Member wins

Every week, members of the Dark Label Music community ship work, sign artists and close deals. These are their stories, shared in their own words.Members of the community ship work, sign artists and close deals, in their own words.

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Eric30 Sep 2025
First sale for full rate.
After months of implementing DL into my workflow on top of gigging/projects I earned my first client at my full rate. *Disclaimer: I have not been doing a ton of outreach like I should be on a weekly basis. Just FYI We went right into a sales conversation after a successful proof session. No objections. I almost didn’t know what to say since they were more than willing to pay and set up the next session lol. After our conversation, I sent a proposal to them last night and received payment this morn... See more
23 likes13 comments
1. Phillip21 Mar
  Oct '25Inspiring!
2. Daniel21 Mar
  Oct '25Nice job @Eric - First of many!
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1. Sam21 Mar
  Oct ' good to hear Eric!
2. Eric21 Mar
  Oct '25@Daniel 🙏🏻
3. Erik21 Mar
  Oct '25Congrats!
4. Liam21 Mar
  Oct '25Congrats man!
5. Sean21 Mar
  Oct '25Congrats Eric!
6. Josh21 Mar
  Oct '25Good stuff dude!
7. Matt21 Mar
  Oct '25Congrats!!
8. Nick21 Mar
  Oct '25Wooo!! Yess!! Congrats dude, glad to see it starting to work
9. Donny21 Mar
  Oct 'p woop !
10. James21 Mar
  Oct '25Stoked for you! The first one hits different hahah
11. Destry21 Mar
  Oct '25Congratulations!
Stirling31 Aug 2025
First big win 🤩
This spring I invited a local artist I got to know at one of our open mic shows to come and hang out, make some beats and chill at my place. I called him up a week or so after the session to ask if he was interested to continue working on what we had started, which he was. After a short call I sent him a proposal for working out the two songs and he let me know he's in but he has to pay off some tax-debt first and that we could start later this year. In the meantime I had my doubts if it would re... See more
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1. Josh21 Mar
  Sep '25Good for you dude!
2. Michael21 Mar
  Sep '25Yes! Sounds great!! Congrats
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1. Pieter21 Mar
  Sep '25That's awesome! Congrats
2. Donny21 Mar
  Sep '25kickass !
3. Stirling21 Mar
  Sep '25 (edited)@Donny and just got another 1.5k song production thanks to your tip with using threads for outreach 🙌
4. Destry21 Mar
  Sep '25Congrats!
5. Aaron21 Mar
  Sep '25Great stuff Stirling
6. Daniel21 Mar
  Sep '25Right on! Nice job @Stirling
Steven31 Aug 2025
First cold outreach close!
Took me a while, but first deposit's finally in the bank! Reached out in April, kept in touch all summer long and scheduled pre production call for next Monday. Not a crazy win (1500€ for a song + some guidance on how to lead a campaign on social networks) but it's the first time I book a project at my full rate, and first time I close a deal using the SSF, so a milestone for sure.
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1. Phillip21 Mar
  Sep '25Amazing, congrats!
2. Donny21 Mar
  Sep '25kickass !
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1. Destry21 Mar
  Sep '25Congrats!
2. Sam21 Mar
  Sep '25Nice!!
3. Aaron21 Mar
  Sep '25Great to hear @Steven
4. Joe21 Mar
  Sep '25Smashed it mate 👊
5. Pieter21 Mar
  Sep '25Congrats Steven!
6. Nick21 Mar
  Sep '25Awesome, Congratulations!
7. Joey21 Mar
  Sep '25congrats Steven!!
8. Daniel21 Mar
  Sep '25Nice one @Steven! I appreciate you sticking with it despite the hurdles early on.
9. Ronnie21 Mar
  Sep '25Congrats dude!!
10. Christopher21 Mar
  Sep '25Love it! Great job man.
11. Josh21 Mar
  Sep '25Way to go!!
12. Eric21 Mar
