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Research and investegate Digital music distribution  BandCamp -  Band-camp is a social platform and app for fans and artists. Their main aim is getting fans to discover new music, plus they allow you to sell merch on their platform. How does band camp pricing work?  Band-camp is free for artists in the fact that you do not have to pay for an account, but they take their money as a commission per download. It's 15% per digital download on top of however much PayPal takes.  Pros of band camp - Band-camp is very good for creating a fanbase. M ore popular in search than Tune-core or CDBaby, fans are going to likely be very familiar with this platform. Cons of Band Camp - They do NOT distribute outside of Band-camp. They are their own retail store. Although it is popular, you'll have to go elsewhere to get your music onto the Big 4 ( iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, and Google Play) .  Soundcloud - SoundCloud  is an online audio distribution...

What Am I doing? For this project, I will be covering many aspects of what it takes to be an independent artist. This includes: the roles and responsibilities and what it takes to be successful.  Investigating and understand all the revenue streams available for financial exploitation.  Types of deals - What deals artists can get from record labels Exploring what other artists do and how they brand their products.  Experimenting with different genres, songwriting and production techniques. researching and developing a market plan  Developing and rolling out a live event  Including a summary of my current experience and skill set and the challenges that I may face through this process.  I will also be trying out different samples within my drafts. This will hopefully help be obtain ideas and help me to progress within my skills to create music. The genre that I have chosen to do is trap.  Instead of the mumble rap which is included in t...