Exposing the Music Industry One Day at a Time • pt.2

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[@MpcSikste]

SHOUT TO ALL MY PRODUCER HOMIES IN HERE WE GOTTA PULL TOGETHER

[@ceemor3404]

Lead by example,bro.Dont talk about it be about it.

[@SummorsTV]

Great series, as independent artist. Direct to consumer is the best bet to profit once you find your audience

[@Treyco]

How to you get it to them

[@therealforeignwolf]

Bet! This is my plan too

[@SavoX597]

My home-made music catalogue has outsold a lot of my label peers because I have profited form direct sales, which is tragic considering my audience is way smaller and my streams are less

[@bungaraya8436]

The music industry is the devils playground but God’s working…

[@caseyjones3522]

Gods working?

[@kylebraymen2483]

You’re a beast bro this content is exactly what the industry is missing I’m sharing this to dozens of established artists I know

[@Amor-Gabriel-Rodriguez]

Bro I gotta be honest I don’t even follow you for production tips or tutorials. I respect you and all your hard work but THIS is IT for me!! there is no other KZbin channel that even dares to do this, thank you so much busy, keep it up never gatekeep knowledge ever!!

[@LosantoBeats]

A lot of music promotes behaviour that will get you in jail. The people who run the music industyr, also "own" the jails.

[@gastarbeiter8384]

Stop it😂

[@aelius_audio]

@@gastarbeiter8384krayzie bone talks about it in an interview, very enlightening how deep things really go in a multitude of industries

[@spotifyaccount1565]

vanguard holdings a major investment company has stakes in private correctional facilities n they also fund major music distribution companies so technically that is true

[@Atrainswrld]

​@@gastarbeiter8384they do too. Lazy bone said they wanted gangster rap so they could fill up the private prisons

[@earlpipe9713]

The music & entertainment conglomerates have been bought into big time by mafia/organized crime interests, which adds some extra ironic fukkery to the whole affair

[@renechang2406]

The problem with the music business is the artist and producer are the talent but everyone else has their hands in the producer and artists pocket

[@SleepingInAshes]

My song has 325,160 impressions for a total earned of $0.28

[@namegoeshere1]

Free university grade education. You’re a legend. Just when I thought I was getting the full picture you poke holes all over it. Appreciate you

[@justimani8715]

I'm definitely ready for part 3

[@geoffreyschumann]

@busyworksbeats - I grew up in the biz, an I have to say, this is one of the FINEST explanations that I've seen! Bravo! Yes, there's a ton of middle-men between what we create and in the end, what we get paid... As a session player, I'm used to getting my pay for the work I do, but I don't have any sync/licenses on what I've played bass for, even stems... I'm trying to get into the Sync/License as a composer now... Last year I made under ten bucks from streams.. there's gotta be a better way! I love music, I'm a musician, seasoned over 40+ years... More than willing to collab with anyone as long as there's a Split Sheet, I'll even work on spec!

[@digitaleara5520]

As a past programmer I’ve been saying that there should and could be a better system in place for the creator, but the system won’t allow it will put too many out of business or a job!

[@busyworksbeats]

Faxx 📠

[@ParrisCrockett]

Definitely make another part to this, can’t wait to hear more

[@BassFunMusic]

Man, your tracks are off the charts! Never heard anything so dope! 🎧🚀

[@ozzartheproducer]

Again Amazing Information ! Finally Some Real Stuff! its eye opening Thanks BWBeats Ur the best! had to sub! looking forward to picking your brain to learn as much as i can

[@No1zShadow]

Been waiting patiently! Thanks again bro!

[@Treyco]

I been saying CD era was the best artist would make more money, we gotta sell the music directly to fans, maybe through zip files etc

[@caseyjones3522]

you have to have fans that care enough to be inconvenienced for a download. that's hard to do, the average music consumer isn't built like that. they don't care how much the artists suffer, as long as its super convenient for them to stream.

[@earlpipe9713]

I remember some independent rappers like Mach Hommy and God Fahim were always experimenting with the income generating models of direct sales to fans of both hard and digital copies of every new project. Like sometimes they'd only release a new project as a super limited collector's vinyl lp for over $1,000 a disk

[@Des_Armoni]

Ok busy this is great content

[@FiveeKay]

partly why metallica was so against where the industry was heading back in the napster days

[@caseyjones3522]

Lars was right.

[@hollileslie8105]

One of my friends used to rap, and he straight up, told me all of these rappers that you see do not make their money from music they make it selling drugs, and that’s why they keep coming up dead.

[@christie_exist]

I listen to underground music and buy their albums on Bandcamp.

