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THE MUSIC INDUSTRY
The Music industry has always been challenging for musicians to be fairly paid back for their content creation in the pool of $15 billion Music industry.
Global Music Market and trends (Source IFPI CY2012; includes Japan)
In were the 'Middle Men' or Record Labels, Music Distributors, Online Music Sale platforms and Publishers receive the biggest share of the Artists’ Royalty Payments and to be honest it's those big labels who controls the types of music and artists that gets the exposure and become popular.
THE BLOCKCHAIN
One of the great thing about the blockchain is that because it is a decentralized system that exists between all the permitted parties there is no need to pay the 'Middlemen' at the same time it saves us plenty of time and conflict that we musicians face in the current traditional systems used; but now all of this is changing quickly as the Blockchain is proving to be faster, cheaper, and more secure in which is why Banks and Governments among other institutions and industries are being attracted to the Blockchain and turning to it.
What is Musicoin? Why $Musicoin For Musicians?
Musicoin 'The World’s First Smart Cryptocurrency For Music'
The Musicoin project was launched in early February 2017, Musicoin is traded under the symbol 'MUSIC' on the crypto currency exchanges like Bittrex and such.
Source CoinMarketCap.com taken on January the 5'th of 2018
Licensing, Publishing and Releasing Your Music On The Blockchain
Now we the Blockchain decentralized technology musicians can get a full grip and control over all the stages of releasing our Music from Licensing to Publishing and to instantly earning back from our content creation within minutes, at the same time eliminating the current 'Middle Men' and their ridiculous charges fee's that usually eats up most of the artists well deserved profits from our own content creation.
Blockchain 'Smart Contracts'
Smart Contracts Infographics, Source image blockgeeks.com
Using the 'Smart Contracts' recorded on the Musicoin Blockchain, that set out the exact costs and terms of each contract or song the Musician is now able to Copyright, License, Manage Royalty Payments and the Distribution of their own music on the blockchain.
PAY PER PLAY OR 'PPP' & THE NEW 'TIPPING' CONCEPT TO MAXIMIZE EARNINGS ON MUSIC
The beauty and magic of the Musicoin 'PAY PER PLAY' or 'PPP' is that it provides the Artists with Instant Earnings from the music as soon as a Listener Hits Play on a Song in addition all the earnings can be automatically divided if there is more then one musician involved in the content creation accordingly to how the you setup the "Royalty Payment" in the initial setup of the Smart Contract
PAY PER PLAY & Royalty Payment Split Example across several Musicians, Infographics
In addition to the instant revenue the Artists or Music creators can also get Tipped on the Musicoin platform by the 'Listeners' who can 'Tip' their favorite song or artists; this feature by itself makes a huge difference then any other music platform out there in the common systems used.
Musicoin 'TIP' Infographics
With the 'Tipping' feature Artists can receive from 1 to 1000 Musicoins at once which is the equivalent of 1 to 1000 streams at once / That equals anything from $0.061091 USD to 61.09 USD PER 'TIP' !! (Rough Estimate)
Source CoinMarketCap.com taken on January the 5'th of 2018
Musicoin Profits Comparison Chart
Musicoin Profit Comparison Chart rough estimate as value went up since this current analysis
It's so obvious that Musicoin awards and pays much more money to music creators than its closest competitors for now which is Spotify.
Is Hosting Your Music on Musicoin and The Blockchain Safe?
Blockchain Musicoin Content Rights Protection
Your Original Content is Protected by the Blockchain & the Smart Contracts technology. Image source Musicoin official Instagram Page
More beauty and benefits of @Musicoin is that your 'original' music is automatically copyrighted when uploaded to their Musicoin blockchain combined with the use "Smart Contracts" technology.
Image Source BlockchainTechnologies.com
That happens by definition when anything that is uploaded to a blockchain can not disappear, your "Smart Contracts" lives forever on the Blockchain with it's own specific address assigned to you. Therefore your content created uploaded to Musicoin Blockchain with the 'Smart Contracts' is the absolute proof that you're the original creator.
