Why would I become a ghost producer?

Did you know that some of the most well-known producers started out their careers by ghost producing for others? Martin Garrix, KSHMR, Hardwell and many of their colleagues produced for other artists. What did they get out of this?

 

• Get behind-the-scenes-recognition

• A ghost producer doesn’t have to be on stage

• Ghost producing is a great way of earning money with your passion

• Ghost producing might open doors within the professional music industry.

• Through ghost producing you expand your production knowledge

• As a ghost producer, you might work with high profile artists

 

Get behind-the-scenes-recognition 

Well, for starters, these ghost producers got the behind-the-scenes recognition needed to build their own DJ career. Mostly they all started out like you did: making music in their own bedroom, hoping that someday they could be on stage themselves. And for the three big ones mentioned above, this totally worked, as we all know by now.

 

A ghost producer doesn’t have to be on stage

Maybe you don’t even want to be on stage - unlike Martin Garrix, KSHMR and Hardwell. Because you’re a little shy, or just enjoy the comfort and safety of your own home and you love making music. Also in this case, becoming a ghost producer is an option.

 

Ghost producing is a great way of earning money with your passion

Ghost producing offers a whole new range of opportunities to earn a good income. It’s an excellent way to make money doing what you love to do and what you’re good at.

 

Ghost producing might open doors within the professional music industry

Being a ghost producer at House of Tracks opens doors. Our clients - the buyers of ghost productions - stem from all corners of the earth and represent not only DJs but also advertising companies and the TV and film industry. It’s not very farfetched to realize that, if your productions attract the attention of the right people, ghost producing might very well open doors for you within the professional music industry.

 

Through ghost producing you expand your production knowledge

Practice makes perfect. From that perspective, being a active ghost producer will teach you to understand your gear, the programmes you work with, how to use sample packs, etc. In general, it will help you to expand your production knowledge.

 

As a ghost producer you might get to work with high profile artists

If you’re a really talented and lucky ghost producer, you will have opportunities to work with renounced, high profile artists.

 

Concluding: as a ghost producer you are composing tracks in your own bedroom anyway, so why not earn some cash with it? Some of our own ghost producers at House of Tracks are that successful that they were able to quit their day job and focus full-time on producing fabulous dance tracks. Read for example the story of our Producer of the Month November 2015 Rowan Reeks: "Selling tracks as a ghost producer helped me immensely with financing a many things, and it gave me a lot of time because I didn’t have to work in a grocery store or some other odd job.”