EP103. Video Game Music Licensing with Steven Melin | $80,000 Freelancer Yearly Average?

The Make Music Income Podcast

In this episode we talk to Steven Melin of Video Game Music Alliance, who composes music exclusively for video games on all levels including independent, Steam, and console gaming. Did you know that the average yearly salary for FREELANCE Video Game Music Composers and Sound Designers is $80,000 per year? (Source: https://www.gamesoundcon.com/post/game-audio-industry-survey-2023) I think it's time we take this more seriously as a music income. #videogamemusic #videogamecomposer #sounddesigner LINKS: Free Case Study: How we helped one member increase his monthly revenue to $10,000+/mo with video game music: https://vgma.ck.page/ea1b652b7b Video Game Music Alliance® website: https://www.videogamemusicalliance.com Video Game Music Alliance® courses: https://videogamemusicalliance.thinkific.com/collections?ref=18db7c -- INTRODUCING MAKE MUSIC INCOME "LEARN" Learn How to Make Music Income with ALL our Courses, eBooks, and Zoom Teaching for one low monthly price! Includes our NEW course "Getting in Sync!" Get the course, come to WEEKLY in-person ZOOM CLASSES with Eric Copeland, and more. Check it all out at: https://makemusicincome.com/learn/ -- THE NEW COURSE "GETTING IN SYNC" IS HERE! How I Got My Music on TV! (And How YOU Can Too!) Once I found out about sync licensing and that people were making music income, I began a systematic, focused plan to get my music placed in TV, Film, Ads, and more. And it worked! This course will describe that whole process to you and take you step by step from producing the songs, to finding sync libraries, sync agents, and music supervisors, to get placements in TV shows and movies, to getting paid real music income. Get the Course Now at its cheapest price as I develop it!: https://payhip.com/b/KtoqH -- Join our musician community STREAMS for FREE at https://www.musicincomestreams.com/ We bring together composers, producers, artists, beatmakers, and musicians ready to elevate their music career to inspire, motivate, and learn from one another, so that we can celebrate and share our wins, overcome challenges together, and exponentially grow both our music income, and our creative impact on the world. Join NOW for FREE! https://www.musicincomestreams.com/ -- HELLO COMPOSERS! Join our sister channel Hello Composers! where we talk ONLY about composing. Subscribe to the YouTube channel at http://HelloComposers.com, AND make sure to join the mailing list at http://eepurl.com/hSLgr9 FREE EBOOK: THE DO-EVERYTHING CHECKLIST FOR YOUR SONGS https://makemusicincome.com/checklist FREE COURSE: HOW TO UPLOAD TO POND5 https://makemusicincome.com/pond5 FREE EBOOK: 50 WAYS TO MAKE MUSIC INCOME V4 https://makemusicincome.com/50ways FREE EBOOK!: TOOLS YOUR NEED TO MAKE MUSIC INCOME V2 https://makemusicincome.com/tools-to-make-music-income/ FREE STOCK MUSIC RESEARCH PAPER: "The Ubiquitous Style, Form, and Instrumentation of Corporate Stock Music" https://makemusicincome.com/ubiquitous ONE-ON-ONE COACHING FOR COMPOSERS AND PRODUCERS: Eric has been helping artists and songwriters for over 20 years build lasting music careers, and now is working via one-on-one coaching with composers and producers to help build strong catalogs, get into stock and sync libraries, and of course: Make Music Income. Find more info here: https://makemusicincome.com/coaching/ JOIN OUR EMAIL LIST (Get an email when we release new videos!) http://eepurl.com/hF8ihr THE OFFICIAL WEB SITE: https://makemusicincome.com/ EMAIL US: [e-mail] OUR WEEKLY PODCAST: https://anchor.fm/makemusicincome IDENTIFYY: Get paid when your music is used on YouTube Click here: https://identifyy.com?referral=MTMzMjc2 POND5: Get into Music Licensing easily! Use this referral code to sign up and get started selling YOUR music with Pond5! Click here: https://www.pond5.com?ref=FromtheMomentMusic JOIN OUR COMMUNITY ON DISCORD: https://bit.ly/3fYDSVd

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