posted July 19, 2017 #
Trent Reznor's name backwards is Ron Zertnert.
what is going on here? read more to find out
posted July 19, 2017 #
I started a running 2017 playlist for #themusicdigest on @BreakThruRadio thanks @yewknee for the idea! https://t.co/vjcwayO7Zp
posted July 19, 2017 #
Once a year I rediscover this song and remember how much I totally love Bryan Ferry + Sax https://t.co/41H88rZRYK
posted July 19, 2017 #
Would be amazing if someone responded to a question with an occasional "fair point" instead of mindlessly defending their position. #pmqs
posted July 19, 2017 #
Check out the ever awesome Jay Leo Phillips (https://t.co/xnagoZ4vi1) on BoomBox! https://t.co/zC8PeFYSu0
How a big dog became a symbol for white, male America
posted July 19, 2017 #
a very long read on Big Dog and how its toxic masculinity vibe is back in style. :facepalm:
Bait and Switch: How Apple Created Nintendo’s Best Console
posted July 19, 2017 #
to read
The Benefits of DistroKid
posted July 19, 2017 #
To give you some background, I've used a variety of digital distribution services to ensure the yk records releases are on as many digital streaming platforms as possible (iTunes / Apple Music, Amazon, Google Play, Spotify, etc). These services all do the same thing - take your audio files, service them to the platforms with a designated release date and collect royalty payments for the plays you receive. I also upload directly to Bandcamp for a number of reasons but that's another blog post.
For my own personal gratification, I'm going to run through my experiences with each service and the pro's and con's.. ultimately revealing that DistroKid is the best deal out there at the moment as far as I'm aware (the title of this post was the Spoiler Alert). This isn't an ad by any means but I don't think enough people know about the service and that's a damn shame.
Here's what I've used:
There are plenty of other digital distributors as well - usually tied to a physical distributor that can help get placement and promotions for your records. That's a value that none of the above offer and would bring enormous benefit. Nothing helps an album more than eyeballs and earholes. Quote me on that.
Why did I feel compelled to write all this out? Mostly because it was shocking to see how much the original services I used are gouging me in terms of price vs benefit. I've been migrating everything off those services and on to Distrokid and hope others do the same.
Continue Reading... - Reverb Nation - an album costs $19.95 to distribute everywhere for the first year and $49.95 every year after that, in perpetuity. For Pancho Chumley, my labels first release in 2009, that's $370 to keep an unknown album from a new artist online for eight years. The initial release takes between 14-30 days to show up on all the services.
Their reporting is abysmal and their site interface is cumbersomely archaic. However, their Customer Support is friendly and fairly responsive. There's a whole social network behind ReverbNation that may have some benefits but I've never had much of any success with it despite distributing multiple artists on the platform. - Tunecore - the Go To distributor for just about everyone I know. They've garnered nearly 1 Billion Dollars in streaming revenue from everyone using them (not hyperbole) so there's clearly a larger user base. It's $29.99 for an album for the first year and $49.99 every year after that. So, that's $380 to distribute Pancho Chumley for eight years. Oh, and they offer a ton of "add-on" services for one-time fees, i.e. tracking YouTube usage of your music wherein you garner 80% of the revenue. Not cheap by any means and, again, the initial release takes 14-30 days to show up on all the services.
Their interface is nice, their reporting is okay. It's not easy to read but if you are comfortable parsing through spreadsheets, you can figure out where royalty payments need to go for each artist. I've never interacted with Customer Service but they're clearly doing something right with such a huge amount of artists using them. - DistroKid - founded by Phillip Kaplan, the company is notoriously small (3 people) and cheaper by leaps and bounds. It costs $19.99 per year for unlimited songs for one artist. So, if you're a band or musician operating under one name, you can put everything you have on all of the streaming services for $20. There are more tiers beyond that depending on how many artist names you want to use, including the plan that I'm on for 20+ artists at $240/yr. That's $240 for unlimited songs and albums for twenty artists. Sounds like more than the above but those prices are for one artist for one year. It compounds very quickly when you have a decent catalog. Oh, releases take 2-3 days max to show up on streaming services, often it is same day.
They also offer one-time upgrades for a fixed fee, as well as a Leave a legacy option in which your music is on the streaming platforms for as long as they exist, even if you stop paying Distrokid.
They also offer royalty sharing so if you want to automatically divert a percentage of royalty income to another person, you can have the system handle it rather than paying yourself out, doing the math and then paying it out manually. This is an enormously helpful feature that gets overlooked far too often.
The downsides to Distrokid? The interface is just OK, the reporting is good but waffles between a seemingly inaccurate overview and extremely granular payments. These are nitpicky issues tho and, on the whole, it's clearly the better service.
There are plenty of other digital distributors as well - usually tied to a physical distributor that can help get placement and promotions for your records. That's a value that none of the above offer and would bring enormous benefit. Nothing helps an album more than eyeballs and earholes. Quote me on that.
Why did I feel compelled to write all this out? Mostly because it was shocking to see how much the original services I used are gouging me in terms of price vs benefit. I've been migrating everything off those services and on to Distrokid and hope others do the same.
Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton - Fatal Gift (Official Video)
posted July 18, 2017 #
new album in September. first track is superb.
NIN - THIS ISN'T THE PLACE
posted July 18, 2017 #
new atmospheric one
Steelism - "Eno Nothing" (Official Video)
posted July 18, 2017 #
contains a Jabba the Hut Space Turtle
posted July 18, 2017 #
When the camera shutter speed is in sync with the wings of a bird, you can happen to see this… https://t.co/WjO3kKamYL
Before CGI, They Used Mirrors
posted July 18, 2017 #
There are plenty of videos out there demonstrating the effect but the GIF above is the perfect mindblowing introduction to the concept.
NoPattern 2017
posted July 18, 2017 #
His portfolio was recently relaunched and there's so much inspiring new work to see. I can't say I am surprised as he has been consistently creating phenomenal work for the past 13 years, so this just continues the trend.
Behexagus The Great
posted July 18, 2017 #
All that is to say that I find Behexagus the Great, a tumblog of Vaporwave imagery, to have plenty of compelling wtf'ery and a few dashes of meh.
Overall, I just really wanted to post that glitchy Homer gif and now I've done it.
posted July 17, 2017 #
Star Wars, but all of the light saber sounds are Owen Wilson saying "wow" https://t.co/t5Yll0AV4h
Penguin Galaxy series designs by Alex Trochut
posted July 17, 2017 #
the glitched out Neuromancer is the best
posted July 17, 2017 #
https://t.co/ntmJCRyYWO
posted July 17, 2017 #
I'd love to think in at least one language the name of the show is "throne games"
posted July 17, 2017 #
You takes your chances in this life https://t.co/CfyEB45l2s