Welcome to Live Industry Radio.

This is an independent version of the music industry. It is free to use, including all account types and their services. You only pay to buy tickets to live-music shows and to advertise, which is money we use to pay our Musicians.

Listening to all music is free, unlimited and uninterrupted. Musicians get paid a variable amount for their song streams each month outside the royalty system based on live-music event ticket sales and advertising sales that month on this platform, in our Pay Per Play system, which is our own version of the royalty system. Bands also receive money each month that they can spend like coupons on the products and services they need to make their Art.

This site is designed so all music industry people and fans can operate in an alternative music industry, without the need for 3rd party services or interference.

Below is a detailed account of how this site works.

We are currently working on a new version of this site that will be scalable to involve all other countries, and all other Art industries (film, literature, theater, stand-up, visual arts etc). If you have any questions or find something inconvenient or failing with this version, please write to support@liveindustryradio.com or contact Support through the settings of your Fan account in Action.

Thank you,
Dave (creator)

Note: Any explanatory, help, or how-to posts about Live Industry Radio on the internet must include the date and the website's version number for it in the title and at the top of the body (readily visible). This is to avoid the confusion that is lots of how-to posts that people read that are made for older versions of a site, leading to unnecessary inconvenience trying to find out how to do things. Internet creators that we find that have failed to follow this rule after warnings will be listed below.

LIR v.1.03 Documentation

Implemented Mon Jan 22, 2024

NEW IN THIS VERSION

A lot of background services upgrades, bug fixes and email updates.

KNOWN ISSUES

Critical errors and their updates will appear here as they develop.
support@liveindustryradio.com or contact Support through the Settings of your Fan account in Action (for suggestions too).

DOCUMENTATION

BASIC PLATFORM FLOW:

1) Find bands you like and subscribe to them. Go to Playlist section, which is at the top, or in the menu if on mobile. Make playlists from your Subscribed Band's songs, and stream them forever, for free and uninterrupted. Also, find shows and buy tickets (there's a surcharge on tickets, which is how we pay Musician's for their song streams, plus all advertising income, after site costs).

2) If you're a Musician, apply for a Musician account. Then you can get paid for song streams outside the royalty system.

3) Once you're approved as a Musician, you can create a new Band account (or join somebody's Band account) and upload Songs through the Band account. When you upload a Song through your Band account, you list all the Musicians who are to get paid for that Song's song streams.

4) All musicians who are listed to get paid for a Song that is uploaded by a Band must approve 1) the Song being uploaded, 2) all the other listed Musicians to get paid for the song streams of the Song that the Band is uploading, 3) and everybody's percentage that they are to receive of the song stream money. This approval is done via an UPDATE sent to your Fan account (Action section / Fan / Updates). If all Musicians listed to get paid approve of the Band's Song upload, then the Song upload can complete, and the Song is added to the Band's repertoire that becomes accessible in the Playlist section when people Subscribe to the Band.

5) If you write a good song that a Band wants to cover, they should contact you prior to discuss your % that you will get paid for the song streams. Unauthorized uploads by Bands is a violation of our Terms of Use and the law - please report any songs in which the proper Musicians are not listed as Song Creditors.

6) We put a 'ticket surcharge' on all tickets sold through LIR that helps pay Musicians for their song streams. LIR Musicians get paid for their song streams at the end of every month through Stripe, based on the total number of tickets and advertising sold on the site that month after site costs, divided by the total number of song streams on the site that month (multiplied by 0.65 as we have two payment systems to help musicians out). There will never be a cap to the amount Musicians can get paid each month - the more tickets and advertising sold, the more each song stream could be worth. Check the Finance section for more details.

Putting on a show? CREATE A HOST ACCOUNT.

More details below:

Account types

There are 6 free accounts that you can create. The basic user account (Fan) is the account that everybody creates when they register, and in which they sign into Live Industry Radio in with. The other 5 account types represent the other music industry people included in our version of the music industry - Musician, Host, Recording Studio, Retailers/Manufacturer, and VideoService (music video makers). Once you sign up as a Fan, you can apply for one of these other 5 accounts. Once approved, the additional accounts will be linked to your Fan account, and accessible whenever you sign in through your Fan account. Only the Fan account can stream music while on the site and purchase live-music event tickets, which is why all other account types link to the Fan account.

You can also get more information on the 5 other account types from the top of their application forms which are shown below, and which can also be found in the Action modal.
- Once signed in, click on 'Action' in the top toolbar, click your name, then go to Accounts, and click on the different application forms to read detailed info on each account type.

If you write or own songs, you can upgrade your Fan account to Musician. Then, if a Band account uploads your tunes and they get streamed, you get paid outside the royalty system at the end every month for their song streams, through our Pay Per Play system (which is our version of the royalty system). How much we pay per song stream at the end of every month depends on how much ticket surcharge and advertising money is collected during that month. As part of the upload process, Bands list the songwriters/owners/entities (Song Creditors) who are to receive money for the Song streams, as well as the percentage that they are to receive.
- All Song Creditors to be paid for song streams must have an approved Musician account before a Band can upload that song, as per our Terms of Use. Song Creditors must also all agree to the song being uploaded by the Band prior to the upload process completing, and must all agree to their allocated Pay percentages before the upload can complete. Read the 'HOW EXACTLY DO MUSICIANS MAKE MONEY' section below for more detail.
Once you have upgraded to a Musician account, you can create a Band account, and upload tunes. Only Musicians can create Band accounts. Only Band accounts can upload tunes. Once you have your Band account, invite your other Band members into your account to help run it. Additional members do not need to be Musicians. We provide financial aid to all Bands equally at the end of every month, to help them internally purchase what they need to record their tunes or music videos, through our Band Bonus system. See the Studio, Manufacturing/Retailer, VideoService email below for more info.
If you host events with live music, sign up for a free Host account. Set your ticket prices, pay no fees, and let the Live Industry Radio platform naturally do all advertising/marketing for you. We apply a ticket surcharge to every ticket sold, paid for by the ticket buyer, which is what we use, after site costs, to pay musicians, together with the advertising.
If you record music, you can create a Studio account. When it's time to record, Bands can pick through the list of available Studios, and then use their monthly Band Bonus money to help pay for their choice recording studio(s) services. See the top of the Studio application form (in the Action section) for more info.
If you manufacture or retail audio hardware/software, you can create a Manufacturer/Retailer account. When it's time to purchase equipment, Bands can pick through the list of available Manufacturers/Retailers, and use their Band Bonus money to help pay for the products offered by Live Industry Radio Manufacturers and Retailers. See the top of the Manufacturer application form (in the Action section) for more info.
If you make music videos, you can create a VideoService account. Bands can pick through the list of available VideoService accounts, and use their Band Bonus money to help pay for the services of their choice music video makers. See the top of the Video Service application form (in the Action section) for more info.

