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  1. Simon Auer
    Simon Auer

    First TWO sales with the Dark Label System

    It happened! I did it! Locked in my first two sales this week - and collected payments too :) The first artist is hiring me to do a six-track EP. Initially, I hoped she’d hire me for the entire process -writing, production, and mixing - but after discussing it, we agreed that I’ll only be producing instrumentals. That means I’m not invoicing quite as much as I had hoped, but based on our proof session, I’m confident it’ll land at a pretty crazy 3x or 4x my minimum hourly rate. Happy days! For the ... See more

    21 likes19 comments
    1. Stirling Tschan
      Stirling Tschan

      Feb '25Big up Simon! 🙌

    2. Simon Auer
      Simon Auer

      Feb '25@Ethan Finley thanks! Same to you!

    3. Ethan Finley
      Ethan Finley

      Feb '25Fantastic win Simon, congratulations! May you only enjoy more and more from here on.

    4. Simon Auer
      Simon Auer

      Feb '25@Destry Hergert Thank uuuu!

    5. Destry Hergert
      Destry Hergert

      Feb '25Congratulations!

    6. Simon Auer
      Simon Auer

      Feb '25@Daniel Grimmett Yes absolutely! I'm actually tracking my projects and their corresponding budgets in a excel sheet now - and the average hourly rate across ALL ten or so active projects.. is about five dollars above my minimum hourly.

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    1. Simon Auer
      Simon Auer

      Feb '25@Elliot Reidy For sure! Love to hear some of the stuff you've been working on, too.

    2. Elliot Reidy
      Elliot Reidy

      Feb '25Congrats Simon!!! Huge W, hype to hear the music that you make with these projects

    3. Simon Auer
      Simon Auer

      Feb '25@Stirling Tschan Thanks so much for the practice sales calls!

    4. Joey Colvin
      Joey Colvin

      Feb '25Nice wins @Simon Auer so great to see 🙌 keep it up!!

    5. Simon Auer
      Simon Auer

      Feb '25@Joey Colvin thanks bro! And same here - thanks for those practice sales calls!

    6. Simon Auer
      Simon Auer

      Feb '25@James Littier Thanks man! Yeah, now that I know what to be doing and why.. consistency is easy!

    7. James Littier
      James Littier

      Feb '25Hell ya Simon!!! Stoked for ya. Way to be consistent and stick with it.

    8. Simon Auer
      Simon Auer

      Feb '25Simon 🤝🏼 Simon

    9. Steven Gangnant
      Steven Gangnant

      Feb '25That's inspiring, congrats!

    10. Simon Auer
      Simon Auer

      Feb '25@Steven Gangnant absolutely! You got this too my friend 👊🏼

    11. Simon Auer
      Simon Auer

      Feb '25@Tyler Newitt 🚀🚀🚀

    12. Simon Jakobsson
      Simon Jakobsson

      Feb '25Congrats @Simon Auer!! That’s amazing.

    13. Daniel Grimmett
      Daniel Grimmett

      Feb '25 (edited)Right on, Simon! Thanks for sharing. Way to be consistent with filling your pipeline. Also, this is where “asking price” versus “base price” helps out. Looks like that first project will pad the second one.

  2. Leif Bent
    Leif Bent

    I got my first cold outreach client!

    It happened! I finally got my first official cold outreach client. An artist from New York who I reached out to some time in November 2024. She responded to my initial message weeks later out of the blue and after two calls we locked in 3 songs of a possible 4-5 song EP she wants to build up to. Payment collected and project started. I was so shocked about locking in that project on the second call after just chatting for 30mins in the prior call I almost started to stumble. Trust the process I ... See more

    29 likes27 comments
    1. Robert Irvin
      Robert Irvin

      Feb 'eeeettttttt

    2. Immanuel Santiago
      Immanuel Santiago

      Feb '25Congrats Leif!! 🙌

    3. Leif Bent
      Leif Bent

      Feb '25@Immanuel Santiago thank you 🙏🏼

    4. Leif Bent
      Leif Bent

      Feb '25@Daniel Grimmett thanks 😍

    5. Alex Clouzard
      Alex Clouzard

      Feb '25Congrats dude! This is the best feeling ever hahah

    6. Leif Bent
      Leif Bent

      Feb '25@Alex Clouzard thank youuu!! definitely haha

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    1. Nathan Sinn
      Nathan Sinn

      Feb '25Congrats man!

    2. Leif Bent
      Leif Bent

      Feb '25@Nathan Sinn thank you 🙏🏼

    3. Sean P. Jones
      Sean P. Jones

      Feb '25Congrats!!!

    4. Leif Bent
      Leif Bent

      Feb '25@Sean P. Jones thanks 😍

    5. Kevin Shoemaker
      Kevin Shoemaker

      Feb 'ell yeah dude congrats!

    6. Leif Bent
      Leif Bent

      Feb '25@Kevin Shoemaker thank you 😍

    7. Fred Rosa
      Fred Rosa

      Feb '25congrats dude!! such a sweet sweet feeling

    8. Leif Bent
      Leif Bent

      Feb '25@Fred Rosa definitely haha!! thank you 🙏🏼

    9. Michael Ellery
      Michael Ellery

      Feb '25less goo!!

    10. Robbie Carvalho
      Robbie Carvalho

      Feb '25This is great! Congrats!

    11. Leif Bent
      Leif Bent

      Feb '25@Robbie Carvalho thank you 🙏🏼

    12. Simon Auer
      Simon Auer

      Feb '25Epic! Great job connecting with past collaborators and turning them into paying clients - that’s something I should tackle too!

    13. Leif Bent
      Leif Bent

      Feb '25@Simon Auer For sure! I feel like that was way easier even. I feel like a lot of the people I worked with in the past are so fed up from that whole session game as well and a lot of them were very happy about someone guiding them a little bit. I mean a good chunk still declined, but the trust was already there so it was just a bunch of SSF conversations!

