Royalty payments from streaming services have been thrust back into the spotlight by the leaked royalty statement from Beats Music – the streaming music service operated by Dr. Low royalty payments putting on the squeeze It provides an adjacent revenue stream to the royalty payments that have been much discussed recently,” he said.Īrtists typically make 70% of their revenue from live performances, where they can often make 80 to 90% of the ticket sales through Songkick, depending on the promoter’s deal with artists, according to Hogarth. “Before streaming services it wasn’t really possible to be listening to some music and within a couple of clicks find and buy some gig tickets. “If we can help someone who’s listening to music on YouTube or Spotify also discover a gig that they want to go buy tickets for, it provides another way for those platforms to support artists and help them make more money,” said Hogarth talking to the Guardian. Have you used Songkick, either as a musician or music fan? Let us know in the comments section below.Beyond the app the service has generated $100m of ticket revenue since launch across its app and partnerships with all the major music streaming services, including Spotify, Soundcloud, Deezer and YouTube, and is on track to hit that figure alone in 2014 – an important revenue stream for artists struggling with declining sales and small royalty payments. Here’s an example of the one I embedded on my own website:
Oh, and once you’ve added all your upcoming shows to Songkick, check out their cool concert calendar widgets for your band’s Facebook page, website, and more. Then Songkick will automatically sync your concert calendar with Spotify. Here’s how tour dates will appear for someone using the desktop version of Spotify:Īll you have to do is create an account and make sure your tour dates are listed on Tourbox (Songkick’s artist interface). * Events will show up alongside music recommendations in the Discover feed * Fans on your artist page will see your next upcoming concert in their country * Your concerts will be displayed on your artist page in both the Spotify desktop client and their iOS apps If your tour dates are listed in Songkick’s database: Songkick, the app that lets music fans track all their favorite bands’ concert calendars from one simple place, is now pushing tour dates to artist pages on Spotify.
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