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  1. Matt Smith
    Matt Smith

    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

    18 likes5 comments
    1. Dan Delix
      Dan Delix

      Jul '25Planning on a move to LA next year myself!! Let me know how it goes!

    2. Alex Clouzard
      Alex Clouzard

      Jul '25Hit me up!

    3. Daniel Grimmett
      Daniel Grimmett

      Jul '25Exciting!

    4. Donny Darkpop
      Donny Darkpop

      Jul 'it me when ur out here ! bob clearmountain what a legend

    5. Nick Warner
      Nick Warner

      Jul '25im in LA!

  2. Harley Campbell
    Harley Campbell

    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?

    24 likes13 comments
    1. Destry Hergert
      Destry Hergert

      Jul '25Congrats!

    2. Daniel Grimmett
      Daniel Grimmett

      Jul '25Congrats @Harley Campbell! I’m sure the dark label dads crew will help ya out!

    3. Guy Gualtieri
      Guy Gualtieri

      Jul '25Congrats bro!

    4. Harley Campbell
      Harley Campbell

      Jul '25Appreciate that @Jesse Shirts seems like a lot of people saying that about the no sleep

    5. Jesse Shirts
      Jesse Shirts

      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.

    6. Sam French
      Sam French

      Jul '25Congrats Harley!

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    1. Donny Darkpop
      Donny Darkpop

      Jul '25nice !

    2. William Lewis
      William Lewis

      Jul '25Congrats!!

    3. Harley Campbell
      Harley Campbell

      Jul '25Thanks @Steven Gangnant looking forward to enjoying every moment

    4. Steven Gangnant
      Steven Gangnant

      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!

    5. Harley Campbell
      Harley Campbell

      Jul '25Thanks @Stirling Tschan appreciate those words!

    6. Stirling Tschan
      Stirling Tschan

      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

    7. Harley Campbell
      Harley Campbell

      Jul '25Thanks! @Daniel Grimmett

  3. Sam French
    Sam French

    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 🙂

    17 likes11 comments
    1. Sam French
      Sam French

      Jul '25@Guy Gualtieri Thanks Guy :)

    2. Nick Schneider
      Nick Schneider

      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 !

    3. Sam French
      Sam French

      Jul '25@Nick Schneider Thanks Nick 🙏

    4. Joe Sage
      Joe Sage

      Jul '25Legend! Congrats mate

    5. Sam French
      Sam French

      Jul '25@Joe Sage 🙏

    6. Guy Gualtieri
      Guy Gualtieri

      Jul '25Great to hear that!

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    1. Hänz Nobe
      Hänz Nobe

      Jul '25Nice. Congrats

    2. Donny Darkpop
      Donny Darkpop

      Jul '25Fire!

    3. Dan Scholes
      Dan Scholes

      Jul '25 (edited)Nice work Sam!

    4. Daniel Grimmett
      Daniel Grimmett

      Jul '25Right on Sam! Thanks for sharing

    5. Aaron Ferrucci
      Aaron Ferrucci

      Jul '25Good job Sam!

  4. Hänz Nobe
    Hänz Nobe

    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

    22 likes8 comments
    1. Dan Scholes
      Dan Scholes

      Jul '25Love this man, congrats!

    2. Hänz Nobe
      Hänz Nobe

      Jul '25@Donny Darkpop We were just talking about this today too lol

    3. Hänz Nobe
      Hänz Nobe

      Jul '25@Dan Scholes @Sam French @Daniel Grimmett @Nick Schneider Thanks gentlemen.

    4. Donny Darkpop
      Donny Darkpop

      Jul '25@Hänz Nobe fr fr glad it went good !

    5. Daniel Grimmett
      Daniel Grimmett

      Jul '25Right on Hanz!

    6. Nick Schneider
      Nick Schneider

      Jul '25So cool Hänz !! Inspiring to see

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    1. Donny Darkpop
      Donny Darkpop

      Jul '25Hell yea !

    2. Sam French
      Sam French

      Jul '25Great to hear this Hänz!

  5. Nick Warner
    Nick Warner

    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

    38 likes18 comments
    1. James Littier
      James Littier

      Jul '25So cool man! Thanks for sharing!