    14. Simon Auer
      Simon Auer

      Feb '25@Leif Bent True! Endless sessions with a bunch of different people just to get one good song - must be annoying from the artist perspective too!

    15. Ethan Finley
      Ethan Finley

      Feb '25Amazing, way to go Leif! Very inspiring for me to see hard work like yours paying off, literally.

    16. Leif Bent
      Leif Bent

      Feb '25@Ethan Finley thank you 😍 haha for sure!

    17. Leif Bent
      Leif Bent

      Feb '25@Aaron Ferrucci thank you 🙏🏼

    18. Destry Hergert
      Destry Hergert

      Feb '25Congratulations!

    19. Leif Bent
      Leif Bent

      Feb '25@Destry Hergert thanks!

    20. Daniel Grimmett
      Daniel Grimmett

      Feb '25Right on, Leif!

    21. Aaron Ferrucci
      Aaron Ferrucci

      Feb '25Solid stuff Leif!

  3. Ethan Finley
    Ethan Finley

    First song pitched to a major label artist!

    Hi friends, I hope this note finds you all doing great and having a great week. tbh this last few weeks have been pretty sucky for me, but I am proud and grateful for one big win... For the first time, I had a song I wrote and produced pitched to a major label for a lead; the A&R person on the publishing side said they were really happy and felt confident doing the pitch with my song, which made me feel really good. Even if this doesn't move forward in any way this was kind of a big moment for me, ... See more

    22 likes8 comments
    1. Rory Campbell
      Rory Campbell

      Feb '25Well done!

    2. James Littier
      James Littier

      Feb '25So awesome man! Congrats on that. Big win for sure!

    3. Aaron Ferrucci
      Aaron Ferrucci

      Feb '25Good stuff Ethan!

    4. Max Harlor
      Max Harlor

      Feb '25That’s amazing! Such an awesome feeling nonetheless

    5. Destry Hergert
      Destry Hergert

      Feb '25Way to go, congrats!

    6. Daniel Grimmett
      Daniel Grimmett

      Feb '25Exciting!

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    1. Robbie Carvalho
      Robbie Carvalho

      Feb '25Amazing, congrats man!

    2. Lucas Fournier
      Lucas Fournier

      Feb '25This is super sick, congrats!

  4. Will Toft
    Will Toft

    Inbound offers and full asking price

    Hey! This is a weird one cause it feels like a win, even though I'm not getting work. Have had a couple of inbound leads come through and have quoted my full price or discounted (but still above my minimum for economics) and have had people turn me down!! Which is great because before DL I'd drop prices to get every bit of work I could and then regret the project because I'd severely under quoted. It reminds me of the quote "if no one says no to your offer you're charging too little". Also happy new years!

    18 likes6 comments
    1. Nick Warner
      Nick Warner

      Jan '25Great perspective Will! Thanks for sharing

    2. Pete Covington
      Pete Covington

      Jan '25Love this Will!

    3. Daniel Grimmett
      Daniel Grimmett

      Jan '25Awesome stuff, Will. Happy new year!

    4. Will Toft
      Will Toft

      Jan '25Follow up* Just had a new inbound client re-negotiate the scope to suit their budget with good potential for them to be a returning client and to grow.

    5. Michael Kelly
      Michael Kelly

      Jan '25Yes - great perspective!!!! "Get Your $$$$". We are creatives but we need support. Thanks for sharing -Will. Happy New Year my friend!

    6. Ethan Finley
      Ethan Finley

      Jan '25Good for you Will!

  5. Simon Jakobsson
    Simon Jakobsson

    New sale using the Dark Label framework

    Thought I'd share this win with you all! This past week I've closed a new one song project with a previous client at a total of $2050, using some of the tactics that I've picked up from Dark Label so far. The other song we did together earlier was at a total of $1300, but this time I focused on creating additional value throughout the process and making sure that came through clearly in the proposal, and by explaining that my rates therefore will be different from the first song we did.

    22 likes16 comments
    1. Simon Jakobsson
      Simon Jakobsson

      Jan '25@Hänz Nobe Thanks!!

    2. Hänz Nobe
      Hänz Nobe

      Jan '25Congrats

    3. Simon Jakobsson
      Simon Jakobsson

      Jan '25@Elliot Reidy Thank you!

    4. Elliot Reidy
      Elliot Reidy

      Jan '25Big W Simon, congrats!

    5. Robert Irvin
      Robert Irvin

      Jan '! 🎉

    6. Simon Jakobsson
      Simon Jakobsson

      Jan '25@Matt Smith cheers!!

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    1. Matt Smith
      Matt Smith

      Jan '25Huge! Congrats!

    2. Simon Jakobsson
      Simon Jakobsson

      Jan '25@Daniel Grimmett Thank you! Couldn’t have done it without you.

    3. Daniel Grimmett
      Daniel Grimmett

      Jan '25Thanks for sharing, Simon! Nice one.

    4. Simon Jakobsson
      Simon Jakobsson

      Jan '25@Robert Irvin 👋

    5. Sivert Vaagen
      Sivert Vaagen

      Jan '25Great job man, congrats! What in particular did you focus on to up the value of your offer? I'm trying to raise prices with an earlier client this week as well, so I'd love to hear any tips you've got! :)

    6. Ethan Finley
      Ethan Finley

      Jan '25What a fantastic win Simon, congratulations! Thanks for sharing, stories like these inspire me.

    7. Jason Juliano
      Jason Juliano

      Jan '25Nice work Simon! Amazing to hear about that big of a jump with a client

    8. Simon Jakobsson
      Simon Jakobsson

      Jan '25@Jason Juliano Thank you, appreciate it!

    9. Simon Jakobsson
      Simon Jakobsson

      Jan '25@Sivert Vaagen Thank you! I’d say the main differences for this project vs the previous one, was that that I made the whole process a lot more personalized and hands on. I included a pre-production call at the start to recap the objectives for the project and to go through references together, and offered additional calls throughout as needed which I had only done sparsely before.I also set out a fixed time frame to complete the project instead of having a set amount of revisions in the proposal... See more

    10. Simon Jakobsson
      Simon Jakobsson

      Jan '25@Ethan Finley Thanks so much for the comment! I'm glad to hear that my story felt inspiring!

