Empowered Musician Author Chris Juergensen

This show originates at www.musicianscooler.com This is show number 207

Independent artist, session guitarist and music educator, Chris Juergensen shows you the steps you need to take to make music your career. Subjects include: building and maintaining your website, recording and releasing your own music, marketing on a tight budget, selling from your site and through internet retailers, digital distribution, royalties, publishing, personal finance and more. This book will pay for itself with one CD sale. Available at lulu.com

Today Chris and I discuss his book, his time in Japan, getting your music promoted on Podcasts, and more. He has a great marketing idea about working with other local musicians (that will boost CD sales).

In his "tales from the road" Chris talks about the time he found himself without pants on stage. Thank goodnews for his guitar.

MUSIC: Sweet Mellissa from the Podsafe Music Network buy Chris' music at CDBaby, and iTunes.

How Much Money Do Artists Make on a CD Sale?

According to a video from the Band Bezerker the breakdown is as follows:
Retail 52.3%
Distribution 23.3%
Record Label 12%
Manufacturer 9%
Artist 3.3%

This means on a sales of $12.99 the breakdown would be as such:

Retail	$ 6.79
Distribution	$ 3.03
Record Label	$ 1.56
Manufacturer	$ 1.17
Artist	$ 0.43

Last.fm Royalties

You will accrue an amount each time one of your tracks is streamed on the Last.fm service. The amount will vary depending upon which Last.fm service your track is played. A brief rundown of the various royalty levels can be found below:
- If your track is played on our free radio service you will accrue a 10% of the Share of Last.fm’s Net Revenue (see the definition of “Share” and “Net Revenue” in the terms and conditions) from the free radio service.
- If your track is played on our personalized premium radio service, you will accrue the greater of either 10% of the Share of Last.fm’s Net Revenue from the personalized radio service, or US $0.0005 for each complete transmission on the personalized radio service.
- If your track is played on our free on-demand service, you will accrue 30% of the Share of Last.fm’s Net Revenue from the on-demand radio service.
- If your track is played on our premium on-demand service, you will accrue the greater of either 30% of the Share of Last.fm’s Net Revenue from the premium on-demand service, or US $0.005 for each complete transmission on the prepaid or subscription on-demand service

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