6 Musician Platform Success Stories [2024]

Updated: November 1st, 2023
Start A Musician Platform

Here are some real life success stories of starting a musician platform:

1. getcanaryapp.com ($300K/year)

How much they make: $300K/year
Current team size:

Quitting a $130,000 Job to Build an App for Musicians

How Nick turned his idea into a growing application that connects bars with musicians, leaving his high-paying corporate job and raising $150k in funding through cold-calls.

Revenue
They grew the business to $25K/month
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2. YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

Where they're located: Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Website traffic: 35.2B/month

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Learn more about starting a musician platform:

Where to start?

-> How much does it cost to start a musician platform?
-> Pros and cons of a musician platform

Need inspiration?

-> Examples of established musician platform
-> Marketing ideas for a musician platform

Other resources

-> Musician platform tips

4. Spotify

Spotify is a digital music service that gives you access to millions of songs.

Where they're located: Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Website traffic: 384M/month

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5. Bandcamp

Discover amazing music and directly support the artists who make it.

Where they're located: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Website traffic: 30.6M/month

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