get Paid


by DoItYourself Staff

If you can make your own music, you may be able to get paid for it depending on what you want to do with your music. If you really want to make money online, then you have a good chance of selling your music. If you browse the internet by doing a search for getting paid, you will come up with a site call CDBaby. Be sure to check out the site and explore what they have to offer. You might like what you see. In the mean time there are some things you will need to get started.

Make a Music CD by Mixing Your Own Music

The first thing to do is get access to a computer and use a DJ music mixing program that will allow you to put the music on a CD. There are many different sites out there that you can use to get a program that will mix your music for you. You will need to make sure that you can make at least a couple of CD’s to get out there on the internet. The more you make the better it will be. If you are a musician then things will be a little different for you. You can go to a studio and record something original and put it in CD. You can add variety of music in the CD so that it is more sellable.

Check Out Sites that Will Sell Your Music

Once you have your CD ready, you are ready to start checking out sites with will let you upload your music to their site and they will pay you for playing your music. CDBaby is one of those sites. CD Baby is a site that will let you sell a full album on iTunes, Amazon Mps and CDBaby.com. They will pay you so much per album and so much per single. They do offer other services as well.

Final Touches

Now that you have made your music and checked out the site, it is time to make a decision on whether you want to upload your music or keep on looking. CDBaby has a lot to offer. Don’t forget to put a label on your CD so you will know that is something that you made and had fun doing.

Now that you have completed your steps and you are thinking about what you want to do, you can keep on browsing because there are a lot more sites that you may run across that will pay you better or worse than the first one did. It is time for you to keep making music and keep making the CD’s. The more you put them out there the better chance you have a making some money. Don’t give up if you get a rejection. Just remember that for every "No" somewhere out there is a "Yes" just waiting for you to come along. Keep mixing your music and keep uploading.

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