[@kenwood1971]

Excellent video. This video made me think about an article that I read in Variety back in the 90's where B of A extends $800M credit line to Universal. Now I see why the licensing agreements are not always up for discussion. The spins are over .12 cents for records under 5 minutes, and up to $2.35 for very minute of a song after 5 minutes, and they wnat to pay the artist and company .003 of .1 cent. Wow! I would like to have a conversation with you.

[@planetpless]

This is music to my ears. My man on that frequency 🧠💫

[@Lamiere]

can't wait to hear part 3-4

[@ChristianRafaelmusic]

YES! part 4! Love all these gems fam!

[@y2kamir]

You’ve enlightened me with this series. Thank you so much…

[@la6136]

I think most celebrity musicians are much poorer than we realize. If they are actually wealthy they did something funny to become that rich it wasn’t purely because of their music.

[@kepriworks]

I am from the old school. Love hearing someone from another generation breaking it all down.

[@simonfarre4907]

One question; What experience in the music industry do you have to expose it? Critiquing a system and exposing a system are two different things. The latter requires experience. So what experience do you have?

[@boukmanflow]

patiently waiting for the next part

[@victoriousakadiceproductions]

We appreciate the breakdown and always giving us the info, it's confirmation and a lot too think about. 🙏🎲🎲

[@Detopie]

great video really... please keep this going. Really has got me thinking

[@RadioIlluminaticom]

We need to be reinvent (high integrity) the music industry as independent artists or producers. Keep in mind your music is not the product. It is your brand. Traffic/attention should be used to sell other products that fit your fan base. That's how to håck the music industry

[@Treyco]

Keep it coming

[@RadioIlluminaticom]

I had an online hit radio in the UK. I did pay the PROs for playing mainstream music. But when I played my own music, I haven't received royalties. Imagine if my music was played on several radio stations and the royalties are not paid to the song writers.

[@AlphaKabine]

Appreciate the work you do! I hate the streaming payout it’s robbery on every level…

[@KillaKiRawBeats]

I made my first robot in 5th or 6th grade with a tape recorder. Created a radio station talk show with tapes. Walk man and boomboxes.

[@KDazee]

Appreciate these breakdowns !

[@mgtv-michaelgeetv7464]

Thank you for calling out how the money made from streaming is minuscule. 12:08

[@ChaceBonanno]

10:24 we choose with our distro if we want to publish our music to any social media platforms and we get compensated if we choose so. You can publish to a single DSP if you want, and the social media companies can’t use it then.

[@busyworksbeats]

I’m mainly referring to artists who are signed to either Universal, Warner and Sony.

[@danielbarrett4697]

Part 3 is gonna be the SOLUTIONS right.

[@_trexcellence]

👀✅

[@shifu_lu]

Prayers for you bro. They will come for you for exposing them.

[@marcusgreensr]

Even though the money appears to be in your PayPal etc it is still done be ACH and the bank floats you the funds. Cryptocurrencies change all of this

[@mgtv-michaelgeetv7464]

What also bothers me is this concept of record sales & the equation they use to determine how many streams equal a sale is so Backwards. We live in a Digital age & most artist audience are not buying physical copies. If they would improve the equation you would be shocked at what artist sales actually are.

[@YAKUILLASIN]

I love this!

[@MichaelSmith-lm5sl]

If the music industry is as exploitative as you describe, with low streaming revenues and difficult access to profitable avenues like sync licenses, how is it that we still see a continuous influx of new artists and musicians who are able to make a living and sometimes even achieve significant wealth and fame? Isn't this a paradox that challenges the idea that the music industry is largely unprofitable for artists?

[@TreyBeSpittin]

They are most likely specifically selected to be put infront of you. Either that or said artist is making music about death and killing their own people. Those are the two ways, industry plants and death rappers/artists. Ask yourself, like man that person is really blowing up? what type of music are they making? is it negative? because music with a positive message and positive energy is not blowing up unless its being used a tool by the same people who push the negative music.

[@therealforeignwolf]

I love this series bro! I could shed a tear right now. Make part 3 please 🙏 if the contract says 50% royalties... Do we get a cut of the "blanket deal?"

[@stevovomusic]

This is amazing work 👏

[@justinhenryrebel]

You mentioned the caste system around 9:20.. you went deep on this one.

