I just saw this. It doesn't mention music but it's a pretty good insight into what people do to get noticed and get paid. The biggest thing for most here who ask about this is you have to have over 1000 subscribers and over 4000 hours of watch time. I do a lot of YT surfing and pretty much everyone asks to please subscribe and to link all my friends. Now I know why.

This is an example of why social media is so critical if someone is really trying to market themselves online. People hate Facebook, fine but it's vital for that. People hate Twitter, it's vital too. People disparage people who seem to live on their phones, it's vital you do that too.

People above ahem <a certain age> will say none of their friends do any of that so what else can they do? Well... dunno.

http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2018/04/04/how-youtube-influencers-make-money-and-lots-it-on-platform.html

Bob

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