The first weeks on spotify

The first weeks on spotify

 

In the beginning of this year I published an album with 8 of my tracks on spotify and co. In the beginning it is difficult to get any statistics. The music distribution company who spreads my album get the most statistics after 2 month. The only statistic now I have is for spotify. The first 24 days...

It's seems to be interesting for any listeners on spotify and have any clicks. But more I can't see...

I don't know what I can earning per click. In the web the facts about this are very different. But it's seem to be not much. I red often 0.5ct  and sometimes 0.005ct per click. In the next weeks I will know the big secret.

Now I will make music furthermore...and maybe a second album will follow

music marketing for unsigned composers and musicians

music marketing

You can read so many tipps and tricks for marketing your music in the www. And you read mostly the same. Do this and that, use social media marketing and so on.

But is this realy the right way?

I found any good articles of users that wrote down experiences with facts and figures.

is-social-media-marketing-worth-it
A great article with a lot of good responses especially for artists and muscians. I have the same experiences. When nobody knows who you are, nobody will interested in your products. I get any likes on Facebook, Twitter and co. but no clicks on the posting links.

why-social-media-marketing-does-not-work-for-small-businesses
A general article.

But what is the right way? I don't know. So often I asked this question and red so many about.

My answer: I continue will make music, try other and other platformes in the web. But the important thing: make music!

A new way

Do you use spotify, itunes and co?

I never have had any excperiences with spotify. But I will give a try for one year. I published an album with my clear name Andre Albrecht and selcted for this 8 tracks. Maybe it is a way to get any listener for my music.

This album is for one year on itunes , google music and a lot of other platformes.

I don't expect a lot. 

my experiences with luckstock

         My experiences with luckstock

Since two month I have a profile on luckstock.com. 

Luckstock now have 51,508 items and 12,436 members and offer only audio like music tracks, sound effects, logos, loops and other sounds. At this time it seems to grow up to a big royalty free music place with a lot of music and sounds for licensing and direct download for any kind of project: from personal videos, presentations to commercials, TV and broadcasting.

how to: 

To upload an item is absolutely easy. You have to choose the categorie than pick your audio file, upload it and wait any seconds. Than you make your description, choose any tags from a list, or make your own tags. The tempo will automatically identified but often you have to check this for correctness.

earnings: 

 

On Luckstock I found the fairest earnings in the web. For your non-exclusive audio files you get a minimum of 50% for your sales. When you use the affiliate program you get 80% of a sale. And you can offer your music elsewhere, without any restrictions.

prices: 

Luckstock set the price for you. I think the price will set to the lenght an audio file.

views and sales: 

Here you can see that luckstock is still a newcomer in the web. I get a lot views, but no sales so far. Other users have the same problem. Maybe not enough buyers are registered.

support:

The support get a top mark. You have a chat box where you can chat with the support in real time. The supporters are very polite and helpful.

previews of the audio files: 

The previews sounds ok, but the watermark are a little too loud for me.

For buyers:

On Luckstock, you only pay once and can use the music and audio in perpetuity. You don't need to buy extra licences or others like on other music places.

my impression:

Luckstock is one of the best royalty free music places I think. I feel comfortable on this site. For buyers and composers it seems to be a very fair music place. The support is top, the views are ok. But I hope more buyers will join this market places in their own interest and for musicians and composers.

Any links to my work:

Tears of Joy

The Last Moments

a new track on soundcloud

Tears of Joy is a beautiful and melodic piano track with orchestra
Hope you will like it.

listen:

The last moments

I deleted all my items on audiojungle

Today I get a hard rejection on audiojungle....once again. This was the 20. or 30. hard rejection successively.

I don't know why, but all my items get hard rejections the last months and I get no chance to go on on audiojungle.
 

I red a lot of other authors with the same problems. A good friend of my who is a professional music writer and composer for big companies and with a contract at the biggest world's largest music label tryed 3 tracks uploaded on audiojungle. He get 3 hard rejections with the reason of bad composing.

The last times I get the held status on audiojungle and than the hard rejections for bad composing or bad mixing or mastering. But for other big royalty free music places the music tracks are good enough.
So I have decided to stop producing for audiojungle and take all my items and upload it to other royalty free music places. Old items nobody watch without new items.

The most reviewers are selling music even on audiojungle...maybe that is the problem.

I think I will go a new way. And audiojungle or envato is not my way. It's a shame but it's one of the best seller places I think.

André

Royalty free music 2016

The last weeks I made a lot of music and created new accounts on royalty free music places.

Where you can find 4_track accounts now?


1. audiojungle: 4 track on audiojungle


2. pond 5: 4 track on pond5



3. luckstock: 4 track on luckstock



4. Motionelements: 4 track on motionelements

Happy new year

Happy new year to all.

Good luck and success in the year 2016 I wish.