  Sep '25Awesome!
13. Stirling21 Mar
  Sep '25Thats great man!
14. Thibaud21 Mar
  Sep '25Félicitations !! 🍾
Dan31 Aug 2025
Finally landed my first paid project! WOOHOO!
Wow oh wow, this is a great feeling. Nearly 400 outreaches later, yesterday I wrapped up a proof session with this singer songwriter and we really vibed creatively, she loved what I did to develop out her demo track for about an hour or two and then she was eager to get the SSF scheduled for the next day to find out about all the details, so one SSF later this evening, I’ve officially collected my first deposit and feel on top of the world! I will say there was a lot of impostor syndrome and unce... See more
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1. Dan21 Mar
  Sep '25@Aaron thanks Aaron!
2. Daniel21 Mar
  Sep '25Nice job Dan. Just the start! A lot of those artists you’ve already connected with will loop back around too once you get into content. Happens to everyone. One project is pretty easy to manage, but there’s a cool guest workshop in the classroom from Riley called managing projects.I would also recap the “remote production walkthrough” from Adam in the dark label library.
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1. Kory21 Mar
  Oct '25Amazing, the first is hardest one so big congratulations!
2. Josh21 Mar
  Oct '25Congrats my guy! Happy things are starting to come together for you!
3. Dan21 Mar
  Sep '25Congrats Dan, that’s awesome!
4. Hänz21 Mar
  Sep '25Congrats!
5. Morghan21 Mar
  Sep '25Well done huge achievement :D
6. Sean21 Mar
  Sep '25Congrats Dan!
7. Ronnie21 Mar
  Sep '25Congrats man!!
8. Destry21 Mar
  Sep '25Congratulations Dan, way to go!
9. Aaron21 Mar
  Sep '25Great work Dan - I'm really glad to hear! Bring this question to tomorrow's Founders Q&A if you can make it and we'll dive in!
10. Kenneth21 Mar
  Sep '25Congratulations! 💪🏾
11. Dan21 Mar
  Sep '25@Daniel thanks Daniel! :D
12. Pieter21 Mar
  Sep '25This is awesome! Thank for sharing Dan
13. Thibaud21 Mar
  Sep '25Congratulations Dan !!
14. Donny21 Mar
  Sep 'ude this is so dope ! congrats
15. Dan21 Mar
  Sep '25@Elliot thanks man! I really appreciate ya
16. Elliot21 Mar
  Sep '25Siiiiick! Congrats Dan! Really awesome to see all the work you've been putting in start to pay off.Having heard your productions, I'm sure you wont disappoint. As far as managing projects, I've been using a trello board to track what step of the process each song is in. Not as fancy or comprehensive as paid CRMs but it's good enough for balancing a handful of projects.
17. Omar21 Mar
  Sep '25Nice! Congrats Dan!
Christopher31 Aug 2025
First Inbound Sale!
Hey y’all, just had a successful sales call with an inbound lead: they said the price was higher than expected, but worth it and wanted to send the deposit and start right away. Woo! What I learned: • Inbound content doesn’t need to blow up to be effective. • My first SSF call last week was awkward as heck (I went down rabbit trails and lacked confidence). From that I realized I need to internalize the SSF framework and work from minimal notes so I could stay more relaxed and focussed. I have a lot ... See more
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1. Destry21 Mar
  Sep '25Congratulations!
2. Donny21 Mar
  Sep '25nice !!
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1. Sean21 Mar
  Sep '25Congrats Christopher, keep up the great work
2. Daniel21 Mar
  Sep '25Great job @Christopher!
3. Aaron21 Mar
  Sep '25Good work @Christopher
4. Guy21 Mar
  Sep '25Congratulations @Christopher !!
5. Josh21 Mar
  Sep '25Nice dude!
Donny31 Aug 2025
stability & milestones