  6. Liam Frater
    Liam Frater

    January wins!

    Hey peeps! Hope we all had a great Christmas and new year. Starting off the year with some cool wins! Dan helped me put an offer together for producer mentorship in the run up to Christmas. And I’ve managed to sign up 5 (potentially) 6 producers at $1500 each for 3 months!

    21 likes8 comments
    1. Melvin Goins
      Melvin Goins

      Jan '25That’s fantastic @Liam Frater congratulations!!!

    2. Daniel Grimmett
      Daniel Grimmett

      Jan '25Nice one Liam!

    3. Sivert Vaagen
      Sivert Vaagen

      Jan '25Great job, Liam!!

    4. Ethan Finley
      Ethan Finley

      Jan '25Wow, that sounds amazing, way to go! Awesome way to start the year, congrats.

    5. Jesse Shirts
      Jesse Shirts

      Jan '25🔥

    6. Liam Frater
      Liam Frater

      Jan '25@Thomas Massarany thank you! And yeah it's more on the production development side of things.

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    1. Matt Cordasco
      Matt Cordasco

      Jan '25That's incredible! Awesome 🔥

    2. Kevin Phan
      Kevin Phan

      Jan '25Congrats @Liam Frater what great wins to start 2025 off with

  7. Adin Muskal
    Adin Muskal

    2025 Update | Studio Opening

    Hey yall! Been a minute since I checked in. Its been a crazy few months over here in LA (Yes im safe from the fires currently going on, shit is pretty crazy tho). Just opened a studio in Koreatown, CA. Its going really well! It allows me to make some quick cash engineering as well as to be able to market towards local artists. Inviting them into a professional environment for proof sessions have gone really well. I just signed on a few more projects for this month and im pumped about it! I slowed d... See more

    29 likes32 comments
    1. Robert Irvin
      Robert Irvin

      Jan '25looks so sick dude!!!!

    2. Max Harlor
      Max Harlor

      Jan '25Amazing! That looks like such an awesome space

    3. Adin Muskal
      Adin Muskal

      Jan '25@Max Harlor thanks man! yea its feeling good

    4. Christopher Robinson
      Christopher Robinson

      Jan '25Looks amazing - congrats!

    5. Adin Muskal
      Adin Muskal

      Jan '25@Christopher Robinson thanks man!

    6. Ethan Finley
      Ethan Finley

      Jan '25Wow, just wow man, that is an incredible spot you've built there. May it be the location for many a great session in your future! (And stay safe out there in LA!)

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    1. Adin Muskal
      Adin Muskal

      Jan '25@Ethan Finley thanks ethan! preciate you

    2. Destry Hergert
      Destry Hergert

      Jan '25That looks awesome!

    3. Adin Muskal
      Adin Muskal

      Jan '25@Destry Hergert 🤟🏼

    4. Kamran Ahmad
      Kamran Ahmad

      Jan '25Looks legittttt

    5. Michael Kelly
      Michael Kelly

      Jan '25That’s Amazing!!! I’m right here by USC! I might have to slip by! Congratulations on a killer spot!

    6. Adin Muskal
      Adin Muskal

      Jan '25@Michael Kelly dude swing by! thanks man

    7. Brian Timtiman
      Brian Timtiman

      Jan 'usic AND Korean fried chicken 🥲 glad you’re safe congrats bro!

    8. Adin Muskal
      Adin Muskal

      Jan '25@Brian Timtiman hahha yesss. the korean fried chicken around here is fuegooo. thanks man!

    9. Adin Muskal
      Adin Muskal

      Jan '25@Aaron Ferrucci thanks aaron! swing by next time your in LA

    10. Felipe Gonzalez
      Felipe Gonzalez

      Jan '! That's great, congratulations on the studio opening and be safe!

    11. Adin Muskal
      Adin Muskal

      Jan '25@Felipe Gonzalez yessir! will do

    12. Jason Juliano
      Jason Juliano

      Jan '25Major vibes! Congrats on the space

    13. Alex Clouzard
      Alex Clouzard

      Jan '25Dude that's sick!! Congrats

    14. Adin Muskal
      Adin Muskal

      Jan '25@Alex Clouzard thanks man!

    15. Adin Muskal
      Adin Muskal

      Jan '25@Daniel Grimmett appreciate you as always dan!

    16. Tamas Varga
      Tamas Varga

      Jan 'a man, that looks legit, nice work!

    17. Adin Muskal
      Adin Muskal

      Jan '25@Tamas Varga 🤟🏼

    18. Nick Warner
      Nick Warner

      Jan '25Heck yes, keep rockin my friend!

    19. Adin Muskal
      Adin Muskal

      Jan '25@Nick Warner my dawgggg

    20. Hänz Nobe
      Hänz Nobe

      Jan '25Reminds me of a spot I used to frequent in NY

    21. Adin Muskal
      Adin Muskal

      Jan '25@Hänz Nobe hahah ayy

    22. Simon Jakobsson
      Simon Jakobsson

      Jan '25Looks amazing!!

    23. Adin Muskal
      Adin Muskal

      Jan '25@Simon Jakobsson preciate it!

    24. Stirling Tschan
      Stirling Tschan

      Jan '25Sick studio man! You should connect with my friend Michel Demello, he's currently in LA until the 18. and looking for people to collab with. He's an insane producer and keys player: https://www.instagram.com/michel_demello/

    25. Aaron Ferrucci
      Aaron Ferrucci

      Jan '25This is awesome - good stuff!

    26. Daniel Grimmett
      Daniel Grimmett

      Jan '25This looks great, Adin! What an awesome spot. Congrats!

  8. Stirling Tschan
    Stirling Tschan

    First Sales Meeting Win!

