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> Have you seen Patreon? Patreon, Bandcamp and Tunecore collectively pay out about $25 million per month [1]. That's minimum wage for 21 000 people, assuming e
by stfwn 9y ago
> Have you seen Patreon?
Patreon, Bandcamp and Tunecore collectively pay out about $25 million per month [1]. That's minimum wage for 21 000 people, assuming each artist gets an equal share (which they obviously don't). This doesn't seem like a lot to me.
[1]: http://musically.com/2015/02/16/what-are-musicians-making-from-patreon/ http://musically.com/2015/02/16/what-are-musicians-making-fr...
- pdkl95 9y agoI call that a good start. Society is still learning about this kind of funding model; there will be growing pains[1]. I find it incredible that Patreon is already allowing funding talented niche artists[2], important "not advertiser safe" social/political commentary[3], and other projects that would never make it past the usual funding filters. Yes, it isn't a lot, but it's a good start that has already had some success. Hopefully it will continue to grow. [1] e.g. the recent drama with Patreon changing their payment model [2] https://www.youtube.com/user/oancitizen/videos https://www.youtube.com/user/oancitizen/videos [3] https://www.youtube.com/user/ContraPoints/videos https://www.youtube.com/user/ContraPoints/videos
- alysdexia 9y agoPatreon, Bandcamp and Tunecore: "Patreon", "Bandcamp and Tunecore": Learn the rational Oxford comma. 21 000 = 0: Also learn the dictional English thousands comma.