A community-curated list serving the independent music scene. (YES PLEASE)
🎹Access to free samples, beats, and licenses to DAWs.
🧠Access to quality resources on marketing, merch, sync
📸Access to multiple creative apps and tools
🤑Access to marketplaces and top newsletters.
Spotify should have more social features:
• Time-stamped reactions to songs
• Easier playlist curation & sharing among friends
• Better profiles with favorite songs, top artists, etc.
• Community voting / polls for new music
Crazy Stat #9:
29% of American Kids Want to be a YouTube Star...A recent survey found that 29% of American kids wanted to be a YouTube star.
This compares with a mere 11% who had dreams of becoming an astronaut.
Crazy Stat #8:
97.5% of YouTubers Don't Make Enough to Reach the U.S. Poverty Line...he end result is that 97.5% of YouTubers don't make enough to reach the U.S. poverty line, $12,140. Therefore, YouTube creators need to find other ways to supplement their advertising income
Today, the world comes together to remember the victims of the Armenian Genocide. A reminder to continue to work together to prevent atrocities like the one in 1915, from ever occurring again.
Crazy Stat #7:Ringtones earned $1 billion in three years...The rise of ringtones earned the digital medium its own Billboard chart in 2004. From 2005 to 2007, ringtones and ringback tunes raked in $1 billion in revenue for the music industry.
Crazy Stat #6: Warning stickers on albums are voluntary...Unlike the Motion Picture Association of America’s rating system for movies, the music labeling system is voluntary and has few guidelines.
Crazy Stat #5: Billboard announced a new policy in 2011 that required albums to sell for at least $3.49 in their first four weeks and tracks to sell for at least 39 cents in their first three months in order to be considered for the charts.
Comment if you think this is fair?
Crazy Stat #4: Digital sales generate 88% of music revenue...The music industry is dominated by digital sales, with 88% of total revenue in the United States coming from streaming, downloads, subscriptions, and other virtual products, according to the RIAA.
Crazy Stat #3: More than 1 trillion songs are streamed annually..
Music fans around the world streamed an estimated 1.5 trillion songs in 2020, per the RIAA. More than a third of those music streams came from listeners in the United States.
Who's your most streamed artist?
Crazy Stat #2: Vinyl sales are on the rise!..Sales of vinyl climbed to more than $700 million in 2019, from a low of $36 million in 2006, reports the IFPI.
Whats your favorite vinyl?
Crazy Stat #1: Recording industry is valued at $20.2 billion in 2020...Streaming sales account for most of the value, followed by physical music sales and performance rights.
Do you think artists receive enough?
Crazy Stat #1: Recording industry is valued at $20.2 billion in 2020...Streaming sales account for most of the value, followed by physical music sales and performance rights.
Do you think artists receive enough?