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11 ways musicians make money in 2026

Published about 1 month ago • 1 min read
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11 ways musicians make money.
The short version
Most musicians think there are 3 or 4 ways to make money. There are 11. The reason you feel stuck usually isn't that you are missing options. It's that you are running the wrong ones at the wrong time. Today's video is the whole map.

Here are the first 3, the ones most musicians should be running early:

1. Streaming and platform revenue
2. Affiliate and gear partnerships
3. Sync, beats and publishing

That's the beginning of the map key. The other 8 are in the video, along with when each one actually fits your stage and the trap hiding inside it. Including:

The category every other money video skips, and the one place we musicians have an unfair advantage nobody else has.

The one you should ignore right now, even though it looks like it has the most money in it.

And the 2 or 3 you should actually focus on today, so the other 8 become optional instead of stressful. Try to run all 11 at once and you'll burn out in a week.

Watch: 11 ways musicians make money in 2026
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Watch it, then hit reply and tell me which one you want me to go deep on. If enough of you ask for the same one, that's the next video.
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