Last updated: June 2026
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Are you a musician looking for a good read? Or maybe you're looking to get a gift for a musician in your life? Well look no further! These are the best books for musicians, period.
As a guitar player, songwriter, and musician, Iā€™ve learned so much from books form musicians. Music books have taught ...
It took me a long time to convince myself that I should license my music. I struggled with a lot of issues.
- Are my songs good enough?
- Can I record a professional sounding track?
- Am I a sell out?
Do these sound familiar?
So how did I finally convince myself that I should license my music?
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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times! August was my best month of license on Pond 5, by a significant margin.Ā September was one of the worst this year.
In August, I licensed 20 tracks for $267, which puts it an average price per sale of $13.50. Back in May I was averaging $9.73 a sal...
There are dozens of stock music libraries competing for your catalog. Most aren't worth your time. A handful are genuinely excellent, depending on where you are in your composing career and what type of music you make.
This guide ranks the best music libraries for stock composers in 2026 ā€” based on...
Most articles about stock music income either wildly oversell it ("make $10,000 a month passively!") or dismiss it entirely ("stock music doesn't pay anything"). The truth, as usual, is more nuanced and more interesting than either extreme.
I've been licensing stock music since 2015. I've published...
AudioJungle is one of the world's largest stock music marketplace. Getting your music on it can mean access to millions of buyers ā€” but the platform has some of the most frustrating submission requirements in the industry. This guide walks you through everything: account setup, the upload process, w...
AudioJungle has one of the most confusing licensing structures in the stock music world. Buyers often aren't sure which license they need, and composers often aren't sure how to explain it. This guide clears it up ā€” whether you're a buyer trying to figure out what to purchase, or a composer trying t...
I wrote my first stock music track in 2015. It was a mediocre chill dub loop, and it sold on AudioJungle for $19. I got about $6.85 of that.
That small, underwhelming transaction changed the trajectory of my music career.
Over the next several years, I built a catalog across multiple platforms, st...
Pond5 is where I made my first real stock music income ā€” and the non-exclusive library where I've earned most of my stock music revenue over the past decade. If you're a composer wondering whether Pond5 is worth your time and how to actually make money on it, this is the guide I wish I'd had when I ...
With todayā€™s drum VST technology, creating a versatile digital studio environment for drums of all times is easier than ever. You can create drum mockups for jazz, rock, orchestral, EDM, and much more. As a producer who mainly uses Logic Pro, this article is focused on the best choices to comp...
A standard piano has 88 keys: 52 white keys and 36 black keys, spanning 7 full octaves plus a few extra notes at each end.
But knowing the number is just the start. Understanding why a piano has 88 keys, what every key is called, and how the layout is organized will make you a significantly better ...