HOW TO LISTEN TO SONGS, UNINTERRUPTED, FOR FREE:

Create a Fan account (the basic user account that everybody gets when they register)
Find Bands you like, and Subscribe to them. You can find bands through the Charts, Band/Host/Fan Schedulers, the chat walls, etc.
Go to the Playlist section, at the top.
Make a new Playlist.
Go to the ADD YOUR SUBSCRIBED MUSIC tab and click the plus symbols to add songs, albums, eps or whole band repertoires.
Go to the PLAYLIST tab, and hit the LOAD PLAYLIST button at the top to start the music.
Go to the Sequencer to shuffle playlist

HOW DOES LIVE INDUSTRY RADIO BENEFIT MUSICIANS?

We pay musicians monthly, outside the royalty system, in our Pay Per Play system.
We give bands a monthly Band Bonus, which they can spend internally on the products and services of music industry related businesses that sign up with us.
We provide the means for bands to completely book and plan their tours, including finding and booking gigs, and coordinating internal private events, for free.
Bands are able write Newsletters to their subscribed Fans.
We offer Fans the opportunity to Donate to their Subscribed Bands, which is money (half a cent per song play) that goes directly to the song's writers/owners, without any fees or deductions. Half a cent per song play might represent a 900% increase in income for musicians, which is what we're currently working towards in our Pay Per Play system. You can help out by buying tickets to live-music events created by Host accounts on our site. You can see where we're at this month in the Finance section.
Bands can find and book gigs locally or across the country using our platform, without having to pay to booking agents, and Hosts can easily find bands to play at their shows. Bands apply for gigs still needed Bands to join, through the Map section. Hosts can listen to applicants, and correspond with them, and add them to their gig rosters. Fans can check out upcoming gigs across the country and listen to the Bands latest hit Singles before buying tickets to the show.

HOW EXACTLY DO MUSICIANS MAKE MONEY? (and music industry businesses too)

We collect a surcharge off every live-music event ticket sold by Hosts (which is paid by ticket purchasers), currently $6.
- We encourage everybody to create a Host account if they are having an event with live-music. It is easy and will help to ensure musicians acquire a decent amount per song stream every month.
At the end of every month, we take what we need to run the site (from the ticket surcharge and advertising money that has accumulated that month), and push the rest of the money back to Musicians, in order to simulate our own version of the royalty system (Pay Per Play system) and ease the financial stress of the musician trying to record their music or make music videos (Band Bonus system).
- At the end of every month, after we subtract site expenses, we take the money left over from the ticket surcharge and advertising money collected that month, and we divide it 65% and 35% between the Pay Per Play system (pays Musicians for their song streams that month), and the Band Bonus system (Bands receive money at the end of each month to spend internally on products and services offered by music industry businesses who sign up at Live Industry Radio (Studios, Audio Manufacturers/Retailers, and Music Video Makers)). You can view the monthly details in the Finance section. In the monthly Pay Per Play system, we divide the available Pay Per Play money by the total number of Song plays on the site, and his is how much a Song stream is worth at the end of the month. We divide the money a Song made that month, and divide it between it's Song Creditors (people who wrote or own the song), depending on their allotted percentage that they are to make from that Song. The accumulated song stream money for that month is then transferred to each Song Creditor through Stripe.
- For example, if there is 1 million song plays on the site in one month, and the amount available in the Pay Per Play system at the end of the month is $100 000 (65% of the accumulated ticket surcharge and advertising month acquired that month), then every song play would be worth $0.10 (ten cents) for that month. If you have a Musician account, and are listed as Song Creditor on various Band songs, with 10 000 song streams in total (and listed at 100% Song Creditor allocation for each song), then you would receive $1000 for your various song streams that month.
- For the Band Bonus system, we take the amount available at the end of the month in the Band Bonus system (35% of ticket surcharge and advertising money made that month) and divide it by the total number of Musicians on the site. This is how much each Musician receives for the Band Bonus. Musicians are able to apply their Band Bonus to one (1) of the Band accounts that they are a member of. Bands can then use their Band Bonus money to pay for the products and services of music industry business that sign up with us.
- The amount Musicians make Per Play and Bands receive in their Band Bonus each month varies and is not guaranteed. Live Industry Radio will first allocate what money that is needed to maintain the site and improve it, and the rest is pushed back to musicians in the Pay Per Play and Band Bonus system. We will ensure a fair balance between Musician and Band money, and site maintenance/improvement. Generally, the more tickets and advertising sold on Live Industry Radio each month, the more musicians will make that month.
Fans are also able to Donate to their subscribed bands, which means they give half a cent for every song play, which is money that goes directly to the song writers/owners.
Our initial goal is to match the Donating rate of half a cent Per Play (per song stream) in our monthly Pay Per Play system. Musicians sometimes receive between 4 and 9 percent of a cent from the royalty system, after all is said and done. If the Pay Per Play payout can get up to half a cent Per Play, it might represent a 900% increase in revenue for musicians.
Music industry related businesses can sign up, in order to receive the Band Bonus money we give to bands every month. Bands allocate their Band Bonus money to these businesses and receive a code, which bands can use as a discount code for the businesses products and services that bands need to make their tunes or music videos.

HOW TO CREATE OR UPGRADE ACCOUNTS (if you're a musician, or want to sell tickets, or own a music related business):

To create or join a Band account, you must first apply to become a Musician. You can do that in the Action modal (at the top), click your Fan account (which is represented by your name), click Settings, and click 'Upgrade to Musician'. When it's cleared, you may then apply to create a new Band account. Every musician and band that registers to our site must be individually approved by Admin.
- If you write music, or own/co-own music that could possibly be uploaded by a Band, please upgrade your Fan account to Musician (Action modal, Fan account, Accounts).
- When a Band then lists you as a Song Creditor (our version of the royalty system) for one of your Songs , you will receive an 'Update' to your Fan account (in the Action modal, click your name, click on Updates), showing the percentage you will receive of the Pay Per Play money the song makes, and asking for your approval to have the Song uploaded by that Band. If you approve, you will then receive that song's monthly Pay Per Play payout through your Stripe account. Detailed info on how to set up your Stripe account, and how the the Pay Per Play system works can be found below in the 'email sent when you are approved as a Musician'.
To create a Host account, go to the Action modal (at the top), click your Fan account, click Settings, and click 'Create New Host Account'.
To create any of the Products and Service accounts that Bands can allocate their Band Bonus to (Studio account (anybody who can record music), Manufacturer account (audio hardware/software manufacturers and retailers) and VideoService account (anybody who can make music videos)), please go to the Action modal, your Fan account, Settings, and 'Create New whatever account'.

