Dietz
Space Explorer
Hi all,
Back in the days of physical music distribution and (major) labels, it was comparatively easy to get an idea of your works' circulation, regardless of whether you were the artist, a backing musician or credited as a writer or producer. In the end, it was all about getting those sales figures from the label(s). But in a recent conversation I had with a colleague, we realized that there is no obvious way to robustly determine the overall popularity of your work anymore. Too many portals, too many distribution channels, too many self-managed indie-artists with little market insight. 8-/ Might be still easier if you're researching the numbers for a single song or album, but for names in the second or third row (i.e. not the featured artist(s)) with credits on dozens, even hundreds of releases?
... or did we simply miss the obvious? Is there a website or app that reliably determines and summarizes these figures for you, even if you are NOT the artist, but are "only" credited as the producer and/or sound engineer? Ideally something that doesn't cost you an arm and a leg and works without ten years of subscription ...?
TIA!
Back in the days of physical music distribution and (major) labels, it was comparatively easy to get an idea of your works' circulation, regardless of whether you were the artist, a backing musician or credited as a writer or producer. In the end, it was all about getting those sales figures from the label(s). But in a recent conversation I had with a colleague, we realized that there is no obvious way to robustly determine the overall popularity of your work anymore. Too many portals, too many distribution channels, too many self-managed indie-artists with little market insight. 8-/ Might be still easier if you're researching the numbers for a single song or album, but for names in the second or third row (i.e. not the featured artist(s)) with credits on dozens, even hundreds of releases?
... or did we simply miss the obvious? Is there a website or app that reliably determines and summarizes these figures for you, even if you are NOT the artist, but are "only" credited as the producer and/or sound engineer? Ideally something that doesn't cost you an arm and a leg and works without ten years of subscription ...?
TIA!
