The Hard Truth About Monetizing Your Fanbase & Die-Hard Fan Behavior

@DevvonTerrell is reclaiming independence in his music career by prioritizing direct engagement with his fans. Through subscription services and other platforms, he's bypassing traditional industry structures, allowing fans to have significant influence on his career trajectory!
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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
00:08:12 - The Golden Era of Independent Music
00:10:58 - Shifting to New Ways of Making Money in the Music Industry
00:18:12 - The Future of Music Monetization
00:21:44 - Artist Subscription Services
00:25:32 - The Effect of Fan Behavior
00:27:04 - Music Monetization Routes
00:29:49 - Fan Engagement through Subscription Model
00:30:30 - Creating an Exclusive Fanbase
00:40:37 - Financial Success in the Music Industry
00:51:34 - Being The Living Weirdo
00:54:10 - Growing Your Ideal Fanbase
01:04:22 - The Value of Learning Skills
01:14:26 - Influential RNB Artists
01:16:21 - Potential Impact of TikTok Ban
This channel is run by the founders of No Labels Necessary, Sean "Brandman" Taylor and Jacorey "Kohrey" Barkley. No Labels Necessary is a music-first marketing agency that helps artists impact culture through digital content and marketing.
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[@thurdysixo]

Devvon has some great mixing tutorials on CZcams.

[@themusiclover1637]

Such a great conversation! I recently took the plunge to do what I really love, and the pure joy that I experienced is pay off enough so far! -Ebthemanager

[@jetross]

That's a great point! Force the fan to decide who they're willing to subscribe to.

[@thurdysixo]

“And stuff like that” is his “type shit” 😄 Sidenote: It’s a guy named Fedarro (sp?) that does good R&B content as well. He mainly focuses on songwriting and recording with templates.

[@6Wheelz]

Love the lofi background once the audio started giving out lol

[@Forgianomarkets]

People gotta stop villainize 9-5 tbh. You can meet some great people there

[@MERhiphop]

dope interview. just wanted to say discovery mode for spotify is dope!!!! any artists reading this I stopped promo on my song 6+ months ago and im still getting 1000's of streams a month and have random old songs getting picked up for playlists lol its dope.
I think maybe i hit 5k monthly listeners at max and that was enough?
Only really ran at like $20 a day for like 3-4 days lol wasnt even optimized but not a lot fr.
Seems like they only help with what you bring to the table, but if you can bring in a few thousand people they pretty much match it.

[@vez5663]

Great , great interview

[@doce.c.1365]

Thanks for this! Love seeing someone do this from the R&B space!

[@6Wheelz]

Thank ya'll for this

[@papagyete]

You guys are amazing

[@thurdysixo]

@22:45 I understand the logic but this isn’t necessarily true. I’ve paid $5 for exclusive access to one of my favorite artist’s EP on Even and I haven’t listened to it at all after the day I heard it. It wasn’t a bad project, it was just short and I couldn’t conveniently listen to it with the other music I listen to. The Zoom Q&A made the $5 wayyy worth it though.

[@SinzereOfficial]

Gems on gems on gems! 💎

[@sportsxmodetv]

This video revealed to me the knowledge necessary to start my own label and make money. Motivated my new sound watching this...big appreciation to your channel 💯 I'm SportsxMode new music channel. I subscribed for next video update DEFINITELY APART OF MY VIEWS. YALL KEEP MAKING A DIFFERENCE. TO THE EVERYONE "MAKE YOUR DREAM GOALS AND ASPIRITION REALITY" LETS ALL REMIND OURSELVES "WE CAN START TODAY. BE YOURSELF ONE LOVE.

[@jakelacoste]

This dudes smart

[@rafaelpena4269]

1:13:32-T-Pain has a LETHAL pen

[@sydneymcdonald1494]

Lets go

[@kiddoutlaw600]

U knew about LÜM wow Sean

[@doce.c.1365]

NPG Music Club years ago.

[@sydneymcdonald1494]

From the 254 yo

[@cetriyasArtnComicsChannel]

yeah, so basically having even less time making music once you have enough fans to monetize. def a WIP in balance.

[@AAOWorldwide]

49:39 a lot of talkin lol

[@amajorthemusician]

TikTok is over, the CEO so far came out saying he will not sell it, so that means they have 9 months. With that being said, to that whole community, it has been fun! ✌🏾

[@Forgianomarkets]

They won’t sell the algorithm

[@amajorthemusician]

@@Forgianomarkets Okay and?