Logistical Styles
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It took about 4 months, but I was finally able to get a return on music I distributed through CDbaby. This music biz has always been a bit of an experiment for me. That's how I got into licensing beats and now I wanted to see what it takes to get paid from streaming.
Last September I used CDBaby to put out a 10 song album of just my beats. I've done this in the past primarily as a way to get music on Spotify and other digital platforms. The one thing I did differently this time around was proactively push my music to other people's playlists via Facebook groups and I made it a point to stream my own music as well. I set up one of my spare laptops and played a playlist that had nothing but songs from my recent releases. I did this 24/7 starting in late September. As you know the music industry can move pretty slowly. It usually takes about 6 to 9 months to see the results of a license sale. Today I woke up to a $37 deposit from CDbaby for music that streamed back in October. I'm pretty excited to see what November and December's results look like. I was pushing really hard in those months. Unfortunately I won't see those results until March and then June's BMI royalty statement. There is a BMI royalty statement coming out on Friday but that is just for 2nd quarter of 2018. I didn't really start working until 3rd quarter.
I'm also working on increasing my SoundCloud streams just to see what the payout is like. Hopefully one day I'll get a SoundExchange payment. When I do I'll be sure to let you all know!
Last September I used CDBaby to put out a 10 song album of just my beats. I've done this in the past primarily as a way to get music on Spotify and other digital platforms. The one thing I did differently this time around was proactively push my music to other people's playlists via Facebook groups and I made it a point to stream my own music as well. I set up one of my spare laptops and played a playlist that had nothing but songs from my recent releases. I did this 24/7 starting in late September. As you know the music industry can move pretty slowly. It usually takes about 6 to 9 months to see the results of a license sale. Today I woke up to a $37 deposit from CDbaby for music that streamed back in October. I'm pretty excited to see what November and December's results look like. I was pushing really hard in those months. Unfortunately I won't see those results until March and then June's BMI royalty statement. There is a BMI royalty statement coming out on Friday but that is just for 2nd quarter of 2018. I didn't really start working until 3rd quarter.
I'm also working on increasing my SoundCloud streams just to see what the payout is like. Hopefully one day I'll get a SoundExchange payment. When I do I'll be sure to let you all know!