EVERYBODY SHOULD APPLY TO CREATE A NEW HOST ACCOUNT:

If you need live music for any type of event, then please -
Create a Host account so you can sell tickets through our site. Generally, the more tickets sold each month, the more musicians make per song stream each month.
Host accounts can make 'Host Public Events' which are events that feature live music, and that are shown on the Map for Fans to buy tickets to, and Bands to apply to play at. It would be fine to ask family members to buy tickets to Christmas dinner if you have prepared a small set on piano for them beforehand.
We apply a small surcharge on every ticket sold, and use this money in our Pay Per Play and Band Bonus systems. All profit after site expenses/expansion is pushed back to Musicians and Bands.
All Host account activities and events are governed by our Terms of Use. Hosts must ensure their events are run as per our Terms of Use and applicable laws.
Access to Host Public Events and ticket sales is found EVERYWHERE on our site. Host, Bands, and Fans all have 'SCHEDULERS' on their profile pages, which are calendars of upcoming events they have booked or bought tickets to (showing upcoming events for Fans is optional after paying for tickets). Through the MAP section, Fans can find details of all live-music events on any date across the country, and buy tickets. They can also hear all Bands scheduled to play, and listen to their latest HIT SINGLE. This is also true of all Schedulers. There is no need to advertise any event.
Read the 'Here's the email we send when you create a new HOST account' section below for more details on how a Host account works.

As a Fan, here some ways you can get LIR Musicians more money:

Donate to your subscribed bands (see below).
Apply for a Host account, and create Public Events, and sell tickets to people through our site. The small ticket surcharge that we add to every ticket sold gets divided up evenly between all the Musicians and Bands
Listen to more of your subscribed bands tunes. Every time you listen, we pay bands directly through Stripe from money made from advertising and ticket sales, in our Pay Per Play System.
Advertise! on our site. All money from advertising goes towards the Pay Per Play and Band Bonus systems (after site expenses). You can Advertise! from the Action modal / your Fan account.

Check out how much our Musicians are making in the Finance section.

To Report website content that violates our Terms of Use, or to Report website content that violates copyrights, please use the Report button found on the content’s profile page.

Here's the info at the top of the Band application (only visible to Musicians):

Now that you have obtained Musicianship, you are able to create a Band account. Once you have your Band account, invite your other Band members to join, so they can help you run your account. This is done in the Action modal (at the top), under Settings in your Band account.

The following information is also available to be read at the bottom of the 'How It Works' section in the menu.

Through the Map, Bands can find gigs (Host Pulic Events) that still need Bands to play at them, either locally or across the country, and submit an application to join the Event's Roster (apply to play at the gig). This way Bands can plan out their cross-country tours without the need for booking agents. Through the Scheduler, Bands can also create Private Events, which are internal Events for all Band members, so that they can schedule their practices, gigs, and tours in their entirety ('9am Meet in lobby for bus' etc). We are currently working on a Band mobile app that would work in sync with the Scheduler, through which Bands members can directly communicate and manage their account.

Song writers/owners receive money Per Play from songs Bands upload to their Live Industry Radio Band account at the end of every month, through their associated Musician Stripe account. Bands also receive Band Bonus money at the end of every month, which is money they can spend on the products and services of music industry related Product and Service Accounts (PSAs) that have signed up with us. You can let it accumulate every month for a special purchase, or you can spend it right away. The amount of Band Bonus money that Bands receive is dependent on the number of Host Public Event tickets sold through the site, and the amount of advertising done. See the Finance section and the How It Works section for more details.

Go to the Band Bonus section, select a business you want to spend your Band Bonus money on, decide how much you want to spend on them, and then write down the code after you hit the 'Allocate' button. When you go to pay the PSA for their product or service, give them the code, and they will enter it into their PSA Live Industry Radio account. The money will then be transferred from your Band Bonus money to their associate Stripe account. This way the Band Bonus code acts like a discount code for the products and services you need to record your songs and music videos.

Here's the info at the top of the Musician application:

Once your application for Musicianship is approved, if a Band uploads a song in which you have written or own, they must list you as a 'Song Creditor' (somebody who gets paid for that Song's song streams at the end of every month in our Pay Per Play system). Bands upload Songs royalty free, which means Live Industry Radio does not pay songwriters/owners through the royalty system for the Song's song streams. Instead, we pay them at the end of every month through our own internal Pay Per Play system for their song streams.

Only Band accounts can upload Songs, and only Musicians can create a Band account. Once you are approved as a Musician, you can create a Band account. Then you can upload a Song.

During a song upload, Bands assign the percentage of Pay Per Play money that each Song Creditor is to receive. During the upload, and before the Song is made available in the Band's repitoire, an Update is sent to all Song Creditors, who must 1) approve of the Song being uploaded by the Band, and 2) approve of their assigned Pay Per Play percentage. Once all Song Creditors approved, the Song is added to the Band's repitoire, and all Song Creditors are paid accordingly at the end of every month, outside the royalty system, for the number of song streams the Song had that month. See the Finance section and the How It Works section in the menu for more information on how we calculate how much each song stream is worth that month.

Here's the email you receive when your Musician application is approved:

Your application to upgrade your account to Musician has been approved.

You can now create and join band accounts, get paid in our Pay Per Play system, and join our Band Bonus system.

FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT: If you plan on getting paid through our Pay Per Play system, you must create a Stripe account that will be used to transfer money to your bank. Get your bank info handy. It’s very easy:

Go to Action (at the top), click your name, and go to the bottom where it says ‘Create Stripe Account’. It will take you to the Stripe account creation page.

Now that you are a Musician, you may be listed as a Song Creditor on songs that bands upload.
When a band uploads a song, they list all the songwriters/song owners (all people who are to receive a cut of the money, we call them Song Creditors) and the percentage that they are supposed to receive from the Pay Per Play money that the song generates.

All of the people who own the song (who are to receive a share of the song’s profit) must have a Live Industry Radio account that has been upgraded to musician before the song can be uploaded by a band. We are not responsible for legal disputes should the song be uploaded without all the Song Creditors listed correctly.

Before the song goes public and joins the Pay Per Play system, all of the Song Creditors must approve of their percentage. When a band uploads a song, an Update is sent to all of the listed Song Creditors, who must approve of their percentage. There must be 100% approval from the Song Creditors for the song to go public.

If you are listed as a Song Creditor, you will be paid for your song streams at the end of every month, through the bank account listed in your Stripe account.
We divide the amount of advertising money made that month (and possibly some of the ticket surcharge money, if we feel like boosting the Pay Per Play payout) by the total number of song plays on the site that month, and that’s how much each song plays get Per Play that month.

So if the site generates $10 000 by the end of the month, and there are 1 000 000 song plays that month, each song play would then get $0.01 (one cent). If your band’s killer single pulled off 160 song plays that month, then it would receive $1.60. If you and your buddy wrote the song, and listed each other as 50% Song Creditors, then you would get $0.80 sent to your bank account, and your buddy would get $0.80.

Now that you are a Musician, you can create band accounts.
Only Musicians can currently create Band accounts. To create a new band account, go to Action (at the top), click your name, go to Accounts, and click on Create New Band account.

All applications are fully reviewed by Admin.

If you want to upload Songs, you must create a Band account.

To join an already existing band account, have the band send you an invite, which you will receive as an Update.

To check for Updates, go to Action (at the top), click your name, and go to Updates.

You can dedicate one Band to receive your Band Bonus money.
Every month we take the ticket sales surcharge money that is left over after site expenses (and possibly some transfer to Pay Per Play system), and divide it evenly between all the musicians on the site. Musicians can then dedicate one Band to receive their Band Bonus money.