since joining darklabel abt 6 months back i’ve hit some new milestones when i joined i was struggling financially bc i didn’t have a process to get clients & i was doing hella projects for free now im booked 4 months in advance, with ~6k per month coming in from ~20hr per week. i have on average 25% splits on the master for these projects also have my first in person session w a label artist coming up on tuesday grateful to have gained stability in LA, where i see so many producers struggling now my ... See more
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1. Donny21 Mar
  Oct '25@Robert appreciate you robert !
2. Mike21 Mar
  Oct '25That's an amazing journey! Congrats!
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1. Donny21 Mar
  Oct '25@Mike just getting started bruv
2. Nathan21 Mar
  Oct '25That is awesome @Donny congrats man!
3. Donny21 Mar
  Oct '25@Nathan 🙏🏼
4. Hänz21 Mar
  Oct '25Congrats G. Still working on the financials on my end but I can definitely say my career has grown TREMENDOUSLY since growing DLM. Salute.
5. Donny21 Mar
  Oct '25@Hänz 🫡
6. James21 Mar
  Oct '25Incredible work man!
7. Donny21 Mar
  Oct '25@James ty 🙏🏼
8. Leif21 Mar
  Oct '25That's incredible!! Literally incredible 😍 Congrats!!! Sooo sick!
9. Donny21 Mar
  Oct '25@Leif mad grateful
10. Donny21 Mar
  Sep '25@Christopher thanks Chris
11. Destry21 Mar
  Sep '25Way to go Donny, congrats!
12. Yngrid21 Mar
  Sep '25Great to know all of that @Donny I feel very exited for you 😃👏🏻🫶
13. Donny21 Mar
  Sep '25@Yngrid 🙏🏼🙏🏼
14. Donny21 Mar
  Sep '25@Daniel fasho !
15. Brian21 Mar
  Sep '25What a legend congrats 👏🏼
16. Donny21 Mar
  Sep '25@Brian 🙏🏼
17. Tim21 Mar
  Sep '25lets gooo dude
18. Donny21 Mar
  Sep '25 (edited)@Tim 🤙🏼🤙🏼mad grateful fr
19. Omar21 Mar
  Sep '25Amazing man much more success to u
20. Donny21 Mar
  Sep '25@Omar thank you man, back at u
21. Elliot21 Mar
  Sep '25🐐🐐🐐 super inspiring man!
22. Donny21 Mar
  Sep '25@Elliot fr. thank u
23. Donny21 Mar
  Sep '25@Destry thanks Destry!
24. Daniel21 Mar
  Sep '25Huge. Thanks for sharing, Donny!
25. Donny21 Mar
  Sep '25@Daniel 💯
26. Pieter21 Mar
  Sep '25Love that! Very inspiring, Donny!
27. Donny21 Mar
  Sep '25@Pieter 🙏🏼
28. Angelo21 Mar
  Sep '25Lessgo Donny!
29. Donny21 Mar
  Sep '25@Angelo 🎉
30. Kenneth21 Mar
  Sep '25Congrats man! Inspiration 💪🏾
31. Donny21 Mar
  Sep '25@Kenneth 💪🏼
32. Nick21 Mar
  Sep '25Yess the man ! Congrats it’s all thanks to what you put in !
33. Donny21 Mar
  Sep '25@Nick thank you Nick i’m grateful
34. Stirling21 Mar
  Sep '25So good! Happy for you man
35. Donny21 Mar
  Sep '25@Stirling thank you man
36. Sam21 Mar
  Sep '25Really inspiring Donny!
37. Donny21 Mar
  Sep '25@Sam 🙏🏼
38. Josh21 Mar
  Sep '25Congrats bro thanks for sharing, this keeps my head high!
39. Donny21 Mar
  Sep '25@Josh 🙏🏼
40. Christopher21 Mar
  Sep '25That’s awesome to hear @Donny - much respect!
41. Donny21 Mar
  Sep '25@Lisa appreciate you Lisa !
42. Chelan21 Mar
  Sep '25Congrats man, inspiring stuff!
43. Donny21 Mar
  Sep '25@Chelan thanks !
44. Skyler21 Mar
  Sep '25Congrats! This is dope!
45. Donny21 Mar
  Sep '25@Skyler thank u !
46. Simon21 Mar
  Sep '25Dude you implemented stuff so fast! Respect. 6k at rs per week sounds dreamy, hoping to hit that same milestone in the next two months.
47. Sivert21 Mar
  Sep '25Wow, that's amazing! Great job 🤩 Any tips on how you're able to bring in 6k per month while only spending 20 hours per week on those projects? Is it mainly about being efficient as a producer or is it about charging higher fee for example? I've done a couple of 5k months this year, but I've been working probably 60 hours, so I'd love to hear more about what you're doing!👏
48. Donny21 Mar