    2. Nick Warner
      Nick Warner

      Jul '25 (edited)so far I have @Adin Muskal , @Chris Gaskell and @Sean P. Jones listed! Thanks guys!

    3. Robert Irvin
      Robert Irvin

      Jul '25Congratulations Nick, how exciting is this!!!

    4. Nick Warner
      Nick Warner

      Jul '25@Robert Irvin thanks Rob!! I’m pumped!!

    5. Kevin Shoemaker
      Kevin Shoemaker

      Jul ' Nick that's awesome! congrats dude!!

    6. Nick Warner
      Nick Warner

      Jul '25@Kevin Shoemaker thanks Kevin!

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    1. Hänz Nobe
      Hänz Nobe

      Jul '25Big Congrats!

    2. Nick Warner
      Nick Warner

      Jul '25@Hänz Nobe thanks Hanz!

    3. Leif Bent
      Leif Bent

      Jul '25That sounds really cool!! Congrats! Pumped to see where this goes 😍

    4. Adin Muskal
      Adin Muskal

      Jul 'essir 🔥

    5. Adam Wallin
      Adam Wallin

      Jul '25Sounds really cool. Nice Nick!

    6. Todd Pritchard
      Todd Pritchard

      Aug '25Interested! https://www.thebackhousestudio.com/

    7. Daniel Grimmett
      Daniel Grimmett

      Jul '25Excited for ya @Nick Warner! Full circle

    8. Joey Colvin
      Joey Colvin

      Jul '25This is awesome @Nick Warner congrats! 🙌

    9. Benjamin Raji
      Benjamin Raji

      Jul '25🔥

    10. Matt LeSueur
      Matt LeSueur

      Jul '25Nicky Dubbs strikes again

    11. Nick Warner
      Nick Warner

      Jul '25@Aaron Ferrucci thanks dude!

    12. Aaron Ferrucci
      Aaron Ferrucci

      Jul '25Lovely to see Nick, so glad this worked out. Excited to see the company grow!

  6. Drew Mantia
    Drew Mantia

    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

    29 likes10 comments
    1. Nathan Sinn
      Nathan Sinn

      Aug '25Heck yeah, congrats Drew!

    2. Robert Irvin
      Robert Irvin

      Jul '25Nice job!

    3. Aren Cederlind
      Aren Cederlind

      Aug '25That's awesome. Love how you turned those leads that fizzled out into clients!

    4. Dale Solida
      Dale Solida

      Jul '25That's really good to hear Drew!Very encouraging!

    5. Alex Clouzard
      Alex Clouzard

      Jul '25Congrats! The first close is the best one hahah

    6. Donny Darkpop
      Donny Darkpop

      Jul '25DUDE HELL YES !!

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    1. Daniel Grimmett
      Daniel Grimmett

      Jul '25Nice job @Drew Mantia! Thanks for sharing.

    2. Sam French
      Sam French

      Jul '25Congrats Drew!

    3. Nick Schneider
      Nick Schneider

      Jul '25Yess Drew congrats !

    4. Omar Zulfi
      Omar Zulfi

      Aug '25This is dope to hear, congrats!

  7. Nick Schneider
    Nick Schneider

    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

    21 likes4 comments
    1. Isaiah English
      Isaiah English

      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. Nick Schneider
      Nick Schneider

      Jun '25@Robert Irvin Very true, it makes sense for people too. Thank you !

    3. Robert Irvin
      Robert Irvin

      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!

    4. Nick Schneider
      Nick Schneider

      Jun '25@Isaiah English yess it really helps having different levers to pull !

  8. Felipe Gonzalez
    Felipe Gonzalez

    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!

    22 likes6 comments
    1. Rory Campbell
      Rory Campbell

      Jun '25Well done mate!

    2. Daniel Grimmett
      Daniel Grimmett

      Jun '25Right on! One step at a time.

    3. Felipe Gonzalez
      Felipe Gonzalez

      Jul '25@Donny Darkpop thank u man!!

    4. Donny Darkpop
      Donny Darkpop

      Jun '25Nice!

    5. Felipe Gonzalez
      Felipe Gonzalez

      Jul '25@Rory Campbell Thank u Rory!