André

new acoustic loop

Tried my new Interface.

new account on motionelements

Now 4_track has a new account on motionelements.com

It seems to be an interesting royalty free market place from Singapore and offer video, animations, motions, 3D and music. The most clients come from asia but a lot of sellers are from around the world.
The upload of files is total easy: upload, make a description, tags and ready. Here you have to set your own price. 50% you get for a non exclusice and 70% for an exclusive product.

The sound of the previews sounds good and the audio watermark in the preview sounds a little sexy :-)

listen:

When you have a sale, than you get the information about a few days later. This is a little strange. On other market places you get this information immediately.
But on the whole the site makes a good impression.

I will see...

4_track now on soundcloud

Now 4_track is on soundcloud.

Today I made an account on soundcloud. I never tried out soundcloud before. I only listened to other artists on soundcloud. I'm curious what will happen, if people on soundcloud like my music.

4_track on soundcloud

new piano track on pond5

On pond5 you can find my newest track with piano and strings Lovely Piano Inspiration

I really like this melody.

new tracks awaiting reviews

September was a really good month on audiojungle so I produced any new music tracks for audiojungle and pond5. Now I have to wait for approval or a rejection. On pond5 mostly I wait any hours or one day. On audiojungle I have to wait 4-6 days. This can be a long time sometimes.

two new tracks

Here are two new tracks that you can find on my pond5 profile

 

a nice piano music track

An emotional instrumental track with piano, guitar, strings, bass and drums that increase till the end

 

you can listen here: 

 

This is some of my own tracks that I like much. Hope you like it too.

free time today

Today I spend a lot time for my daughter. In the evening I will go to have a rehearsal with my band NECESSARY ROUGHNESS. What a nice day...

a good sunday

Today is a good day. It is sunday, the sun is shining, I'm drinking coffee and composing a new track. Today it is so easy to play a good melody and the chords. I think it will be a great track.

 

Later I will do a little for online marketing. A view weeks ago I created a new twitter account for four_track. So I will look for any new collaboration partners.  I'm not really good in online marketing and will try any new ways. Maybe twitter will help for this.

So - now I will go on with the new track.

Have a good sunday too.

greets

André

my experiences with pond5

Pond5 is the biggest online market for video footage and offer for sale a lot of other media files, like after effect projects, images and music too. They have a big community and a lot of files.

My pond5 profile

Any currently data of pond5:

Users with clips: 53268
AVG price of all clips online: $50.91
AVG price of sold clips: $32.28
AVG price of clips sold >1 time: $33.42
The best track have more than 110 sales per month here
At this time are 374.243 music files online on pond5. 

the currently data of pond5 you can see  here

My own status on pond5

Now I'm 8 weeks on pond5 and have currently 35 music tracks online. For a beginner like me it isn't easy to get views and sales on pond5. After 8 weeks I have nearly 100 views, 1/3 of my music tracks have no views and no item sale yet. In the forum of pond5 I red that many authors the first 6 month has no sales and the first sale was after 50-80 items online on pond5.

My impression

On pond5 it is easy to upload a new track. You make a track and with java or with ftp you can upload. You have to wait any minutes than your audio file has the pond5 watermark and than you can make your description, choose your tags from a list or write your own tags and send it for a review. Mostly a reviewer needs only 1 day for an approve or a reject. I have had 5 rejects so far. "...we currently have plenty of tracks of the similar type and we're not confident that yours will sell."

Positive

 

- fast reviews of the uploaded files

- you don't need to set the watermark of pond5 into the files

- you can choose the price for the file you will sell (audio track min 15$, effects min. 2$)

- they have a good community

- you get an e mail after every sale

Negative

- the sound of the audio preview files is really bad

- for beginners it's hard to get attention on pond5

What's next?

I love to make music and will go on. In the end of the year I will take a look if I'll stay on pond5.

new music tracks on pond5 online

The last days I was hard-working on new tracks. The newest track you can find on my pond5 profile.



Inspiring Piano
Inspirational and uplifting music track featuring piano, orchestral strings and great for trailers, commercials, motivational videos, corporate uses, product promos, presentations, TV, radio and film. Emotional and motivating music fit perfect for your great projects.

inspiring piano version1

inspiring piano version2


Romantic Piano Meets Strings
A piano track with strings. it's a perfect track for your romantic or sentimental project.

Romantic Piano Meets Strings


The Sunny Side Of Life
Bright and happy music track featuring piano, orchestral strings and great for trailers, commercials, motivational videos, corporate uses, product promos, presentations, TV, radio and film. Emotional and motivating music fit perfect for your great projects.

The Sunny Side Of Life

Inspiring Piano

Inspirational and uplifting music track featuring piano, orchestral strings and great for trailers, commercials, motivational videos, corporate uses, product promos, presentations, TV, radio and film. Emotional and motivating music fit perfect for your great projects.

get it in high quality and without watermark: here