  Oct '25@Sivert i’ve brought in a lot of album & ep projects and negotiated on a monthly rate around 900-1100 through 6-10 months, and a few similar situations that are more single based rollouts but still consistent.tbh i should raise my rates i would make more but ive been prioritizing being prolific and working on larger projects as an executive producer, since my 2-3 year goals are to be working as an exec producer on album projects with global appeal.this year i’ll be involved in at least 4 ... See more
49. Sivert21 Mar
  Oct '25@Donny I see! Do you give an artist a certain amount of "hours in the studio"/amount of sessions per month? Just curious how you manage to not spend more than 20 hours a week when you're doing this many songs with them. Thanks for sharing, man 🙌
50. Ronnie21 Mar
  Sep '25Legend
51. Donny21 Mar
  Oct '25@Ronnie 🙏🏼
52. Dale21 Mar
  Sep '25That is awesome! Good stuff! Very encouraging.
53. Donny21 Mar
  Oct '25@Dale 🤙🏼
54. Robert21 Mar
  Oct '25love to see it! inspiring stuff 💯
55. Daniel21 Mar
  Sep '25Right on @Donny - You put in some solid work to make that happen. Thanks for sharing!
Nick31 Jul 2025
Big Lessons I Learned
I learned so much the last couple days and have been really feeling a shift in my perspective of my role as a producer in the career of an artist. Just wanted to share some of these lessons here! One of the biggest realizations I had was about my sales process. I realized that I've been not actually consulting and advising the artist on their career, but that I was actually just taking orders. If an artist came to me and said they want to do an album, I did not question if it was financially, str... See more
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1. Matias21 Mar
  Aug '25Thanks man!!
2. Steven21 Mar
  Aug '25Just listened to the stream replay where you and Dan talk about this, great insight/reminder of what being a producer is!
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1. Drew21 Mar
  Aug '25I’m on a similar journey. “them not only seeing me as a producer, but as an ally and a valuable asset to their career” is a relationship I’ve achieved with several artists over years. Being able to give that feeling to an artist in the first couple conversations would be huge!
2. Aren21 Mar
  Aug '25Wants and needs is huge. Asking questions to get to the heart of things really helps you and the client figure out what they truly are looking for. Glad to see you're aligning with your clients better and they are liking your approach! Keep it up.
3. Daniel21 Mar
  Aug '25This is great, Nick! Appreciate you writing this up. This realization is going to make a HUGE impact on your career moving forward. It's one of those "20% things" that makes 80% of the difference.
4. Destry21 Mar
  Aug '25Thanks for sharing!
5. Donny21 Mar
  Aug 'ude this is dope!and so true ime“what’s ur goals” is my fav question, i ask it often
6. Ronnie21 Mar
  Aug '25So good!!
7. Daniel21 Mar
  Aug '25So good!
Liam31 Jul 2025
8 months of working with Dark Label...
Just wanted to drop a quick appreciation post for Daniel and the team 🙌🏾 Before working with Dark Label, I’d been creating production content for around 7 years, but I was burning out trying to run a sample pack business on my own. It was a lot. Dan came in and helped me simplify everything. We put together a mentorship offer that followed a similar structure to how artists work (applications, sales calls, proposals etc...) And this year I’ve made just under $50k from that, while working less! Huge love to the team, and for anyone new here, this stuff just works! 🙏🏾
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1. Aren21 Mar
  Aug '25Amazing!
2. Nathan21 Mar
  Aug '25That's awesome, congrats Liam!
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1. Patrick21 Mar