    6. Felipe Gonzalez
      Felipe Gonzalez

      Jun 'ne step at a time!

  9. Joe Sage
    Joe Sage

    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!

    16 likes7 comments
    1. Sam French
      Sam French

      Jun '25@Joe Sage

    2. Joe Sage
      Joe Sage

      Jun '25@Sam French turns out 10 minutes of lasagna chat works!

    3. Sam French
      Sam French

      Jun '25👏

    4. Daniel Grimmett
      Daniel Grimmett

      Jun '25Right on Joe!

    5. Ethan Finley
      Ethan Finley

      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!

    6. Joe Sage
      Joe Sage

      Jun '25@Ethan Finley thank you Ethan!

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    1. Stirling Tschan
      Stirling Tschan

      Jun '25Congrats 🙌

  10. Skyler Deci
    Skyler Deci

    3 Part Offer helped me get a new client today!

    I just got through the initial marketing videos. For a consultation this morning I thought it would be fun to try using the 3 part offer. This made the interaction of explaining what I'm offering as a 'producer' (apart from an 'engineer') so much smoother than any other consultation I've had up until this point. Now we have a songwriting session locked in and most likely a full production in the near future! Thanks Dark Label!

    21 likes2 comments
    1. Aaron Ferrucci
      Aaron Ferrucci

      Jun '25Love to hear this - glad it's helping already Skyler!

    2. Daniel Grimmett
      Daniel Grimmett

      Jun '25 (edited)Works like a charm. Nice job Skyler! Thanks for sharing.

  11. Lucas Fournier
    Lucas Fournier

    First $5K month!

    May was officially my first month cracking $5K, almost exclusively from productions (and closer to $6K actually in the end). Even though it's just a number, it feels like a really solid milestone since it was my short-term income goal when I joined Dark Label. I was only bringing in ~$2K/mo around then just 6 months ago. What makes me more excited though is I haven't had a Youtube video do crazy numbers since then, or signed a big album project that would give my income a temporary spike. This ha... See more

    41 likes37 comments
    1. Luca Bruegger
      Luca Bruegger

      Jun '25Man that's amazing! Congratulations, well done!

    2. Joe Sage
      Joe Sage

      Jun '25Killer! Congrats man!

    3. Lucas Fournier
      Lucas Fournier

      Jun '25@Joe Sage thanks joe!

    4. Lucas Fournier
      Lucas Fournier

      Jun '25@Daniel Grimmett yup, all of 2024 was weird random luck so it’s nice to have it feel like a system now

    5. Lucas Fournier
      Lucas Fournier

      Jun '25@Aaron Ferrucci thanks aaron!

    6. Drew Mantia
      Drew Mantia

      Jun '25Love to see it

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    1. Lucas Fournier
      Lucas Fournier

      Jun '25@Drew Mantia thank you :)

    2. Nick Schneider
      Nick Schneider

      Jun '25Yesss Lucas so good !!

    3. Lucas Fournier
      Lucas Fournier

      Jun '25@Nick Schneider thank you!

    4. Antoine Breton
      Antoine Breton

      Jun '25Congrats dude! That's awesome!

    5. Lucas Fournier
      Lucas Fournier

      Jun '25@Antoine Breton thanks antoine, i appreciate it!

    6. Kenneth Dixon
      Kenneth Dixon

      Jun '25Love seeing these wins!

    7. Lucas Fournier
      Lucas Fournier

      Jun '25@Kenneth Dixon appreciate it man!

    8. Sivert Vaagen
      Sivert Vaagen

      Jun '25Great job man! Really inspiring 🙌

    9. Lucas Fournier
      Lucas Fournier

      Jun '25@Sivert Vaagen thank you!

    10. Sam French
      Sam French

      Jun '25Amazing to hear this Lucas, it's definitely more than just a number, it's a great milestone!

    11. Lucas Fournier
      Lucas Fournier

      Jun '25@Sam French true enough! it felt very unattainable just a few months ago so it’s a huge mental thing

    12. Alex Clouzard
      Alex Clouzard

      Jun '25That’s sick! Congrats bro

    13. Lucas Fournier
      Lucas Fournier

      Jun '25@Alex Clouzard thanks my man!

