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Well, Remixes Vol 4 has been out a few days and it’s gotten added to some TikTok playslists so it’s getting so decent airplay, so it’s time to start making some new music. I’m going to try to make more techno and trance tunes using some of the resources I’ve acquired from Reimann Kollection. And I’ll also be making more all original stuff. Electronica and ambient music, to be specific.

Haven’t decided whether I’ll drop them as singles or put them out as another album or EP. Albums seem to be what some platforms prefer. Anyways, stay tuned as I might drop demo stuff on SoundCloud before I release the finished works.

Trying to get some action through Facebook ads again. In the past, it’s underperformed my expectations. The aim is to get more views and maybe some referrals to my InstaGram page at https://instagram.com/jaypeach00 or my linktree at https://linktr.ee/jaypeach53 where you can find links to my music.

Now that, I’ve released my latest EP, Remixes Vol 4, I have some spare time to attend to other business. When I’m creating new music, I spend 2-5 hours a day several days a week trying to work things out. Which means I can only spend a little time on my internet duties. And making music is a lot more imprtotant to me.

I got Spotify’s monthy newsletter and there’s some good news. They’re finally making efforts to counteract bots on their platform. They say they have 600 million “users” on their platform, which is up from 180 million 3 years ago. This “growth” I suspect is largely bots. It’s about time. They need to get rid of bot created streams, if for no other reason than their bottom line. And to stop penalizing artists and labels for suspected botted strsams instead of cleaning up their own house.

Well, it’s time for a new release, Remixes, Vol 4. It’s dropping on May 4th on platforms handled by my distributor, DistroKid. It’s already out on SoundCloud. Here’s some links: Https://linktr.ee/jaypeach53 and https://on.soundcloud.com/uxbfuYvdMicCRZuAA

Here’s the track list from SoundCloud:

if you want give a listen on soundcloud, the url is https://on.soundcloud.com/c5hK9aV3q63yEwuB6, otherwise. I’ll be updating the linktree with updated links directly uto the album, or try the SongShare link to get to the most popular platforms.

It seems that Spotiy’s threat to defund smaller artists didn’t come to pass. I just got paid for my February streams on Spotify. Not much but every little bit counts. I still direct my listeners to other platforms as payouts on other platforms are 25 to 2000% better. The Spotify payout is now down to $.0027 per stream, even Apple does better at $.004 per stream. Spotify’s payout is down fron $.0043 per stream 4 years ago, a 38% decrease by my reckoning. Beatport pays $.08 per stream. I now get significant streams from 18 streaming services. That’s all for now. Stay tuned.

Well, I’ve broken the million impression milestone! To be precise, as of a couple of minutes ago, SoundCloud and DistroKid report 1,000,354 impressions. Impressions are a combination of streams and sales, so some impressions pay better than others. Of course, DistroKid’s share is platforms generally reporting impressions 3 to 4 months in arrears, so the million impression mark was passed months ago. Since I don’t know the numbers until DistroKid reports them and I get access to the money I earned, I’m not sure of the numbers until they’re reported.

Here’s the breakdown. The 842,140 is DistroKid’s reported number and the 158,214 is SoundCloud’s share.

As the title suggests, I’m about ready to break a recorded milestone. 1,000,000 impressions. I count impressions as streams and/or album or track sales. In the picture below the first number, 156,435, is the total streams on SoundCloud. The second number, 838,481, is impressions from today’s DistroKid report. DistroKid only gives data when the platforms send out data, which is generally a 3-4 month delay. So I’ve undoubtedly broken the 1,000,000 mark a couple of months ago.

Well, it took them a while to do it but Beatport finally added my newest album, Remixes Vol 3, to one of their charts. As you can see in the image below, the album currently is placing in the high 60s on that chart. I wouldn’t mind if it placed higher, but considering it hasn’t charted anywhere else, I’ll take what I can get.

Beatport has been getting my releases since 2021 and this is the first one to chart there.

Beatport is a platform that seems to cater to the DJ community, which is the reason a lot of you have never heard of it. They do streaming and track and album sales. The sales part is unlike other platforms in the way they serve up content. The default is to download mp3 files, but, for an extra fee, you can download wav and, I think, flac files. So if you’re an audiophile, the higher quality files are a boon.

Has anyone else seen this kind of activity on their creator accounts on YouTube? I get mostly slow but almost imperceptible gains, then all of a sudden I get negative plays. The plays drop by 20-30 streams.

It wouldn’t surprise me that big business would stoop to this fraudulent behavior, after all, making money, especially the big bucks Google makes, means you have engage in immoral behavior. On top of it all, Google just announced a price increase for YouTube Red, their premium service. So they’re pimping both the creators and their customers. What a scam!