Which of music biz to pursue as career ? ( I have 20 years experience )

[TS-12]

Hello all.

Brief history about me:

So, I've been involved in music and audio around 20 years now doing live sound, playing synths and keyboards, recording, mixing, mastering and producing instrumentals for songs. Mostly did instrumental production for friends' songs.

But despite all this experience I never did anything online like selling beats online or offering mixing services etc.

My questions:

What's worth doing nowadays in audio and music to earn money ?

Is it better to make beats, loops or sample packs, and lease or sell them online ?

Which websites are the top where rappers or singers would go to buy beats ?

Or better to advertise mixing and mastering services ?
(I'm 100% in the box, no outboard gear besides preamps).

Or which music or audio "service" is the best to pursue online ?

[Michael L]

Consider what you can do better than anyone else

[vurt]

beats.
find rappers on youtube doing battles, or on soundcloud.

although, not sure how much money there is in that ad everyone and their pet squirrel is doing it

20 years experience, any good contacts in that 20 years? most of my work comes from people who know people ive worked with.

[Forgotten]

Yep. Use the contacts in the business that you’ve made over the last 20 years. The people you already know are the most likely path to getting work.

[SampleScience]

Consider what you can do better than anyone else

From my experience, this is the best advice. It's more important to be good and sincere in something than chasing the latest trend in music production. Trends can change quickly, I remember that at some point (probably around 2006-2007) there was a lot of money in ringtones. I'm not sure it's still the case (it's probably saturated now). On the other hand, building a brand around something you really enjoy and can create in good amounts has more chance of success.

That's my 2 cents.