Member wins

I'm a little late to the party on this one, but back in October I closed my first sale through outreach, and this week an artist I worked with on my portfolio tracks hired me to produce two songs! A huge thank you to @Daniel Grimmett @Aaron Ferrucci @James Littier @Donny Darkpop @Kali Claire @Pete Covington for the framework, feedback, and coaching through the whole process - starting with creating a portfolio until now. And thank you to the rest of you for the encouragement along the way; so excited to see what the future brings!

2025 started out with the LA fires and several of my close friends/studiomates/artists losing everything in the blaze i was pretty much flat broke and still brand new to LA. one year later and i’m booked three months in advance, i have great people around me, and im actually in a position to make the moves i want to be making so much gratitude to my artists and my friends & my gf & my dog & LA for embracing me & my mind for staying inspired & stubborn pushing through the hard times, mad grateful to ... See more

got a youtube video that's getting traction!! and positive comments from randoms!! this is my 6th video, feels like the concept is totally validated and just have to keep pushing. as well as finish my portfolio lol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZCSEcyjJA8 7:48

Hey! After starting with outreach in April I’ve got a couple of 50/50 master split projects, but last month I got my first 2 paid projects. As the artists aren’t that skilled (bad voices and songwriting abilities ) I almost tried to talk them out of doing a project with me at the sales call 😅. But I’m still happy that they said yes, and it’s going to be a fun challenge to see to what level I can bring the songs. (Another small win: My kids song (in Norwegian) released in July has passed 50k Spotify streams 😆)

Hey, I just wanted to share a win with all of you. After 340 outreaches, I closed my first sale this week and have two other calls lined up that seem really promising! I don’t think it would have been possible without the help I’ve received here at Dark Label and the support of this community. So I just wanted to thank you all for the guidance along the way. I’m super grateful for every one of you!

Last week I worked through the project planner tool in the outbound client acquisition section of the classroom. I went and updated my website and forms from "Get a Quote" to "Plan a Project" on Friday. I really thought nothing of it, as I have had essentially the same form up for the last 9 months, with literally no hits at all. Well since I updated the language on my site I have had a new lead fill out my form every day. I have not gone over the Inbound information yet so I am a little out of m... See more

Hey yall! I just had my first casual call with an artist since joining Dark Label last month and it turned into getting a sales call booked! It caught me off guard with how fast we were able to form a connection and then have that conversation about working together, I almost didn't know what to say! I haven't been able to join any meetings or have a 1 on 1 call quite yet because of my schedule, but the classroom modules and archived livestreams are powerful! That "Casual Call Training (Roleplay)... See more

Hey guys, just wanted to share some wins and encourage anyone who’s not doing YouTube to do YouTube! (Also a random story post that got me a bunch of leads, and a new software I’m using) Recently I made a video (a very normal video, maybe a 5 hours of work total, nothing crazy spectacular that you need to be a director to create lol) that performed pretty well. From that video, I got 12 sales calls in 2 weeks. So you can imagine, depending on your offer, that having maybe 5 videos perform like tha... See more

Just wanted to share a recent content win and throw a huge shoutout to @Pete Covington for all the help This past year, I struggled with understanding what makes content perform well. I experimented a ton, made plenty of cringe posts (which thankfully did not take off), and just kept pushing. Over the past few weeks I had a mindset shift and decided to really commit to figuring out this content game This week, I finally had my first small breakout piece that currently has around 30k views across I... See more

Been struggling to close sales on the first call, I’d normally have to book a follow up call, mainly just a mental block. But I managed to close a producer for my mentorship program above my normal rate on the sales call today!

Linked up with the artist out in the UK and closed on EPing 5 song album. Mostly song finishing and working on the rollout. This is the 3rd album I've EPed so I'm thinking adding this to my offers as well.

Hey friends Sorry I havnt been as active here. I’ve had a loss in the family (mother in law) so things took a back seat for a little while. However id like to share a win and keep things positive. An artist I contacted back in February hit me up to produce for her. This occurred in late August. Sometimes it takes a while for the sale to happen. I charged my highest rate ever and am very happy with the work I did. Looking forward to more wins going forward and new opportunities arising.

Sold my first new inbound lead since getting content coaching from @Pete Covington and Dan! My content had huge room for growth when I joined DLM. A few years ago I got caught in the tutorial trap and got burnt out. I was getting the most views I’ve ever gotten but it was attracting interest in my education skills, not my production. It felt like a waste, I barely posted for a couple years until DLM pointed me in the right direction. The post that attracted this new client to reach out has 9 like... See more

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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