    Yesterday evening I had my first in-person SSF meeting and it went super well. The artist is highly motivated to work with me and wants to do 4-6 Songs this year and even an Album further down the road. He would prefer to work with me over an other producer who's literally 10x cheaper. He still has to figure out the financial part on his side and we will see... Even though the deal isn't closed yet it's a big personal win for me and proves that the Darklabel approach of added (and communicated) v... See more

    15 likes7 comments
    1. Stirling Tschan
      Stirling Tschan

      Jan '25Thanks guys!

    2. Sivert Vaagen
      Sivert Vaagen

      Jan '25Great work, Stirling!

    3. Daniel Grimmett
      Daniel Grimmett

      Jan '25Nice progress, Stirling! Every little bit of confidence like this helps.

    4. Ethan Finley
      Ethan Finley

      Jan '25Hell yeah dude, congratulations!

    5. Hänz Nobe
      Hänz Nobe

      Jan '25Congrats

    6. Kamran Ahmad
      Kamran Ahmad

      Jan '25That’s awesome Stirling- congrats!

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    1. Michael Kelly
      Michael Kelly

      Jan '25Super! I know you’ll get the client! Kudos my man!

  9. Hänz Nobe
    Hänz Nobe

    $18K Project

    This win came from a client that I've worked with before in the past. It's a 10 song spoken word project that the artist wants to submit to the Grammys next year. After I explained to her the purpose and benefit of the waterfall strategy, releasing multiple singles to introduce the album, she was all in. I first told @Daniel Grimmett about this project last year when I sent over the proposal and as he predicted it took awhile to close (6 months.) This is the 2nd repeat client I've closed so I'm d... See more

    44 likes27 comments
    1. Nick Schneider
      Nick Schneider

      Jan '25Wow Hänz what a great win ! Inspiring for me to see what the possibilities are 🙌🏻🙌🏻

    2. Hänz Nobe
      Hänz Nobe

      Feb '25@Kendrick Jones Thanks G

    3. Julian Cassia
      Julian Cassia

      Jan '25NIcely done, my man!

    4. Hänz Nobe
      Hänz Nobe

      Jan '25@Felipe Gonzalez thank you!

    5. Daniel Grimmett
      Daniel Grimmett

      Jan '25Congrats Hanz! Glad it went through. Sounds like a super cool project!

    6. Felipe Gonzalez
      Felipe Gonzalez

      Jan '25Great Job Hänz! Congratulations!

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    1. Hänz Nobe
      Hänz Nobe

      Jan '25@Nick Warner

    2. Nick Warner
      Nick Warner

      Jan '25Bingo

    3. Hänz Nobe
      Hänz Nobe

      Jan '25@Melvin Goins thanks man

    4. Melvin Goins
      Melvin Goins

      Jan '25Crushed that! Congrats Hanz!!!

    5. Hänz Nobe
      Hänz Nobe

      Jan '25@Stirling Tschan thanks

    6. Stirling Tschan
      Stirling Tschan

      Jan '25Sick! Congrats Hänz! 🤩

    7. Hänz Nobe
      Hänz Nobe

      Jan '25@Matt Cordasco thank you

    8. Matt Cordasco
      Matt Cordasco

      Jan '25Congrats!!

    9. Hänz Nobe
      Hänz Nobe

      Jan '25@Ethan Finley ofc. thank you

    10. Ethan Finley
      Ethan Finley

      Jan '25Wow, that is amazing, congratulations and thank you for sharing those details with all of us here!

    11. Hänz Nobe
      Hänz Nobe

      Jan '25@James Littier thanks G

    12. James Littier
      James Littier

      Jan '25Stoked for you! Congrats man

    13. Hänz Nobe
      Hänz Nobe

      Jan '25@Michael Kelly thank g

    14. Michael Kelly
      Michael Kelly

      Jan '25Great story and great win for a very talented producer and individual. I salute you my friend! Thank you for sharing and inspiring a devoted troop. You’re still killin it - as always!

    15. Hänz Nobe
      Hänz Nobe

      Jan '25@Simon Jakobsson thank you

    16. Simon Jakobsson
      Simon Jakobsson

      Jan '25Congratulations Hänz, that's amazing! Thanks for sharing the win.

    17. Hänz Nobe
      Hänz Nobe

      Jan '25@Ryan Fairweather thank you

    18. Ryan Fairweather
      Ryan Fairweather

      Jan '25Congrats Hanz!!

    19. Hänz Nobe
      Hänz Nobe

      Jan '25@Daniel Grimmett thank you

    20. Nick Schneider
      Nick Schneider

      Jan '25@Hänz Nobe love it ! Congrats !

    21. Hänz Nobe
      Hänz Nobe

      Jan '25 (edited)@Nick Schneider This is very possible and I didn't even try to sell it. She was pushing for the close in the middle of the call. So yeah, this makes me think we that can do even more.

  10. Jason Juliano
    Jason Juliano

    First 2 Clients signed from DL method

    First few projects underway from DL cold outreach method! 2 new artists, 3 new songs. Both artists are local, solid musically and should be great additions to the portfolio. I think it took me a minute to believe in myself throughout this process, but the reps, timing and mindset aligned for the start of a good month. Big thanks to @Daniel Grimmett , @James Littier , and @Aaron Ferrucci for all your help working through my personal pitfalls, and pushing me along! I appreciate all of you that helped in our calls around mindset and sales. I'm ready for the snowball to keep rolling rolling rolling

    15 likes8 comments
    1. James Littier
      James Littier

      Jan '25So good man!!!! Way to stick with it. That consistency really pays off. Seriously hyped for you

    2. Joey Colvin
      Joey Colvin

      Jan '25Congrats @Jason Juliano thats so awesome! 🙌🙌

    3. Daniel Grimmett
      Daniel Grimmett

      Jan '25Nice job, Jason!

    4. Aaron Ferrucci
      Aaron Ferrucci

      Jan '25Let’s goo!! Lovely to hear Jason!

