Gemtracks – The Marketplace For Composers and Sound Designers

<p><span data-contrast&equals;"auto">No matter if you’re <&sol;span><span data-contrast&equals;"auto">a <&sol;span><span data-contrast&equals;"auto">composer for movies or games&comma; <&sol;span><span data-contrast&equals;"auto">it has always been a fact that musicians are finding it harder to earn steady streams of income&period; From a saturated marketplace to not specialising in an asking genre&comma; being a musician can be tough&period; <&sol;span><span data-contrast&equals;"auto">If there was only a way to easily connect musicians with matching clients&period; <&sol;span><span data-contrast&equals;"auto">That was the exact thought DJ Jesse Neo&comma; a 23-year-old songwriter&comma; singer and producer from Australia had&period; After being in the industry for the past three years and working for several media companies as a composer&comma; Jesse felt the industry needed a technological shakeup&period;<&sol;span><span data-ccp-props&equals;"&lbrace;&quot&semi;201341983&quot&semi;&colon;0&comma;&quot&semi;335559739&quot&semi;&colon;160&comma;&quot&semi;335559740&quot&semi;&colon;259&rcub;"> <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;07&sol;13060756&sol;image1&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-161201" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;07&sol;13060756&sol;image1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"800" height&equals;"400" &sol;><&sol;a><span data-contrast&equals;"auto">First&comma; he was irritated by the fact the time he spent discussing his project with business directors took longer than the time given to him to write his scores&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I <&sol;span><span data-contrast&equals;"auto">remember having one hand on my laptop and the other on my phone&comma; speaking to two different clients about my music&period; One was asking me how I would deliver the job&comma; and the other how much I expected to receive from my cut of royalties&period;”<&sol;span><span data-ccp-props&equals;"&lbrace;&quot&semi;201341983&quot&semi;&colon;0&comma;&quot&semi;335559739&quot&semi;&colon;160&comma;&quot&semi;335559740&quot&semi;&colon;259&rcub;"> <&sol;span><span data-contrast&equals;"auto">There must be a way to automate this process&comma; Jesse though<&sol;span><span data-contrast&equals;"auto">t<&sol;span><span data-contrast&equals;"auto"> to himself&period; <&sol;span><span data-contrast&equals;"auto">So<&sol;span><span data-contrast&equals;"auto"> with some computer skills he picked up&comma; he started a small website&period; There&comma; he listed all his unused beats and music&comma; and advertised them to record labels&period; Within a few days&comma; sales started coming through of up to &dollar;600<&sol;span><span data-contrast&equals;"auto">&period;<&sol;span><span data-ccp-props&equals;"&lbrace;&quot&semi;201341983&quot&semi;&colon;0&comma;&quot&semi;335559739&quot&semi;&colon;160&comma;&quot&semi;335559740&quot&semi;&colon;259&rcub;"> <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span data-contrast&equals;"auto">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I was amazed and dumbfounded&comma;” Jesse told us&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I did not have to interact with any client or sign any paperwork because my website did everything for me&period; Finally&comma; I was able to concentrate on my art and know that relevant clients would be able to find me&period;”<&sol;span><span data-ccp-props&equals;"&lbrace;&quot&semi;201341983&quot&semi;&colon;0&comma;&quot&semi;335559739&quot&semi;&colon;160&comma;&quot&semi;335559740&quot&semi;&colon;259&rcub;"> <&sol;span><span data-contrast&equals;"auto">Suddenly&comma; his friends in the music industry saw the potential of such a service and encouraged him to turn it a marketplace&period; Hence&comma; <&sol;span><span data-contrast&equals;"auto">Gemtracks<&sol;span><span data-contrast&equals;"auto"> became the Australian’s first <&sol;span><span data-contrast&equals;"auto">startup<&sol;span><span data-contrast&equals;"auto">&period;<&sol;span><span data-ccp-props&equals;"&lbrace;&quot&semi;201341983&quot&semi;&colon;0&comma;&quot&semi;335559739&quot&semi;&colon;160&comma;&quot&semi;335559740&quot&semi;&colon;259&rcub;"> <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;07&sol;13060551&sol;image2&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-161202" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;07&sol;13060551&sol;image2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"940" height&equals;"494" &sol;><&sol;a><span