Aribeth Zelin
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If you want to DJ your music, you need to buy it, because otherwise, the drm won't allow you to.
This is / was some sort of Apple issue?If you want to DJ your music, you need to buy it, because otherwise, the drm won't allow you to.
Apple hasn't used DRM on music in like 15 years. Pretty sure since before Second Life was open to the public. Previously protected tracks could be converted to DRM-free if the label/artist allowed it, and I was able to convert all my tracks easily.This is / was some sort of Apple issue?
I agree - and if I were working for a radio station[well, they don't use real DJs anymore] or something like Sirius XM, then I'd probably get free music, if they still do that. Lord knows, growing up with a dad as a DJ I got a lot of free, music, but.... there are Ascap fees and the like, so sure, its advertisement, but the stations still have to pay those fees out, so....DJ's shouldn't have to pay, they should get payed to spin an artists recording IMHO.
Every airplay or play in a disco is in fact a 3-4 minute commercial for a recording.
And it works big time:
Dua Lipa has this month 57+ million streams this month on Spotify alone, that means a check of €57.000 in the Lipa mailbox (if the rumours of 1€ per 1,000 streams are true). Now is Spotify one of the bigger streaming services, but how many are there around?
And next month rinse and repeat, while the diva lies at her pool sipping her cola libre.
Good old Elvis still makes about €10,000 every single month from out of his grave, more then 40 years after his life ended.
Sure the artists are real talented, but who made the audience aware of their existance?
Who launch their newest releases?
If you have a shop like a snack bar or a barber shop and you play radio and customers can here it, you have to pay royalties over here.
Totally insane IMHO.
Over here the big national stations do still use DJs. Their shows have become real personality thingies. With side kick and all.a radio station[well, they don't use real DJs anymore]
Its a bit of both, and we -have- radio personalities, but they don't pick the music. But like my dad was both a personality and played music - but he was also entertaining military, and worked morning shit when I was little. If they just played music, then -I- can do that for myself, but someone who knows their music, loves the music they play, and can make it fun? Best kind of DJ.Over here the big national stations do still use DJs. Their shows have become real personality thingies. With side kick and all.
I don't like that. A good DJ in my mind should serve music. Not become the center of the show.
You can't eat exposure.DJ's shouldn't have to pay, they should get payed to spin an artists recording IMHO.
Every airplay or play in a disco is in fact a 3-4 minute commercial for a recording.
I agree, but the music should be the star, not the DJ. Never heard a DJ who was good enough to be a comedian, although some do their best to act like one these days.Its a bit of both, and we -have- radio personalities, but they don't pick the music. But like my dad was both a personality and played music - but he was also entertaining military, and worked morning shit when I was little. If they just played music, then -I- can do that for myself, but someone who knows their music, loves the music they play, and can make it fun? Best kind of DJ.
You can in the music industry, where radio exposure means selling albums, increasing streams, sell concert tickets.You can't eat exposure.
My dad was kind of a celeb, much to my mom's chagrin because she had to go to a lot of dinner parties - he was in Frankfurt [70-72], and Munich[72-74], then over in S KoreaI agree, but the music should be the star, not the DJ. Never heard a DJ that was good enough to be a comedian, although some do their best to act like one these days.
On a side note:
Your dad was a jock at AFN right?
Then I'm most likely heard a few of his shows. Because we have a NATO HQ base in my hometown and AFN and CFN were FM broadcasted locally.
I listened regularly to these two stations, to know what happened in the music scene on the other side of the Atlantic.
This article claimsIs there a magic money fountain for musicians? I've spoken to artists who get thousands of plays and downloads from Amazon, Google, Apple, and Spotify, and they never get a dime. And the streaming services definitely cut into sales. Concerts were a razor thin margin even before the pandemic. A few people get paid a lot for doing nothing, but the majority of artists get shit for working their asses off. A handful of artists have it made, but that is the exception, not the rule.
Do Artists Get Paid Every Time Their Song is Played on Spotify?To put it in perspective, an artist would need roughly 400,000 streams to earn an amount comparable to the average monthly minimum wage.
As always it is not the singer/artist who gets most out of a song, it is the songwriters and the record companies.
It is easier to become famous when radio stations and club DJs pick up your songs and spin them, or when you have to tour the country with gigs in bars and clubs with 200 people at best?Is there a magic money fountain for musicians? I've spoken to artists who get thousands of plays and downloads from Amazon, Google, Apple, and Spotify, and they never get a dime. And the streaming services definitely cut into sales. Concerts were a razor thin margin even before the pandemic. A few people get paid a lot for doing nothing, but the majority of artists get shit for working their asses off. A handful of artists have it made, but that is the exception, not the rule.