    14. Immanuel Santiago
      Immanuel Santiago

      Jun '25Lets go!!!

    15. Ryan Fairweather
      Ryan Fairweather

      Jun '25Congrats Lucas!

    16. Mike Schlosser
      Mike Schlosser

      Jun '25Amazing! Congrats!

    17. Yngrid Alvarez
      Yngrid Alvarez

      Jun '25Great job!

    18. Joey Colvin
      Joey Colvin

      Jun '25Congrats Lucas!

    19. Michael Schlegel
      Michael Schlegel

      Jun '25I'm happy for you and I hope I'll reach the same point 12-18 months from today. Keep on going✌🏼

    20. Lucas Fournier
      Lucas Fournier

      Jun '25@Michael Schlegel you got this!! this felt MILES away just a few months ago so it’s amazing how quickly things can change

    21. William Lewis
      William Lewis

      Jun '25Congrats, Lucas! Fantastic work. Inspiring.

    22. Lucas Fournier
      Lucas Fournier

      Jun '25@William Lewis thanks so much!

    23. Ethan Finley
      Ethan Finley

      Jun '25Wow Lucas, just wow! Congrats brother, that is fantastic. Not to mention that it's extremely inspiring to read this, so thanks for encouraging me in the process of sharing. You no doubt ARE building something sustainable, and I hope each month sees you reaching new heights. Keep rocking!

    24. Lucas Fournier
      Lucas Fournier

      Jun '25@Ethan Finley this is too kind, thanks so much ethan! and I’m really glad you found it inspiring!

    25. Denys Rybchenko
      Denys Rybchenko

      Jun '25That's awesome, man congratulations!Out of curiosity, how many projects you work at the same time that convert into $5k income?

    26. Daniel Grimmett
      Daniel Grimmett

      Jun '25Nice steady growth @Lucas Fournier... That's my favorite kind. Thanks for sharing!

    27. Lucas Fournier
      Lucas Fournier

      Jun '25@Denys Rybchenko roughly 4-6 songs per month, give or take!

    28. Simon Jakobsson
      Simon Jakobsson

      Jun '25That’s amazing @Lucas Fournier!! Congrats and thanks for inspiring! :)

    29. Hänz Nobe
      Hänz Nobe

      Jun '25Congrats

    30. Donny Darkpop
      Donny Darkpop

      Jun '25Hell yea congrats bruv!

    31. Aaron Ferrucci
      Aaron Ferrucci

      Jun '25Great to hear Lucas, nice work!

  12. Daniel Grimmett
    Daniel Grimmett

    Client Story

    Shout out to @Nick Warner for letting us share his story on our YouTube channel. He's had some big wins over the past few years, and he's truly made the most out of his experience so far here in Dark Label. Some great lessons in this one... 12:22

    39 likes25 comments
    1. Nick Warner
      Nick Warner

      May '25@Nick Schneider thanks dude!

    2. Nick Warner
      Nick Warner

      May '25@Donny Darkpop thanks!

    3. Robert Irvin
      Robert Irvin

      May '25they keep getting better and better. also such a cool thing to hear someones story in the same industry as me from my alma mater!!!!

    4. Nick Warner
      Nick Warner

      May '25@Robert Irvin IC!!

    5. William Lewis
      William Lewis

      May '25@Nick Warner Congrats on all your successes on your journey thus far. You are an inspiration!

    6. Daniel Grimmett
      Daniel Grimmett

      May '25@Kenneth Dixon Glad ya enjoyed it Kenneth!

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    1. Daniel Grimmett
      Daniel Grimmett

      May '25Or did you mean Nick's studio? lol

    2. Daniel Grimmett
      Daniel Grimmett

      May '25@Simon Auer Ha! Working on it

    3. Daniel Grimmett
      Daniel Grimmett

      May '25@Alex Clouzard Thanks!

    4. Daniel Grimmett
      Daniel Grimmett

      May '25 (edited)@Phillip Dumarek Ha! I didn't even catch that. The manufacturer does make right-side versions of my car but I don't have one 😂

    5. Alex Clouzard
      Alex Clouzard

      May '25Just watched it, awesome vid!

