Beatport has been making some aggressive moves of late, including a partnership to power an EDM channel on Spotify. Now, Beatport is aiming straight for Soundcloud and allowing anyone to upload tracks or a mix to the EDM-centric service.
Much like Soundcloud, Beatport will now allow anyone to create an account, upload and monetize their original tracks and mixes on the streaming music service. But the amount of income that artists will make is miniscule.
According to its terms of service, the company will pay a royalty of just 10% of the amount actually received by Beatport. Each play or stream will pay a royalty of 5% of the amount that it receives based on “a pro rata share (a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of plays/streams on the Website and Beatport branded channels and the denominator of which is the total number of plays/streams on the Website or Beatport branded channels) of funds made available for the payment of streams on the Website or Beatport branded channels.”
Confused yet? Suffice it so say, its a fraction of what others pay.
A unique feature of Beatport is the track information section where it shows the BPM (Beats Per Minute) and the Key of the track, according to Route Note.
