Jack Conte: How artists can (finally) get paid in the digital age
جاك كونت: كيف يمكن للفنانين (أخيراً) الحصول على المال في العصر الرقمي
With his membership platform Patreon, YouTube star Jack Conte may have solved a perennial problem of content creators -- getting paid for digital media. Full bio
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working on album
وأنا أعمل على البوم
per day on Myspace at the time,
علي موقع "ماي سبيس" في ذلك الوقت،
when I started noticing these other people
الأشخاص الآخرين
on this new site called YouTube,
على هذا الموقع المسمى "يوتيوب،"
making some Youtube videos.
على اليوتيوب.
a video of my band on the homepage,
على الصفحة الرئيسية،
حصلنا على مجموعة من المعجبين.
we got a bunch of new fans.
the music or something --
بالموسيقي أو شيء من هذا القبيل...
started coming to our shows,
بدأوا بالمجيئ إلى عروضنا
our bank account balance
I was living at my dad's house,
أعيش في منزل والداي حينئذ،
by uploading videos to the internet
رفع الفيديوهات على الإنترنت
respected in 2009 --
uploading videos to the internet.
الفيديوهات على الإنترنت.
videos to the Internet,
على الإنترنت،
through brand deals
صفقات العلامات التجارية
in 2013 was super weird.
فى 2013 كان غريباً جداً.
were changing all the time.
يتغير طوال الوقت.
of annual iTunes download income
من تحميلات أي تونز السنوية
6,000 dollars of streaming income.
من دخل البث.
started popping up online,
بالظهور على الإنترنت،
العلامات التجارية بمئات الآلاف.
for these five-figure brand deals
لعدة سنين.
our videos themselves --
that our fans loved and appreciated --
جعلت معجبينا يحبونها ويقدرونها...
contributing value to the world,
almost zero dollars of income for us.
تقريباً صفر دولار.
of my YouTube dashboard
for those views.
من خلال هذه المشاهدات.
لتحوله لمال
with 20,000 monthly readers --
bucks in ad revenue.
من عائدات الإعلانات.
where this is insufficient
sound onto a wax cylinder.
على أسطوانات شمعية.
light onto a piece of photographic paper,
of film and television.
وبداية الافلام والتلفاز.
you could store art on a thing,
you just didn't get to hear the orchestra.
فلن تستطيع أن تسمع الأوركسترا.
performance on a physical object,
على شيء ملموس،
between 1900 and 2000,
بين 1900 و 2000،
of dollars of infrastructure
على البنية التحتية
around the world
is devoted to these two problems.
لتلك المشكلتين.
and CD jewel case manufacturers,
وشركات الاسطوانات المدمجة،
and Facebook and YouTube
broken for creative people right now.
للمبدعين في الوقت الحالي.
part of the chain doesn't work
من السلسلة لا يعمل
to be a creator right now,
كشخص مبتكر في الوقت الحالي،
a creative person right now,
into figuring out this new machine --
من اكتشاف هذه الآلية الجديدة.
of infrastructure for our creators.
من البنية الأساسية للمبدعين.
في أول عشر أعوام منها.
some really good ideas forming,
وأفكار جيدة تتبلور.
what works and what doesn't.
Who's heard of Twitch?
three to five thousand bucks a month
ثلاثة إلى خمسة ألف دولار شهرياً
over 100,000 dollars a year.
من 100,000دولار سنوياً.
to get paid in digital goods from fans.
على المال من السلع الرقمية من المعجبين.
a company called Patreon
working on this problem.
على حل لهذه المشكلة.
for creators to get paid --
to earn a living.
for being a creative person.
على راتب لكونه شخص مبتكر.
subscribers on YouTube.
15,000 views to 100,000 views.
15,000 إلى 100,000 مشاهدة.
when we hear "15,000 views,"
عندما نسمع "15,000 مشاهدة،"
as being not as legitimate
بانه ليس قانونياً مثله
that you'd hear on the radio
see on NBC or something
الذي تشاهده على ان بي سي
launched on Patreon,
making 31,000 dollars per month
31,000 دولاراً شهرياً
to expand their programming
ولذلك قرروا زيادة برامجهم
a second Patreon page --
21,000 dollars per month.
21,000 دولارا إضافيه شهرياً.
becoming a media company,
through membership.
to write for Philadelphia Magazine
the magazine cut out all sports coverage.
كل التغطية الرياضية.
and publishes them on his own website --
وينشرها على موقعه الخاص...
but for himself.
ولكن لصالح نفسه.
a month from 1,700 patrons,
من 1,700 راع،
on the PBS digital network --
علي شبكة بي بي أس...
for documenting their travels
مقابل توثيقهم لرحلاتهم
"Chapo Trap House", making --
"تشوب تراب هاوس،" تجني...
2,000 dollars per month,
per month for their podcast.
من خلال مدونتهم الصوتية.
working on the problem.
they launched Fan Funding;
to monetize live streaming.
فيها المال من البث الحي.
to experiment with membership.
paying subscribers
مشتركين دفع
of ideas and experiments
of getting creators paid.
من الحصول على المال.
on the platform making salaries --
يحصلون على رواتب...
for putting art online,
of infrastructure is on the way
آتية في الطريق
this time because of this --
between the person who makes the thing
الشخص المنتج لهذه الأشياء
had hit our first machine,
about 400,000 dollars in one year
and brand deals and stuff like that.
العلامات التجارية وما إلى ذلك.
very nice voice he was like,
logged in my memory.
قابعة في ذاكرتي.
not feel valued as a creative person.
بعدم التقدير كشخص مبدع.
at paying creators,
المبدعين من جني المال،
سيفكرون في أن يصبحوا أشخاص مبدعين
are going to think of being a creator
I could have a web comic.
أو يكون لي موقع فكاهي.
something you can do.
and respected profession.
the other end of this weird 100 years,
هذه المئة عام العجيبة،
and they're going to be valued.
to not give up --
ألا يستسلموا...
and tools for them
that's starting to take off,
في طور الانطلاق،
to make money on it yet,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jack Conte - Musician, entrepreneurWith his membership platform Patreon, YouTube star Jack Conte may have solved a perennial problem of content creators -- getting paid for digital media.
Why you should listen
As a solo artist and member of folk-rock duo Pomplamoose, Jack Conte garnered millions of views for his offbeat "video songs," including his breakout hit "Yeah Yeah Yeah" and "Pedals," a robotic tour-de-force with a set that duplicates the cockpit of the Millennium Falcon.
Despite his success, Conte noted the disconnect between page views and revenue, and he realized that if you’re a widely viewed artist and you aren’t making money, "that's not your fault -- it’s technology's fault." His solution is Patreon: a membership platform built on recurring payments from patrons to support creatives with ongoing projects.
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