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Hardly a pro, but I've sold exactly three copies of the one track I put on BC. I got a reasonable payout. BC definitely take a fee, but it's not "insane". I'm
by the_other 3y ago
Hardly a pro, but I've sold exactly three copies of the one track I put on BC. I got a reasonable payout. BC definitely take a fee, but it's not "insane".
I'm fairly confident that selling via BC gives artists a significantly higher % per item than selling through a label or physical media through bricks & mortar. The artist gets to keep 100% of copyright this way, too. The artist probably has less reach and lower volume of sales this way unless they're great with self promo or can get in with DJs/tastemakers in a scene.
Happy to be schooled if I'm in error, but "scummy" isn't a word I'd use for BC.
- throwaway290 3y ago> I'm fairly confident that selling via BC gives artists a significantly higher per item than selling through a label or physical media through bricks & mortar. Physical media is probably rounding error these days right? But from what I heard BC is good for selling physical merch including CDs and stuff, apparently it's transparent and most money goes to the artist. But surprisingly not with digital tracks. So I stopped promoting BC as a place to buy music to friends for now. The band I know now use some "distributor". From what I understood, distributor does a bunch of stuff mainly including promotion. What their distributor does, it seemed like a label to me but they say it's not a label... Again I have no idea but perhaps pros will know the difference.
- throwaway290 3y agoBy the way what's your BC if you are OK disclosing? I might buy the track if it's good (as I mentioned I use BC and if you say it works for you...)