  Aug '25Liam this is so awesome, congrats man! You sharing all of that is really encouraging. I'm in a similar situation to the one you were in - making youtube videos, monetizing, getting burnt out... Your success story is giving me even more hope for what can come for this awesome community and working with Daniel. Wishing you all the continued success brother!(ps - I've seen your channel and love your videos man! Awesome stuff.)
2. Josh21 Mar
  Aug '25Congrats man, big W!
3. Drew21 Mar
  Aug '25Less time for more money is always the dream. Good work
4. Omar21 Mar
  Aug '25Super dope to hear as a new member, great job
5. James21 Mar
  Aug '25Love this man!!!! So stoked you've found more work life balance while also making more income. That's huge.
6. Donny21 Mar
  Aug '25this is dope!
7. Daniel21 Mar
  Aug '25That's awesome Liam and thanks for this. I've enjoyed working on this project!
Sam31 Jul 2025
A couple of wins
Hey everyone! I just wanted to share some wins from the last week. I did a LOT of outreach before Dark Label (I don't have an exact number but its around the 2000 mark) and to put it shortly, it didn't translate into consistent work. But now I'm starting to see some success from the outreach I've done within my time at Dark Label which is incredibly gratifying. This week out of 3 sales calls, 2 have been closed for my full rate, one actually opted to pay in full up front and the 3rd call wasn't s... See more
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1. James21 Mar
  Aug '25Way to go!
2. Jason21 Mar
  Aug '25Killer! Nice work, and appreciate the level headed reminders about this process.
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1. Joe21 Mar
  Aug '25Smashing it mate 👊
2. Donny21 Mar
  Aug 'ell yea!!
3. Omar21 Mar
  Aug '25Congrats Sam!
4. Steven21 Mar
  Aug '25Congratulations on the wins!Also, I just read Nick's post (Community post) and yours back to back, funny how your t point aligns with his t point
5. Daniel21 Mar
  Aug '25Nice job, Sam. Thanks for sharing!
6. Aren21 Mar
  Aug '25Way to go! Gotta be detached from the outcome. Glad you’re seeing some results and closing!
Angelo30 Jun 2025
Emotional win!
A songwriter I know has been working on it for a year with a local producer but she was very unhappy about their work and behaviour. She decided to abandon them and produce everything from scratch with me (paid!), which is already a win per se. Now, yesterday I sent her a quick draft of an arrangement that I put together in a couple of hours for the first single. She told me that for the first time ever a production of one of her songs made her feel something, that she almost cried, and that she'... See more
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1. Phillip21 Mar
  Jul '25Big congrats!
2. Angelo21 Mar
  Jul '25@Hänz I really hope so!! Let’s see how the rest of the project goes ☺️Thanks!
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1. Hänz21 Mar
  Jul '25That’s a serious win! I’ve had this happen to me before, and it definitely deepens the bond between you and the artist. You may have a longtime collaborator (client) now.Salute.
2. Daniel21 Mar
  Jul '25That's a great feeling!
3. Skyler21 Mar
  Jul '25Nice this is awesome!
4. Angelo21 Mar
  Jul '25@Daniel it is indeed!!
5. Angelo21 Mar
  Jul '25@Donny It is, I'm super happy 🥹
6. Donny21 Mar
  Jul 'ude ! this is awesome
7. Guy21 Mar
  Jul '25Great news!
8. Nick21 Mar
  Jul '25Yesss Angelo congrats !!
Jacob30 Jun 2025
We are so on
First music sales call ever First client signed We talked for maybe an hour going through what the process would be. Came up with the terms which he was happy with. Handled some of the objection about making sure the production was of good quality. So keen!
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1. Sivert21 Mar
  Jul '25Great job Jacob!
2. Donny21 Mar
  Jul '25letsgo!!
