First 1k Spotify Streams

[Deylight]

Went to get the link and saw that her song Gategwa just crossed this morning. Pop Star, which we did together, went over a couple days ago.

Feels good to cross this threshold.

 

[Papanate]

Went over 1000 streams? I guess it’s a start….expect a royalty check of 5 cents.

 

[Deylight]

Bitterness out of place in the show off forum, I think.

If there's anyone trying to make a career as an artist who still thinks that they can make an income from streaming, what Papanate says is true: Each stream is worth about $0.0003.

Streaming is marketing and brand building. In 3 years, I want my singer to have enough engaged people on our mailing list to make a limited European tour viable. One way to aim for that is to grow listeners in a select group of cities. Part of my strategy is to track streaming numbers in Europe, and to grow those numbers.

Establishing an artist is a long game, people. This is step 5 of 500 steps. But it's also proof-of-concept, and an important milestone.

 

[DM60]

If I understand you correctly, your focus is on live shows. I think you're correct. Seems like if you can get the right listeners in an area, then book those cities, you stand a pretty good chance for filling up venues and maybe Merch. Then the streams might follow or at least the paid downloads.

You may also want to record some of the shows to post as well. That could be a good potential for building up your bands as well.