    5. Jason Juliano
      Jason Juliano

      Feb '25@Tom Walters welcome Tom! You got this!

    6. Tom Walters
      Tom Walters

      Feb '25As someone fresh faced who's just joined DL, this is great to hear. Nice one dude

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    1. Sivert Vaagen
      Sivert Vaagen

      Feb '25Congrats!

    2. Simon Jakobsson
      Simon Jakobsson

      Jan '25Congrats @Jason Juliano! Thanks for sharing the wins!!

  11. Michael Ellery
    Michael Ellery

    Inbound Win

    So this morning i woke up to an email from an artist in Turkey who through my website reached out wanting to find out more about working together! After a quick reply, got some info and jumped on a call today, he's agreed to work with me on this song which i'm super excited about cause it's in my favourite genre Cinematic! AND he's doing it at the price i would usually charge Locally, so i'm still not loosing out AAAND he's keen to discuss future songs if this goes well (insert Momentum model ;) ... See more

    21 likes12 comments
    1. Ethan Finley
      Ethan Finley

      Jan '25Way to go Michael!

    2. Sivert Vaagen
      Sivert Vaagen

      Jan '25Congrats, Michael! Great job

    3. Michael Ellery
      Michael Ellery

      Jan '25@Kevin Shoemaker www.michaelellery.com ☺️

    4. Kevin Shoemaker
      Kevin Shoemaker

      Jan '25link your website!

    5. Kevin Shoemaker
      Kevin Shoemaker

      Jan '25amazing dude congrats!

    6. Stirling Tschan
      Stirling Tschan

      Jan '25Congrats dude!

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    1. Elliot Reidy
      Elliot Reidy

      Jan '25Congratulations Michael! I’m gonna check out your website

    2. Simon Jakobsson
      Simon Jakobsson

      Jan '25Congrats Michael! 👏🏻

    3. Chris Gaskell
      Chris Gaskell

      Jan '25Your website looks great dude! Really effective communication.

    4. Aaron Ferrucci
      Aaron Ferrucci

      Jan '25Good stuff Michael - thanks for sharing!

    5. Daniel Grimmett
      Daniel Grimmett

      Jan '25Right on Michael! Thanks for sharing.

    6. Robert Irvin
      Robert Irvin

      Jan 'essirrr! he’s found the right guy

  12. Nathan Sinn
    Nathan Sinn

    First Sale Made

    Just a little win but I landed my first client through the Dark Label method last night for production & mixing 🥳 It’s great to be meeting and connecting with artists in the genres I wanna be working in Big shoutout to Dark Label & everyone who helped me refine my communication & outreach process!

    25 likes16 comments
    1. Nathan Sinn
      Nathan Sinn

      Dec '24@Hänz Nobe Thanks Hänz!

    2. Nathan Sinn
      Nathan Sinn

      Dec '24@Destry Hergert Thanks man!

    3. Destry Hergert
      Destry Hergert

      Dec '24Congratulations!

    4. Nathan Sinn
      Nathan Sinn

      Dec '24@Barry Zito Feels good man

    5. Barry Zito
      Barry Zito

      Dec '24So cool!

    6. Nathan Sinn
      Nathan Sinn

      Dec '24@Alex Clouzard Thank you Alex!

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    1. Alex Clouzard
      Alex Clouzard

      Dec '24Congrats!

    2. Nathan Sinn
      Nathan Sinn

      Dec '24@Daniel Grimmett Thanks Dan!

    3. Nathan Sinn
      Nathan Sinn

      Dec '24@Tyler Newitt Appreciate all your help Tyler 🙏

    4. Nathan Sinn
      Nathan Sinn

      Dec '24@Aaron Ferrucci Appreciate you Aaron!

    5. Pete Covington
      Pete Covington

      Dec '24Awesome man. Love that you mentioned a key point - ‘THE GENRES YOU WANT TO BE WORKING IN.’ That seemed completely out of my control before I joined here and it’s such a key part of what enables me to do my best work now. Great job!

    6. Nathan Sinn
      Nathan Sinn

      Dec '24@Pete Covington Thank you Pete! & Yeah man, it really a game changer to know there’s a method and a roadmap to reaching the artists you wanna work with

    7. Sivert Vaagen
      Sivert Vaagen

      Jan '25Great job, Nathan!

    8. Aaron Ferrucci
      Aaron Ferrucci

      Dec '24Nice one Nathan!

    9. Daniel Grimmett
      Daniel Grimmett

      Dec '24Nice job Nathan!

    10. Hänz Nobe
      Hänz Nobe

      Dec '24Congrats

  13. Stirling Tschan
    Stirling Tschan

    Production teaching win

    Hey guys I had a little win the other day: A local music teacher and professional bassplayer started taking one-on-one production classes with me. He plays in a band for a female dancehall singer and wants to pitch some beats for her new album. He also wants to learn so he can do some production workshops with the kids at his school. And the best part is that the school he works for is paying for the classes :)

    11 likes7 comments
    1. Michael Ellery
      Michael Ellery

      Dec '24That's an awesome win! Congrats!

    2. Sivert Vaagen
      Sivert Vaagen

      Jan '25Congrats!

    3. Daniel Grimmett
      Daniel Grimmett

      Dec '24Right on Stirling!

    4. Robert Irvin
      Robert Irvin

      Dec '24nice!

    5. Pete Covington
      Pete Covington

      Dec '24Good stuff man!! I’ve been enjoying my production teaching client this year. Can be super rewarding

    6. Stirling Tschan
      Stirling Tschan

      Dec '24@Pete Covington Yeah he's super grateful and told me he's already profited alot after two sessions

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    1. Michael Kelly
      Michael Kelly

      Dec '24Nice community networking Stirling!! Kudos - my man!!!

  14. Thomas Massarany

    New project signed!

