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Or you could skip one visit to Panera for a cup of soup and half a sandwich and finance a new album release.
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4.99 a month pro subscription to get enough monthly credits to really do anything.
I said I would give it year or so. It's a cup of coffee. But I won't do that forever if it seems their model is the 4.99, the postings are bait, and only an algorithm is "listening."
That's one expensive cup of coffee lol Been to Starbucks lately?  Nope. I only do Starbucks maybe once or twice a year. Mostly I do gas station coffee or make my own.
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Samuel,
Have you ever tried pouring gas station peanuts into a bottle of coke and hitting the road?
It makes a good lunch man when you're heading off to a gig at a bar with chicken wire.
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Samuel,
Have you ever tried pouring gas station peanuts into a bottle of coke and hitting the road?
It makes a good lunch man when you're heading off to a gig at a bar with chicken wire.
Hahaha...I grew up doing that. My aunt ran a little country store on a dirt road and I'd walk to it, watch the old men sitting on the benches in bib overalls whittlin' and then go in and pour those nuts in a cold 6oz bottled coke....gotta shake it up too. I nearly finished a song about that store so thanks for the reminder - I need to wrap it up. Bud
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Samuel,
Have you ever tried pouring gas station peanuts into a bottle of coke and hitting the road?
It makes a good lunch man when you're heading off to a gig at a bar with chicken wire.
Can't say I have. This it the first I've heard of it. I do love me some Cajun style boiled peanuts though.
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Peanuts in a coke, yep it's good.
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4.99 a month pro subscription Yep not too bad.
I am going to look it up keeps the interest if nothing else.
Have you ever tried pouring gas station peanuts into a bottle of coke and hitting the road? HA ! Ha !. Good one .
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Samuel, Have you ever tried pouring gas station peanuts into a bottle of coke and hitting the road? It makes a good lunch man when you're heading off to a gig at a bar with chicken wire.
David, you shouldn't need the excuse of a gig at a bar with chicken wire to enjoy a Coke with peanuts. That's a good lunch anytime. I agree with with Bud that the Coke has to be the small, 6 1/2 ounce bottle. Lance salted peanuts are the best for this combo.
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Ha ha ha!
Jim, that is some good thinking.
When I get to Winston-Salem we'll have to sit in front of the store and have a couple of those!!
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OK, there is Joanna's $13.98. Anyone else make any money from Songtrdr? Like cash, Moohla, Brass, Coin, Sheckels, anything?
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$32 and change for July. August due soon. Been in contact with some Colorado real estate agents.
Bud
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$32 and change for July. August due soon. Been in contact with some Colorado real estate agents.
Bud Is that only from Songtradr, or iTunes, etc. combined? Regards, Bob
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Mostly from iTunes and Spotify and some from Mood Media licenses. I should’ve clarified that. Phone typing. We’ve made it to a music supervisor 33 times. 22 of those were through deals. Hometown Refugee now resides with a supervisor - not expecting any more than the other 10 that died at that point. One thing that does seem significant is that we have three songs on three different roots genre playlists. Each playlist has only around a dozen songs. We didn’t submit them any way - they were just picked up with no notification from ST. I just found them looking through their featured genres. At least somebody there seems to like what we’re doing. $5 a month - we’ll play. But I have zero plans to produce any songs specifically for a placement. We do it for fun, post it here and then upload to ST. And it is very infrequently that they ask for any music that even remotely resembles our stuff.
OK back to the Hurricane Michael count down.
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Thanks. That's what I thought. Anybody with income from Songtradr only?
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Looks like no one is using the Starmaker Machine Bob.
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Looks like no one is using the Starmaker Machine Bob. 
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Yeah, I have had 2 make it to music supervisor, end of the road. It doesn't seem promising in the long run. I am not into the younger scene, and probably will not make any money at this. CLiff
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Steve and Bob, That is pretty funny--really--and you both are probably more than 100% right in whatever direction you are coming from. There is a lot of delusion out there in the Starmaker Universe. HOWEVER: As for myself, I long ago decided that I am only doing this for fun, and as a great hobby. I have NO preconceptions (or delusions) that anything is going to happen with ANYTHING I do in this market beyond having some fun and getting some streams. Still, ya never know. Someone here might get lucky, so I do not want to be discouraging to anyone. I don't think discouraging people, or yourself even, is healthy. Yes, I do believe that about 99.999999 percent of what is going on in today's world is a business model based on hype and delusion, really. It cuts across all industries. Apple has built a fortune on it--but that's another tale. But that's not going to stop me, personally, from having fun. So yeah, I have been shown to a lot of music supervisors and have not made a dime. Haven't given that a second thought. I have about a gazillion more songs to write for fun. I just like to play them back for myself. I have to get my good music from somewhere, don't I?
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"Anybody with income from Songtradr only?"
So, I take that as a "no" from you?
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