Streaming music has now become the same as Stock Photos

Dec '23 (edited) in 🗣️ General discussion

I used to run a photo studio in the early 2000s, and looking back the same thing that happened when the digital SLR cameras replaced the film economy, has happened as digital audio replaced most of the physical music products. Our smart phones are pretty much technologically advanced to replace both the audio and visual capabilities of 95% or more of the ways we get to the finished products.

So if history serves us any reminders, its that a noticable difference in quality and uniqueness of composition still remains King/Queen when it come to the interest of the users. Similar to stock photos, which then expanded to vector images and high res videos, the music needs to accompany another product with higher monetary value to be sold. It could be your product or somebody else's.

Instead of focussing on getting a bunch of streams, see if your local businesses need music in their Ads (aka IG/TikTok posts) and sell it to them (non-exclusive sync license fee) at a discount. If you "nice nice" and can bang out an original track, upcharge it. If its good enough you get paid for someone to run your "music Ad" for you. Holla at your barbers, our Nubian princesses making copper jewelry, shorty down the block braiding hair, etc. Even if you make $20 you might of gotten paid to make someone a new fan.

As always, peace and love to all as we figure out how to share a life of abundance.

❤️💛💚

KedonB

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