    Hi All, Just wanted to share a win! Lately I have been having a lot of inbound inquiries to my website and SoundBetter - one of which just converted to a USD$4000 + 20% master rights + publishing proportional to contribution (estimated 25% average) project (4 songs for an indie artist's debut EP). Dark Label really helped me win this in two key ways: Having an organized proposal Having an organized sales approach The concept of a payment plan (will be splitting the fee into monthly payments over a fix... See more

    27 likes13 comments
    1. Barry Zito
      Barry Zito

      Dec '24Congrats that’s big stuff! I am from SD , miss it there. 😍

    2. Will Toft
      Will Toft

      Dec '24Well done Thomas! That's awesome. And thanks for the transparency.

    3. Daniel Grimmett
      Daniel Grimmett

      Dec '24Right on @Thomas Massarany - thanks for sharing! Your new synth set up looks killer.

    4. Sean P. Jones
      Sean P. Jones

      Dec '24Congrats Thomas!

    5. Sivert Vaagen
      Sivert Vaagen

      Dec '24Great job!

    6. Pete Covington
      Pete Covington

      Dec '24That looks like a synth wall that’ll earn its keep!!! Great job on closing the project man!

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    1. Tamas Varga
      Tamas Varga

      Dec '24Well done, Thomas, congrats! 🙏

    2. James Littier
      James Littier

      Dec '24Great job man!

    3. Adin Muskal
      Adin Muskal

      Dec '24good shit man super pumped for you! Synth wall is sickkkkkk. If your ever in LA area tap in with me!

    4. Hänz Nobe
      Hänz Nobe

      Dec '24Inspiring. Congrats

    5. Alex Clouzard
      Alex Clouzard

      Jan '25Congrats man! How do you get traffic to your website?

    6. Ethan Finley
      Ethan Finley

      Jan '25Totally inspiring win mate, well done! And I envy that synth wall! :-D

    7. Elliot Reidy
      Elliot Reidy

      Dec '24Awesome Thomas! Made profit to spend on the Prophet

  15. Sean P. Jones
    Sean P. Jones

    Wins with my first two and a half months at DLM

    Hi DLM Family, It’s been a busy couple of months in DarkLabel for me, but I wanted to take a moment to share a few wins with you all! 🎉 1️⃣ Closed my first production client using the SSF protocol—and it’s at my highest indie rate to date! 🚀 2️⃣ Kicked off the Momentum Model with one of my previous clients, locking in regular content plans for the artist and regular income for me in 2025 calendar year. 3️⃣ Consistently sending out 2-3 offers per week. Currently 3 offers are pending* Huge thanks to ... See more

    34 likes18 comments
    1. Sean P. Jones
      Sean P. Jones

      Dec '24@Nathan Sinn Thanks Nathan! 🙏

    2. Nathan Sinn
      Nathan Sinn

      Dec '24Crushin it bro! Congrats!

    3. Sean P. Jones
      Sean P. Jones

      Dec '24@Kamil Zajac Thanks Kamil! 🙏

    4. Sean P. Jones
      Sean P. Jones

      Dec '24@Daniel Grimmett Thanks Daniel for all the support!

    5. Daniel Grimmett
      Daniel Grimmett

      Dec '24Nice one, Sean! Great progress so far.

    6. Simon Auer
      Simon Auer

      Dec '24Hey Sean, that's epic congrats!! I think we joined Dark Label around the same time, so reading this has awakened my competitive spirit ;) I think I might be a week or two behind. Let's gooo!

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    1. Sean P. Jones
      Sean P. Jones

      Dec '24@Simon Auer Let's Go Simon, Thank you!P.S. I've got that competitive spirit as well. Might be dangerous awaken it... 😂

    2. Sean P. Jones
      Sean P. Jones

      Dec '24@Aaron Ferrucci Thanks Aaron for all your guidance!

    3. Nick Henderson
      Nick Henderson

      Dec '24Congrats! So cool that your consistently sending out so many proposals, would love to hear more about that. How early in your casual calls do you talk about potentially working together and sending out a proposal? feel like it takes me longer to get to that point and would love to send 2-3 proposals out a week!

    4. Sean P. Jones
      Sean P. Jones

      Dec '24@Nick Henderson I think some of it has been a build up to this point. A lot of the proposals now that I have been sending out are potential artists that I reached out to in the first and second week. That slow build!

    5. Pete Covington
      Pete Covington

      Dec '24Gotta love that momentum model!!! Good stuff man

    6. Sean P. Jones
      Sean P. Jones

      Dec '24@Pete Covington Thanks for your Social Media audit. Now less people think I'm a chef! 😂

    7. Pete Covington
      Pete Covington

      Dec '24@Sean P. Jones hahaha this is key!

    8. Max Harlor
      Max Harlor

      Dec '24Amazing! Congrats!

    9. Sean P. Jones
      Sean P. Jones

      Dec '24@Max Harlor Thanks Max!

    10. Kevin Phan
      Kevin Phan

      Dec '24Congrats on those wins!

    11. Sean P. Jones
      Sean P. Jones

      Dec '24@Kevin Phan 🙏🏻 Kevin

    12. Aaron Ferrucci
      Aaron Ferrucci

      Dec '24Glad to see you doing well Sean!!

  16. Chris Jones
    Chris Jones

    A New Jones! 🎉

    Hey everyone! Just wanted share a big win! Early this December, my amazing wife delivered our third daughter, Poppy Jones. We are SO so thankful!! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ God is good and gracious to bless us with a healthy baby. Also want to say Merry Christmas to everyone!!! 🎄 🎉 ❄️ Super thankful for you all and the immense blessing it is to be here!

    30 likes22 comments
    1. Destry Hergert
      Destry Hergert

      Jan '25@Chris Jones happy new year!

    2. Aaron Ferrucci
      Aaron Ferrucci

      Dec '24Cute! Congratulations Chris, best wishes to you and your family!

    3. Chris Jones
      Chris Jones

      Jan '25@Destry Hergert Thanks Destry! Happy New Year!!

    4. Destry Hergert
      Destry Hergert

      Dec '24Congratulations!