    6. Sivert Vaagen
      Sivert Vaagen

      May '25Great video and very inspiring!

    7. Simon Auer
      Simon Auer

      May '25Great story! Also: perfect studio lighting 💡 wow

    8. Kenneth Dixon
      Kenneth Dixon

      May '25Just watched.. definitely a lot of gems dropped and motivation!

    9. Phillip Dumarek
      Phillip Dumarek

      May '25@Daniel Grimmett Either you've got a right-side drive car in the U.S., or your video is flipped in that shot! 🤣

    10. Phillip Dumarek
      Phillip Dumarek

      May '25But very inspiring nonetheless! Great vid!

    11. Philip Davidson
      Philip Davidson

      May '25Just watched this. Came up on my feed. Awesome video @Daniel Grimmett and @Nick Warner!

    12. Dan Scholes
      Dan Scholes

      May '25Great video Dan! Very inspiring!

    13. Ethan Finley
      Ethan Finley

      May '25This was really exceptional, thank you gentlemen! Very inspirational and concrete at the same time.

    14. Sean P. Jones
      Sean P. Jones

      May '25I know this Guy! Great video @Daniel Grimmett !

    15. Nick Warner
      Nick Warner

      May '25 (edited)Thank you for all you have done @Daniel Grimmett and @Aaron Ferrucci -- im proud to be where I am at and I couldnt have done it without you and the rest of this amazing community!!

    16. Immanuel Santiago
      Immanuel Santiago

      May '25What a video! Finally got to watch it today, good work @Daniel Grimmett @Nick Warner

    17. Paco Lee
      Paco Lee

      May '25Great video! Many good lessons from this 👍

    18. Nick Schneider
      Nick Schneider

      May '25Love it so good, @Nick Warner your studio looks amazing !

    19. Donny Darkpop
      Donny Darkpop

      May 'uper good one here, good stuff Nick

  13. Hänz Nobe
    Hänz Nobe

    $6K EP Project

    Hey everyone, Yesterday I closed another big project this year. It’s going to be a bossa nova/rock album that I’m super excited about. What helped me close was pitching the momentum model and taking monthly payments instead of taking payments phase by phase. Big thanks to everyone here and attending the live stream has definitely help. Cheers.

    39 likes18 comments
    1. Hänz Nobe
      Hänz Nobe

      Jun '25@Sivert Vaagen thanks Sivert

    2. Daniel Grimmett
      Daniel Grimmett

      May '25Sounds like an interesting project. Awesome Hanz!

    3. James Littier
      James Littier

      May '25Love it man!!!!

    4. Hänz Nobe
      Hänz Nobe

      Jun '25@Sam Balay TY

    5. Sam Balay
      Sam Balay

      May '25Sounds awesome !!! Well done man!

    6. Hänz Nobe
      Hänz Nobe

      May '25@Aaron Ferrucci TY

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    1. Hänz Nobe
      Hänz Nobe

      May '25@Daniel Grimmett TY

    2. Sivert Vaagen
      Sivert Vaagen

      Jun '25Great job, Hänz!

    3. Hänz Nobe
      Hänz Nobe

      Jun '25@James Littier TY

    4. Aaron Ferrucci
      Aaron Ferrucci

      May '25Congrats Hanz - good stuff!

    5. William Lewis
      William Lewis

      Jun '25Congrats on the win!

    6. Hänz Nobe
      Hänz Nobe

      Jun '25@William Lewis Thanks man

    7. Denys Rybchenko
      Denys Rybchenko

      Jun '25Great job 🔥

    8. Donny Darkpop
      Donny Darkpop

      Jun '25Ayy hell yea!

    9. Hänz Nobe
      Hänz Nobe

      Jun '25@Donny Darkpop Thanks Donny

    10. Hänz Nobe
      Hänz Nobe

      Jun '25@Denys Rybchenko thanks g

    11. Hänz Nobe
      Hänz Nobe

      Jun '25@Ethan Finley thanks Ethan. That means a lot. And yes, I will definitely share once the tracks are fully fleshed out.

