What’s an aspiring young artist/band to do? CoVid stopped the touring. Radio stations are going out of business. Maybe you get a few hits on YouTube but nothing produces any income.
>>What’s an aspiring young artist/band to do? CoVid stopped the touring. Radio stations are going out of business. Maybe you get a few hits on YouTube but nothing produces any income.
There are independent acts around the world who are staging online concerts tying in with other acts of similar sound or scene. Each artist plays 2-5 songs, generally in a home sound studio, some in a backyard, a few in a club with or without audience).
That right there helps build an audience in this lockdown world.
Show - Business
Gotta give them the show.
I know some others who are doing 15-30 minute weekly concerts with online tip jars for those who want to give something. They do these on youtube or facebook where they can be shared afterwards (if the artist wants to leave them online). Others use Zoom meetings but there is little to no replay and no share of the video feed to build audience for the next one.
Others are using Bandcamp or Soundcloud. With those an artist can sell digital downloads (for a price or for a donation of varying amound) as well as have a distribution network for merch/orders. Discogs.com is another place that an artist/label can list all of their wares and a direct link for sales.
If people are looking for validation of their music choices (as they do with their movie choices, thus the nation’s strong interest in the Top 10 movies of the week, “I won! Saw the number one movie last week!”) then they aren’t going to ever find it by only looking at what the rigged music charts are pushing.