How I make a living with music.
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- Опубликовано: 19 дек 2023
- Want to make a living with your music? This video is for you. I've been a road musician, songwriter, producer and everything in between. Over the last 15 years I've seen a few keys to success that I would like to share with you. I want to encourage you that it absolutely is possible to make a living with music.
Below are a few courses you can check out to make it easier for you to do just that.
Melodic Acoustic Samples: popcountrysamples.com/
Pop/Country Beginner Course: producepopcountry.com/
Pop/Country Advanced Course: musiccityplaybook.samcart.com...
Learn About Publishing Deals: musiccityplaybook.samcart.com... 
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Started watching this & heard my guy was from north Louisiana too! Come on brother, even more interested now 🤙 Winn Parish native 🤝
Nashville is tough. I applaud you for making it in Music City.
I love Nashville, and look forward to every trip and visit. However, my wife and I are comfortable in GA. The only downside is that once I produce and develop an artist they eventually relocate to Nashvegas. I am proud of them though, and I support them 100%.
Thank you for this video! A great inspiration for me. Im 53 years old, living in Sweden and Im still not making a living off music but I WILL NEVER give up the idea of it. Love your channel and your music. Keep it coming! 🙂
I’m with you bro I’m in Atlanta Georgia..lm a singer songwriter music producer
Awesome story, needed to hear this TODAY! Thank you!
Wanted to show my appreciation and support for what your doing so I bought your sample pack. Thank you Forest. running a youtube channel is a full time job,
Much appreciated man! I know you'll be inspired by those samples! Thank you.
This is great! Would love to see more content like this. A video on how to score a publishing deal as a songwriter/producer would be awesome!
Wow, Forest. You've already dropped two new videos after your personal video. This is absolutely great! Your story of your first success kinda reaffirms for me that you should start every song project in your DAW as a (potentially) official record / release and not as a demo. (Make everything the best it can be, right from the start.) Do you think this mindset helps people to make better productions? It for sure avoids "demoitis" (not sure how to spell that, lol.) Thanks again for all the effort and all the knowledge you share. Take care!
The goal is to get that demo sounding like a master for sure. There is sometimes magic in the day of writing something that cant be recreated so capturing a great vocal that first day can be important. Take it as far as you can!
Can't wait to see more from you! You're awesome!
Thanks Forest - you are a gift, that keeps on giving.
Loving your videos dude!
Great stuff brother!
Hey man, thanks for all your hard work. I watched all of your videos including you opened up yourself about your life ups and downs. For what it's worth ,I literally put that how you produced "I remember" song on repeat. Cheers man, wish I can really do that with glasses.
Thanks man, love that you love that song!
Gonna purchase your course for Xmas earlier in the year I came across your videos on RUclips and just from those we have received BBC Radio (introducing) band of the month, and been played on radio all over the world I’ve also started getting hired as a writer for artists all over the place, only small gigs but it’s a start and that’s just from the improvements I’ve made after watching your videos
So going into 2024 I can’t wait to do the course
I’m excited for you to dive in!
Great advice, thank you so much!
Another great video Forest. Thanks for the insight.
I really appreciate the value you bring with these videos Forest. Thanks again, I really needed this today.
Thank you for the great video!!
Love these types of videos. Candid expression of the business aspect is so valuable!
Makes me realize I'm on the right track. Love these videos man
Another great video Forest! Keep them coming. All you insights on music production as well how to survive doing music from your personal experiences are absolute gold.
Always inspiring to me.
Thanks again
Thank you Forest bigtime!!
Looks like we will hearing from a truck full of songwriter/producers this year!!
Great, Forest! Thank you for this video! Very helpful
Thank you Forest for this topic! I appreciate all of your videos and want you to know that you have been a GREAT encouragement for me. Please keep teaching your way ! Blessings.
Great video. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
Amazing Stuff ! simply awesome.. thank you for all the valuable advice. and motivation . thank you
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Good information! More videos on the production world is very helpful. Just making music is great, but getting it out there and getting paid is as important or more important. Thanks for your help and encouragement!
Thanks Forest.
You are very helpful with the information. I had heard many years ago that for those who were lucky, it would be about 10 years before anything would happen if at all.
Keep up the good work and keep it country.
#MerryChristmas
Great video Forest, Yeah man - it’s just like in my industry (Photography) You just gotta keep going and keep on pushing the needle forward - Look for opportunities and adapt :) Great to see you producing content again man :) Life can certainly be challenging at times and can continually toss us curveballs… We’ve just gotta find the balance and keep on going :) Lot easier said than done at times… Thanks for your content and videos - I really get a tonne of value from them, I’ve been a LONG time Ableton user and now switching over to logic - Your content is really helping :) All the best from the Gold Coast, Australia 🇦🇺 - Grant…
Great video! If anybody is looking at this comment, know that this guy is legit and genuine. Spend your money on him because in the end, you will be spending the money on you He is well worth it. you will learn and gain more than you could ever imagine from him. Good luck!
Thank you for this comment.
Definitely binging these tips and producing videos. Discovered these at the perfect time, thank you so much! Gonna keep tabs 🔥⚡️
The thing right now im trying to learn is how to pan guitars etc. right and their fills etc.
It's not often I see the right video at the right time but today I did and needed to hear that. Thank you broseph. 👍
Maybe it's cuz of me not comprehending very well but was intrigued about that process or maybe transition that you alluded to, with recording demos and those demos turning into masters. Does that imply that any demo technically doesn't fall into that "master" category yet?
