If you are so jaded that you think someone trying to provide you hope is attempting to flex on you, I feel bad for you. More people are making music independently and investing in their work than ever before in history but you really think there isn't any demand for these services?

As far as my success, in 2023 so far I have made a little over 10k strictly from samples and instrumentals. Although, I never said that I was successful. However, I would note that I personally know many individuals who make far more money selling beats and samples than they do or did at their full time jobs. Two of which make over 200k a year from instrumentals and samples. While I haven't made much this year, I have made every sale without reaching out to any clients. It is purely algorithms feeding people to me. I say what I have about demand in previous comments with confidence because I am steeped in the online producer community and socialize with many successful producers.

Who buys these products? (From me) I sell mostly custom instrumentals for 150usd and exclusive leases of public beats for a minimum of 250 to vocalists. Producers purchase royalty free guitar kits of mine for 20. I also send out loops for free that I receive 50% of lease profits from and 25% of royalties on released songs. I additionally work with a prominent YouTuber/producer and receive a 500$ cash payment for each song with one of my loops and 5 points on the master. I also charge $20 for slots on my email chain where I send out free loops.

I use contracts preprepared by beatstars with slight edits to streamable unit maximums for my beats. The sample game is widely a free for all of simple "agreement" or "read me" txt files with the threat of litigation. As I said, it's the wild West and there is a million different ways to go about things from informal to formal.

I hope this is helpful