How to earn the most money as an independent musician

HOW TO EARN THE MOST MONEY AS AN INDEPENDENT MUSICIAN BY DITTO MUSIC Most artists just want their music heard and getting some extra cash is an added bonus. But if you're an aspiring Donald Trump how do you go about earning the MOST money? What genre should you release and where should you be releasing it? We've dived into our data to find the answers to these musical mysteries. What Musical Genre Earns The Most Royalties? The Soundtrack genre will earn you a massive 58% more than the average release. 58% -28% Alternative World A Hip-Hop release should earn you more than 10% above the average. 10% Alternative releases -11% struggle with an average of -11% of sales. Although that's not as low as Electronic & World, which bring up the rear with -27% and -28%. -28% O Folk SE Hip-Hop ++ Which Store Earns The Most For My Genre? Amazon Beatport" Google Play iTunes Spotify 200% -100% Alternative Alternative Reek Dance Felk Soundtreck Releasing a Pop song on Google Play will earn you 159% more than if you released it on Spotify. An Alternative track can earn 135% more on Beatport than if you release it on Google Play. A Folk track is strongest on iTunes, earning you 253% more than you would on Google Play. All dota is colected from Ditto Music's datobose of 100k independent releases and are correct os of 10 Moy 2015. Al charts and graphs use 01 os the averoge where opplicoble DI++O * Beatport does not allow Altermative Rock. Folk Rock and Soundtrack to be sold through their platform therefore the data is missing -111 Alternative Rock Electronic unos Soundtrack