Bands can let this Band Bonus money accumulate over the months, or use it right away for any of the products and services available in the Band Bonus system. They can choose one of the many music industry businesses that have signed up to allocate some or all of their Band Bonus money to. After they allocate some or all of their Band Bonus money to a business, they receive a code.

After the band has received the business’ product or service, they give the business their code. The business then enters the code, and the Band Bonus money is transferred to them, acting like a discount code.

Here's the email you receive when your new Band account is approved:

(Band name)'s application has been approved.

You can now:

invite your buddies to your band account
upload music that Fans can listen to after they subscribe to your band
apply to play at Host Public Events (gigs) on the Map
receive and spend your Band Bonus money
send newsletters to subscribers

To invite the other band members to your band account:

Go to Action (at the top), click your band name, go to settings, and go to ‘Invite Band Members.
From there you can search for them, and send them an application, which will be sent as an Update to their Fan account (in Action (at the top)).
Your band members must first apply to have their account upgraded to Musician before they can join your band account. ... UPDATE: Band members do not have to be upgraded to Musician to be added to your Band (in case their job is management, tech, crew etc). Also, you can invite Affiliates to join your band, who only get special recognition on their Fan page as being an Affiliate of your Band (ur mom, girlfriend, that studio guy etc), and who can only join the Band's private chat (can't do any of the other regular Band member functions).
If you invite a Band member as an 'Admin', they can do everything including send invites for others to join the Band, remove Members (voting process) and adjust Abilities of members. If you invite a Band member as a 'Member', they cannot add/remove Members or adjust Abilities. If you invite an 'Affiliate', they can only chat in the private Band chat (can't do anything else within the Band). Examples of Abilities (pending) are sending Mail/Newsletters, uploading Songs, customize the Band page (pending), contacting Support etc.

Don't forget to dedicate one of your tunes as a Single.

You can do so in the Music section (see below)
Your Single represent your band, wherever your band name is seen on the site.
If a Fan is listening to one of your tunes while posting on a chat wall, your band name goes on the post, and other Fans can click on the ‘Play Single’ link beside your band name on the post to listen to your Single.
- Your Single is listened to instantly, and also gets added to the bottom of their currently playing playlist.
Your Single can also be heard from
- the Charts (at the top)
  - the ‘Top Singles (of the week)’ section are the top played Singles that week on the site.
  - the ‘Top Singles (of the week)’ resets every Sunday morning at midnight, so if you’re going to switch your Single, you should do so Saturday night, shortly before midnight.
- Fan pages ‘Top 50 Played Bands’ section
- Fan pages ‘Show Booked Gigs’ calendar
  - When Fans buy tickets, they have the option of publicly displaying the Host Public Events on their calendar in their ‘Show Booked Gigs’ calendar.
  - Fans who check out other Fan’s ‘Show Booked Gigs’ calendar can see all the bands booked to play at each Host Public Event that that Fan has bought tickets to, and listen to each band’s Single.
    - If it’s cool, Fans can buy tickets from other Fan’s ‘Show Booked Gigs’ calendar also, after checking out which bands are playing and listening to their Single.
- Band pages ‘Show Booked Gigs’ calendar
  - If your Band has applied and been approved to play at a Host Public Event, then that Host Public Event goes onto your band page’s ‘Show Booked Gigs’ calendar.
  - Fans who check out your band’s ‘Show Booked Gigs’ calendar can also check out the other bands that are booked to play at each Host Public Event that your band is booked at, and listen to their Single.
    - If it’s cool, Fans can buy tickets from your band’s ‘Show Booked Gigs’ calendar, after checking out which other bands are lined up to play at your gigs, and listening to their Single.
- Your band page
  - If you don’t have a video uploaded for your Single, when Fans click on your music video play on your band page, your Single is played through their Live Industry Radio.
    - Your Single gets added to the bottom of their currently playing playlist.
    - To upload a music video for your Single, go to Action (at the top), click on your band name, and go to the ‘Upload a Music Video for your Single’ link.
    - You can get money to help have people make your Single’s music video from the Band Bonus money (see below).

To upload music to your band account:

Go to Action (at the top), click your band name, and click on the ‘Music’ link.
From there you can make Albums, EPs, or upload individual songs.
- Once you create an album or an EP, you can add songs to it, or you can upload individual songs (songs that are not part of any album or EP)
As per our Terms of Use, Bands must properly list all of the Song Creditors (Musicians who are to get paid for the Song's song streams each month):
- Song Creditors are our version of ‘royalty receivers’; they are people who should take a cut of any money a song makes
- On Live Industry Radio, you upload your songs royalty free (which means you won’t be getting paid through the royalty system).
  - Instead, we pay your for the service of uploading your songs and having Fans stream them through their Live Industry Radio.
  - What we pay out is dependent on how much profit the site generates through ticket sale surcharges and advertising, after site expenses (what we need to run the site). If there is little profit, then the Pay Per Play payout is little, but if there is much profit, then the Pay Per Play payout will be much.
- When you upload a song to your band account, you must properly list all Song Creditors (people who are to receive a cut of the Pay Per Play payout), and their proper percentage of the Pay Per Play money they are to receive that the song makes every month.
  - Song Creditors include people who wrote the songs, corporate people who own the song etc.
  - You can only be listed as a Song Creditor if your Fan account has been upgraded to Musician.
  - So, for example, if you and your buddy wrote a tune, and you agree to split the profits 50/50, then when you’re uploading the tune, you would search for both of your Fan names in the Song Creditor search, and put 50% for both of you.
  - If you’re contractually obligated to pay out a certain amount to a corporation, then that corporation must be represented by somebody who has upgraded their Fan account to musician..
- Songs do not enter the Pay Per Play system until the song upload has been approved by all listed Song Creditors.
  - An Update is sent to all Song Creditors, who must approve of the upload and their percentage rate, before the song is entered into that band’s repertoire, and joins the Pay Per Play system.

To find gigs for your band to play at:

Go to the Map (at the top)
Click on your band name on the left
Enter your search criteria (date/genre/event type etc).
Click on the markers on the Map to check out the gig details.
- You can check out the other bands who’s applications have already been accepted to play in the gig, and listen to their Single
- You have apply to have your Band play at the gig at the bottom of the info section.
- Hosts receive applications for their Public Events, and can check out your band stats, and listen to your single.
  - If you are accepted by the Host to play at the Public Event, you will receive an Update to your band account, and the gig will be listed in your Scheduler (at the top), and in your bands ‘Show booked gigs’ calendar.
  - You and the Host might coordinate details, such as pay and start times, via the mail system before the Host accepts your application.
- If Hosts have already filled their Band Roster, or have marked their Public Event as' 'Private Invite Only', then their Host Public Event will not be seen on the Map for Bands to apply to.
  - Relevant info: Host Public Events are only seen on the Map for Fans to buy tickets to once at least one band is booked to play at it. Also, Hosts may put a 'Ticket Release Date' on their Public Event, and the tickets are made available only after the date and time of the release (which will happen only if there is at least one band booked to play).