The Beauty & Ease of The Musicoin User Interface Or 'UI'
I simply love the simplicity and beauty of the Musicoin interface from uploading the music and the artwork to how your artwork becomes printed on a vinyl that comes out and starts spinning when you or a listener hits play on a song.
Other then the cool interactive interface what really triggered me and got me more hooked into Musicoin was the ease of licensing, publishing and releasing my first song on the Blockchain which i did within a few minutes only!
As shown in the step by step animated guideline below:
My Personal Earnings Case Study With The Blockchain 'Musicoin' VS. The Standard Centralized Platforms
Live Screenshot from my Artist Musicoin Page
Within less then 2 months only of hosting and promoting my music on Musicoin I have earned 8.5k Musicoins which is the equivalent to $516.26 USD with the current Musicoin Crypto value in the market Coinmarketcap at the moment of me writing this post.
Also I accumulated the amount4.4k from 'Tips' all of that said while exploring and supporting back lots of new musicians and great music from across the world in all it's musical colors.
Sharing with you some Musicoin Love ;)
Since i released my first official music album digitally back in 2008, I used to use a great service provider for digital music distribution like Reverbnation as from one place you can automatically place your music on the most known centralized musical outlets the likes of Amazon Music, Apple Music, Deezer, Google Play, iTunes, Spotify, Tidal and such...
Here's A Quick Example On Revenue Comparison Between The Blockchain & Current Centralized Platforms
At Reverbnation for example the annual fee's so they distribute your music only with the basic package is $280 which is by looking at the charts of my personal sales from Reverbnation 'Sales revenue' Vs. 'Centralized Digital Distribution' The cost of having my music out there is ridiculous .... So Startup musicians has a very hard time to get their music to a wider audience unless they have the resources to pre-invest their own money other then the costs occured for the work, recording, mixing and mastering your work to be ready for release....
You can register as a Musician or a Listener.
By being a Listener you can support the Musicians and the music you like simply by just Pressing Play on a song!
As soon as the song is played the artists gets paid instantly 1 $Musicoin by the Musicoin Blockchain / Miners and in addition you can also TIP your favorite artist to show them more love and support.
Musicoin Musicians, Miners, Listeners Infographics
Data Insight & Reporting Tools
To sound fair 'Reverbnation' do provide some features that the musicians platforms on the Blockchain haven't endorsed yet, like Customizable Reporting tools and data Insights on your Music, Followers and earns ...
Image capture of the reporting tools from my personal Reverbnation account
What i like and use the most is the reporting tools, as it provides a wide range of looking at your data insights varying from Band Equity, Fan Stats, Play Stats, Traffic Stats to Earnings and such.
Extract from my personal Reverbnation artist reporting tools. Image Source reverbnation.com/djlethalskillz
This kind of data and information can be really helpful for musicians to monitor their music performance and amend any necessary changes if needed to help expand the fans and follower base reach and maximize on the revenue from your content creation.
This is something I'm really looking forward to see on the Blockchain Musicians Ecosystem and $Musicoin platform.
Musicoin is Free to use!!
I Highly encourage you to Register today Upload your music and Share it on the Blockchain ecosystem and your social medias and start Earning Now.
if you would like to know more about Musicians on the Blockchain, Musicoin and other similar topics you might be interested in my other blogs.
-How To Embed & Stream Your Musicoin Player on Twitter, Giving Musicians More Exposure & Instant Payouts
-The Musicians Quick Start Guide Compiled Series & More | #Each1Teach1 By DJ Lethal Skillz
-First Free Community Workshop for Malaysian Indie Artists
-Ending 2017 with a Bang | My Journey as a Musician on the Blockchain | Waking up on being 'Artist Of The Week' on Musicoin
-The Blockchain Musicians Guide: How To Transfer Your 'Musicoin' To Your 'Bittrex Wallet'
Hope this guide helps you with your Musician Journey On the Blockchain, If you have any questions or need more information please do comment below and let me know.
Thank your for taking the time to read and for your support in advance, Wishing You All a Happy and Blessed 2018!
Kudos!
DJ Lethal Skillz