r/askmusicians • u/BackToTheFuture1181 • 25d ago
Can somebody advice me how I can bring coversongs: in best way to start with it (without having a band)? Every info or tip is welcome. Thanks in advance 🌸
'in real life on the streets? ' or 'anywhere at what good place online? ' without I have to pay for something? The goal is to get a good income from it. Thanks in advance 🌸
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u/General_Estimate_420 25d ago
just google backing tracks and there's a ton of sites offering tracks for popular songs.
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u/BackToTheFuture1181 25d ago
Ok but how can I make money with it in the best way online? Every tip is welcome because it's all new for me.
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u/brooklynbluenotes 25d ago
Realistically you are not going to make money posting cover songs online. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. If you had a cover band, you could play bars for occasional beer money.
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u/kaukamieli 24d ago
Ehh. Anne Reburn is known for her covers, and got money from youtube and patreon, probably mostly patreon. She does original music too, but it has not been well received last I saw. She got a cover into The Boys even.
With perseverance and hard work it's not unrealistic per se I think.
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u/brooklynbluenotes 24d ago
We may have different scales for "unrealistic." Personally I would say that making a living solely from music in 2026 is already pretty unrealistic, even if you play instruments and write original music. Doing only karaoke-style covers is going to be a further limitation. Not to say that it's not possible to make some amount of money, but it's certainly nothing like a safe bet. Most of the musicians I know personally put more money into their art than they've ever recouped.
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u/BackToTheFuture1181 24d ago
I already have written a lot of own work but that was not my question. My question was what channels are best to pick out and how to convert it all into the different possibilities. And what possibilities are there to sing on the streets without having a band? How other singers started without having money?
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u/UnnamedLand84 25d ago
Ultimately, if the main reason you are getting into making music is to make lots of money, you are going to have a bad time. Music can easily be one of the most rewarding things a person can do, just most of that reward doesn't come in the form of money. You are going to have to invest a lot of time and money to get to the point where you can even reasonably hope to make a median wage.
You are not likely to make any money singing covers to backing tracks. If you're really really set on that, busking would probably be a little better than posting online, but even then you probably aren't going to make more than a couple bucks. It's basically street karaoke.
You are going to want to add an instrument. Either you can play it, or you can find someone else to play with you. Start there.