The Make Music Income Podcast
In this weekly podcast, composer, arranger, and producer Eric Copeland of Make Music Income talks about his continuing journey to Make Music Income with Music Licensing, Music Production, Music Publishing, Sheet Music, Artist Income, Online Channel Income, and more. Eric also interviews people from across the spectrum of the music business, specifically asking: "How do you make music income?"
Episodes
I just received my 2nd highest BMI check ever.
But here’s the twist: Barely one single song payment made up more than 10% of it, and I didn't even own 100% of many of the songs I was paid.
So today I want to share some things about
* How I am getting paid from my PRO (BMI)
* What kinds of things are paying me, and how much (spoiler alert: it’s not Netflix!)
* All the royalties I am only receiving a piece of because of all the co...
What if the key to making more of your own music (and making music income) isn’t chasing streams, labels, or algorithms… but helping other music creators succeed?
In this video with Auralie of @musicbyplv (PLV Music), we talk about how building a music services business can create stability, income, relationships, and creative freedom — allowing you to spend more time making the music you actually care about. From sync licensing to ...
After many, many weeks, months even, I have been trying to sort out my feelings about the direction of this channel - about the existence of this channel.
Well, I think I know.
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Today we chat with Music Composer and YouTuber Bjørnar Kibsgaard and hear his transition from Stock Music producer to growing a following of 81,791 monthly listeners on Spotify!
Hear his journey as we also talk about his other expertise which is information about the best Macs for music making, and his health journey.
#musicstreaming #spotify #musician
Find and Follow Bjørnar's music at:https://open.spotify.com/artist/01hFDeuZo0Yqz82o...
We jump into lot of topics surrounding sync and being a musician in 2026 with my guest @randymcgraveymusic in this wide-ranging discussion.
#musiclicensing #synclicensing #musicroyalties
FIND RANDY AT:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClIT3zXdOFvx0OyyiDE65jw
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Work directly with composer and producer Eric Copeland and his sync production company Positive Spin Songs to develop albums of music for pitching to sync licensing fo...
In this in-depth conversation, successful concert composer and educator @saadhaddadmusic shares how composers actually build sustainable careers — not through shortcuts, but through long-term focus and thinking he calls the "Time Horizon."
Saad also breaks down his two foundational pillars for compositional success:
- Finding your true compositional voice
- Building a strong, intentional network of contacts
Together, these three elemen...
Welcome to the first in a new series of interviews that are focused solely on music supervisors. These are the people who are directly in the path of any of us focused on a career in sync licensing.
So I think it’s crucial that we find out how they work, what they look for, where they look first, where they look second….
And get ready for them all to have slightly (or wildly) different views on things like AI, exclusivity, perpetuity...
In this video, I’m going to tell you what I do to get the interest of music libraries, and then why they take music albums from me and my partners and clients, which gets the songs from those albums into TV, film, and advertising placements that brings income in several ways including a quarterly check like I’ll get this month from BMI, which is my PRO or performance rights organization.
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The GETTI...
Can online music sales in stock, Content ID, and sheet music make you money while you sleep?
Well…maybe a little….
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Work directly with composer and producer Eric Copeland to develop albums of music for pitching to sync licensing for TV, Film, Ads, and Gaming.
https://positivespinsongs.com/partners/
So what's next for you in Music? This is a question. I've had to ask myself over and over through the years.
And it's likely when you will have to ask yourself all the time almost endlessly, to make sure you are going in the direction you need to go.
I also talk about my experience at the Production Music Conference in LA.
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Going away for a week and I would imagine this is going to be a career-changing experience, a huge growth experience, and I expect to have WAY more than I need to do when I get back.
But before I go, I want to talk about a few reasons why I do what I do, and why YOU do what YOU do.
Could you use some encouragement in doing this gargantuan task of making music your life’s work?
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OK, this is the one you’ve been waiting for.
In this podcast, we focus on what to do to make your music better and make music faster, and also what NOT to do.
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BECOME A POSITIVE SPIN SONGS PARTNER
Work directly with composer and producer Eric Copeland to develop albums of music for pitching to sync licensing for TV, Film, Ads, and Gaming.
https://positivespinsongs.com/partners/
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So since I talk so much about sync this, and sync that…how do you actually make money at it?
I got 6 things.
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Get FREE stuff at
https://makemusicincome.com/free/
BECOME A POSITIVE SPIN SONGS PARTNER
Work directly with composer and producer Eric Copeland to develop albums of music for pitching to sync licensing for TV, Film, Ads, and Gaming.
https://positivespinsongs.com/partners/
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SELL YOUR MUSIC ON NON-EX...
I’m so excited!
But this is not excitement that I hoard all for myself.
What I am going to talk about today will get YOU excited. Because if I did it, and am doing it, YOU can do it.
#musiclicensing #synclicensing #producers
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Get FREE stuff at
https://makemusicincome.com/free/
BECOME A POSITIVE SPIN SONGS PARTNER
Work directly with composer and producer Eric Copeland to develop albums of music for pitching to sync lice...
So let’s say you find someone willing to listen to your music - like me!
On today’s show I want to talk about 10 or more ways NOT to send music online to people in the music business that you want to impress or work with.
Also news about our new Creative Soul Records Sync Label for Artists and Composers!
#musiclicensing #synclicensing #producers
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Get FREE stuff at https://makemusicincome.com/free/
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I have dozens of partners, and literally hundreds of players and singers at my disposal to make great music for music libraries, music supervisors, sync agents, and other clients.
But guess what? That’s not enough. I need more.
Is It You?
#musiclicensing #synclicensing #producers
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Get FREE stuff at https://makemusicincome.com/free/
BECOME A POSITIVE SPIN SONGS PARTNER
Work directly with composer and producer Eric C...
<p>So how do I make hundreds of songs, turning in albums per week to multiple libraries (and soon my own), have endless ideas, AND have a life with weekends and nights off?</p>
<p>Oh yeah, and I have FUN doing it. It’s not a job, it’s an adventure, but it’s really, really, fun and creative adventure.</p>
<p>Well, that’s what this podcast is all about.</p>
<p>It’s not all about me (...
In this podcast we talk with producer and songwriter @christianhaleofficial about where he is in his sync licensing career, and the pros and cons of doing sync with libraries vs. working direct with sync agents and music supervisors.
#musiclicensing #synclicensing #producer
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Subscribe to Christian's YouTube channel here:
https://www.youtube.com/@UC5Rrax4BrdSqUok476GYEOw
Find out more about Christian at:
https:...
In this possibly pivotal 150th podcast I will explore different directions I could go, AND different directions YOU could go. Plus some exciting offers for you, some news on a big change for one of my sync libraries, and a great deal on some software I use that you can’t pass up!
#songwriter #composer #producer
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BECOME A POSITIVE SPIN SONGS PARTNER
Work directly with composer and producer Eric Copeland to develop al...
Let’s talk about how to compose and create better music to have more success!
#songwriter #composer #producer
LINKS IN THIS VIDEO:
BECOME A POSITIVE SPIN SONGS PARTNER
Work directly with composer and producer Eric Copeland to develop albums of music for pitching to sync licensing for TV, Film, Ads, and Gaming.
https://positivespinsongs.com/partners
// SELL YOUR MUSIC ON NON-EXCLUSIVE STOCK LIBRARIES (Start the course for FREE!):<...
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