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In 6 Months SoundCloud Has Approved Just 100 Premier Partners – via Hypebot

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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.

Indie Brew Radio – Now in Beta – IndieBrew.NET

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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.

Indie Brew Radio – Now in Beta – IndieBrew.NET.

it’s about the music

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Sorry so long since my last post. The Open Mic the other night was a great time. Plenty of good musicians showed up to sit in, and it became more of a jam-fest than open mic. At our peak, we had a full band…two guitars, drums, bass, and even harmonica/vocals.

Some of the neighborhood kids joined in as well, including one kid on the violin and my own 8 year old on the drum kit. We tried in vain to get some of the girls to sing, but they were more interested in dancing. Oh well…can’t complain about that.

Even more impressive though was how equipment just seemed to show up. Some plywood for the stage, and easy-up to give us some shelter from the sun. We were without a PA for the beginning of the evening, but then even that arrived miraculously.

Most importantly, great fun was had by all…so it looks as if we’ll have to do it again soon! I’ll be sure to post a notice here as soon as the next date is determined. Thanks to everyone for all of the help and efforts to put it all together.