6 Music Software Business Success Stories [2024]

Updated: November 1st, 2023
Start A Music Software Business

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

1. Easy Song ($3.78M/year)

Aaron Green and his childhood friend Mark Meikle started EasySongLicensing.com as a side project while running their mobile recording business, Legacy Productions. Sensing that the mobile recording industry had limited growth potential, Mark built a website to organize music licensing and saw an opportunity to bridge the gap between indie artists and large music publishers. They invested in the domain name EasySongLicensing.com and ultimately transitioned their focus to building the licensing agent business, which now boasts a user base of over 60,000 clients and brought in $2.5M in 2018 alone.

How much they make: $3.78M/year
How much did it cost to start: $75K
Current team size: 11

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How We Bootstrapped A Music Licensing Business to $2.5M/Year

EasySongLicensing.com grew from a mobile recording business to a bootstrapped music licensing agent, with a user base of over 60,000 clients and a gross profit of $2.5M in 2018, seeing a 30% increase in 2019, through investment in online marketing, customer service, and forming new partnerships.

About
Aaron started Easy Song almost 19 years ago
Revenue
Aaron grew the business to $315K/month
Costs
It cost Aaron $75000 to start the business
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2. Amazon

Online shopping from the earth's biggest selection of books, magazines, music, DVDs, videos, electronics, computers, software, apparel & accessories, shoes, jewelry, tools & hardware, housewares, furniture, sporting goods, beauty & personal care, broadband & dsl, gourmet food & just about anything else.

How much they make:
Where they're located: Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Current team size: 1
Website traffic: 2.65B/month

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Learn more about starting a music software business:

Where to start?

-> How much does it cost to start a music software business?
-> Pros and cons of a music software business

Need inspiration?

-> Examples of established music software business
-> Marketing ideas for a music software business

Other resources

4. Apple

Where they're located: Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Website traffic: 438M/month

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5. University of California, Berkeley

Where they're located: Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Website traffic: 14.9M/month

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