RIAA now includes streaming music in digital gold, platinum awards
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retroracer
Pro
So what Bieber and Psy are all of a sudden wiping their asses with diamond plaques?
fukk outta here
fukk outta here
Told yall Meek was diamond 
for u ppl who think ppl can falsify these numbers in a mass way. Youtube x Other Music Streaming websites have teamed with RIAA to form a team to help verify certification applications once submitted.
So you put up a song and get 60 MIL fake views and submit a request to get certified by RIAA. They then follow up with appropriate music streaming sites who then have internal methods of verifying if views are legit or not.
So although not fools proof ..The times are changing. Music will be eventually free.
Yes music WILL eventually be free.
Advertisements are the wave to bring in future revenue
Advertisements are the wave to bring in future revenue
FreshFromATL
Self Made
That's not what they're doing though.
That's why Harlem Shake went #1 . They counted EVERY video/stream that had the song in it, even if the clip was just 30 seconds.
You don't even have to have a full song anymore to get on the charts.
Andat people who don't see how this will create havoc. You gonna have artists like Rebecca Black supposedly doing Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston numbers.
damn, in that case,
I don't think labels are losing a lot of money.
I actually think the record industry made a profit last year.
Its cheaper to make albums these days.
100k in sales is probably enough to cover most of these major label records.
so is companies gonna start spending more on music videos to make them more interesting & keep fans wanting to watch them more than once
Views =/= money
But watching 30 sec ad every time before song is what's going to happen
Mac Casper
@adonnis - pull up, there's refreshments
Mac Casper
@adonnis - pull up, there's refreshments
Your music already does have ads in it dummy
No offense
Rappers give free ad for high fashion and luxury cars
The cacs running them laughing all the way to the bank while the latest jay track name drops Tom ford....
Mac Casper
@adonnis - pull up, there's refreshments
Here's how it goes
"People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public"
- When righteous stuff sells . . the labels will be all about it
- When negative stuff sells . . the labels will be all about it
It's not a grand conspiracy to dumb down the listener or anything
. . but that's a whole different story,
The record industry includes both the financier (labels) and the outlets (radio stations)
TV channels, radio stations, billboards are all owned by advertising conglomerates, with the rare exception. Either Viacom or ClearChannel
The radio station demands a single of the label and in-turn the label demands a single of the artist.
Rarely do singles stray far from the tree or deviate from typical sound of the time, you seldom here an experimental work . . because experimenting is what artists do, not business professionals.
Let's go back to ClearChannel, they own radio stations, Billboards, TV stations, etc. All of these are platforms for advertisement. Long story short, every single you here on the radio is meant to uphold a platform for advertisements
The music industry does have a agenda and it's always reflective of the economic times. Right now the songs are meant to instill a feeling of 'live for the moment' . . 'nothing else matters but now' . . etc. To hear this, don't listen to the artists (all genres) that you hear on the top 10 . . they are just a mouthpiece and image, listen to the producers . . look at the track history of people like Dr. Luke, Benny Blanco. If somebody said the music industry has a focal point of eroding your morals they wouldn't be wrong, but Mr. Status Quo is going to be quick to jump up and say "the music industry just cares about money". Control the music and you control the masses.
Beyond that music is a cultural product, American pop music is heard around the world and essentially serves the purpose of increasing the brand power of the products we produce . . but we don't produce the products, those jobs have been outsourced. American corporations make the money and use every loophole to keep the money in their pockets. As long as Uncle Sam keeps getting fed it doesn't matter, the money is never meant to get back into circulation.
The government must build roads? Nope, private companies do that
The government must pay the private companies? Nope, tax payers do that
Why don't tax payers just pay the private companies directly? Tax payers aren't good at dealing with private companies
Did I go off subject? No . . control the music and you control the masses. The problem is that people don't understand the power of music
"People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public"
- When righteous stuff sells . . the labels will be all about it
- When negative stuff sells . . the labels will be all about it
It's not a grand conspiracy to dumb down the listener or anything
. . but that's a whole different story,
The record industry includes both the financier (labels) and the outlets (radio stations)
TV channels, radio stations, billboards are all owned by advertising conglomerates, with the rare exception. Either Viacom or ClearChannel
The radio station demands a single of the label and in-turn the label demands a single of the artist.
Rarely do singles stray far from the tree or deviate from typical sound of the time, you seldom here an experimental work . . because experimenting is what artists do, not business professionals.
Let's go back to ClearChannel, they own radio stations, Billboards, TV stations, etc. All of these are platforms for advertisement. Long story short, every single you here on the radio is meant to uphold a platform for advertisements
The music industry does have a agenda and it's always reflective of the economic times. Right now the songs are meant to instill a feeling of 'live for the moment' . . 'nothing else matters but now' . . etc. To hear this, don't listen to the artists (all genres) that you hear on the top 10 . . they are just a mouthpiece and image, listen to the producers . . look at the track history of people like Dr. Luke, Benny Blanco. If somebody said the music industry has a focal point of eroding your morals they wouldn't be wrong, but Mr. Status Quo is going to be quick to jump up and say "the music industry just cares about money". Control the music and you control the masses.
Beyond that music is a cultural product, American pop music is heard around the world and essentially serves the purpose of increasing the brand power of the products we produce . . but we don't produce the products, those jobs have been outsourced. American corporations make the money and use every loophole to keep the money in their pockets. As long as Uncle Sam keeps getting fed it doesn't matter, the money is never meant to get back into circulation.
The government must build roads? Nope, private companies do that
The government must pay the private companies? Nope, tax payers do that
Why don't tax payers just pay the private companies directly? Tax payers aren't good at dealing with private companies
Did I go off subject? No . . control the music and you control the masses. The problem is that people don't understand the power of music
