Lead Alliance has a passion for helping producers and musicians improve their craft and create music that is both critically and commercially successful. In that vein, we want to help you transform your instrumentals into the best finished product possible. With your talent and hard work along with our resources, drive and industry connections, the opportunities in the music business are endless. Thank you again for your interest in Lead Alliance and we look forward to working with you.
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How to make Money as a Producer with Lead Alliance
How bad do you want to be a successful producer? Lead Alliance has the tools and resources to help you achieve success. Apply hard work, learn the trade, and use our resources, and you will get far. Follow our proven formulas, strategies, and work hard!
We have invested significant time and money into creating a very expansive marketing network. Lead Alliance handles legal, registration, administration, marketing, sales negotiation, technology, engineering, and distribution. There are many hours spent behind the scenes to make your music make money.
All you have to do is get to work and we do the rest. Soon enough checks will be in the mail.
This is how you will make money
Consistently make music and value quality over quantity. Most producers should have the ability to tell if an artist will engage well with a track. Set your personal agendas aside and focus on what people can relate to. It is imperative that you know to venture out of your comfort levels, do market research and research on the things that affect pop culture not just you personally. Predict and foresee new trends. By analyzing current mainstream and non mainstream pop culture we can get an idea of what the future may bring. So in other words, cause and effect. Analyze todays events and how they will affect pop culture. We NEED forward-thinking mind sets. You will also need to make sure you put the time and care into your tracks and make full compositions that capture the attention of business men in the industry, as well as artists (see below below).
The following are the marketplaces where we sell music. The first marketplace is made up of Independent Artists:
For each full composition beat to independent artists/online you can expect to make between $500 – $1,000 in the first 45 days of release. This can continue over time. We’ve had some instrumentals make close to $5,000 in the first 30 days of release. There are factors like melody, sample selection, and overall quality that play into this. Samples give independent artists a direction that they may not otherwise have had, and make it easy for them to write to a track, meaning they will purchase it faster.
The second marketplace is made up of Major Artists and Signed artists
These are people with more money. For each full composition instrumental we will get songwriters to write to it and for each full composition instrumental that a major songwriter writes to and we sell to a record label or A & R and we will negotiate an advance. From there royalties usually come in within 4-6 months and can range from $5,000 per quarter to $500,000 depending on distribution and the artist and other factors. For these tracks we will need a sample free version most likely and will need the Reason file and / or separated tracks to properly mix / master the track.
Another marketplace you can make good money in is Film / TV / Video Games, etc. These opportunities require a very specific sound and often we want to get artists to record to your tracks, but there is a lot of money to be made in this area.
The most important thing to remember is to stick to your strength in genres to maximize your profits. Not to say you can’t venture into other genres, just keep in mind if you do you decrease your chances significantly in making money. Our advice is when you want to experiment, do it outside your normal production numbers.
We can share some numbers from our top producers, major film and TV placements, and royalties from major artists who have recorded to our producers material once you sign your NDA (confidentiality agreement).
We have producers making over $25,000 a month in profit just from independent markets. Now imagine once your songs goto the other levels and marketplaces.
Musical Composition
Tracks should be around 3:30. There is not an exact science to this, take this as an overall formula that we like to follow. The reason we follow this formula is for optimal placements.
1. Intro 5-10secs (4 bars) – long intros will the lose the attention of people especially business people interested in buying your instrumentals
2. Chorus (8 bars)
3. Verse (8 – 16 bars)
4. Pre Chorus (4 bars)
5. Chorus (8 bars)
6. 2nd verse (8 – 16 bars)
7. PreChorus (4 bars)
8. Chorus (8 bars)
9. Bridge (8 bars , change up the beat, can totally change even – will. i. am does this all the time )
10. Pre Chorus (4 bars)
11. Chorus (8 bars)
12. Outro (2-4 bars)
Tracks should have modulation (when the song changes such as tempo, four on the floor) – It builds anticipation for the chorus. STUDY the Justin Timberlake album – Future, Love, Sex – great example of a wonderfully produced hip hop album.
How to Be a Producer with Lead Alliance Music Group
Step 1: Submit Your Information to our A & R Department led by Al Barron – Al@LAMGworldwide.com and submit links to your music, bio, experience, and your top 3 productions
Step 2: Submit The Lead Alliance Producer / Artist Q & A – Form
Step 3: Submit The Lead Alliance W’s Questionaire – Form (posted soon)
Wait to hear back or follow up with al@lamgworldwide.com
Once you have passed our initial screening process, then we will share with you more detailed information and our information on how to submit tracks, as well as paperwork for payments.
We look forward to working with you! Let’s go make some money!
