{"id":28745,"date":"2023-08-26T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/?p=28745"},"modified":"2025-10-09T17:48:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T21:48:59","slug":"creating-your-music-career-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/creating-your-music-career-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating your music career: A step-by-step blueprint for success"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Have you ever thought about what it might be like to turn music production into a career?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the video above, veteran producer and beat maker <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC4O0HDYyda7UbxGVPwZ0fAQ\" target=\"_blank\">Isaac Duarte<\/a> provides a step-by-step guide for getting your career in music production started. 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From there, he overviews plugins to add to your setup, including <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/free-plugins-tools-music\/\" target=\"_blank\">free gems<\/a> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/features\/plugins\" target=\"_blank\">Rent-to-Own options.<\/a> And last but not least, he discusses ways to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/make-living-beat-maker\/\" target=\"_blank\">make a living as a beat maker,<\/a> exploring popular marketplaces and other opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Here&#8217;s the step-by-step process from zero to upload,&#8221; Isaac shares. &#8220;I don&#8217;t want to hear any excuses\u2014I&#8217;ve given you guys the blueprint as well as the formula.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What was your favorite topic that Isaac covered? What other topics would you like to see us tackle next? Let us know in the comments section of the video, and subscribe to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@splice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the Splice YouTube channel<\/a> for more tips, tutorials, and insights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">College students, educators, and other Splice users who register using a valid .edu email address are now eligible for a discounted monthly price on our Sounds+ plan:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/students\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From zero to upload, veteran producer Isaac Duarte overviews the full process for getting your career in music production started.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":28747,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1859,1860,1696,49],"tags":[1638,918],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Creating your music career: A step-by-step blueprint for success - Blog | Splice<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"From zero to upload, veteran producer Isaac Duarte overviews the full process for getting your career in music production started.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/creating-your-music-career-guide\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Creating your music career: A step-by-step blueprint for success - Blog | Splice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"From zero to upload, veteran producer Isaac Duarte overviews the full process for getting your career in music production started.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/creating-your-music-career-guide\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Blog | Splice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Splice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-08-26T18:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-09T21:48:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/0823-Step-by-Step-Blueprint-for-Success-BlogPost.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Harrison Shimazu\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@https:\/\/bitly.com\/namaboku-twt\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@splice\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Harrison Shimazu\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/creating-your-music-career-guide\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/creating-your-music-career-guide\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Harrison Shimazu\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/1ed73f890efad66c4808440680e9e50d\"},\"headline\":\"Creating your music career: A step-by-step blueprint for success\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-08-26T18:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-09T21:48:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/creating-your-music-career-guide\/\"},\"wordCount\":199,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/creating-your-music-career-guide\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/0823-Step-by-Step-Blueprint-for-Success-BlogPost.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"beginner\",\"youtube\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Inspiration\",\"Music Promotion\",\"Tips &amp; 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