5. Sell Music Program Presets

Another by-product of your music production is custom software presets. There are companies online that sell presets for NI Kontakt, NI Massive, Vanguard and other software programs. You can create your own custom sound presets and package them up to sell.

4. Sell Background Music

If you make beats for music artists, you can make background music for online videos, events, bars, etc. If you check out Audio Jungle. you’ll see that some background-music tracks have been sold over 6,000 times for $17 a pop. That’s serious cash – over $100,000!

2. Sell Drum Kits

If you’ve been making music for a while, you may have put together your own custom drum samples. Music producers just like you out there are willing to pay for quality drum samples.

You can also sell digital products using the Music Maker Theme.

1. Sell Beats Instrumentals

Musical artists around the world are in need of beats. Selling beats exclusively can lead to big bucks, but there’s also a business model in leasing beats that are sold to multiple artists.

Check out the Music Maker website template to sell beats online.

40 Ways to Make Money From Music

If your passion is making music, here are 40 examples of how to make money from music.

Any successful business person or entrepreneur doesn’t depend on one source for all their income, but multiple sources. Music is everywhere. It’s in grocery stores, TV Commercials, video games, movies, churches, elevators, and almost everywhere else. If your passion is making music, there are many different ways to make money from music.