2023 report

[Casey H]

Congrats on your successes, Susan! Best wishes for 2024!

Casey

[superkons]

Congratulations, Susan, you undoubtedly are one of the very best, HNY!

[Susanstunes]

Congratulations, Susan, you undoubtedly are one of the very best, HNY!

Oh, you are too kind! HNY to you!

[kjckjc]

Congrats Susan - as someone mentioned earlier - your story is an inspiration and motivation for me as well - as a "newbie" here... Happy New Year and continued success!!! (I msg'd you on your website as well...Impressive)!!...

[edmondredd]

Great year Susan and wishing you a continuous success for 2024 and beyond!

[Susanstunes]

Congrats on your successes, Susan! Best wishes for 2024!

Casey

You too, Casey!

[Susanstunes]

Great year Susan and wishing you a continuous success for 2024 and beyond!

Thanks for that, very nice Edmond. I wish you the same!

[VanderBoegh]

What a great update, Susan. Thanks for sharing your journey with everyone!!

~~Matt

[Deva]

That's great! I'd love to know what gear you use

Hi everyone!

Highlights of 2023:

Had longest placement-5 minutes

Signed with 3 new libraries -music which will likely be released in 2024
Now am signed with 5, 4 of which are with the "Majors"

More than tripled income from last year (still in the very early stages of development here )

Interesting tidbits:

My music is still being used at least 60% outside of US.

I still have a very small amount of material out there, but am proud to say the percentage of those that get used is more than 50%.

My music produced without edit points gets used for longer timing than the ones with edit points

I am getting more skilled at making my own samples, and that makes my tracks sound more "organic"

Added electric guitar to my live instruments-

Specific sounding titles still are helping me get picked for the shows, I think.

My stuff is showing up on a particular show fairly regularly making me think I should write more with that exact style in mind - it's a wild and wonderful Astrology report on Univision

*I am understanding more about how editors/ supervisors choose music

Am spending more time chasing down money from PRO, and/or the networks- this is more than a little disconcerting. But I am a female warrior, so even a 10 second placement will make me grab on and not let go, ha ha...

I like the European networks better because they seem to have less problems with cue sheets.
And I think they are less inclined to do blanket deals, although I could be wrong. Either way, even though it takes longer to get paid, I worry less about actually getting paid, if that makes sense.

One of my placements got used as a bit more than just background, the flute seemed to "carry the moment forward" all by itself.

I did travel more than usual this year, and was not as productive as last few years. No matter what, my production lags my peers, for sure. I keep hoping this will improve .

This continues to be a very rewarding endeavor! It's frankly exhilarating just to do this kind of work.

Success to all and Happy New Year
Susan

www.susanhillmanmusic.com
www.instagram.com/susanhillmanmusic

[Susanstunes]

That's great! I'd love to know what gear you use

Hi I use Presonus Studio One DAW with imac

Hi everyone!

Highlights of 2023:

Had longest placement-5 minutes

Signed with 3 new libraries -music which will likely be released in 2024
Now am signed with 5, 4 of which are with the "Majors"

More than tripled income from last year (still in the very early stages of development here )

Interesting tidbits:

My music is still being used at least 60% outside of US.

I still have a very small amount of material out there, but am proud to say the percentage of those that get used is more than 50%.

My music produced without edit points gets used for longer timing than the ones with edit points

I am getting more skilled at making my own samples, and that makes my tracks sound more "organic"

Added electric guitar to my live instruments-

Specific sounding titles still are helping me get picked for the shows, I think.

My stuff is showing up on a particular show fairly regularly making me think I should write more with that exact style in mind - it's a wild and wonderful Astrology report on Univision

*I am understanding more about how editors/ supervisors choose music

Am spending more time chasing down money from PRO, and/or the networks- this is more than a little disconcerting. But I am a female warrior, so even a 10 second placement will make me grab on and not let go, ha ha...

I like the European networks better because they seem to have less problems with cue sheets.
And I think they are less inclined to do blanket deals, although I could be wrong. Either way, even though it takes longer to get paid, I worry less about actually getting paid, if that makes sense.

One of my placements got used as a bit more than just background, the flute seemed to "carry the moment forward" all by itself.

I did travel more than usual this year, and was not as productive as last few years. No matter what, my production lags my peers, for sure. I keep hoping this will improve .

This continues to be a very rewarding endeavor! It's frankly exhilarating just to do this kind of work.

Success to all and Happy New Year
Susan

www.susanhillmanmusic.com
www.instagram.com/susanhillmanmusic