Interesting read on exactly how much an independent artist gets paid....

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Posted by DJ RANN on Dec-08-2016 19:05:

Interesting read on exactly how much an independent artist gets paid....

https://www.reddit.com/r/Music/comm...icly_published/

As I've always said, youtube is basically the biggest scam on the net, followed closely by spotify.

Posted by LoveHate on Dec-08-2016 21:27:

Those redditers are really overestimating the monetary value of views ,views mean nothing. Fractions of pennies on the dollar.

Posted by LoveHate on Dec-09-2016 03:13:

reddit is a weird place, and they defend pedophiles for some reason,the top comment will always be how it's a mental illness or some dumb sh*t like that

Posted by Mr.Mystery on Dec-09-2016 07:59:

In the last three quarters I've made exactly $5,88 with my music. Gonna be a millionaire in no time!

Posted by Raphie on Dec-09-2016 12:13:

LOL the guy sharing his books did not even make 1k$ And he seems happy... WTF!?!

Then imagine that this guy is now loaded
https://youtu.be/1W3sslyiUfg

Posted by cryophonik on Dec-09-2016 16:23:

quote:
Originally posted by Mr.Mystery
In the last three quarters I've made exactly $5,88 with my music. Gonna be a millionaire in no time!

Yeah, that seems about right for me, too. Starbucks, here I come. Ima vente-size that bitch, too, cuz that's how I roll, yo.

Posted by SystematicX1 on Dec-09-2016 17:14:

quote:
Originally posted by Raphie
LOL the guy sharing his books did not even make 1k$ And he seems happy... WTF!?!

Then imagine that this guy is now loaded
https://youtu.be/1W3sslyiUfg

omg Raphie...just..omg that is so wrong on so many levels

Posted by DJ RANN on Dec-09-2016 19:16:

quote:
Originally posted by cryophonik
Yeah, that seems about right for me, too. Starbucks, here I come. Ima vente-size that bitch, too, cuz that's how I roll, yo.

Thanks, can you put Cinnamon on it for me too? And I'll need a tray

Posted by Raphie on Dec-10-2016 11:21:

quote:
Originally posted by SystematicX1
omg Raphie...just..omg that is so wrong on so many levels

Yes, yet it topped gangnam style more than twice, most watched video / pranked video on YT EVER! guy earns millions of royalties on plays.

Posted by Trancelover03591 on Dec-10-2016 20:49:

quote:
Originally posted by Zak McKracken
Streaming is nothing but a promotional tool. The bucks are in gigs assuming you actually are talented and promoted.

Agreed. People are still making a ton of money. They just make it in different ways (or more money in fewer ways such as live events, memberships for studio live streaming, remixing fees, publishing, YouTube monetization, etc) and it evens out. I don't know why more people haven't figured out that song sales/album are over and move on, and not even include it in their business model. It would be like if retail stores were still complaining that they weren't selling telephones or desktop computers or something. Markets change. If people couldn't make a living doing music, that would be one thing, but that isn't the case.

Posted by Trancelover03591 on Dec-10-2016 20:52:

And I will add if you don't want to do live gigs but are really talented, then be a ghost producer. I haven't seen the numbers but would say that market has grown in a major way in the past 5 years because tens of thousands of everyday people can and will pay $250-500 for a track.