To coordinate your tours with Private Events.

You can coordinate your band’s tours with private events.
- Band practices and meet times can be scheduled through band Public Events, which are private and visible only on other band member’s Scheduler (at the top).
- This will be handy when we eventually come out with our mobile app, through which allow band member to communicate and schedule private events on the fly
- This function allows you to complete schedule tours. (Private event: July 6th, 8am – ‘Meet in the lobby’ etc). Then once the mobile app comes out, you will receive alerts, and be able to communicate about scheduled events (Phil says: ‘Hurry the fuck up Dave’ etc).
Go to the Scheduler (at the top), click on your band name at the left, click on a day you want the private event to be on, then click ‘Create Private Event’ on the right.
The Band app (pending) will make scheduling all gigs, practices, tour schedules etc very convenient, as well as communication between all Band members.

How to spend your Band Bonus money:

Band Bonus money cannot be withdrawn like Pay Per Play money, but rather must be used internally on the products and service of music industry businesses who sign up.
- It is meant to help your band create your tunes and music videos.
- You can let your Band Bonus money accumulate over time, or spend it right away.
- You can spend it on as many different products and services as you want.
Every musician can only have one band that their Band Bonus money goes towards
- If you are part of multiple bands, then you must pick only one band to receive your Band Bonus money.
- You can do so in Action (at the top), click your name, go to Settings, and click on ‘Band Bonus allocation’.
- Band Bonus money goes to your first created/joined band account by default.
To spend your Band Bonus money:
- Go to Action (at the top), click your band name, click on ‘Stats’, click on ‘Band Bonus’.
- From there you can select which type of product or service you want (studio, manufacturer, or video service), and then search through all the different businesses who have signed up.
- Once you have allocated money towards a business, you receive a code. You give this code to the business after you have received their product or service, which they redeem through their business Live Industry Radio account, and the money is transferred to them, acting like a discount code.
  - If you allocate Band Bonus money to a Manufacturer account (businesses who manufacture audio hardware and software, or businesses who retail audio hardware and software) then you can enter your Band Bonus code on their e-commerce site, if they have installed our Band Bonus API widget in the checkout section of their ecommerce site, which would act like a discount code for purchases.

To send Newsletters to your Subscribed Fans:

Go to Action (at the top), click your band name, go to Compose Newsletter in the Mail section.
- Subscribed Fans receive the newsletter in their Mail section.
- Send cool updates like ‘We’re in Sudbury tonight!’ or ‘The van broke down on the way to Sudbury!’
- You can send Newsletters to whole countries (pending), states/provinces (pending), or Regions (pending). Regions are area surrounding the major cities that encompass surrounding smaller cities/towns/villages.

Here's the email you receive when your new Host account is approved:

(Host name)’s application has been approved

You can now create 'Host Public Events' for it (shows), have bands apply to play at them through the Map (or invite bands), and sell tickets for them. Fans can subscribe to your Host account to receive your newsletters.

FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT: In order to receive money from ticket sales, you must create a Stripe account that will be used to transfer money to your bank. It’s very easy:

Go to Action (at the top), click your Host account name, and go to the bottom where it says ‘Create Stripe Account’. It will take you to the Stripe account creation page. You can either use a pre-existing Stripe account if you have one, or create a new one.

How to create Host Public Events:

Go to the Scheduler at the top (or in the menu if on mobile)
Click on your Host account on the left.
Click on the day in which you want the Host Public Event to occur.
Click on the ‘Create Public Event’ link on the right.
Wait a couple of seconds for the form to load.

General FAQ

Most important: When you create a new Host Public Event (HPE), so you can start selling tickets to your show, it will come with a 'HPE Checklist'. This checklist will have to be officially completed before the start of your event. All of the below regulations are covered in the HPE Checklist, which is specialized per province and event type.
- As per our Terms of Use, you are responsible for ensuring your events are legal and safe. However, we are 100% committed to enforcing absolute due diligence that our Hosts are aware of any and all applicable laws, and that their events are set up legally and safely, as per their event types and locations.
- So for each event that you create and start selling tickets for with your new Host account, you will have a HPE Checklist for that event, that must be completed before the event starts. Event basics like insurance, security, entrances, and other rules that we enforce for legal, safety, and regulatory purposes, as per our Terms of Use, specific to the event type and location, are all covered in the HPE Checklist.
- Basically, we need lots of events to happen, and tickets sold, so our Musicians can make more per song stream, but only if it is 100% not feasible that people get hurt at them.
- Fun and safe events ONLY.
- I would appreciate your help in ensuring your events are safe, so this website can succeed - Dave

You can also create 'Private' Events in the Scheduler that are for internal purposes only, which are only seen on your Scheduler for you and your Host account members to see (not on your public Host page calendar), and which are for organizing purposes only (meetings, private scheduling etc).
- You can also set up multi-day events and festivals, from the Scheduler.

When creating a new HPE, you can make it a weekly reoccuring event, so that it happens on certain days of the week, all with the same basic details (which you can update later as you start to book bands). Call them something generic like 'Pending Event' or 'Monday Jam Night'.
- Select the 'Make this event a weekly event?' option when creating a new event through the Scheduler.
- This is a useful if you run a show every night at your venue, which would save you from having to make 365 individual events. Instead, you can have 365 generic events available on the Map that bands can find on the Map and apply to play at, so they can set up their tours. Also handy if you run the same weekly jam night on Mondays, etc. You can later update these generic gigs with their proper event name, details and poster etc, through the Scheduler, once you have some bands apply to play at the gigs.
- HOWEVER, as per our Anti-Ticket Scam Policy, after you book your first band, you can no longer adjust the ticket prices or the amount of tickets available. So please ENSURE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TICKET INFO SAVED ON THE EVENT BEEFORE BOOKING THE FIRST BAND, otherwise you'll have to delete the event and create a new one with the right ticket prices.
- When you're about to book your first band, you'll get a huge alert telling you to FIRST SAVE THE EVENT WITH THE RIGHT TICKET INFO BEFORE BOOKING THE FIRST BAND. Then come back and book the first band. Very important.
- So once bands apply to play at the gig, officially coordinate with them all the details. Then save the right ticket prices for the gig, before officially adding the bands to the Band Roster.

Regardless if you are creating a single individual event, or 365 reoccuring events, As soon as your Host Public Event is created, it will be available on the Map for Bands to find and apply to play at ... unless you select the ‘Do not accept Band applications’ option when creating your Host Public Event. Either way, you can also send out invites out to select Bands, inviting them to apply to play at your event. This is useful if you already have the bands coordinated outside of the platform. Band Invites are done through the Event info in the Scheduler (at the very bottom of the event info).
- Band members have their own section in the Map, through which they can search for Host Public Events that still need Bands to play.
- Once a Band applies to your Host Public Event through the Map, you will receive an Update to your Host account (Action (at the top), click your Host name, then go to Updates). You will also get an email notification.
- To see the applying band’s stats and listen to their single, go to the Scheduler, click your Host name on the left, click your Host Public Event name in the calendar, and then go all the way down to the bottom of the form, called the BAND APPLICANTS section (below the BAND ROSTER section).
- There you can accept a Band’s application, which will put them into the Band Roster section. Once Bands are in the Band Roster, they are seen as a playing Band at the gig, wherever your gig is seen (Fan, Host, Band calendars (in their Show Booked Gigs link), the Map etc.). You can assign a Time Slot (when they're going to play) to Bands in your Band Roster.
- Of course, don't forget to first set the gig's ticket prices and number of tickets available before officially adding any bands to your event roster, because afterwards the ticket info witll be locked.

