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Repost by SoundCloud setup And SoundCloud info
*IMPORTANT* To receive monthly payments from Spotify, Apple Music, SoundCloud, SoundExchange and YouTube into your paypal account. You must create a free Repost by SoundCloud. To do this, login to your Soundcloud account and whilst you are logged in open this Repost by SoundCloud link here click on sign in and sign in with SoundCloud. It will offer the option to upgrade but you DO NOT need to do this to get incoming payments. Unlike Distrokid etc, you do not need to pay to receive revenue from other accounts. Fill in all your payment and other details on the Repost forms and you are set up.
Payments to artists from CD sales will be sent to your Paypals seperately
Payments to artists from CD sales will be sent to your Paypals seperately
WHAT IS SOUNDCLOUD?
1. - With Soundcloud you can upload tracks, metatag the m for SEO (search engine optimisation and SoundCloud's internal search engine). You can add links to your profile and track description, gain followers, message users and interact with fans via comments. It is more like YouTube without the video.
2. SOUNDCLOUD FREE ACCOUNT - With a free account you get up to three hour upload times but limitations like you cannot replace files, or get access to Dolby Mastering for free, cannot monetise tracks or add a custom text link to the buy button on each track.
3. SOUNDCLOUD PRO (paid account) - for £10 a month you get unlimited uploads, three free monthly masters with their Dolby mastering tool, replace audio files after published, Spotlight to feature 5 tracks, custom text on track, donation feature etc. SoundCloud Pro also gives you access to Repost by SoundCloud for distribution to digital stores and pitching tools and to receive and set up split payments from and to other artists. Scheduled releases also.
4. SOUNDCLOUD PREMIER - To qualify for Soundcloud Premier monetisation programme you will need at least 500 monetisable streams in one month (ie streams in monetised nations) and to be a paid Pro Subscriber.
5. REPOST BY SOUNDCLOUD - Repost was a separate company that allowed you to attach your Soundcloud channel to monetise and distribute your tracks to Apple and Spotify etc through them. It was bought out by SoundCloud and is now the tool used for digital distribution, some SoundCloud monetisation, split payments for labels and collaborations and included pitching tools.
1. - With Soundcloud you can upload tracks, metatag the m for SEO (search engine optimisation and SoundCloud's internal search engine). You can add links to your profile and track description, gain followers, message users and interact with fans via comments. It is more like YouTube without the video.
2. SOUNDCLOUD FREE ACCOUNT - With a free account you get up to three hour upload times but limitations like you cannot replace files, or get access to Dolby Mastering for free, cannot monetise tracks or add a custom text link to the buy button on each track.
3. SOUNDCLOUD PRO (paid account) - for £10 a month you get unlimited uploads, three free monthly masters with their Dolby mastering tool, replace audio files after published, Spotlight to feature 5 tracks, custom text on track, donation feature etc. SoundCloud Pro also gives you access to Repost by SoundCloud for distribution to digital stores and pitching tools and to receive and set up split payments from and to other artists. Scheduled releases also.
4. SOUNDCLOUD PREMIER - To qualify for Soundcloud Premier monetisation programme you will need at least 500 monetisable streams in one month (ie streams in monetised nations) and to be a paid Pro Subscriber.
5. REPOST BY SOUNDCLOUD - Repost was a separate company that allowed you to attach your Soundcloud channel to monetise and distribute your tracks to Apple and Spotify etc through them. It was bought out by SoundCloud and is now the tool used for digital distribution, some SoundCloud monetisation, split payments for labels and collaborations and included pitching tools.
How to monetise tracks on SoundCloud?
1. WITH YOUIR DISTIBRUTOR - Most aggregators do not distribute to SoundCloud. Dashgo is one that does but if you choose this method they will either create a new auto SoundCloud Channel and put your content there (like YouTube artist topic) or take over your own channel as rights holder. Any revenue from this method would go direct to your aggregator who would then take their percentage and pay to you but you would lose a lot of control over your own channel.
2. WITH SOUNDCLOUD PREMIER - If you have a pro paid account and have qualified for premier monetisation. you do not need to use an aggregator to monetise your uploads. You can simply monetise each track individually with your Spotify ISRC code or create a free ISRC for SoundCloud only exclusives for your fans.
3. WITH REPOST BY SOUNDCLOUD - You can pay $30 a year to connect your SoundCloud to it and monetise your tracks using repost if you do not have SoundCloud Pro or do have it and have not qualified for SoundCloud Premier. You cannot schedule tracks and monetisation of a track can take between two and 10 days this way whereas SoundCloud premier takes 24 hours.
1. WITH YOUIR DISTIBRUTOR - Most aggregators do not distribute to SoundCloud. Dashgo is one that does but if you choose this method they will either create a new auto SoundCloud Channel and put your content there (like YouTube artist topic) or take over your own channel as rights holder. Any revenue from this method would go direct to your aggregator who would then take their percentage and pay to you but you would lose a lot of control over your own channel.