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1. Skyler21 Mar
  Jul '25nice!
2. Daniel21 Mar
  Jul '25Nice work, Jacob! Big milestone.
3. Aaron21 Mar
  Jul '25 (edited)Great to hear Jacob!
Matt30 Jun 2025
Moving To LA!
Hey all, I've been totally gone this last month, missed y'all! Recently I had the opportunity to meet and do some work for bob clearmountain and apogee, as well as meet some really cool people like CLA and TLA (I didn't talk to them, but chris tapped my back so a win is a win), I even got to experience some atmos for the first time! Anyway! After the trip, I decided California is the place to be (who woulda thought?), and so I'm moving up on the 18th and I'll be staying in Orange County (not quite ... See more
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1. Dan21 Mar
  Jul '25Planning on a move to LA next year myself!! Let me know how it goes!
2. Alex21 Mar
  Jul '25Hit me up!
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1. Daniel21 Mar
  Jul '25Exciting!
2. Donny21 Mar
  Jul 'it me when ur out here ! bob clearmountain what a legend
3. Nick21 Mar
  Jul '25im in LA!
Harley30 Jun 2025
Going to be a Dark Dad!
My wife and I are expecting a baby later on this year! We’re extremely excited and feel like the arrival could not come soon enough yet at the same time it still feels a long time away! Any Dads out there got some keen tips for a first time father while still running a business?
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1. Destry21 Mar
  Jul '25Congrats!
2. Daniel21 Mar
  Jul '25Congrats @Harley! I’m sure the dark label dads crew will help ya out!
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1. Guy21 Mar
  Jul '25Congrats bro!
2. Harley21 Mar
  Jul '25Appreciate that @Jesse seems like a lot of people saying that about the no sleep
3. Jesse21 Mar
  Jul '25Congrats! I had my first kid back in November. It's definitely very challenging at first. It took awhile to get into a new routine, but once I figured out what that looked like it made things way easier. The no sleep situation was definitely the hardest part. So just don't be hard on yourself and know that you're probably not going to get as much done for awhile after you have your kid.
4. Sam21 Mar
  Jul '25Congrats Harley!
5. Donny21 Mar
  Jul '25nice !
6. William21 Mar
  Jul '25Congrats!!
7. Harley21 Mar
  Jul '25Thanks @Steven looking forward to enjoying every moment
8. Steven21 Mar
  Jul '25Congratulations!I second Stirling's take.I'd be cautious around sleep (as the saying goes, "when baby sleeps, mommy/daddy sleeps" ahah) and time management (carving your schedule around the naps etc).Have fun!
9. Harley21 Mar
  Jul '25Thanks @Stirling appreciate those words!
10. Stirling21 Mar
  Jul '25Congrats Harley!Take enough time off in the beginning. Your family will need you more than your business in the first couple of months. i found it a very creative and inspiring time but i wouldnt try to be overly productive - just save your musical and business ideas for later.Having kids took away time but gave me more drive and motivation for my business after all.Wish you all the best for your new family 💛P.s. check out the “diaper free” method and give it a try 👌 best tip i can givehttps://nestwaerme.li/en/diaper-free
11. Harley21 Mar
  Jul '25Thanks! @Daniel
Sam30 Jun 2025
Previous client win
An artist I worked with pre Dark Label came back for a second song recently. During our catch up call we chatted about my new process (thanks to Dark Label) and she was more than happy to agree to a higher rate $250 above our previous song just a couple months ago. Feels like a step in the right direction of being able to communicate my value 🙂
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1. Sam21 Mar