Your Host Public Event is only visible on the Map for Fans to buy tickets to once at least one band is booked to play (on the Event's Band Roster). This is so you do not use our system to sell tickets for a non-music event.
- You can either start selling tickets immediately after one Band is booked to play, or you can set a Ticket Release Date. Even if you set a Ticket Release Date, you still need at least one Live Industry Radio band book on the Band Roster to be able to start selling tickets on the specified date.
- In addition to the Map, Fans can also buy tickets through the ‘Show Booked Gigs’ calendar on band pages that are booked to play at your event, as well as on the ‘Show Booked Gigs’ section on Fan pages who have bought tickets to your event already (if Fans select the option to display the shows they're going to), and on the 'Show Booked Gigs' calendar on your own Host page, which shows all of the upcoming events you're hosting.

Ticket sale money is transferred to your bank account one week after the completion of your Host Public Event.
- This is in case your event is falsely advertised, or a fraud etc.
- Fans have the ability to report Hosts through their profile page.
- If your Host Public Event is found to be a fraud within the week following the completion of your event, ticket sales money may be refunded.

We apply a ticket surcharge on all tickets sold, paid for by the ticket buyer, through which we pay musicians in our Pay Per Play and Band Bonus systems.
- The ticket surcharge applied to every ticket sold is currently $6 (subject to change). Even if your event is free, it will still cost people $6 + tax to get into your event. This money goes to pay musicians in our Pay Per Play and Band Bonus systems. We are replacing the music industry with this money, so it is important to us that Hosts are not able to abuse our system and advertise their free events on our platform, without having people pay the ticket surcharge to get in. This is so our Musicians can make a decent income through our platform.
- Hosts who do Public Events without controlled entrances and who do not scan tickets at their free events (plus $6 ticket surcharge and tax etc) with our LIR Host app will face penalties, as per our Terms of Use.
- We also have 'Host Auditors' who may frequent your free event, in order to ensure your event has controlled entrances, and is using the LIR Host Door app to redeem tickets or sign up new users up who do not have a ticket. They may arrive officially, or incognito. As per our Terms of Use, we reserve the right to apply penalties and/or refund tickets / ban Host accounts, if Hosts do not comply with our Terms of Use and run events as per their HPE Checklist.
All events hosted through LIR must be No-Cash events, so the Ticket Surcharge money can be entered into our system for the benefit of our Musicians.
- In order for you to receive ticket money, tickets must be 'redeemed' (which means scanned) at the door, using our LIR Host Door app. This app is currently only available for Android phones, and is available at the Google Play Store. Money from redeemed tickets is transferred to your Stripe account 7 days after your event date. Non-redeemed tickets are made available for refund to ticket buyers 2 days after the date of your event, up until your ticket money is transferred to your Stripe account, a week after your event date. You can only access your events in the LIR Host Door app to redeem tickets on the day of your event, or the day after your event (in case it goes past midnight). However, there is a practice demo event available on the App, in which you can practice redeeming tickets, and signing up new fake users who do not have a ticket.
- In the LIR Host Door app, if users come to your event without a ticket, they must first sign up for a new account before they are able to tap their credit card to pay for a ticket. This feature is only available to new users of the site - users who already have a LIR account must first pay for a ticket on their own, and present it at the door to be scanned. Door people should have 2 phones - one to scan tickets, and one to have new users sign up to the site to pay for a ticket, as this takes longer.
- Since Live Industry Radio is currently only available to Canadians, non-residents of Canada do not sign up for a new account, but rather they can simply enter their email to receive the ticket receipt.

Currently your events can be 'Open door' or 'Closed door' events.
- Both currently offer refunds (2 days after your event up to one week after your event, when your ticket money is transferred to your Stripe account) for un-redeemed tickets.
- The only difference is that 'Closed door' events would have a limited number of seats, whereas 'Open door' events may put more than their venue's max capacity, in the event that more people than their max capacity filter through their event. You are responsible for ensuring you do not exceed the max capacity of your venue, as per our Terms of Use. 'Open door' events can only have one general admission charge (like a cover charge), where 'Closed door' events can have up to 10 different admission charges, for different seating prices etc.

Please read our Terms of Service (found at the top right menu pulldown), as we have several rules regarding hosting Public Events. Some of the main ones include:

All Host Public Events must feature live music.
- Only once you have at least one Band booked to play, your Host Public Event can be immediately shown on the Map for Fans to buy tickets to (optional). You can also set a ticket release date, but you still require one Band booked for that to happen.

All of your entrances must be controlled.
All attendees must have tickets purchased through Live Industry Radio.
- Ie. nobody gets in for free, and nobody buys tickets at the door for cash.
- This is because we pay our Musicians with the ticket surcharge applied to all tickets (currently $6), and if people get into your event for free, or you sell tickets outside of our system, it means that you are taking advantage of our system for promotional purposes, which isn’t fair.
- Users are able to report Hosts who violate this rule, and we also have secret Auditors, who may check in periodically on Host Public Events to ensure their entrances are controlled and cash is not being used to enter the event.

Our system is anti-scalper/anti- ticket price scams:
- Fans are restricted to one purchase transaction per Host Public Event, and are limited to 15 tickets per purchase transaction. Credit cards can also be used only once per Host Public Event.
- Hosts are not allowed to adjust ticket prices after adding a band to the HPE Band Roster, so please be careful when adding the first band to first set the right ticket prices.

Recap: you cannot change the number of tickets available or their prices after you have added your first Band to the Band Roster.
- This is so you cannot add tickets at a later date at increased prices.

Any questions, please contact the Host Support Team through the Action section.

Go to Action, click on your Host, go to Settings, click on ' Support'.

Here's the email you receive when new Studio, Manufacturer/Retailer, or VideoService (music video companies) accounts are approved:

Bands can spend their monthly Band Bonus money internally on services from businesses that sign up for one of these account types. Bands allocate some/all of their Band Bonus money to a particular business, and receive a code. After the service, or during checkout (using our Band Bonus API for e-commerce sites (Manufacturer/Retail accounts only)), they give the business their Band Bonus code. The business submits the code, and the money is transferred to them via Stripe. This helps alleviate some financial strain of making tunes outside the realm of corporate control.