    12. Ethan Finley
      Ethan Finley

      Jun '25Absolutely awesome win Hänz! You are definitely someone I look up to in this program! (Also, as an aside, I'd be really interested to hear that music; I love Bossa Nova but am curious how it will meld with Rock.). Keep it up, sir!

  14. Nick Schneider
    Nick Schneider

    Win !

    Happy to share that I just got confirmation to work on a new song with an artist I connect with musically, at a good rate and with the project of keeping it moving to make a 10 song album over the next 12-18 months. We had great chemistry during the casual call and proof session, directly moved into the SSF framework and got the first payment a few days later 🙌🏻 It’s always in the moments I feel stuck in my outreach that stuff just kind of happens, got 4 calls booked last week and great convers... See more

    24 likes18 comments
    1. Sivert Vaagen
      Sivert Vaagen

      May '25Great job man!

    2. Nick Schneider
      Nick Schneider

      May '25@Nathan Sinn Thank you Nathan !

    3. Nathan Sinn
      Nathan Sinn

      May '25Congrats bro!

    4. Nick Schneider
      Nick Schneider

      May '25@Hänz Nobe thanks Hänz !

    5. Joe Sage
      Joe Sage

      May '25Congrats mate! That's awesome :)

    6. Nick Schneider
      Nick Schneider

      May '25@Simon Auer thanks Simon, it really is like that !

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    1. Hänz Nobe
      Hänz Nobe

      May '25Congrats!

    2. Nick Schneider
      Nick Schneider

      May '25@Aaron Ferrucci No problem !

    3. Daniel Grimmett
      Daniel Grimmett

      May '25Right on Nick. Thanks for sharing and hope the album goes well!

    4. Nick Schneider
      Nick Schneider

      May '25@Joe Sage thanks man !

    5. Nick Schneider
      Nick Schneider

      May '25@Daniel Grimmett thanks for everything Dan !

    6. Aaron Ferrucci
      Aaron Ferrucci

      May '25Thanks for sharing Nick!

    7. Nick Schneider
      Nick Schneider

      May '25@James Littier Thank you J !

    8. James Littier
      James Littier

      May '25So good man!

    9. Nick Schneider
      Nick Schneider

      May '25@Denys Rybchenko Thank you Denys, loved your last video !

    10. Simon Auer
      Simon Auer

      May '25Sick! I know the feeling.. one week everything is sluggish, the next week you hit it off with someone like you just described. Congrats for sticking with it!

    11. Denys Rybchenko
      Denys Rybchenko

      May '25Keep it up, Nick!

    12. Nick Schneider
      Nick Schneider

      May '25@Sivert Vaagen thanks Sivert !

  15. Immanuel Santiago
    Immanuel Santiago

    1of10 again!

    Finally feel like I'm starting to get the hang of making "clickable" packaging! Got another video that's "1of10" 🙌

    7 likes4 comments
    1. Immanuel Santiago
      Immanuel Santiago

      May '25@Liam Frater thanks man!

    2. Liam Frater
      Liam Frater

      May '25let's goo, congrats man!!

    3. Immanuel Santiago
      Immanuel Santiago

      May '25@Daniel Grimmett excited for the YouTube mastermind so I can learn how I can go 3 for 3 haha

    4. Daniel Grimmett
      Daniel Grimmett

      May '25Back to back!

  16. Donny Darkpop
    Donny Darkpop

    Two more wins today

    Today I had two calls back to back, and it rly showed me how much progress I’ve made in my business since I started off a few years ago. And I can’t lie it feels like a lot of things that were disorganized and I used to struggle with have clicked into place since joining darklabel about a month or so ago. The first call was actually the first client I ever booked from outreach, almost two years ago. Back then my only experience with dark label was from Daniel’s early YouTube videos. Since then I’... See more

    16 likes5 comments
    1. Donny Darkpop
      Donny Darkpop

      May '25Something I didn’t mention is two days before this post was a rough day,I had a bad client who commissioned a project then showed up to the session like “dope let’s get to work” they have kinda off energy sometimes so I didn’t trip abt it, but at the end of the session they refused to pay. “I’m sorry I just rly don’t even have it in my account, I’m overdrawn, etc”lol then why did you show up to the session we agreed on a rate for and waste my time working for 4 hours?? Just tell me straight up b... See more

    2. Donny Darkpop
      Donny Darkpop

      May '25@Mike Schlosser thank you Mike!

