Jack Conte: How artists can (finally) get paid in the digital age
Džek Konte (Jack Conte): Kako umetnici (konačno) mogu da zarađuju u digitalnom dobu
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
radeći na albumu
per day on Myspace at the time,
dnevno na Majspejsu,
when I started noticing these other people
primetivši druge ljude
na novi sajt po imenu Jutjub,
on this new site called YouTube,
making some Youtube videos.
da pravim Jutjub snimke.
a video of my band on the homepage,
snimak mog benda na glavnu stranu,
dobili smo gomilu novih fanova.
we got a bunch of new fans.
the music or something --
našu muziku, i tako to -
počeli da nam dolaze na svirke
started coming to our shows,
our bank account balance
I was living at my dad's house,
živeo u očevoj kući,
by uploading videos to the internet
postavljajući snimke na internet
respected in 2009 --
uploading videos to the internet.
snimke na internet.
videos to the Internet,
through brand deals
kroz ugovore s bendom
in 2013 was super weird.
u 2013. je bilo izuzetno čudno.
were changing all the time.
su se sve vreme menjali.
of annual iTunes download income
godišnjeg prihoda sa Ajtjunsa
6,000 dollars of streaming income.
prihoda od strimovanja.
started popping up online,
počelo da pojavljuje onlajn,
for these five-figure brand deals
za petocifrene ugovore za bend
održavali bend solventnim.
our videos themselves --
that our fans loved and appreciated --
koji su naši fanovi voleli i cenili -
contributing value to the world,
nešto vredno svetu,
almost zero dollars of income for us.
skoro nula dolara u prihodu.
of my YouTube dashboard
for those views.
za te preglede.
i proizvodio novac
with 20,000 monthly readers --
sa 20.000 čitalaca mesečno -
prihoda od reklama.
bucks in ad revenue.
where this is insufficient
gde ovo nije dovoljno
sound onto a wax cylinder.
zvuk na voštani cilindar.
light onto a piece of photographic paper,
svetlost na parče fotografskog papira,
of film and television.
you could store art on a thing,
da sačuvate umetnost na nečemu,
you just didn't get to hear the orchestra.
prosto niste stigli da čujete orkestar.
performance on a physical object,
orkestarsku izvedbu na predmetu
between 1900 and 2000,
između 1900 i 2000,
of dollars of infrastructure
dolara vrednu infrastrukturu
kod ove dve stvari.
around the world
posvećen ovim dvama problemima.
is devoted to these two problems.
and CD jewel case manufacturers,
i proizvođače kutija za CD,
and Facebook and YouTube
broken for creative people right now.
prosto skroz pokvareno za kreativce.
part of the chain doesn't work
lanca ne funkcioniše,
to be a creator right now,
krajnje uzbuđen što sam stvaralac,
a creative person right now,
i što sam danas kreativac
into figuring out this new machine --
u procesu razumevanja novog mehanizma -
of infrastructure for our creators.
infrastrukture za naše stvaraoce.
nekih veoma dobrih ideja koje se oblikuju,
some really good ideas forming,
what works and what doesn't.
Who's heard of Twitch?
Ko je čuo za Tvič?
three to five thousand bucks a month
tri do pet hiljada dolara mesečno,
over 100,000 dollars a year.
to get paid in digital goods from fans.
fanova zarađuju u digitalnim dobrima.
a company called Patreon
sam osnovao firmu Patreon
working on this problem.
koji radimo na ovom problemu.
for creators to get paid --
da zaista lako budu plaćeni -
kako bi zaradili za život.
to earn a living.
for being a creative person.
za to što je kreativac.
subscribers on YouTube.
15,000 views to 100,000 views.
do 100.000 pregleda.
when we hear "15,000 views,"
kada čujemo "15.000 pregleda",
as being not as legitimate
kao nešto što nije legitimno
that you'd hear on the radio
koji slušate na radiju
see on NBC or something
startovao na Patreonu,
launched on Patreon,
making 31,000 dollars per month
31.000 dolara mesečno
to expand their programming
da prošire program
a second Patreon page --
drugu Patreon stranicu -
21,000 dollars per month.
becoming a media company,
što u suštini postaje medijska firma,
through membership.
to write for Philadelphia Magazine
pisao za časopis "Filadelfija"
the magazine cut out all sports coverage.
izbacio sportsko izveštavanje.
i objavljuje ih na sopstvenom vebsajtu -
and publishes them on his own website --
but for himself.
a month from 1,700 patrons,
od 1.700 pokrovitelja,
on the PBS digital network --
na digitalnoj mreži PBS -
for documenting their travels
zarađuju svakog meseca
"Chapo Trap House", making --
"Chapo Trap House", zarađuju -
2,000 dollars per month,
per month for their podcast.
56.000 dolara za svoj podkast.
working on the problem.
they launched Fan Funding;
pokrenuli su Fan Funding;
živih strimovanja za stvaraoce.
to monetize live streaming.
to experiment with membership.
sa članarinama.
paying subscribers
of ideas and experiments
of getting creators paid.
da stvaraoci budu plaćeni.
on the platform making salaries --
stvaralaca na platformi koji zarađuju -
for putting art online,
za to što postavljaju umetnost onlajn,
of infrastructure is on the way
this time because of this --
between the person who makes the thing
između osobe koja nešto stvara
had hit our first machine,
imao svoj prvi uspeh,
oko 400.000 dolara za godinu
about 400,000 dollars in one year
and brand deals and stuff like that.
i ugovora s bendom i slično.
very nice voice he was like,
logged in my memory.
nagomilanih u sećanju.
not feel valued as a creative person.
ne cene kao kreativca.
at paying creators,
u plaćanju stvaralaca,
are going to think of being a creator
i fakultet će pomišljati da je umetnost
I could have a web comic.
da imam veb strip.
something you can do.
and respected profession.
održiva i cenjena profesija.
the other end of this weird 100 years,
s drugog kraja ovih čudnih 100 godina,
and they're going to be valued.
to not give up --
koji su to videli, da ne odustanu -
and tools for them
i oruđa za njih
that's starting to take off,
koji počinje da zaživljava,
da na tome zarađuju,
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.
Jack Conte | Speaker | TED.com