Originally Posted By: HearToLearn
Originally Posted By: Will B - PG Music
Originally Posted By: HearToLearn

As proof, I remember the Axis Of Awesome thing from a while back. Almost 31 Million views...that's 31,000,000 views...but how many songs have they sold? A lot of people willing to watch "for free." Gotta love 'em though. It's fun to see...at least I think so.





If they have those videos monetized at even a 1/4 of a cent per view (and it's probably more than that) that's 7.75 million cents. Which is... a lot...


I figured someone would say that. And just shy of $80k is nothing to sneeze at by any means...but...it's still not airplay on a station (which was the point that was being made) or people willing to pay for it for that matter. There is a HUGE difference in that.

Sure you can argue that people are paying with their time of sitting at the computer, but there is surely a difference between that and handing over your cash to enjoy something.

I still love the video though smile



You're very right! I guess the key these days is diverse revenue streams. $80K every year or so from popular YouTube vids, quadruple that every quarter with t-shirt sales, tours on top of everything, plus $14.31 per year with record sales laugh

Will - PG Music