8 Music Blogger Success Stories [2024]

Pat Walls

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Updated: November 19th, 2023

Become A Music Blogger

A music blog covers different topics of interest among music lovers. With the music industry so popular in 2024, it is a great time to start a music blog. A music blog offers you a chance to get as creative as possible and is also a precious tool to help you promote and publicize music genres.

Starting a music blog is as easy as selecting a music niche. Identify topics of interest and create shareable content.

Here are some real life success stories of starting a music blogger:

1. DJ Tobander ($12K/year)

DJ Tobander, a seasoned blogger, noticed that DJs were constantly asking him about his playlists for special occasions. With this insight, he created collections of DJ sets and sold the names of the songs and their order. This unique product resonated with his target audience, leading to a profitable business generating $1,000 in sales each month.

How much they make: $12K/year
How much did it cost to start: $50
Current team size: 0

How I Started Created Niche Infoproducts For DJs That Now Generate $1K/Month

Learn how DJ Tobander created a successful niche info-product business generating $1,000 a month through selling collections of DJ sets for special occasions and working with affiliates, with only modest costs and simple tools like WordPress, AWeber, LeadPages, and Digistore24.

About

DJ started DJ Tobander over 9 years ago

Revenue

DJ grew the business to $996/month

Costs

It cost DJ $50 to start the business

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2. Recording Revolution ($1.92M/year)

How much they make: $1.92M/year
How much did it cost to start: $60
Current team size:

This 38-year-old makes $160000 per month in passive income - after losing his job: 'I work only 5 hours a week now'.

How Graham Cochrane founded The Recording Revolution, an online platform offering music instruction, and has grown it to train over 350,000 songwriters and musicians to produce songs suitable for radio from their homes, while also earning $160,000 per month in passive income and working only five hours per week.

About

They started Recording Revolution over 15 years ago

Revenue

They grew the business to $160K/month

Costs

It cost $60 to start the business

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So... can you actually make money with a music blogger?

Of course. There are millions to be made in this industry.

But how?

Research real, profitable businesses and see exactly how much money they make.
Study exactly what works, and what doesn’t.
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5. Starship Casual

Jeff Tweedy shares songs, advice, general musings, and whatnot... Click to read Starship Casual, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of readers.

So... can you actually make money with a music blogger?

Of course. There are millions to be made in this industry.

But how?

Research real, profitable businesses and see exactly how much money they make.
Study exactly what works, and what doesn’t.
Take action, because now you have the roadmap.

Join Starter Story and build your next big thing:

Start Now

7. Myspace

8. Last.fm

The world's largest online music service. Listen online, find out more about your favourite artists, and get music recommendations, only at Last.fm

Website traffic: 27.2M/month