    5. Chris Jones
      Chris Jones

      Jan '25@Hänz Nobe Thanks Hanz!! Happy New Year and I hope you’re doing well!

    6. Hänz Nobe
      Hänz Nobe

      Dec '24Congrats

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    1. Chris Jones
      Chris Jones

      Jan '25@Michael Kelly!! Thanks so much my friend, that means a lot!!! Also, Happy New Year! I hope you’re doing well and had a great holiday season!

    2. Michael Kelly
      Michael Kelly

      Dec '24Congratulations my good friend!!!

    3. Chris Jones
      Chris Jones

      Jan '25@Stirling Tschan Thanks Stirling! Happy New Year!

    4. Stirling Tschan
      Stirling Tschan

      Dec '24All the best 😃

    5. Chris Jones
      Chris Jones

      Jan '25@Nick Schneider Thanks so much Nick!! Happy New Year!

    6. Nick Schneider
      Nick Schneider

      Dec '24Congratulations Chris !!

    7. Chris Jones
      Chris Jones

      Dec '24@James Littier Thanks Jay!! Grateful for you!

    8. James Littier
      James Littier

      Dec '24Congratulations!!!!

    9. Chris Jones
      Chris Jones

      Dec '24@Daniel Grimmett Thanks Dan!! Merry Christmas! Grateful for you!

    10. Chris Jones
      Chris Jones

      Dec '24@Max Harlor Thanks Max!!

    11. Max Harlor
      Max Harlor

      Dec '24Amazing! Congrats!

    12. Chris Jones
      Chris Jones

      Jan '25@Sivert Vaagen Thanks so much Sivert! Happy New Year!!

    13. Sivert Vaagen
      Sivert Vaagen

      Jan '25Congrats Chris!

    14. Chris Jones
      Chris Jones

      Jan '25@Aaron Anderson, my brother! Thank you so much, that means a lot! ❤️✝️🙏 Happy New Year, I hope and pray you’re doing well! And absolutely, I would love to touch base! I’ll reach out soon.

    15. Chris Jones
      Chris Jones

      Jan '25@Aaron Ferrucci Thanks so much Aaron, that means a lot!! Happy New Year, I hope you had a great holiday season!

    16. Daniel Grimmett
      Daniel Grimmett

      Dec '24Congrats Chris!

  17. Rory Campbell
    Rory Campbell

    First Casual Call!

    Ive got a call booked in for Tuesday and I'm waiting on confirmation on another. Thanks @Daniel Grimmett for the pep talk and guidance. I'm loving the process! Too much fun :) Hope you're all doing great as well!

    13 likes3 comments
    1. Destry Hergert
      Destry Hergert

      Nov '24Congrats!

    2. Michael Ellery
      Michael Ellery

      Nov '24Congrats Rory!

    3. Daniel Grimmett
      Daniel Grimmett

      Nov '24Right on, Rory!

  18. Michael Ellery
    Michael Ellery

    First casual call booked!

    So I just booked my first casual call! It's with an artist who's working on an EP, and what's she's got sounds great so far so I'm excited to see where it leads! She's pretty receptive and sounds like open to the idea of me helping her produce them so fingers crossed! Would love some tips on how to make the casual call as good as it possibly can be?!

    22 likes9 comments
    1. Michael Ellery
      Michael Ellery

      Nov '24@Daniel Grimmett Thanks Daniel!

    2. James Littier
      James Littier

      Nov '24@Robbie Carvalho THIS

    3. Robbie Carvalho
      Robbie Carvalho

      Nov '24Congrats! One big thing I’ve learned from DL and @James Littier’s outreach replays is to avoid talking about your rates etc. If they ask just tell them “it depends” and give em a big range. Try to get them on a separate sales call to discuss that stuff. Ask about their process and past experiences working with producers so you can discreetly gauge if they’re even someone you can work with on a personal and professional level. Also, just keep it casual and treat it as a chance to connect with an artist you like. Watch those replays, there’s gold in there!

    4. Nick Honchar
      Nick Honchar

      Nov '24@Rory Campbell for sure! Sending it here so that it's open for discussion. Hope this helps!https://nickhonchar.notion.site/Casual-Call-Script-To-Proof-Session-1448b5b29f868040aa6ed9c487bab08b?pvs=

    5. Rory Campbell
      Rory Campbell

      Nov '24@Nick Honchar can you send it my way too bro

    6. Destry Hergert
      Destry Hergert

      Nov '24Congrats!

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    1. Michael Ellery
      Michael Ellery

      Nov '24@Robbie Carvalho Thanks Robbie! Appreciate that!

    2. Daniel Grimmett
      Daniel Grimmett

      Nov '24Awesome! Nice job. I second what Robbie said above + My advice is to remember that the point of the casual call is to get the proof session (if you want to do one with them). So, don’t forget the end goal.

    3. Nick Honchar
      Nick Honchar

      Nov '24Congrats, Michael! I would add this - keep it casual but also take charge of the conversation, in my case I have a casual call script which helps me to go from point A to point Z, can send it your way if you want! Good luck!

  19. Nick Warner
    Nick Warner

    3 Big wins, all in the same month

    Got some nice wins to share but hopefully this is not just a brag. Before DL my business was slowing declining, I was barely paying the bills, not able to have extra time or money for anything. After DL I was able to quickly turn it back around. Generally, I have been getting enough small wins to pay the bills, save a little bit, put a small amount of time into spec work, and have more leisure time which is a great turnaround, and surpasses where I was (even at my prime) before DL. For the past y... See more

    48 likes26 comments
    1. Simon Auer
      Simon Auer

      Nov '24Nice man, great to hear about these long term wins!

    2. Christian Sancto
      Christian Sancto

      Nov '24Awesome Nick, super inspiring to hear! 💎✨

    3. Hänz Nobe
      Hänz Nobe

      Nov '24Congrats G.

    4. Ryan Foley-Tassicker
      Ryan Foley-Tassicker

      Nov '24Awesome stuff man!