It becomes a master the moment it is uploaded to a distributor@@_countrybeats
Hell yeah. Thanks braw. 🙏
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🔥🔥let’s Go Forest! 2024 is the year to really craft my production. Can’t wait for more videos!
New one coming today! Keep an eye out!
Glad to see you back man! You have helped my production a lot since you started posting 🚀🚀🚀
Hell yeah man - love hearing that!
great and humble explanation, after almost 10 years making music I am finally confident enough to release something ! (hope I'll ever get a chance to work with you or at least someone as passionate)
I’m gonna make a video on this topic because that’s like me, I haven’t officially released anything either. But 2024 is the year.
Same boat. Plenty of songs written but haven't brought myself to record.
Hey Forest…That was a great video. I resonated with everything you said… Thank you for your honesty with regards to the industry. Being from Sydney Australia a fellow Producer friend of mine (Lyndsay Rimes) who moved to Nashville many years ago told me that the best of the best are there and that I should move over there and surround myself with the talent that Nashville has to offer…bk 😊
Lindsay is one of the best too! Thank you for your comment.
@@forestwhitehead He’s def doing well for himself. On another note mate, thank you for your melodic pack you released a few months back. I used quite a bit of them on my latest country pop/rock track. Your Banjo and mando riffs are on point…bk 🙏
🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 it's good to see you back
Thank you for your support!
love it amazing road on God Hands God blessed
Thanks for watching!
Hey man, really love your videos and I'm getting loads out of them. I've been writing and performing for 20+ years but, only just started getting really serious about production... I'm about to turn 43 😮 you reckon its too late for me to aim for music making me a living? Or is there still hope? Ha cheers 🍻
Hey Forest,
I'm an Artist/Musician/Writer/Tech here in town. First off, love your videos! Thank you for all the work you put into them. They've helped me a bunch already! I saw your Online Course that your offering for the song production. I was curious if you go into more detail about the Publishing/Pub Deal/Royalties part of Songwriting in the Online Course? 🤔 That's part of the business I don't fully grasp and although I have friends that are on the Songwriting side of things, most of my time in town has been spent on the Live/Touring side of things. I've been debating on getting your "Track In A Day" course and if it has info on the Publishing/Royalties side of things, that would be a bonus! Thanks again, man! - Nick
If you want to learn more about publishing deals check it out right here >>> musiccityplaybook.samcart.com/products/pub-deal-prep-course/
The production courses are separate from the pub deal course for now. 2 different beasts.
@@forestwhiteheadRight on! Thanks, man! Look forward to working with you in the future! Looks like we know a lot of the same people in town!
Great video! I was wondering if you could clarify something about Master Rights: were you saying if a song you produced independently happened to take off that the Master Rights automatically become yours? And if so is that something a Record Label will try to take away from you?
Upon proper registering your song, yes, you produce a track, post it on tik tok, it takes off and then you fully own the master version that is on Spotify. A record label will ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS come after as much of the Master Recording Rights as possible.
Forest thanks for this video.
I am working on my songwriting and producer skills. May I ask you for feedback to my latest song for Christmas winter time?
By the fireplace - Damian Luber. It’s on spotify, tidal ... from today.
Love your content man! I’m sure this varies but are you still considered a songwriter if you only produced the beat/instrumental on a song?
If you are cowriting a song with others using your beats absolutely
Id love to be a songwriter/producer for a career. I play guitar decent enough to wtire my songs. And ive invested in my little set up and im always trying to get better at production and recording/mixing. Unfortunately i dont have a good enough singing voice to demo my songs myself, wich makes it extremely difficult to show my songs and get them out there. I can tell people honsestly really like my songs, but it takes a keen ear to be able to "hear past" my horrible vocals. To listen to what a song COULD sound like, rather than what im able to make it sound like singing it myself. I can hear all the core complicared vocal melodies in my head, and the listener needs that too or it the song comes across mediocre. They gotta have a pretty open mind going into it lol. I just have a extremely narrow range i can sing in. Barely even a octave lol. And my actuall tonalities or "sound" of my voice is just not good.
And i dont have a really talkative charismatic personality either, wich adds another challenge. Im really non egocentric. Definitely not built to be a "star", if you catch my drift. My place would be in creating and as a supporting role. I do love and thrive in collaboration tho. I want everyone involved to bring thier unique talents to the table, and to add thier own bit of flair to whatever project it is.
Absolutely thrive on collaboration.
Man, this is where you need to be around talented cowriters. Share your gift with others is the fastest way to success. The slowest way is overthinking on your own.
activate the subtitles please 🙏🏻
It takes a minute for youtube to get transcribed it will be there, check back in a few hours.
being a great songwriter is not something you can learn to do, like you'd learn how to do your taxes. You can write for 20 years and still suck. It's a big risk to go all in on something like that.
I disagree with this comment however Im 33 and still struggle doing taxes but I've learned how to write a song.
@@forestwhitehead "Being a great songwriter" and " i learned how to write a song". Are MILES AND MILES apart. If you're saying "Hey, yeah, anybody can write like Bob Dylan if you watch enough tutorials on instagram." then yeah, i'm gonna call bullshit. That's not how it works with art. IT's about personal taste/asthetic. That's wrapped up in who you are. You can't wake up one day, and change who you are to crack the top 40. Come on man. That is just rediculous. You're selling people what will be an empty dream for the large majority of people. What percentage of the 300 million people in the U.S. ever wrtie a number one song? I can assure you it's far less than 1 percent. Hollow and empty are the dreams you sell sir. LOL