#FortnightFridayMusic
June 13 2025
The prompt is #Omen

Hana – Omen, 2000

Hana is one of those groups that appeared more in on-trend compilations than on releases of their own. Omen was this duo's second and to my knowledge final release; members Anisa Romero and Jeff Greinke have gone on to other musical and non-musical artistic pursuits.

Sitting at the junction of #downtempo and #DreamPop, they're pretty much a no-brainer to be in my collection. This kind of #ethereal music with just a dash of a quasi- #tribal #electronica has the danger of falling into cliche - sort of a poor man’s #DeadCanDance - but among hundreds of similar offerings on #CDbaby at the time, this release stood out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS_KNPT0BUQ&list=PLrystZKz3W49mKvf3xTLdrLx3-GL_yFyH&index=6

Former #CDBaby and current #DiscMaker CEO responds to #Spotify excuses to stop paying #indiemusic artists #royalties for tracks considered below base threshold #streaming count$

https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2025/04/disc-maker-ceo-responds-to-spotify-in-1000-streams-debate.html

#SnoopDogg pushing #TunesFM as a replacement for #Spotify proves one thing: the #rugpull is coming to the world of music lol.

But in all honesty, the idea of paying for time played off a song is not new at all, and even though Spotify has undervalued most songs, the deal between big publishers and Spotify is a different story than you publishing from #CDBaby or some shit.

The big sell from Spotify right now, and the thing that makes it addictive, is the #discovery feature.

I have 4 tracks on #CDBaby.
Thousands of streams without a single buy, but what's the revenues?

6.42$... yes, that's it: I haven't planned to become rich with my music but at least not being fooled...

Under "Social Video Monetizing" for the 2024 I have 6620 streams for 0.42$ = 0,0000634 x single stream.

Checking the stats further I see that almost the streams are from #facebook few from #YouTube (which pays ZERO).

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#musicmaking #musicmaker #originalmusic #royalties #music

So first #TuneCore, now #YouTube. They are trying to scrap from our art, creativity and potential income making datasets for sale, without even giving us a single penny. Please be intelligent, do not allow a single step over your rights with this predatory and misleading companies. #DistroKid , #CDBaby probably will try to do the same over the next years.

@[email protected] @musicproduction @music #musicindustry #AI #IA #industriadelamusica #dataset #datascraping @radicalmusic

Apparently #CDbaby (and all of Downtown Music Holdings) has been sold to Universal Music Group for $775 Million. That doesn't seem like good news for #indie musicians.

https://themusic.com.au/industry/cd-baby-fuga-swallowed-by-universal-in-775-million-deal/919F6-rt7O8/17-12-24

UPDATE 9/16: They suspended my account. See follow-up post.

WARNING TO DISTROKID USERS:

Make sure #DistroKid is not billing you for album extras on deleted releases. I was just charged cover license fees totaling $127.50 for tracks that were previously deleted last month.

#musicdistribution #bandcamp #cdbaby #reverbnation