Music business

Indonesia royalty collection organization
- Karya Cipta Indonesia - Lembaga Manajemen Kolektif Hak Cipta
How much do music artists earn online?
Dedy Dahlan: Major label usually takes 75%–85% cut, musician takes 25%–15%. iTunes takes 30% cut. Bandcamp takes 10% cut. 8:36: 12 ways Indonesian musicians make money in 2016.
2016, IFPI global music report: digital revenue overtook physical revenue
How to make money when music is free
some revenue statistics
- PJ Wassermann: 1 million YouTube view = USD 65 for the musician. Does YouTube suck, or does the author suck?
  - Hypothesis: YouTube can only give you exposure, but you cannot monetize directly on YouTube.
  - Hypothesis: Your fans want to pay, but they don’t know how.
- 2014 Business Insider: How much money YouTube stars actually make? USD 7.60 per 1,000 ad views (not video views). 1 million video generates $2,000 revenue for YouTube, and then the video owner gets 55 percent, and then the video owner has to pay income tax.
- YTcalc: See how much you can earn with YouTube Partner Program says that you can earn USD 300–2,500 for 1 million views.
How expensive can music be?
- Nipsey Hussle sold out 1,000 copies of his album “Crenshaw” for USD 100 each. He then sold out 60 copies of his mixtape for USD 1,000 each.
Dave Kusek’s “Hack the music business” book from newartistmodel.com:
- p. 37: The Wild Feathers sell an early-access CD to their superfans, but they include 1 free CD for each such CD sold for those superfans to share with their friends. They turn their superfans into marketers.
music selling channels
- I haven’t checked
  - cdbaby
  - TAXI, A&R company (instead of division), connects you (music supplier) to the decision makers of companies demanding music, but only if your music is good enough according to their standards
Undigested
- Tom Hess: how to make money in music
- How pop stars make money now that people don’t buy music
- http://blog.tunedglobal.com/study-music-streaming-habits-in-indonesia
Undigested information fragments
- According to this prezi slide:
  - The richest musician is Taylor Swift. She makes $39,699,575.60 [in 2014].
  - Lean On by Major Lazer has over 2.4 million plays on Spotify. But they only get $696
Op Ed: How Tokenization Is Putting Real-World Assets on Blockchains
- “An example of music ownership/licensing tokenization is SingularDTV.”
Music studios
- Granada Music Studio, Jalan Bumi no. 6, near Pakubuwono Residence
- Resonanz Music Studio
- Delta Musik Tanjung Duren
- PNP Studio Tanjung Duren?
eatery-drinkery with live music
- Double Doors bar, Puri Indah
ben casey: why christian music is so bland (YouTube comment): “If anyone is curious about why contemporary Christian music is so bland, I’m gonna ramble on that for a bit.”
YouTube Content ID algorithm problems: Adam Neely, “What I want to teach, but can’t, thanks to Universal Music Group.”
Online songwriting service
- http://songsculptor.com/work4hire.htm
- Fiverr?

Buying a keyboard

Choices
- Buy iPad, Garageband
  - Cons
    - Expensive
    - Sell soul to Apple
- Use Simo’s MacBook Air’s Garageband
  - Cons
    - Dependant on Simo
- Buy Raspberry Pi
  - Pros
    - Cheap
  - Cons
    - Much hacking effort needed
    - How much polyphony?
    - Is CPU strong enough?
    - Must buy fastest SD card. How fast can SD card be?
Some ideas for portable keyboard
- https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=garageband+piano+sounds
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EV1jW3ZgXwM
- polyphony limited to 5? why? what board version? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUVFfxqXjIc
- https://autostatic.com/2013/10/20/using-a-raspberry-pi-as-a-piano/

I will need a 49-key (or 61) and a 88-key keyboard, but I need the 49-key more. I’m looking for a keyboard package that:

USB class compliant
includes a USB cable
has a socket for sustain pedal
has a socket for expression pedal
What is its USB socket?
Warranty?

I’ve given up looking for 49-key with piano touch.

Normal price for 49-key:

two wheels: KRp1650.
two wheels, knobs, pads, and sliders: KRp2400.

I can reprogram my computer to translate modulation wheel data to expression.

Let X(T) be the Indonesian Tokopedia price of T in IDR divided by United States Amazon price of T in USD. X(88-key) is much higher than X(49-key), probably because of lower demand but higher transportation cost (it has awkward shape).

Worlde KS49C. KRp1100.

M-Audio Keystation 49 II. 32 inch. 5 pound. Has Indonesian distributor. KRp1650. KRp1650 USD100. X = 16.5.

Samson Carbon 49. 34 inch (90 cm). 8 pound. KRp1200. USD100. X = 12.

Nektar Impact LX49+. 32 inch. 10 pound. KRp2400. USD160. X = 15.

Samson Graphite 49: 34 inch. 9 pound. KRp2750. USD180. X = 15.28.

Novation Launchkey 49 MK2. 34 inch. 9 pound. KRp3000. KRp3000. USD200. X = 15.

Samson Carbon 61. 38 inch (100 cm). 8 pound. KRp1750. USD130. X = 13.46.

M-Audio Keystation 88 II. 54 inch (140 cm). 17 pound. KRp3500. USD200. X = 17.5.

Go to shop.
Determine if price is normal.
Try the stuff.
Buy with cash.

The 49-key one is portable. I don’t need to find a bigger desk. I will need the 88-key one for mainly piano music.

Online comparison is futile if the thing you want is not in stock at any seller.

I bought Nektar Impact GX49 for MRp1.58 because the seller happened to have it in stock.