Soundcloud's new 'Fan Powered Royalties' scheme

[DarthPaul]

https://help.soundcloud.com/hc/en-us/ar ... 0801306810

Soundcloud are changing the they work out how much to pay royalties to artists. They say it will be fairer on artists.

I'd be interested to know what people here think.

Has anyone got experience of being paid royalties from Soundcloud or other streaming services and would like to share your experience and thoughts of the changes with us?

[Drew Stephenson]

I think that's a very interesting idea. Be interesting to see how it works out but it's good to see companies experimenting with alternative models.

I'm not on one of the paid soundcloud options so no skin in the game for me.

[Stickman0_3]

Do you have to subscribe to Soundcloud in order to have access to take advantage of this scheme?

[Eddy Deegan]

Do you have to subscribe to Soundcloud in order to have access to take advantage of this scheme?

Yes.

Who is eligible for fan-powered royalties?

Independent artists who monetize directly with SoundCloud are eligible for fan-powered royalties. These artists include Pro Unlimited subscribers in the Premier Program, Repost by SoundCloud subscribers and members of Repost Select.

Source: https://help.soundcloud.com/hc/en-us/ar ... 0801306810

[Stickman0_3]

Thanks Eddy.