  Jul '25@Guy Thanks Guy :)
2. Nick21 Mar
  Jul '25Awesome Sam that feels good to know that people value your offer even if they got your work for cheaper before ! Wish you great success with the new song !
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1. Sam21 Mar
  Jul '25@Nick Thanks Nick 🙏
2. Joe21 Mar
  Jul '25Legend! Congrats mate
3. Sam21 Mar
  Jul '25@Joe 🙏
4. Guy21 Mar
  Jul '25Great to hear that!
5. Hänz21 Mar
  Jul '25Nice. Congrats
6. Donny21 Mar
  Jul '25Fire!
7. Dan21 Mar
  Jul '25 (edited)Nice work Sam!
8. Daniel21 Mar
  Jul '25Right on Sam! Thanks for sharing
9. Aaron21 Mar
  Jul '25Good job Sam!
Hänz30 Jun 2025
Mixing Project at New Rate
Hey all, I just closed on a mixing project at my new hourly rate ($50/hr). The artist bought a beat from me back in 2018 but I followed up with him to get him on the phone and explain my new process of working with full production clients. After a casual call and a sales call the project went from a custom beat to mixing 3 of his records at my full rate. Because of the commute the offer included covering gas to and from the studio as well as post production which includes my mastering engineer($2... See more
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1. Dan21 Mar
  Jul '25Love this man, congrats!
2. Hänz21 Mar
  Jul '25@Donny We were just talking about this today too lol
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1. Hänz21 Mar
  Jul '25@Dan @Sam @Daniel @Nick Thanks gentlemen.
2. Donny21 Mar
  Jul '25@Hänz fr fr glad it went good !
3. Daniel21 Mar
  Jul '25Right on Hanz!
4. Nick21 Mar
  Jul '25So cool Hänz !! Inspiring to see
5. Donny21 Mar
  Jul '25Hell yea !
6. Sam21 Mar
  Jul '25Great to hear this Hänz!
Nick30 Jun 2025
I am now a Co-Owner of StudioBook!
Hey everyone, I wanted to share something cool I’ve been working on. Some of you know I used to get a lot of business from a site called StudioTime, which was basically Airbnb for studios. When it shut down a few years ago, I realized how much I had relied on it to bring in new clients. That’s actually what led me to Dan and Dark Label. I needed to rethink my whole business model. After that, I briefly tried to start my own version of StudioTime, but I realized pretty quickly that I needed to get ... See more
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1. James21 Mar
  Jul '25So cool man! Thanks for sharing!
2. Nick21 Mar
  Jul '25 (edited)so far I have @Adin , @Chris and @Sean listed! Thanks guys!
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1. Robert21 Mar
  Jul '25Congratulations Nick, how exciting is this!!!
2. Nick21 Mar
  Jul '25@Robert thanks Rob!! I’m pumped!!
3. Kevin21 Mar
  Jul ' Nick that's awesome! congrats dude!!
4. Nick21 Mar
  Jul '25@Kevin thanks Kevin!
5. Hänz21 Mar
  Jul '25Big Congrats!
6. Nick21 Mar
  Jul '25@Hänz thanks Hanz!
7. Leif21 Mar
  Jul '25That sounds really cool!! Congrats! Pumped to see where this goes 😍
8. Adin21 Mar
  Jul 'essir 🔥
9. Adam21 Mar
  Jul '25Sounds really cool. Nice Nick!
10. Todd21 Mar
  Aug '25Interested! https://www.thebackhousestudio.com/
11. Daniel21 Mar
  Jul '25Excited for ya @Nick! Full circle
12. Joey21 Mar
  Jul '25This is awesome @Nick congrats! 🙌
13. Benjamin21 Mar
  Jul '25🔥
14. Matt21 Mar
  Jul '25Nicky Dubbs strikes again
15. Nick21 Mar
  Jul '25@Aaron thanks dude!
16. Aaron21 Mar
  Jul '25Lovely to see Nick, so glad this worked out. Excited to see the company grow!
Drew30 Jun 2025
First close with the DLM method!
Celebrating my first time successfully moving an artist through cold DM to casual call to proof session to paid deposit for remote song production via sessionwire. I went from the proof session directly into the sales call. After the session/sales call I sent her an email proposal that she paid upon receiving. Week 7 of 30 outreaches per week. I have 5 more artists who have said “yes” to my proposals but say they need more time to make the first payment. All of them were willing to book follow up ... See more
