It took me a long time to convince myself that I should license my music. I struggled with a lot of issues.

• Are my songs good enough?
• Can I record a professional sounding track?
• Am I a sell out?

Do these sound familiar?

So how did I finally convince myself that I should license my music?

S...

There are dozens of stock music libraries competing for your catalog. Most aren't worth your time. A handful are genuinely excellent, depending on where you are in your composing career and what type of music you make.

This guide ranks the best music libraries for stock composers in 2026 — based on...

Most articles about stock music income either wildly oversell it ("make $10,000 a month passively!") or dismiss it entirely ("stock music doesn't pay anything"). The truth, as usual, is more nuanced and more interesting than either extreme.

I've been licensing stock music since 2015. I've published...

AudioJungle is one of the world's largest stock music marketplace. Getting your music on it can mean access to millions of buyers — but the platform has some of the most frustrating submission requirements in the industry. This guide walks you through everything: account setup, the upload process, w...

AudioJungle has one of the most confusing licensing structures in the stock music world. Buyers often aren't sure which license they need, and composers often aren't sure how to explain it. This guide clears it up — whether you're a buyer trying to figure out what to purchase, or a composer trying t...

I wrote my first stock music track in 2015. It was a mediocre chill dub loop, and it sold on AudioJungle for $19. I got about $6.85 of that.

That small, underwhelming transaction changed the trajectory of my music career.

Over the next several years, I built a catalog across multiple platforms, st...

Pond5 is where I made my first real stock music income — and the non-exclusive library where I've earned most of my stock music revenue over the past decade. If you're a composer wondering whether Pond5 is worth your time and how to actually make money on it, this is the guide I wish I'd had when I ...

Recently, the kind people behind Tunestock, the new music library, offered to sponsor this post and offered a song review for whoever wished to submit tracks. And boy did you all deliver!

In this video, Tunestock reviews nearly 30 of your songs, offering tons of practical tips on what a libra...

Music licensing is supposed to be all about making money. So if you've lost money, you're doing something

wrong! Thankfully, I'm here with three tips to steer you into the clear.

So how did I lose the money? Well, I hired a group of studio musicians to record and mix a song that I had writte...

Millions of people are out there today, chasing the dream of making it in the music industry. Many people will endlessly pursue the goal of landing song placements with the industry’s biggest artists like Taylor Swift and Drake, though many will never make it that far.
 

Of course, that does n...

When it comes to the music industry today, sync licensing is where it’s at. Artists, producers, and musicians are able to earn money by making film and tv-friendly music from the comfort of their own homes. 

However, the real skill is knowing how to create effective sync music. 

In this arti...

Stock music licensing is one of the best ways to make money from music. To help you figure out how lucrative it can be for you, I've created a calculator to help you estimate how much you can earn from music licensing.

If you want to get started licensing your music, but don't know where to s...