2. WITH SOUNDCLOUD PREMIER - If you have a pro paid account and have qualified for premier monetisation. you do not need to use an aggregator to monetise your uploads. You can simply monetise each track individually with your Spotify ISRC code or create a free ISRC for SoundCloud only exclusives for your fans.
3. WITH REPOST BY SOUNDCLOUD - You can pay $30 a year to connect your SoundCloud to it and monetise your tracks using repost if you do not have SoundCloud Pro or do have it and have not qualified for SoundCloud Premier. You cannot schedule tracks and monetisation of a track can take between two and 10 days this way whereas SoundCloud premier takes 24 hours.
Soundcloud #1
1. Follow every artist that will be on our album. Listen to one track from their Soundcloud. Repost it and like it and leave a comment. Listen for at least a few minutes before you like, repost it and comment. (do no more than three reposts a day and space them out over 24 hours) This will be mutually beneficial as your music will be seen in other artists streams and exposed to their followers and also creates a mini Soundcloud reposting network between us.. Soundcloud operates best on the reposts a track gets and the followers a channel has. The like and repost buttons are at the bottom left as depicted below. I can't find Scloud channels for Oscar or Jose yet. Just click on each image below to be directed to the Soundcloud channel of each artist. You may even enjoy listening to them. A little Soundcloud network like this will help to start you. With a possible 18 likes, reposts, follows and follows for each artist. Just for starters...I have 17 other channels so no need to post them here. Hope you find time to do this. Lesson 2 soon....
SoundCloud #2
Just as you would not have 40 releases on say Spotify or Apple music doing nothing for example, treat your SoundCloud channel with the same care. If you are already monetising your Soundcloud channel with Repost by SoundCloud or by SoundCloud Premier if you have qualified, there is no point in having 67 zillion tracks just sitting there doing nothing. What you want to be heading for is to turn your £10 per month scloud pro subscription or your $30 yearly Repost by SoundCloud subscription into a profit. Just like you would build up your music on any other platform it will take time and also in educating your fans that you are also on SoundCloud and its fun to watch it grow. So if you are already monetising this will help:
1. Starting from your very first upload at the bottom of your uploaded tracks list. Take that track down (if it has anything under 1000 views and is not getting any new streams..it's time to breathe new life into it.)
2. Reupload your oldest track (don't forget to delete the old version) and optimise it with a buy link to your Bandcamp or download store. Repeat this process every three weeks minimum but two weeks is fine as you will want your track to build up momentum rather than uploading everything at once.. Take down the oldest track you have and reupload it.
3. The SoundCloud logarithm kicks in on and after day three of a fresh upload when views will increase (which is why it is better to start afresh for your old tracks) It can also be picked up by SoundCloud weekly and feature in their various hot and new genre charts and the fresh upload will appear in your follower's streams whereas the old crusty ones will not appear and will languish in the ahole of nowhere.
4. Download the SoundCloud app and there is a neat feature that allows you to add your fresh upload to your Instagram and Facebook stories.
5. Following these steps will increase your followers and streams gradually over time
2. Reupload your oldest track (don't forget to delete the old version) and optimise it with a buy link to your Bandcamp or download store. Repeat this process every three weeks minimum but two weeks is fine as you will want your track to build up momentum rather than uploading everything at once.. Take down the oldest track you have and reupload it.
3. The SoundCloud logarithm kicks in on and after day three of a fresh upload when views will increase (which is why it is better to start afresh for your old tracks) It can also be picked up by SoundCloud weekly and feature in their various hot and new genre charts and the fresh upload will appear in your follower's streams whereas the old crusty ones will not appear and will languish in the ahole of nowhere.
4. Download the SoundCloud app and there is a neat feature that allows you to add your fresh upload to your Instagram and Facebook stories.
5. Following these steps will increase your followers and streams gradually over time
If you are using Repost by SoundCloud to monetise your tracks, here are the instructions:
https://help.soundcloud.com/hc/en-us/articles/4406233941787-Enabling-Monetization-through-Repost-by-SoundCloud
If you have SoundCloud Pro and have qualified for SoundCloud Premier to monetise..Then here are the instructions for that:
https://help.soundcloud.com/hc/en-us/articles/360053309994-Premier-Monetization-FAQs
Next up some optimisation stuff. Hope this helps.
Paul
https://help.soundcloud.com/hc/en-us/articles/4406233941787-Enabling-Monetization-through-Repost-by-SoundCloud
If you have SoundCloud Pro and have qualified for SoundCloud Premier to monetise..Then here are the instructions for that:
https://help.soundcloud.com/hc/en-us/articles/360053309994-Premier-Monetization-FAQs
Next up some optimisation stuff. Hope this helps.