data-contrast&equals;"auto">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I guess the thing that sets Gemtracks apart from other music stores is the fact that the<&sol;span><span data-contrast&equals;"auto"> beats and instrumentals on the website can only be sold once&comma;” the 23-year-old explained&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This gives the website a feel of exclusivity that bec<&sol;span><span data-contrast&equals;"auto">o<&sol;span><span data-contrast&equals;"auto">me the catalyst to drive up the prices and attract attention&period; Also&comma; once a track is sold&comma; the copyright also gets given to the buyer&period;”<&sol;span><span data-ccp-props&equals;"&lbrace;&quot&semi;201341983&quot&semi;&colon;0&comma;&quot&semi;335559739&quot&semi;&colon;160&comma;&quot&semi;335559740&quot&semi;&colon;259&rcub;"> <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span data-contrast&equals;"auto">Since the beginning of the year&comma; Gemtracks has grown several fold&period; Several composers and producers from major labels such as Universal&comma; Warner and Sony have been selling their beats part time on the platform&period; These composers include <&sol;span><span data-contrast&equals;"auto">Milana<&sol;span> <span data-contrast&equals;"auto">Leybovich<&sol;span><span data-contrast&equals;"auto">&comma; Taylor Carroll&comma; Lucas Gold&comma; <&sol;span><span data-contrast&equals;"auto">Beowülf<&sol;span><span data-contrast&equals;"auto"> and I&period;Y&period;F&period;F&period;E<&sol;span><span data-contrast&equals;"auto">&period;<&sol;span><span data-contrast&equals;"auto"> Based on current analytics&comma; <&sol;span><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gemtracks&period;com&sol;&quest;genre&equals;hip&plus;hop"><span data-contrast&equals;"none">rap beats<&sol;span><&sol;a><span data-contrast&equals;"auto"> have been proving very popular&period;<&sol;span><span data-ccp-props&equals;"&lbrace;&quot&semi;201341983&quot&semi;&colon;0&comma;&quot&semi;335559739&quot&semi;&colon;160&comma;&quot&semi;335559740&quot&semi;&colon;259&rcub;"> <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span data-contrast&equals;"auto">Now&comma; the platform also <&sol;span><span data-contrast&equals;"auto">let <&sol;span><span data-contrast&equals;"auto">customers post custom requests for musicians to bid on&comma; and the ability to book recording studio<&sol;span><span data-contrast&equals;"auto">s<&sol;span><span data-contrast&equals;"auto">&period;<&sol;span><span data-ccp-props&equals;"&lbrace;&quot&semi;201341983&quot&semi;&colon;0&comma;&quot&semi;335559739&quot&semi;&colon;160&comma;&quot&semi;335559740&quot&semi;&colon;259&rcub;"> <&sol;span><span data-contrast&equals;"auto">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I want Gemtracks to become a platform that would benefit everyone&comma; new and old in the industry&comma;” Jesse announced&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;That is why I have just started an educational resource on the website for newcomers to check out&comma; including a list of <&sol;span><span data-contrast&equals;"auto">song ideas<&sol;span><span data-contrast&equals;"auto"> and <&sol;span><span data-contrast&equals;"auto">hashtags for singers<&sol;span><span data-contrast&equals;"auto">&period; Basically&comma; topics even the most inexperienced would find useful&period;”<&sol;span><span data-ccp-props&equals;"&lbrace;&quot&semi;201341983&quot&semi;&colon;0&comma;&quot&semi;335559739&quot&semi;&colon;160&comma;&quot&semi;335559740&quot&semi;&colon;259&rcub;"> <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span data-contrast&equals;"auto">With all that’s going on with the world today&comma; we can only hope the best <&sol;span><span data-contrast&equals;"auto">for Jesse<&sol;span><span data-contrast&equals;"auto">&period;<&sol;span><span data-contrast&equals;"auto"> If this project sounds interesting to you&comma; head over to Gemtracks now to find <&sol;span><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gemtracks&period;com&sol;"><span data-contrast&equals;"none">beats for sale<&sol;span><&sol;a><span data-contrast&equals;"auto">&period;<&sol;span><span data-ccp-props&equals;"&lbrace;&quot&semi;201341983&quot&semi;&colon;0&comma;&quot&semi;335559739&quot&semi;&colon;160&comma;&quot&semi;335559740&quot&semi;&colon;259&rcub;"> <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><em>This article contains sponsored links&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;