    5. Stirling Tschan
      Stirling Tschan

      Nov '24Congrats! Can someone explain what a momentum model deal is? 😅

    6. Nick Warner
      Nick Warner

      Nov '24@Stirling Tschan thanks!

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    1. Kevin Shoemaker
      Kevin Shoemaker

      Nov '24This is so sick Nick and very inspiring!! Win #1 is particularly interesting and helps me trust my gut when I see someone with talent and drive. may take time but they can make it happen...one little technical quesiton: how do you charge for a demo vs. a fully finished track? do you do the demo hourly, or is it a percentage of the full track fee and they pay the rest if they choose to finish it?

    2. Nick Warner
      Nick Warner

      Nov '24@Kevin Shoemaker with win #1 - its not like i didnt have others that I also felt similar to. I have probably had a dozen people I felt this way about... only 2 or 3 are still making music now. The rest fell off for one reason or another. And like i said, this one with the "win" was very hard to work with so its kind of on thin ice too.To answer you demo pricing question - in this case, I have worked with them so much in the past, I really knew a good estimated time it would take to do each demo so I just based the project price off of that average estimate.

    3. Colin Carver
      Colin Carver

      Nov '24This is very encouraging to hear. Congratulations on the big wins and the persistence!

    4. Elliot Reidy
      Elliot Reidy

      Nov '24Congrats Nick! Inspiring stuff

    5. Jason Bradford
      Jason Bradford

      Nov '24Amazing, congratulations Nick. Super inspiring and encouraging to see!

    6. Matt LeSueur
      Matt LeSueur

      Nov '24Nicky Dubbs, my man

    7. Adin Muskal
      Adin Muskal

      Nov '24lets goooooo

    8. Sivert Vaagen
      Sivert Vaagen

      Nov '24Wow, great job Nick!! Btw, what's the name of artist nr. 1? Would love to check out the music!

    9. Nick Warner
      Nick Warner

      Nov '24@Sivert Vaagen Box Of Beats

    10. Philip Davidson
      Philip Davidson

      Nov '24Big lesson man. Great work, thanks for sharing.

    11. Chad Tabikh
      Chad Tabikh

      Nov '24Congrats bro

    12. Pete Covington
      Pete Covington

      Nov '24So inspiring! Congrats Nick. Super stoked for you

    13. James Littier
      James Littier

      Nov '24So good man! trust the process

    14. Robbie Carvalho
      Robbie Carvalho

      Nov '24Congrats Nick! Super motivational to hear this. Indeed, gotta trust the process.

    15. Melvin Goins
      Melvin Goins

      Nov '24Great insight Nick and congratulations on the accomplishments!

    16. Paul Slaughters
      Paul Slaughters

      Nov '24Huge congrats Nick!!!

    17. Tamas Varga
      Tamas Varga

      Nov 'ess sir! great to hear, congrats! 🙏

    18. Michael Kelly
      Michael Kelly

      Nov '24SUPER Congrats Nick!!!!! I really needed to hear this! Glad to know someone "else" with the Elon Musk drive!!!!

    19. Daniel Grimmett
      Daniel Grimmett

      Nov '24@Stirling Tschan This explains it: https://www.skool.com/dlm-incubator/classroom/335bd0b7?md=0b098fb11f5ef203f76e

    20. Daniel Grimmett
      Daniel Grimmett

      Nov '24Thanks for sharing Nick! Those are some great wins. Building from the ground up for the first time is one thing... But having something, losing it, and then having to rebuild is an entirely different beast. Kudos to you!

  20. Chris Jones
    Chris Jones

    First Sale

    Hey all, I just wanted to share a small win with you all. I just made my first sale using the Dark Label offer builder and it went super smooth! Not only that, but I made double what I would have charged before! Even though it was for the illustration side of my business, it's super encouraging to see what I've been learning here already making a big impact on my business. SUPER grateful for Dark Label!

    27 likes21 comments
    1. Chris Jones
      Chris Jones

      Nov '24@Sean P. Jones Thanks Sean!

    2. Hänz Nobe
      Hänz Nobe

      Nov '24Congrats!

    3. Chris Jones
      Chris Jones

      Nov '24@Destry Hergert Thanks Destry!

    4. Destry Hergert
      Destry Hergert

      Nov '24Congratulations!

    5. Sean P. Jones
      Sean P. Jones

      Nov '24Congrats Chris!

    6. Chris Jones
      Chris Jones

      Nov '24@Max Harlor Thanks Max!

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    1. Max Harlor
      Max Harlor

      Nov '24Huge! Congrats!

    2. Chris Jones
      Chris Jones

      Nov '24@Hänz Nobe Thanks Hanz!

    3. Michael Kelly
      Michael Kelly

      Nov '24Congrats my man!!!!

    4. Chris Jones
      Chris Jones

      Nov '24@Michael Kelly Thanks Michael!

    5. Nathan Sinn
      Nathan Sinn

      Nov '24Congrats man!

    6. Chris Jones
      Chris Jones

      Nov '24@Nathan Sinn Thanks Nathan!

    7. Brian Timtiman
      Brian Timtiman

      Nov '24Let’s goo, congrats!

    8. Chris Jones
      Chris Jones

      Nov '24@Brian Timtiman Thanks Brian!!

    9. Kamran Ahmad
      Kamran Ahmad

      Nov '24That’s awesome Chris, congratulations!

    10. Chris Jones
      Chris Jones

      Nov '24@Kamran Ahmad Thanks Kamran!!

    11. Chris Jones
      Chris Jones

      Nov '24@Daniel Grimmett Thanks Dan!

    12. James Littier
      James Littier

      Nov '24Love to hear it Chris!

    13. Chris Jones
      Chris Jones

      Nov '24@James Littier Thanks Jay!

    14. Sivert Vaagen
      Sivert Vaagen

      Dec '24Congrats man!!

    15. Daniel Grimmett
      Daniel Grimmett

      Nov '24Awesome Chris!

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