As I've always said, youtube is basically the biggest scam on the net, followed closely by spotify.
Dec-08-2016 19:05
LoveHate
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Registered: Oct 2006
Location: Vancouver
Those redditers are really overestimating the monetary value of views ,views mean nothing. Fractions of pennies on the dollar.
Dec-08-2016 21:27
LoveHate
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Registered: Oct 2006
Location: Vancouver
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
Dec-09-2016 03:13
Mr.Mystery
Static Guru
Registered: Dec 2001
Location: Vantaa
In the last three quarters I've made exactly $5,88 with my music. Gonna be a millionaire in no time!
omg Raphie...just..omg that is so wrong on so many levels
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Dec-09-2016 17:14
DJ RANN
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: May 2001
Location: Hollywood....
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
Dec-09-2016 19:16
Raphie
Mastering Engineer
Registered: Jun 2008
Location: Lelystad, Netherlands
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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.
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Dec-10-2016 11:21
Trancelover03591
Trained tranceaddict
Registered: Feb 2011
Location: Southern California
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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.
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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.
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