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1. Nathan21 Mar
  Aug '25Heck yeah, congrats Drew!
2. Robert21 Mar
  Jul '25Nice job!
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1. Aren21 Mar
  Aug '25That's awesome. Love how you turned those leads that fizzled out into clients!
2. Dale21 Mar
  Jul '25That's really good to hear Drew!Very encouraging!
3. Alex21 Mar
  Jul '25Congrats! The first close is the best one hahah
4. Donny21 Mar
  Jul '25DUDE HELL YES !!
5. Daniel21 Mar
  Jul '25Nice job @Drew! Thanks for sharing.
6. Sam21 Mar
  Jul '25Congrats Drew!
7. Nick21 Mar
  Jul '25Yess Drew congrats !
8. Omar21 Mar
  Aug '25This is dope to hear, congrats!
Nick31 May 2025
Hourly Rate > Guesswork
I’m sharing a different win today. Usually I get remote clients that pay for the full production, this time I got a client reach out via Vampr. He came to my studio for a cool proof session and I just had a ssf call with him. As he is a student, I quickly understood that the budget was pretty much non-existent and that’s usually where other discussions kinda stopped. This time I got to pitch him working on his songs in multiple studio sessions as he’s not living very far, calculated on my hourly... See more
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1. Isaiah21 Mar
  Jun '25let's go dude! aaron's sliding scale post has been tremendously helpful for me too. glad to see you AND the client winning!
2. Nick21 Mar
  Jun '25@Robert Very true, it makes sense for people too. Thank you !
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1. Robert21 Mar
  Jun '25Hourly rate works because it’s a very understood social norm. I’ve found a lot of help from Aaron’s sliding scale method too… keep killing it nick!
2. Nick21 Mar
  Jun '25@Isaiah yess it really helps having different levers to pull !
Felipe31 May 2025
1st Casual Call Done!
Just finished my first casual call, and it felt awesome! The fact of just doing it, feels like a win, thank u guys for all the support!
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1. Rory21 Mar
  Jun '25Well done mate!
2. Daniel21 Mar
  Jun '25Right on! One step at a time.
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1. Felipe21 Mar
  Jul '25@Donny thank u man!!
2. Donny21 Mar
  Jun '25Nice!
3. Felipe21 Mar
  Jul '25@Rory Thank u Rory!
4. Felipe21 Mar
  Jun 'ne step at a time!
Joe31 May 2025
First proof session
Very small win in the grand scheme of things but started outreach a week ago, had my first casual call today and booked a proof session from it!
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1. Sam21 Mar
  Jun '25@Joe
2. Joe21 Mar
  Jun '25@Sam turns out 10 minutes of lasagna chat works!
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1. Sam21 Mar
  Jun '25👏
2. Daniel21 Mar
  Jun '25Right on Joe!
3. Ethan21 Mar
  Jun '25That's terrific Joe! And I'd say it's no small win: the earliest wins are the hardest to get, I find. Well done!
4. Joe21 Mar
  Jun '25@Ethan thank you Ethan!
5. Stirling21 Mar
  Jun '25Congrats 🙌

First sale for full rate.

First big win 🤩

First cold outreach close!

Finally landed my first paid project! WOOHOO!

First Inbound Sale!

stability & milestones

Big Lessons I Learned

8 months of working with Dark Label...

A couple of wins

Emotional win!

We are so on

Moving To LA!

Going to be a Dark Dad!

Previous client win

Mixing Project at New Rate

I am now a Co-Owner of StudioBook!

First close with the DLM method!

Hourly Rate > Guesswork

1st Casual Call Done!

First proof session