Comment Touring Band (Score 1) 203
Hi SEMLogistics,
I realize the mobile data costs is the main issue here. This is just a FWIW post for all small bands, creating original content and ways to increase their revenue thru music sales. Face it, it's no real news that the streaming model is breaking down as evidenced by the recent exiting of Pandora execs, SoundCloud layoff and Spotify being heavily leveraged with VC $$ despite millions of paid subscribers. The $$ is not going to the content creators. See the recent music
docu: lastsongwriter.com On a recent trip to Nashville to do a session, I got turned onto a startup called crowdmusic.com\281 They are attempting to change the model and out of every $1 they are allocating 0.40 to the artist. It's taking the Kickstarter model of vetting talent, combining it with social media. Right now it's a chicken and an egg but if talent at the very top has the wherewithal to pull off the other streaming platforms and release exclusively on CrowdMusic, the tide can turn. Also follow musicbusinessworldwide.com as they are posting a lot of news stories like Spotify creating fake artists in an effort to NOT pay artists, and Sony Music hiring an AI specialist to "create" hit music. messed up....
