4 Ways Musicians Can Make Money Through YouTube

YouTube is quickly becoming a place for musicians to make money without having to pay a cent to a promoter or marketing firm. YouTube has always been a place where people can share their love of music with others. Now, budding musicians can make money and get their name out in the world by making videos.

You can make money as a musician on YouTube by following these few steps.

1. Use YouTube’s connections.

YouTube has sync-licensing partners that work together to bring revenue to your videos. After the video has been uploaded, the partner places an ad on your video, and a share is given to you for every time the video is watched.

This video will give you a more thorough look at exactly how musicians make money by posting videos.

2. Take advantage of fan funding.

There is a way to get help from your fans! Fan funding is an interesting invention on YouTube. If you have a Google account and you start posting videos on YouTube, there is a setting you can click on Creator Studio.

The settings of your channel can easily be changed over time. Fan Funding can be very helpful to new artists.

Watch this video to learn how to enable fan funding.

3. Collaboration.

The more views your video gets, the more money you can earn! It is as simple as that.

Find others who have channels that are similar to yours. There are quite a few YouTube artists who are very willing to collaborate with new artists to get their names out there. It is always good to collaborate with others.

This video will teach you more about collaboration.

4. Protect your music with Content ID.

You can give your listeners the option to buy the music you have uploaded. Many musicians have found this to be great for their popularity.

There are those who download the content from YouTube without purchasing, and Content ID allows the poster to keep their music from being downloaded without compensation.

Check out this video for more information on Content ID.