SoundCloud’s Fan-Powered Royalties with Drea Jackson

Streaming platforms have given us the gift of cheap, easy access to any song in the world but they have also attracted criticism from indie artists who complain that the royalty system they ushered in unfairly favors the top artists. SoundCloud was an early pioneer in streaming and always catered to the indie community. So it makes sense that they are trying to improve the economics for emerging artists, in part with a new system they call Fan-Powered Royalties.

We’re joined today by Drea Jackson, Manager of Artist Relations at SoundCloud. Drea walks us through the history of SoundCloud, how their Fan-Powered system differs from the Big Pool system used by the other big streaming platforms - and why it's better for indie artists. Drea joins us from Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn.

Check out Soundcloud at: soundcloud.com and follow Drea on Soundcloud at: soundcloud.com/dreavibes.

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