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  • Out of the blue 'radio request'..thoughts? (p.2)
2015/04/06 13:41:19
Wookiee
jamesg1213
Link just gives me 'session has timed out' John...


Typical Companies house
2015/04/06 13:59:41
jamesg1213
craigb
jamesg1213
Beagle
 it was only like $175 or something, so it wasn't much.
 




 
That's about 10x more than I've ever made from selling downloads on SC and the like . I couldn't even give my last 'album' away.




Now THAT'S not true! 




I know you've got it Craig, but you've got EVERYTHING by EVERYONE!
2015/04/06 16:05:41
craigb
Only if it's good. 
2015/04/06 17:36:21
SongCraft
No harm in submitting IF the fine print checks out in favor of the writers/performers, you own the rights exclusively and no 'royalty free' streaming.
 
Wish you all the best!
 
Last year I was approached by an independent Internet radio station, they love my work, said it fits their radio format perfectly and wanted me to submit.  They recently contacted me yet again.  The radio station has very strong views in regards to supporting community -- Egalitarian principles. 
 
Unless it leads to commercial ((terrestrial radio - not solely Internet based)). At the moment its seems somewhat surreal. Maybe I'm just being paranoid.
 
Anyway, proceed with caution:
Find out if the radio station business is ethical, legitimate and may lead to terrestrial radio and other opportunities.
 
About two years ago I removed all my works from a distributor for three reasons, (1) yearly recurring fees, (2) lack of good marketing options and (3) I should have not put all my best works in the one basket 'with' too much to follow up on to recoup my investment and make a decent profit/income. Kind of like I had put the cart before the horse.
 
Writer services did suggest to me years ago, to not put all my works up (full length tracks) on music sites - specifically sites that stream 'Royalty Free'.  Y/T is best used in regards to proceeding with a 'marketing strategy in mind' rather than 'uploading all works in mind'.
 
Distribution to pay-per-stream music sites paid me about $0.02 to $4.00 each 'over a 12 month period', estimated earnings: $20. Terrestrial radio would have paid much more than that. Compared to Internet based streaming I earned 5 times that in CD sales -- that format isn't idea for me unless I can form a new band in about 2 seconds and do about 3 gigs a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN ....  
 
I have never felt comfortable with the live scene, the overhead costs, travel, the spotlight, the hype that surrounds it and stalkers.
 
Though the good also potentially comes with the bad  - sorry for the rant!
 
 
2015/04/07 05:46:22
dappa1
Anything is worth a try should go for it life is too short for mist (lol) opportunities...
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