[@2solid4tv48]

Great Video you definitely need an part 3,4, and 5 ! Salute

[@Dopevibesx]

🔥🔥 thanks for this brother

[@TheToobNube]

"My brains going on tangents 'cause I'm an Ares" 😂

[@FreeShine-g7z]

Your a real one man. I made my first beat from your video “how to make a beat part 1 Chrords” not going to lie I still suck but if I keep swinging and banging all just for fun & love for music

[@Spaceymusicusa]

how can you bypass BMI/Ascap and get that money? Or bypass Distributors (distrokid, CDbaby) and that those type of royalties?

[@busyworksbeats]

To totally skip the system, we'd be using web3 systems. The concept of traditional royalties is controlled by the existing Music Industry systems. I teach music producers to sell directly to their customers to build that relationship. And use royalties and streaming as a way to reach new people, not as a main business model. I also teach that if producers go into the music industry, they should aim for partnerships.

[@kaptainbambino]

Facts.. creating our own listening mechanism.. I wonder how they are maintaining those type of platforms..

[@Lamiere]

amazing analysis

[@sahr94]

Preaching 👏

[@basementbump20]

This is so informative. Thank you. I do have a question. If artist hasnt put their music on DSP but used soundcloud is their also some rights they have giving up to use that platform is they are not getting paid from it?

[@ayannap6423]

Hello, I am a new subscriber. I wanted to know if you had a playlist for your DARK SIDE OF THE MUSIC BUSINESS videos. You have great insider information, thank you for all of your hard work.

[@geoffreyschumann]

@busyworksbeats - in the end of your video, you us if we can name anyone from the music biz who took a chance. Back in the early 90s, I was lucky enough to have this happen to me, as a bass player, deep in the woodshed, paying my dues. I was taught lessons, from one of the top head hunters from the Record Plant back in the day. He taught me the trade secrets how to find the gems in a band, and how to approach them, if you were going to build a hand-picked project, and how to have the conversation with said musician(s). There were other lessons along the lines of how the biz operated from the perspective of a sideman, as that's what I was working towards. For over 40+ years, those lessons paid off for me. Now, over the last three years, I've been slowly and steadily building up my music portfolio as a composer. I've made some inroads, however, I am always looking to expand.

[@busyworksbeats]

Awesome! My question was to name a famous employee from the music industry conglomerate (Sony, Warner, Universal) An employee specifically, not necessarily musician.

[@DoxxyThrash]

its like the same youtube 2k-5k every million views... 3k for every million song plays

[@Fullmetaltracer]

Gems

[@carldubcats3385]

Great Vide, many thanks.

[@luiscarrillo9634]

Glooks brother!

[@EliasDutch440]

Thank you for what you do.

[@KillaKiRawBeats]

I'm coming back around,Game.

[@HomemadeMar]

W 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@shybrooks8382]

can you talk about how record labels inflate their artist fame and explain how to do it ? to cut out a middle man

[@RapFusionMusicInc]

The Real Talk on these KZbin streets….✡️Salutation Of Peace✝️

[@KillaKiRawBeats]

I got royalty exchange it gives 2 numbers . 1 in the $hun mil and 1 at about $2300. I don't understand it. Don't know if I can even touch it.

[@Atrainswrld]

Im gonna play all the roles

[@jayxm2891]

only employee I’ve ever seen outsmart the industry was frank and they wanted his head for it 😂

[@LUVVROMEO]

its crazy how much music artists dont know this shi

[@JayRawri]

And they show a Splice ad after the video smh

[@wildhorsemusic1111]

Guns and Roses & Metallica have just over 1B streams for their top songs on KZbin

[@NoCoastBlackSmith]

I remember this video

[@Ellifmusic]

22:11 I mean you can have a catalog of 100 songs getting 10.000 streams each month and there you go a million streams 4k a month

[@PokPokChickenGod]

Broo do you have a second channel where you could dive deep and expand on different topics ???

[@busyworksbeats]

12 videos a day from me would be crazy lol but no

[@michellegalasmusicofficial]

In UK they pay artist whose music is playing on radio online or national USA do not

[@davidbutler5101]

Sure they do, you need to join a PRO

[@KillaKiRawBeats]

I don't know how to use spotify.

[@Ellifmusic]

What kind of streams of income a singer can have outside the music? I don’t wanna teach singing

[@ChaceBonanno]

20:20 I hate how ppl make this comparison. CDs pay you once while DSPs pay you every single time they listen. People don’t really listen to a song just once. And the lot more people are gonna listen to your music on DSPs then they would’ve on CDs because of friction. It doesn’t cost them anything to listen to your music on a DSP whereas it cost them money to even try out listening to your music on CDs. Plus the algorithm leads to a lot of organic traffic and I’m sure any consumer on any of these DSP’s would tell you that they’ve discovered a lot of music through their DSPs algorithm.