    3. Mike Schlosser
      Mike Schlosser

      May '25This is awesome! And really inspiring to hear! Congrats and thanks for sharing this :)

    4. Nick Schneider
      Nick Schneider

      May '25Love it Donny !! Our clients wins are ours too !

    5. Donny Darkpop
      Donny Darkpop

      May '25@Nick Schneider 💯 still ofc all credit for the grind goes to her!

  17. Alex Clouzard
    Alex Clouzard

    Closed $7k worth of Projects in 2 Days!

    I just got back from a little holiday, and I closed $7k worth of projects in 2 days. 1 project through my network, 1 through outreach, and 3 from YouTube! I still have another project from a returning client I should close on Monday, so maybe $8K! The beginning of the year wasn't the easiest due to some not-so-great decision-making (I learned some business lessons the hard way), so that feels good!

    40 likes28 comments
    1. Yngrid Alvarez
      Yngrid Alvarez

      Jun '25Great! congrats!

    2. Alex Clouzard
      Alex Clouzard

      Jun '25@Yngrid Alvarez Thank you Ingrid!

    3. Justin Mauriello
      Justin Mauriello

      Jun '25Congrats Alex!

    4. Alex Clouzard
      Alex Clouzard

      Jun '25@Justin Mauriello Thanks Justin!

    5. Denys Rybchenko
      Denys Rybchenko

      Jun '25That's phenomenal man!! Congratulations!!

    6. Alex Clouzard
      Alex Clouzard

      Jun '25@Denys Rybchenko Thanks man!

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    1. Daniel Grimmett
      Daniel Grimmett

      May '25Nice momentum, Alex! All of the pieces are starting to come together.

    2. Nick Schneider
      Nick Schneider

      May '25Insane congrats !

    3. Lucas Fournier
      Lucas Fournier

      May '25congrats man this is sick!

    4. Alex Clouzard
      Alex Clouzard

      Jun '25@Lucas Fournier Thanks man! Excited for our chat next week!

    5. Sam Balay
      Sam Balay

      May '25Wow !!! Well done !

    6. Alex Clouzard
      Alex Clouzard

      Jun '25@Sam Balay Thanks Sam!

    7. Simon Jakobsson
      Simon Jakobsson

      May '25Congrats Alex!! That’s amazing :)

    8. Alex Clouzard
      Alex Clouzard

      Jun '25@Simon Jakobsson Thank you Simon :)

    9. Alex Clouzard
      Alex Clouzard

      May '25@Immanuel Santiago Yessir, the YT thing is working!

    10. Alex Clouzard
      Alex Clouzard

      Jun '25@Nick Schneider Thanks man 🙏🏻

    11. Sivert Vaagen
      Sivert Vaagen

      Jun '25Congrats, man! Great job 🙌

    12. Alex Clouzard
      Alex Clouzard

      Jun '25@Sivert Vaagen Thanks man! 🤘🏻

    13. Ethan Finley
      Ethan Finley

      Jun '25Absolutely amazing Alex, I hope you feel the pride you've earned, that is an awesome win. Thanks for inspiring us!

    14. Alex Clouzard
      Alex Clouzard

      Jun '25@Ethan Finley Thanks a lot Ethan 🙏🏻 Big milestone for sure

    15. Robert Irvin
      Robert Irvin

      May '25nice job!

    16. Alex Clouzard
      Alex Clouzard

      May '25@Robert Irvin Thanks!

    17. Alex Clouzard
      Alex Clouzard

      May '25@Daniel Grimmett Thanks Dan! It does feel like the pieces are coming together!

    18. Donny Darkpop
      Donny Darkpop

      May '25Dude this is rad!!

    19. Alex Clouzard
      Alex Clouzard

      May '25@Donny Darkpop Thanks bro!

    20. Hänz Nobe
      Hänz Nobe

      May '25That’s fiyah 🔥

    21. Alex Clouzard
      Alex Clouzard

      May '25@Hänz Nobe Thank you 🔥

    22. Immanuel Santiago
      Immanuel Santiago

      May '25Let's go!! Love to see you getting projects through youtube!