Paul
Bonus Soundcloud Channels
In addition to the album being on double CD, Spotify and Apple etc, each track will also be released one by one on the official New Age Music Planet SoundCloud and YouTube Channels
each track will also be monetised for each artist on my genre specific channels.
So if your track is a piano piece it will also go on my Piano SoundCloud
Ambient tracks to my Ambient SoundCloud
New Age Music to my New Age SoundCloud
Fantasy Music to my Fantasy Soundcloud
and all tracks to my New Age Distro SoundCloud
So each track will appear on three popular SoundCloud channels and not just one.
each track will also be monetised for each artist on my genre specific channels.
So if your track is a piano piece it will also go on my Piano SoundCloud
Ambient tracks to my Ambient SoundCloud
New Age Music to my New Age SoundCloud
Fantasy Music to my Fantasy Soundcloud
and all tracks to my New Age Distro SoundCloud
So each track will appear on three popular SoundCloud channels and not just one.
ALBUM PROJECT UPDATES
New! Bill Whitfield from the USA has most kindly and generously offered to cover the costs of 200 plastic free double cd edition of the album. I will be designing and producing the CD for no cost.
The profits of each sale will be distributed equally between artists and paid to your paypal. It will be available for sale on this website and Bandcamp.Shipping will be managed and sent to customers by Bill from the States.
More details soon
New! Our friend Scott Reich has contributed $100 towards a YouTube google ads campaign for each video of each track that I will be managing. There will be a beautiful monetised video of each track on the New Age Music Planet YouTube channel too
The profits of each sale will be distributed equally between artists and paid to your paypal. It will be available for sale on this website and Bandcamp.Shipping will be managed and sent to customers by Bill from the States.
More details soon
New! Our friend Scott Reich has contributed $100 towards a YouTube google ads campaign for each video of each track that I will be managing. There will be a beautiful monetised video of each track on the New Age Music Planet YouTube channel too
Artists and General Info
Confirmed Artists
Carolyn Barela - Kerry Barnes - Karen Biehl - Richard Anthony Bean - Kirsten Agresta Copely - Joran Elane
Elenniyah - Elyssia - Fiona Joy Hawkins
Paul Landry - Annie Locke - Oscar Pascasio - Marc Andre Pepin -
Jose Manuel Quintana - Robeone - Scott Reich - Andy Salvanos
Lorenzo Tempesti - Stephen Weber - Bill Whitfield
The compilation will feature new and previously unreleased material from each artist who are members of this website.
As members have already paid to be members here and are valued members of the website we will not be taking any royalty shares or charging for participation etc. All artists will make 100% revenue from their music from all platforms
100 compact discs will be printed and sales profitst evenly between each artist
Carolyn Barela - Kerry Barnes - Karen Biehl - Richard Anthony Bean - Kirsten Agresta Copely - Joran Elane
Elenniyah - Elyssia - Fiona Joy Hawkins
Paul Landry - Annie Locke - Oscar Pascasio - Marc Andre Pepin -
Jose Manuel Quintana - Robeone - Scott Reich - Andy Salvanos
Lorenzo Tempesti - Stephen Weber - Bill Whitfield
The compilation will feature new and previously unreleased material from each artist who are members of this website.
As members have already paid to be members here and are valued members of the website we will not be taking any royalty shares or charging for participation etc. All artists will make 100% revenue from their music from all platforms
100 compact discs will be printed and sales profitst evenly between each artist
Release Information
- The album will be released on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, Pandora and the usual host of other digital stores
- The album will be released track by track and monetised on Soundcloud and reposted to our 45,000 Soundcloud followers on our own network of 18 new age orientated SoundCloud Channels
- Your track will also be registered with Sound Exchange so it will collect royalties from internet radio plays
- Each track will get constant airplay on our own fully licenced New Age Music Planet 24/7 radio station
- Tracks will also feature on replays on our new MixCloud Channel (royalties from Mixcloud plays by Sound Exchange).
- Your track is covered by YouTube Content ID and any YouTube revenue you will make will be paid alongside other sources of revenue.
- Artists will receive 100% revenue from digital stores, monetised playbacks on Soundcloud and radio royalties collected by Sound Exchange in the same monthly payment sent to your Repost by SoundCloud
- Analytics will be available in your own Repost by SoundCloud account
- Artists keep 100% copyright and request a takedown of their track with no takedown fee at any time.
- We are not a label but a a collective of Independent musicians who have full control over their material
- We plan to release end of Summer/early Autumn 2022
- Videos will be created for each track and uploaded to the New Age Music Planet YouTube channel.
- 200 plastic free compact discs will be manufactured and sales spilt equally between artists
Requirements
- One original previously unreleased track from each artist: Genres accepted - new age, electronic, ambient, fantasy/epic, piano and instrumental guitar
- You will need your own Soundcloud account and associated Repost by Soundcloud account to receive revenue and follow the performance and statistics
- You will need a paypal account
- Tracks to be submitted my end of Summer 2022