[@busyworksbeats]

If a cd has a value of $10 and a stream on Spotify has a value of $0.003, one would need to stream the song 333 times to earn $1 through streaming. Even assuming the consumer purchased the song as a single for $1.99, the consumer would need to stream the song 663 times to equal the same value as simply selling the music directly. You would need an additional 662 people to stream your song to compare a “one-time” CD sale to a stream. In other words, you need LESS people to buy than in streaming. In regards to the “discovery” element of music via streaming platforms, most artists pay to become a part of the playlist syndicates in order to be found. Organic Spotify searching is not popular nor the norm. Most artists send traffic directly to their Spotify links. Not much of that process is organic discovery.

[@Huseyn14]

Hi. What effect do you apply to the vocals for the remix? It's like my vocals are always dim. Even if I write the notes correctly, it's like they are not compatible with the vocal.

[@busyworksbeats]

Parallel compression, widening effects

[@Huseyn14]

@@busyworksbeats thanks

[@daybreaker7]

If you're a songwriter + singer ,.. you MUST go do live perform on the road, you can't just sit on your couch playing pokemon, period.. so these societies are the ones that will make you profit, through commercials,etc. Definitely not coming from this streaming industry, period.. once you're already seriously well known in public, by then these streaming industry will treat you as their VIP customer.

[@caseyjones3522]

the live industry has been decimated. The venues now take a huge cut of your merch and now the majority of them are owned by Live Nation, jacking up ticket prices.

[@allworksnew]

Should i start a digital record label? I know there is no money in it but i want to help

[@busyworksbeats]

You can right now without any paperwork

[@NoCoastBlackSmith]

Ohhhh he just ChatGPT'd his answers!

[@busyworksbeats]

Lol would you rather I Google them

[@iAr2ro.]

Game.

[@RadioIlluminaticom]

Wow that's evil. Investors invest in gangstar rap to create an income in the prison system.

[@kalumagel]

Streaming is even putting it on youtube?

[@MichaelSmith-lm5sl]

You mentioned that streaming platforms generate low revenue for artists. However, isn't it true that these platforms have provided a global reach for artists, especially independent ones, which was not possible before? How do you reconcile this benefit with the low revenue argument? You suggested that selling physical CDs could generate more income than streaming. However, in the digital age where physical sales are declining and digital consumption is increasing, how practical is it for artists, especially emerging ones, to invest in physical sales? You encouraged musicians to adopt an entrepreneurial mindset. While this is beneficial, isn't it also true that not all artists have the skills or desire to handle the business side of things? Shouldn't there be a balance where artists can focus on their creativity while also having professionals handle the business aspects?

[@MotivatorsLegacy]

MIDDLE MAN ARE MPC!!

[@VeeNaki]

Game are you on Spotify.?

[@busyworksbeats]

I took my album down from streaming

[@jeezy20101]

Correct however they have the foundation that artist don't the bank most people won't support independent America is so condition

[@NoCoastBlackSmith]

It sounds like record labels need to downsize

[@xklusivselekta]

💯▶

[@turtleanton6539]

😊🎉🎉🎉😊

[@amarai11]

the music industry is evil, okay, but what's the alternative

[@busyworksbeats]

New parts coming soon

[@amarai11]

@@busyworksbeats aiight man bless us

[@ChaceBonanno]

11:30 bro this is another ridiculous point. You literally said it yourself. You paid more for CDs than streams. Since consumers now pay less to listen to our music, less revenue is generated overall, so we make less. It’s just a formula, it wasn’t a negotiation.

[@busyworksbeats]

You clearly missed my point. I said why did these corporations dictate the value for a stream? If I buy an album that’s musical perfection and play it once a year, it’s not worth $0.003 to me, it’s worth much more but due to ignorant artists, they’d prefer stream count numbers over real revenue.

[@KillaKiRawBeats]

Bmi

[@KillaKiRawBeats]

Never touched TicToc

[@triple-e427]

Same man. Same.... KZbin shorts was forced on us. I wish I could opt out

[@vickbooz]

Part 4 is Blockchain 🤪😂🤑WEB3 Lol, You gonna sell us a crypto scheme?FROM THE FTC: People use cryptocurrency for many reasons - quick payments, to avoid transaction fees that traditional banks charge, or because it offers some anonymity. Others hold cryptocurrency as an investment, hoping the value goes up That is it, crypto is a speculative asset like baseball cards...

[@busyworksbeats]

I just believe in the accountability of blockchain tech

[@davidbutler5101]

They don't want transparency

[@vickbooz]

@@davidbutler5101 Who is they???? as I put on my tinfoil hat...