The Band Bonus system takes 35% of the available money each month ((total Ticket Surcharge money plus all Advertising money, minus website costs) * 0.35) and divides it by the total number of LIR MUsicians that are in a Band account. If you are in more than one Band account, you must select which Band to allocate your monthly Band Bonus to. Any Band member with Band Bonus "Ability" (permission to access the Band's Band Bonus section) can spend the Band Bonus money, so make sure you keep things organized to ensure the money is spent according to everybody's views.

(Service Account)’s application has been approved

Your Studio account, has been approved.

is now part of the Band Bonus system and can receive Band Bonus money (after you connect your Stripe account).

FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT: In order to receive money from ticket sales, you must create a Stripe account that will be used to transfer the Band Bonus money to your bank. It’s very easy:

Go to Action (at the top), click your Studio account name, and go to the bottom where it says ‘Create Stripe Account’. It will take you to the Stripe account creation page. You can either use a pre-existing Stripe account if you have one, or create a new one.

Bands receive Band Bonus money every month, which is generated from the Ticket Surcharge and Advertising money collected that month.
We apply a Ticket Surcharge on every ticket sold by a Host, which is paid for by the ticket buyer.

Every month we take 35% of the Ticket Surcharge and Advertising money that is left over after site expenses, and divide it evenly between all the musicians on the site. Musicians can then dedicate one Band to receive their Band Bonus money.

Bands can let this Band Bonus money accumulate over the months, or use it right away for any of the products and services available in the Band Bonus system. They can choose one of the many music industry businesses that have signed up to allocate some or all of their Band Bonus money to. After they allocate some (or all) of their Band Bonus money to a business, they receive a code.

After the band has received the business’ product or service, they give the business their code. The business then enters the code through their Live Industry Radio account, and the Band Bonus money is transferred to them through Stripe. So the Band Bonus code is similar to a discount code, helping to alleviate the financial stress Bands often face while trying to create their Art.

To submit a band’s code, and transfer the money to your account:

Go to Action (at the top)
Click your Studio name
Go to the ‘Submit Band Bonus code’
Enter code

Any questions, please contact Support through the Action section: Go to Action, click on your Studio, go to Settings, click on ' Support'.

Questions? Here's info on how to access Support:

If you are in an additional account other than a Fan account, the user account everybody gets, direct any questions to that account type's Support Team found in the account's Settings in Action. I.e., Band, Host, Studio, Manufacturer/Retailer, and VideoService accounts all have their own Support, accessed through the Settings of that account in Action.

Otherwise, please direct questions to Support through your Fan account (Action / Fan / Settings). You can also write to support@liveindustryradio.com, or come visit me (check the 'Dead Industry Radio Host' Booked Gigs schedule to see which event we're at in the evening).

An independent self-sustaining music industry:

STREAM ALL MUSIC FOR FREE, UNINTERRUPTED.
1. Find bands you like everywhere on our site, and subscribe to them. Your Subscribed Bands tunes are then available in your Playlist section. Make unlimited Playlists with your Subscribed Band's music, and then stream your Playlists forever, uninterrupted, for free.
2. To get rid of all ads on our site, and/or to really support your Subscribed Bands (above and beyond what we pay them), you can Donate $0.005 (half a cent) per song stream of your Subscribed Band's music, which goes directly to the Musicians who wrote/own the songs without any deductions. Requires a $50 deposit which is automatically topped up every month, and you can also cancel at any time and refund your remaining deposit money. To start Donating to the Musicians who own your Subscribed Band's Songs, go to the Donate section of your Fan account in Action. This gets rid of all Ads on the site; otherwise, streaming all music is free.
3. Money from Advertising also goes to our Musicians, please see below.

SELL TICKETS.
1. Anybody organizing a live-music event can apply for a free Host account, in order to sell live-music event tickets through our platform. You can do this in the Action section under 'Accounts'. Getting people out to your shows is one of the core (free) functions of this platform, since it allows us to pay our Musicians for their song streams every month outside the royalty system, while also allowing everybody to stream their music for free. Our platform is designed around having people easily find and buy tickets to your shows. You will also be able to easily find bands to play at your Host Public Events, if you are still looking for bands to play, as Bands can search the Map for Host Public Events that are still need Bands, and apply to play at them. This way Bands can easily plan out their cross-country tours.
2. Live-music event tickets can only be sold for the Host 'Public Events' (Host Public Event this is what we call a live show). All other account types can only make Private Events, for coordination purposes. Making Public and Private Events is done through the Scheduler.
3. You need at least one Live Industry Radio band signed up to play your Host Public Event before you can start selling tickets for that gig (even if you set a Ticket Release Date/Time). Our mobile Host Door app scans tickets, and takes payments at the door, which is done using Stripe. All Live Industry Radio Host events must be no-cash events. I.e., you cannot EVER take cash at the door for events hosted through Live Industry Radio. This is so the Ticket Surcharge money (see below) can enter our system and be used to pay the Musicians on our site. Also, all entrances must be controlled where tickets are scanned with the app (nobody gets in for free). We may check your events randomly in person to ensure you are following these rules. Not following these rules would be taking advantage of our system to the disadvantage of our Musicians, and a violation of our Terms of Use.
4. We have other regulations, such as in inability to adjust ticket prices, or the number of available tickets, after the first Band is booked (to protect against corporate ticket scams), the inability for a credit card to be used more than once per Host Public Event, the inability for a Fan to make more than one transaction per Host Public Event, and the inability for a Fan to purchase more than 15 tickets per Host Public Event transaction (to protect against scalpers).
5. Fans can easily refund their tickets prior to the event (in case the band line-up drastically changes prior to the show), and Fans can refund their un-scanned tickets for one week after the event.
6. We transfer the Host Public Event ticket sales money one week after the completion of the event. Fans can Report Hosts through the Host page, if they violate our Term of Use or the law, or are a scam. We may postpone the transfer of ticket sales money if the event is a scam, as per our Terms of Use.
7. You must adhere to our Terms of Use when operating a Host account and putting on Host Public Events, as well as all local/provincial/federal laws relating to your events. We send detailed guidelines on Hosting events through our platform upon approval of your new Host account.

WE PAY MUSICIANS FOR THEIR SONG STREAMS IN OUR OWN VERSION OF THE ROYALTY SYSTEM.
1. We put a small 'Ticket Surcharge' on every ticket sold on our platform, that is paid for by the ticket buyers. This Ticket Surcharge money, together with all advertising money (after site expenses), goes to the Musicians on our site for their song streams, and also helps them to make purchases so they can record their tunes.
2. Each month, we divide the ticket/advertising money between two systems that pays Musicians - one system pays for their song streams that month (Pay Per Play system), the other gives them money they can spend internally on products and services of industry businesses (Band Bonus system).
3. How much we pay out to Musicians for their song streams is dependent on how many tickets and advertising sold that month. The amount a song stream is worth each month is variable, depending on the number of tickets and advertising sold that month. So please sell all your tickets through LIR from now on, so our Musicians can make more per song stream each month.
4. Each month we take the available money and divide it by our two systems that we use to pay our Musicians.
5. For example, how much each song stream is worth each month in our Play Per Play system is calculated by dividing the allocated ticket/advertising money made that month by the total # of song streams that month, in order to determine how much each song stream is worth that month.
6. The more tickets and advertising sold per month, the more musicians can make per song stream that month. There will never be a cap musicians can make per song stream. SO ONLY BUY LIVE-MUSIC EVENT TICKETS THROUGH LIVE INDUSTRY RADIO SO MUSICIANS CAN MAKE A DECENT INCOME OFF OF THEIR SONG STREAMS ON OUR SITE EVERY MONTH.
7. As long as tickets are being sold through this platform, Musicians get paid for their Song streams by divvying up the reward of everybody also using this site to buy/sell tickets, and the Fans get to stream their tunes for free. This is a sufficient way to satisfy all deserving parties involved in music.

