@LumenMedia I am not in the same situation as @bosone but I can understand his feelings.
If he has produced a bunch of songs and the sales are going down in the same direction month by month, how big is the chance to sell new songs then? If one has the feeling, that his work is more and more in vain, I understand the lack of motivation to produce new stuff.
This market is simply oversaturated. Producing new stuff will not turn the things here.
This market wants new and fresh tracks at a give away-price which unfortunately I do not want to do. Even if we promote our own tracks, sales will suffer as Envato steers traffic towards their primary concern which is not this marketplace. It is no wonder that motivation to create and upload to here is fast disappearing for some authors including myself and even promotions by Envato does not even register an inkling of interest from me. Oh I have just uploaded a pack as a means to provide some activity of my account and I will now await a rejection as this marketplace eats itselfā¦ho-hum.
Thank heavens for the Olympic Games on tv.
Believe me, i am in the same boat. Last 10 tracks with very solid quality were deleted and placed on other platform. Some of them already got sales. So i am also super demotivated and struggle with depression, seeing how our beloved market turned into garbage.
But constant uploading bring more visibility and sales throughout your portfolio.
I think the AJ era is slowly coming to an end. The site will still exist, as it brings passive income to Envato, but for 90% of authors this is a road to nowhere, since no significant changes and improvements in the quality of the site are expected. Everyone will not be hired for elements either, as this will reduce the average income of the authors. Therefore, for those who are not included in the 10% of the lucky ones who make money on AJ, or Elements, it is worth considering alternative options.
Same feeling. Old good days gone, mostly because lack of Envato vision and resources. Puting all stake on Elements is huge mistake. Market can have their niche, but lack of changes and improvements and lack of vision killing it. Hire me, Envato
I was very fortunate to sell an extended license last week. I do think that these type of sales are decreasing and I am very sad for Elements contributors that are probably having their hard work inappropriately used for broadcast purposes. I do think that we are all at the mercy of this but Elements really opens up a can of worms that will result in decreased earnings, IMHO.
I do wish that Audiojungle had the license structure more obvious on item pages but I guess this will not change as AJ authors are rarely listened to in the past few years.
Hi ,
I had sold a music Broadcast (1million) the previous month but in my personal case this really rare to have one on AJ. I can only talk for some other markets which are still able to bring some of it in a more steady way but there is no doubt that the subscription model tend to kill that kind of salesā¦
I usually have 2-4 broadcast license sale each month, and while the sales have gone down the last couple of years, the share of broadcast licenses have gone up. Those are the sales that saves the month. I try to price them from 5x to 30x the price of the standard license.
I love your music and your arrangements.
HUGE fan of @Hyperprod too. Really glad to hear youāre still making some big license sales, man. Maybe itās time to change my musical approach to something more ābroadcasteableā. Luckily, I got some outside work right now so the last thing that would pass through my mind is composing anything for AJ given the way things are. Maybe when I wrap up some stuff Iāll give it a try.
I have to say itās tough to see some super talented authors I really admire with the last 15 tracks (awesome works BTW) with 0 sales.
But, hey, it is what it is.
Thanks @ED-MusicProductions @WormwoodMusic!
I have somewhere between 20 and 30 unfinished tracks that I was supposed upload to AJ, but with no views or sales on new tracks the motivation is below zero.
I have uploaded a pack yesterday and I got a Mass Reproduction License earlier this morning but like you I have not got any motivation to upload any new tracks to AJ at the moment.
Nice work!
I find preparing and uploading packs even more work than producing a track, with all the links, preview, watermarking and so onā¦
Iām agree with all of you. Uploading music right now is a bit demotivatingā¦ So we have to take a step back a bit, and come back on it in few weeks, or at least do the āminimumā. Even if itās hard because we all depending on these markets ā¦
(Uploading pack on AJ or edits on other market is a good way to do the āminimumā)
I do agree with you, but thereās one point I donāt understand.
Some of you are fulltime composers. You have your own business. That includes also the responsibility to ask yourself at the business-founding-time āWhat, ifā¦ā. This question is valid to every business owner.
The market doesnāt have this responsibility for you. Also not a platform like Envato. Of course, itās not predictible every cause or detail, what can happen in the future. But one of the questions could be:āWhat, if the customers donāt want my product any longer?ā That can include multiple reasons for, like an oversaturated market, subscription plans like Elements, a global pandemic, a financial crisis with huge impact to all businesses. There must exist a āPlan Bā in my opinion for every business owner. Of course, it is annoying for a fulltime composer, if a platform like Envato introduces a subscription plan like Elements, but itās good for Envato. And Envato has no responsibility for your business.
Thatās the reason, why Iāll never found my own business. The psychological pressure caused by the market dependency would totally supress my creativity. If I imagine to wake up in the morning, compose a new song over days and feel then the fear after uploading the song āWill it sell? Will it sell? I need that money, because itās my only businessā¦ā - never ever I could live under that pressure.
100% right here ! Iām full time composer because it take 80% of time each week. Iām lucky enough because I work 1 or 2 days by week in my fatherās company (bike repair) who really need some support since the lockdown. I also give some lesson through zoom or whatever about mixing / composing fo beginner. This is the idea of being free to work in your own field, passion. You have to be flexible enough to be some kind of āentrepreneurā. It means by that you have to find all the solution to be able to keep to make a living with music.
Itās include some compromise from time to time, but being full time composer or musician mean also having some solution on one side. Thereās no security at all, but Iām seeing thing in short / middle term about earning, and my financial stability (when it comes to music production) in a really long term ! Iām optimistic because earning keep to grow. Again Iām really lucky, everything seems to go perfectly, but I know it wonāt last, and when some side income will end, I know I will be able to find something else which will help me to keep to produce and compose music because thereās no choice and no other option !
I made lot of job during years to buy my own stuff, all choices I made was to fulfill this need and this envy to being a professional composer / musician etc. Thatās how it works to me, and time is the best and precious ally !
Itās also include the question about what kind of living you want to reach. My situation is good and enough for me, but Iām not rich at all. But I have no issue to be happy, pay my bills, having some vacation and great time with my friends / GF / Familyā¦
Looks like market is dead this week.
This week special.
What is dead may never die!