But downloading music is still a better option than streaming it if you want to make sure the most money ends up in the hands of the people who actually make it. Though the whole digital download era now feels a little abbreviated in the advent of streaming, many artists and independent labels still offer the option to consumers if you know where to look. Artist-supporting distributors like CD Baby and BandCamp are based around the model of fans downloading music directly from the artists they love.
If a middle man is going to make some money off of your purchase of music, make sure it is someone who is going to keep that music money local, who will stock albums from local artists or cool independent artists from around the country. Local record stores are still vital to local music economies, offering CD release parties and other promotional options for artists, and offering a hub for the sharing of music by local music lovers.
Sometimes stores like Hastings are the only options in rural areas for local listeners to purchase physical copies. If they go away, then sometimes the only option left is ordering online. With discounted prices and special deals worked out with distributors, who knows how much money ends up in the pockets of the artists when you buy an album at Wal-Mart. Amazon with be another option. Though if you do download your music directly from an artist or a company like BandCamp, there are plenty of options on how to import the music into your library, some people still like the convenience of using iTunes, Amazon, Google Play, or others, and their cloud, playlist, and recommended listening features.
Purchasing from iTunes, etc. Nonetheless, it is still a better option than streaming for free on an ad-supported service, or downloading an illegal copy. Is iTunes, Amazon, or Google Play better than the others to download music from?
This is a hard question to answer since many labels, collections of labels, and major distributors work out their own specific deals with each download service. But something to pay special attention to is what service the artist or label asks you to purchase music from.
Not only may they point you in the right direction for which selling partner will be more profitable for them, but sometimes it can be important for the performance on a specific selling platform. For example, iTunes charts continue to be used more and more by artists, labels, publicists, and the music industry to judge consumer sentiment in real time.
So if an artist specifically asks you to order from iTunes, this may help their performance, and thus, the exposure for their music in these outlet-specific charts. Amazon also offers rankings updated hourly, and unlike iTunes, uses affiliate programs to pay back artists or labels who refer sellers to them.
So sometimes Amazon is the better option. Also Amazon, unlike iTunes, offers physical copies of music. Unlike iTunes, Amazon gives some flexibility to sellers on price, so they can offer deals and specials. On iTunes, the prices are mostly fixed. Spotify and YouTube are seen as the lowest-paying streaming service out there, but this partly has to do with offering a free option.
Average Payout per play according to Information is Beautiful :. So as you can see, Google Play and Tidal would be the best financial options, but Tidal is one of the least-used.
Google does not offer user data. What makes it worse is that if you use ad blockers, YouTube users basically get the music for free. Same goes for when you go to independently-owned music blogs like Saving Country Music that also offer content for free, but rely on ads to survive. This is the exact opposite of supporting an artist.
Jeff Miller March 28, pm. Question: Amazon Prime music… Anyone have any idea about how that works in terms of royalties? Trigger March 28, pm. And just like Google, Amazon loves to be secretive about their numbers. David Macias March 29, am. For our artists in March Clearly, they are paying better than advertised on that site.
But I do think subscription streaming gets a bad rap here. The numbers can scale into something significant for the rights holders which hopefully are the artists. They were streamed 1.
Read it if you want. Mitch March 28, pm. BandCamp is a really good option for an artist that has no label. They offer a lot of cool services, and pay out at decent rates. Valdez March 28, pm. In this context, options 8, 9 and 10 are usually the only way. I even got some positive feedback from independent artists about illegal downloads i once had a download blog, maybe five or six years ago. Anyway, as i told you before, i agree with you when you speak to people who can easily buy stuff from artists they love.
Good points Valdez and totally understandable. Sometimes logistics keeps us from supporting or purchasing music like we want to, especially for international listeners. I had and still have a lot of arguments with US residents who only wants to download music illegally.
Hope your list can be helpful to some people. Filipi Junio Brazil March 29, am. There is a cool bandcamp app that i use frequently. I have noticed there are labels, like the metal label Relapse, that use bandcamp alot. Louis Knoebel March 28, pm.
This is a very helpful list to have. I do however always buy items from the merch booth if I can. Jim L. March 28, pm. Yep… Nothing better than getting a signed CD at a live show, and getting to talk a bit with the artist.
Big Red March 28, pm. Taylor March 28, pm. I also use Spotify to preview the album then if I like well enough I go out and buy it. I like buying them at shows as you can get them autographed and talk to the artist a bit, I have had artists recognize me from other shows, which is a neat feeling!
Also, Hastings is a great place, it has helped me discover many artists and their website has a lot of good stuff too! Michael March 28, pm. Steal vs share? I often burn discs of newer to me artists for friends to turn them on to a band and 8 times out of 10 they make it to show with me and hit the merch table. I have had conversations with artists about this and most encourage it. As you can see from our calculator, it takes a lot of streams to start earning the big bucks - not that it's not possible!
There are loads of independent artists out there doing huge streaming numbers and making a good living solely through streaming royalties. However, when you release music on Spotify , Apple Music and other streaming platforms, they offer a direct route to new and current fans. Exposure like this is a stepping stone to success. Do you have any questions about music streaming royalties?
How closely does our estimated music streaming royalty calculator reflect what you earn from streaming services? Let us know in the comments and below and share this with your fellow musicians. It only takes 2 clicks to get your favorite music in MP3. Or wondering how to extract the audio tracks from online video courses, news, speeches, podcasts, etc.?
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