Selling Out - how much music artists earn online

lcaise · Post by **lcaise** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 11:45 pm

only beatport and other shops are making serious moneys at mp3 bussines.

1.99$ per download

50% - beatport
50% label -> 99c for label

- 20% distro = 80c for label

80c - > 50% label + 50% producer
40c is for producer/musician [track price is 2USD]

Themis · Post by **Themis** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 11:57 pm

yeah i want to know some statistics about how often tracks get downloaded on Beatport on a half decent label ...

but everyone makes a secret out of it ..

so i have to think, they all earn more than enough ..

lcaise · Post by **lcaise** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 12:06 am

imo if you are a producer and you want to make money, you should get some bookings at clubs and don't expect big moneys from tracks released @ bp/juno/djdownload etc ..

patrick bateman · Post by **patrick bateman** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 1:06 am

lcaise wrote:only beatport and other shops are making serious moneys at mp3 bussines.

1.99$ per download

50% - beatport
50% label -> 99c for label

- 20% distro = 80c for label

80c - > 50% label + 50% producer
40c is for producer/musician [track price is 2USD]

The deal is never 50/50% between beatport and label, AND there doesn't have to be a distro between label and beatport either..

patrick bateman · Post by **patrick bateman** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 1:08 am

lcaise wrote:imo if you are a producer and you want to make money, you should get some bookings at clubs and don't expect big moneys from tracks released @ bp/juno/djdownload etc ..

You are more or less right in this, except that because of the crisis, clubs pay WAY less than they used to, plus it's only the bigger guys who actually really get's enough gigs/money to be able to make something that could be enough for a living..

infernal.techno · Post by **infernal.techno** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 1:47 am

don't use sites like beatport??

i saw this chart elsewhere...i think it's geared more towards bigger labels more-so than the type of labels run by artists. maybe this is why miley got so upset last week and "quit" music

patrick bateman · Post by **patrick bateman** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 9:48 am

infernal.techno wrote:don't use sites like beatport??

What should people/the kids use instead?

patrick bateman · Post by **patrick bateman** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 9:49 am

Themis wrote:yeah i want to know some statistics about how often tracks get downloaded on Beatport on a half decent label ...

but everyone makes a secret out of it ..

so i have to think, they all earn more than enough ..

You would be very surprised to know how little it takes to get to the top 10 of the genres...