  18. Nathan Sinn
    Nathan Sinn

    Aha moment 💡 sales win

    Had a huge realization yesterday during a call with Dan We were digging into why I wasn’t closing as many sales as I’d like and long story short — we found out I was skipping over the 3 part offer (Prescribe the solution) So today, I had a sales call with someone looking to get a song mixed and this time, I made sure to go through the full framework, especially emphasizing the 3-part offer Closed the deal, collected a deposit, and wasn’t even met with any pushback on the price Just wanted to share this in case anyone else might be missing a vital step in their calls

    24 likes13 comments
    1. Oscar Else
      Oscar Else

      May '25Awesome job! @Nathan Sinn

    2. Nathan Sinn
      Nathan Sinn

      May '25@Daniel Grimmett Thanks Dan! Appreciate your help

    3. Daniel Grimmett
      Daniel Grimmett

      May '25My favorite step of the framework. Thanks for reminding everyone and congrats on the project!

    4. Nathan Sinn
      Nathan Sinn

      May '25@Ethan Finley Thanks Ethan!

    5. Ethan Finley
      Ethan Finley

      May '25Awesome win Nathan, and thanks for a great reminder.

    6. Denys Rybchenko
      Denys Rybchenko

      May '25@Nathan Sinn Hahah, wow, you really put it super professional, love it!! Thank you for sharing!

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    1. Nathan Sinn
      Nathan Sinn

      May '25@Denys Rybchenko Hey Denys, thanks! In this case, the artist sent me their mix and was asking for my feedback. They felt they were missing some energy in the drums and struggling to get clarity overall. So I took a listen and gave him my analysis. Their vocals were boomy, a little behind the instruments, and their drums were lacking in lows / missing punch ... After he sent me the session and I audited the tracks, I realized he had *16* drum loops (full kits, not separated tracks) all layered on... See more

    2. Denys Rybchenko
      Denys Rybchenko

      May '25Congratulations, Nathan! This is awesome! I'm just curious though, if you don't mind sharing, what were the issues the artist was facing with and what kind of solutions you offered?Because for me SSF works quite well for production services but when it comes to mixing, usually it's quite straightforward, people need mixing and that's it and it gets more difficult to justify the price.So, I'm just wondering what kind of solutions you were prescribing apart from the actual mixing?

    3. Nathan Sinn
      Nathan Sinn

      May '25@Dan Delix Thanks bro! 💪

    4. Dan Delix
      Dan Delix

      May '25Hell yeah congrats man!

    5. Nathan Sinn
      Nathan Sinn

      May '25@Sivert Vaagen Thanks man!

    6. Sivert Vaagen
      Sivert Vaagen

      May '25Great job!

    7. Nathan Sinn
      Nathan Sinn

      May '25@Oscar Else Thanks Oscar!

  19. Donny Darkpop
    Donny Darkpop

    New momentum model client

    Stoked to bring a new artist into the momentum model, we agreed a sliding scale 700-900 per month. First session on the 21st 🧨🧨🧨

    13 likes2 comments
    1. Daniel Grimmett
      Daniel Grimmett

      Apr '25Awesome Donny! Excited to hear what yall do!

    2. James Littier
      James Littier

      Apr '25Lets go man!!! So good!

  20. Kyle Pinckard
    Kyle Pinckard

    Sharing a win

    I've definitely been in the early stages of my Dark Label journey for a little while, but an artist I work with liked their first EP so much that they've booked me for an album two songs at a time for the coming three months. Still at lower prices since my business is in the early stages, but good work led to steady work and steady work leads to steady engagement. All thanks to what I'm learning from the community here. Thanks everybody!

    16 likes4 comments
    1. Kyle Pinckard
      Kyle Pinckard

      Apr '25@Daniel Grimmett Thanks Daniel!

    2. Daniel Grimmett
      Daniel Grimmett

      Apr '25Nice job Kyle!

    3. Immanuel Santiago
      Immanuel Santiago

      Apr '25Let's go! Congrats!

    4. Sivert Vaagen
      Sivert Vaagen

      May '25Great job!!

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