DJ_KiDDvIcIOUs
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Many assume digital sales of their favorite music is what makes the artist their money. Those people are sorely mistaken. Generally speaking, the artist make the majority of their money with ticket sales for live events as well as merchandise.
Later in their careers, many start their own label usually under their parent label. The reason for this being they want to make money off of new artist as was done to them. So buying music through sites like iTunes or other popular services as little as $0.04 per purchase may actually go to the artist.
Other services like Spotify which stream music either for free with ads or for a flat monthly rate can pay artist even less than that. 2015 was the first year in recorded history that "old" music (anything over 15 months) actually outsold the "new" music. Also, Beatport (the leading source for DJ's to legally acquire DJ ready tracks) recently went bankrupt.
I personally know several people over the years who put tracks up there and made less than $5 for the life of the release even though the track charted in the top 10 for quite some time.
Over the past few years, many artist have embraced previously dead formats such as vinyl or cassette tapes leading to a resurgence of those formats while also giving the artist a bit more for their work.
My question for all you Hypesters is what is your preferred method of getting access to your fave tunes?
Also, how often do you go out to local music related live events in your area?
Later in their careers, many start their own label usually under their parent label. The reason for this being they want to make money off of new artist as was done to them. So buying music through sites like iTunes or other popular services as little as $0.04 per purchase may actually go to the artist.
Other services like Spotify which stream music either for free with ads or for a flat monthly rate can pay artist even less than that. 2015 was the first year in recorded history that "old" music (anything over 15 months) actually outsold the "new" music. Also, Beatport (the leading source for DJ's to legally acquire DJ ready tracks) recently went bankrupt.
I personally know several people over the years who put tracks up there and made less than $5 for the life of the release even though the track charted in the top 10 for quite some time.
Over the past few years, many artist have embraced previously dead formats such as vinyl or cassette tapes leading to a resurgence of those formats while also giving the artist a bit more for their work.
My question for all you Hypesters is what is your preferred method of getting access to your fave tunes?
Also, how often do you go out to local music related live events in your area?
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