Actually, Teens Are Still Using Facebook
Teens’ affection for Facebook is not dead yet….
This morning SoundCloud announced that they’ve signed up 100 Premier Partners and paid them $1 million in advertising revenue since launching 6 months ago.
SoundCloud has been under pressure from the major labels and other rights holders to monetize more of the content available on the platform. Negotiations have been rumored to be difficult, but ongoing; and in August, SoundCloud added advertising with the promise of sharing that revenue with approved Premier Partners.
Six month later, the list of Premier Partners receiving payments – though including some significant creators like Green Label Sound, Sizzlebird, Maker Studios, Epic Rap Battles and comedian Kim Dawson – totals just 100, all in the U.S.
175 Million Monthly Users = $166,000 Monthly Payments
Payments to these Premier Partners total $1 million since August, according to SoundCloud. That’s an average of just $10,000 per partner. Meaning that SoundCloud has $166,000 a month in payments from a service that as of December 2014 attracts more than 175 million unique users a month listening to free content from creators who upload 12 hours of audio every minute.
SoundCloud, which was founded in 2008, has said that they will expand the Premier Partner program outside of the U.S. and to more creators; but have decline to say when.
via In 6 Months SoundCloud Has Approved Just 100 Premier Partners, Payments Total $1 Million – hypebot.
We just launched a new feature at IndieBew.NET: Check out Indie Brew Radio, now in Beta!
Tune in now and let us know what you think. Be a little patient, as the stream may be unavailable from time to time during the beta, but our goal is to have 100% Indie Music flowing 100% of the time. Yup ALL the time. That’s the goal anyway.
There’s no plugin or player needed. Just go to the site and hit play from any browser:
http://indiebrew.net/brewpress/indie-brew-radio/
It even works from your phone’s web browser (tested so far on iPhone/Safari and Android/Chrome)! We’ve got some great artisit already signed up, with more on the way really soon! (If you are an Indie Musician, be sure to submit your music to be played on the air)!
Click the link…you know you want to: Indie Brew Radio BETA – indieBrew.Net.
Learning a few rules will help musician get…and keep…relevant followers on twitter and facebook
I’ve made a few of the “9 Mistakes Musicians Make On Twitter”. I’m sure I’m not alone.
Social networking can be hard. But it’s also an amazing way to find new listeners for your music and interact with new fans and old…or piss people off because you don’t know what the hell you’re doing. Learning a few rules will help you get…and keep…relevant followers, and the answers are all pretty much common sense.
Well, they should be. But let’s face it, most of us would rather play music than screw around with Twitter and Facebook trying to find new fans. But learning how to use these networks…and the plethora of other social web tools out there…can turn small amounts of effort into big results.
IF you’re careful not to break a few simple rules, you can avoid finding yourself shunned and alone with the spammers and phishermen.
9 Mistakes Musicians Make On Twitter | Digital Music NewsDigital Music News.
