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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

+ WHY WAS CROWD CREATED FOR THE MUSIC INDUSTRY?

Current streaming models and music distribution platforms give all the power and resources to their companies. They leave little left over for the livelihood and thriving of the artist's career and well-being. CROWD de-centralizes the need for huge companies and gives power and resources back to the artists and their fans.

The result: a fan-driven eco-system is created where artists get paid what they’re worth, and fans get paid to share the music they love.

Make Music +  Share Music + Everyone gets Paid.

+ WHY WAS CROWD CREATED FOR THE KINGDOM?

We want to help restore artists to healthy rhythms of communing together, producing great things together, and enjoying music together. We want artists to enjoy a fan-sponsored career. If you want to learn more about our value-based reasons behind CROWD, visit the short videos below:

More Direct Church/Kingdom Vids

+ WHAT SHOULD MY PRE-SUBSCIPTION AND SUBSCRIPTION STRATEGY BE?

Your Pre-Subscription Strategy:

  • Use your content to introduce your Fans/Followers to “Join Your Crowd” for FREE.
  • Position Your Fans & Yourself to Get Paid on ALL Content Sold once the subscription phase launches (Music, Videos, Live Streams, etc...)
  • Help grow “Your Crowd”, and the Crowd Music Community as a whole, by promoting the exclusive content available from both yourself and your fellow Artists and Creators on Crowd Music.

Subscription Strategy:

  • You and Your Subscribing Fans/Followers will begin to earn Referral Fees and Share in the Revenue created by your Crowd.

+ IS IT AS EASY AS CUT & PASTE TO GROW MY CROWD ON SOCIAL MEDIA?

The answer is, YES! Below are some blurbs you can cut & paste anywhere you'd like once you've Signed Up For CROWD. Simply have people sign up using your CODE and you both can start making and sharing music while growing your CROWD.

  • CROWD MUSIC gives you the ability to LIVESTREAM HD audio and video behind a paywall (See How Their Quality Beats Other LIVE-Streaming Options).
  • CROWD MUSIC allows you to Livestream Ticketed Concerts while sharing music, albums, videos, social-handles, and more, all in one place. Think of our app as a combination of YouTube, FB Live, Eventbrite, and Apple Music rolled into one.
  • CROWD MUSIC solves the "problem of the streaming-model.” Streaming companies are like an “All You Can Eat Buffet for $10, and everyone is eating $12 to $15 worth of food." The more customers an artist brings in, the more money they lose (view the downward trend of payment to artists via Spotify who currently are paying out only $.0004848443 cents on streams to the artist). Crowd functions more like Netflix, in that we hold your purchased music within the app for you to enjoy, and any purchase you make pays both you the fan, and you the artist.
  • CROWD MUSIC works a good amount of the Power of a Music Production and Marketing Firm into an Affiliate+ code. CROWD helps you and others to "share" music and “make” music and make money doing it. Our algorithm, as tested, shows that on average an artist makes $60K for every 1,000 fans they get buying and sharing their music.
  • CROWD MUSIC pays the fans! Motivated sharers and makers of music can make a living-wage income by using share links to tell those they know about their favorite artists. Our average payout going to sharers/fans is $.10 a purchase. An additional $.10 per purchase goes back to the original member that brought that artist into CROWD for the first time. This is a monetary return for you, FOREVER. The opportunities are endless!
  • CROWD MUSIC puts the power of monetization and creation back in the hands of artists and their fans. Learn How.

+ WHAT SHOULD I INCLUDE IN MY SHORT VIDEO TO FANS TO MEET COMPLETION REQUIREMENTS FOR FORM ABOVE?

In your own words, using the following as a guide...

  • I appreciate the support you always give me and my music.
  • My hope is that it connects with you, and has meaning and value to you.
  • Did you realize that for the price of a cup of coffee, you could buy several songs to support Artists like me, and that it also supports Songwriters, Producers, Studio Musicians, Engineers, Mixers and everyone involved in creating the music you enjoy?
  • I’m Releasing (or Pre-Releasing) my new Song (EP/Album/Collection), exclusively on Crowd Music for a period of time, before you can get it anywhere else.
  • I’m asking you to click the link to buy the song for only $1.00 and while you’re there, take a moment to check out the other great exclusive music available from other Artists and Bands, and consider supporting them and their co-creators as well.
  • We all want to keep creating great music for you in the future, and for such a small price, you can help all of us to continue to do that.
  • You might be wondering, “Why Crowd Music?” Download the mobile app and join the Crowd with me... because as the Crowd grows, there’s a way for you to get paid. It’s pretty amazing. So check it out. Use the links from me or the person who shared this with you to download my song, and join the Crowd.

+ WHAT EQUIPMENT DO I NEED TO DO A MULTI-ANGLE STREAM?

LOW BUDGET SETUP | $800

HIGHER END SETUP | $8000

NOTE: an additional person is needed to run the scenes or slingstudio multi-cams during the performance from a computer or IOS device (minimal tech ability is req.).

FYI 1: You can avoid camera and lighting costs by downloading the SlingStudio Capture App to your IOS devices and filming in a well-lit room. You can use as many iPads or iPhones necessary to create a multi-angle setup.

FYI 2: Garden City has a LIVE STREAM STUDIO equipped with musicians to back you up as you play. Often, we've found it cheaper to bring your act to Colorado to LIVE STREAM in greater quality, and only drop some airfare. Email us @ gcpconnect@gmail.com for more information and scheduling.

+ DOES CROWD DO ONSITE FILMING AND STREAMING?

YES! CROWD partners with Garden City to take your act LIVE in HD audio/video quality via a 2-10 Camera setup, all from the simplicity of an IPAD by using Slingstudio. We remove most of the energy of Post and High Budget Production by capturing a multi-camera angle event in real-time on location. Email us @ gcpconnect@gmail.com for more information and scheduling.

+ WHY IS GARDEN CITY CURATING ARTISTS TO GO INTO THE CROWD APP?

As CROWD launches, we are intentionally curating and debuting the best music first in each genre as a catalyst for bringing in a greater diversity of emerging and established artists. We are currently prioritizing Albums over Singles, and "Radio Ready" level music.

+ HOW LONG WILL THE CURATION OF NEW ARTISTS FOR CROWD LAST?

Our current curation process is in place only to launch the 100k+ artists that, as we speak, are flooding into CROWD all at once. Once we've handled the intial influx, our curation process will streamline into a Fan Driven vs Label Driven selection process; allowing artists without multi-million-dollar budgets, connections, or huge fan bases behind them, to compete based on the quality of their work.

+ CAN ANYONE USE THE HD LIVESTREAMING FEATURE?

Yes, anyone can use our Industry Leading LiveStream Feature with a paywall for the following cost:

  • $5.99 minimum ticket price and 30% processing fee per every 30-minutes of streaming.
  • Contact Dave Yauk at 662.722.3493 to schedule your stream.
    • We also recommend that first-time streamers on CROWD purchase a $25 Test Key from us, which allows you up to 1-hour of troubleshooting with our team to ensure success on your first run.

+ WHAT IS THE ARTIST SUBMISSION AGREEMENT?

Before submitting the form above, you are required to access and read the full text of our Artist Submission Agreement.