As Ralph's been know to say on more than one occasion - "It's not just about the bands" - although in this case it is about the bands making some money from their music and videos!
Up until now your best option for getting yourself noticed is YouTube, Vimeo or Vevo and their ilk however, there's a new kid on the block in the shape of Videscape. It's a brand spanking new video and audio streaming platform which should allow it's users to make substantially more money per view than similar streaming sites.
With that in mind Ralph's decided to have a go and put up a video himself as the minimum Videscape pay out is 1 cent per stream, which is massive compared to YouTube!
Ralph was so impressed he put his famous football video on Videscape but also asked Tom Oswald, CEO of the UK based site about its ethos and potential -
“Videscape was created to specifically give content creators a place to put their videos outside of YouTube. We want this site to host the latest in music, documentaries, how to videos, gaming, factual and contextual content and basically anything that is useful to people. We want the site to be where people go who are serious about their videos. Where they are recognised and rewarded accordingly for their work."
"We don’t have huge amounts of video dating back over 10 years to drain our resources; We have been built from the ground up with the aim to finally make streaming a viable income, as streaming, both video and audio, is very much the future”
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Excellent news as you can use video and audio to promote and share your music whether it's to existing fans or to gain new ones like the one above by London Post-Punk Electro groovers and Ralph's Life favourites Feral Five.
Is there a bigger chance of getting more views on Videscape over YouTube?
Tom Oswald went on to say -
“Consider this; your 3 minute video is going to get instantly lost in the 100 hours of video uploaded to YouTube every second, furthermore did you know that viral videos are actually ‘seeded’ to become viral? If you upload a music video to YouTube do you have the £100,000 you need to get it into the multi millions of views that are needed to get you even close to the leader board?
"On our platform you won’t be competing with major labels or major corporations which mean you won’t be competing with 100’s millions of views to get on our leader boards. What does this mean? A considerably higher chance of your video being seen by users of the platform, as VidEscape is a level playing field, not one that is skewed hugely in the favour of massivecorporates.”
Last time I updated the blog on The 1004's I'd put out last year when they released 'SOS' was early this year after The 1004's had released 'Light's Out' and were heading to the studios to record their new single. Well the good news is it's been worth the wait as they've just released 'Throes' with an indie folk/rock feel to it and has already been seeing some airplay both by Ralph on Radio KC and Jim Gellatly.
It's a mean and moody track that sees a genuine shift in direction for the band from the lighter pop/punk feel of 'SOS' or the U2-esque 'Lights Out', a real coming of age.
There's also a stunning, atmospheric video out for 'Throes' directed by BAFTA nominee John J Campbell with camerawork and editing by Chris Tuszewski. Now Ralph's always one to share things, so to make it easy for you I've included it below.....
The 1004's also having a break from studio work to bring you some live performances including an appearance at the second of the Haddowfest Presents nights in Edinburgh.
Here's a list of the dates just announced, with more to follow.
10th May - AKA Banbury
11th May - This Feeling Queen of Hoxton, London with - KAV,The Electric Soft Parade, Section 60 and L.A.C
17th May - Mighty Boof At The Playground, Whitehaven with - The View, The Enemy, The Tapestry
24th May - Haddowfest Presents The Electric Circus, Edinburgh - Support comes from Dumb, Greg Pearson and Charlotte Black.
Recorded at 2Fly Studios with Alan Smyth January 2017
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