MUSICIANS, GET PAID FOR YOUR SONG STREAMS IN OUR OWN VERSION OF THE ROYALTY SYSTEM.
1. Musicians, to get paid for song streams each month, you must apply for a Musician account. You can do so in the Action modal. After you're a Musician, if a Band lists you as a Song Creditor to receive a % of the stream month for a song they upload, you get paid for your % of the song stream money at the end of each month through Stripe.
2. Once approved as Musician you can also create yourself a Band account, and upload music (or join another Band account). Only Band accounts can upload music.
  - At this time, only those approved as a Musician can create a Band account. Once a Band account is made, anybody can be invited to join it (tech, drivers, crew, relatives, girlfriend/boyfriend etc.). There's also an Affiliate Band member, where people can join as honorary members, so they can partake in the private Band chat, but not access any of the other Band functions.
  - You can give Band members certain 'Abilities' which allow or restrict them from performing various functions inside the Band account. This way, you can restrict crew members from access the Song Uploading function etc.
3. When Bands upload music, everybody who is to get paid for the song streams must have a Musician account on our site, and must be listed as a 'Song Creditor' for that song. A Song Creditor is somebody who is to receive a % of money for the song's song streams. Song Creditors (and the percentage they are to receive) get listed as part of the song upload process when a Band uploads a Song. Only Musicians can get paid for Song streams, so apply for a Musician account if you own songs that Bands are going to upload, so you can get paid for their streams.
  - During the upload process, all Song Creditors listed to receive money for that song's streams receive an Update and email, in which they must approve the Song Creditor list and the allocated percentages all Song Creditors are to receive for that song's streams. If all Song Creditors approve, then the song upload can complete, and the song is then available in the Band's repertoire.
  - Once the Song is in the Band's repitoire, when people Subscribe the Band, the Song (and all other Songs the Band has uploaded) becomes available in their Playlist section, to make unlimited Playlists with and stream for free, forever, uninterrupted.
4. If the Song Creditor list changes after the Song is already uploaded (new Song Creditors are added and/or different percentages are allocated), then the changes must first be approved by all previous Song Creditors, in the same approval process (an Update is sent to the Fan account of all previous Song Creditors for their approval).

REPRESENT YOUR BAND WITH YOUR LATEST HIT SINGLE.
1. Bands, don't forget to mark one of your uploaded tunes as your 'Single', which people can listen to instantly anywhere your Band is listed on our platform. This is handy when people go to check out the Bands that are playing at Host Public Events, or in the Charts section, or on chat walls (it shows what people are listening to whenever they post). Also Fan, Band, and Host calendars (inside the 'Show Booked Gigs' on their pages), top played Songs/Bands on Fan pages, Band page 'Play Single' etc.
2. Fans have a 'New Singles' section at the top of their Playlist section, that shows new Singles uploaded by Bands within the past 2 days.
3. The Singles count in the Charts resets every Saturday night at midnight, so maybe change your Single on Saturday night before midnight.

SIGN YOUR MUSIC INDUSTRY BUSINESS UP.
1. Recording studios (Studio account), audio hardware/software manufacturers/retailers (Manufacturer/Retailer account), and music video making businesses (VideoService account) can sign up for their respective accounts in the Action section (Action / Fan / Accounts). Businesses who sign up are available for when Bands go to select a business to spend their monthly Band Bonus money on.
2. When bands allocate some or all of their Band Bonus money to a business, they receive a code. After receiving the product or service from the business, the band gives the business the code. The business submits the code through their Live Industry Radio account, and the Band Bonus money is transferred into the business' Stripe account. This way the Band Bonus code acts like a discount code, subtracted from the total cost of the product/service. The Band Bonus API is also available for the Manufacturer/Retailer account type, in order to put a Band Bonus widget on their checkout page, so Bands can use their Band Bonus money when making purchases online. Studio and VideoService account types will most likely be accepting payments in person.

Live Industry Radio Mission Statement:

From site creator Dave Thomson:

... Well, I spent 24 years in the basement beside the furnace practising and recording music, and then, after I quit music, I spent another 10 years in the basement working towards replacing the music industry in its entirety, for spite. This website is the result.

While it might seem like a waste to have spent so much time toiling away in a basement, please allow me to disclose the biggest realization I’ve had so far:

Time spent in the honest pursuit of a skill or a study, done in isolation over a prolonged period of time, which may or may not involve hand eye coordination, is a heightened level of meditation. A heightened level of meditation is the pursuit of an Art or a Science, a study, or any other form of mastery, such as Martial Arts etc. - some skill perfected in isolation over an extended period of time.

Applying a heightened level of meditation over years, while honestly perfecting or pursuing a skill or study, will eventually bring a higher level of thought. Another level of mentality, etc.

It would seem that, for an Artist or Scientist, or anybody honestly pursing the perfection of a skill or study in isolation, the first half of the journey is spent in the pursuit of mastery, the fine tuning of skills or advancement in study, through which eventually, over a prolonged period of time spend in isolated heightened meditation, a higher level of thought is acquired. Once acquired, we are then able to recognize and acknowledge our place in the world, and can perceive what we must do with our mastered skills or studies for the benefit of humanity. So the second half of the journey is spent using our mastered skills or studies, as required to help or better humanity, whether it be humanity in the present, or humanity at some point in the future.

To pursue a skill or study honestly is to be able to apply the whole being towards the effort. A dishonest pursuit is always holding something back, the whole being is not applied, and thus it doesn’t allow for the same advancements. This is why good triumphs. To do good is to advance your being far beyond the benefit any petty acquisitions you might be able to acquire dishonestly. A dishonest effort will always be weak at the core compared to those pursuing skills or studies honestly.

This is why I do not consider the first half of my life a waste, as I was able to strengthen and condition my mind during my pursuit of mastery, which allowed me to recognize my place and duty to humanity, so that I can now apply myself to accomplish what is needed for the benefit of humanity, today and in the future.

Thus, I have learned that we should always stay true to our Art, or our pursuit of Science or skill, no matter what, as it is the doorway to a higher level of being, through which our true purpose is realized and our ability to perform our true purpose is achieved. This is why I'll return to music after I've finished this website.

Based on all this, here is some even more good news, kids: You don't have to make it big today. You just have to keep on making Art. That's all that matters. I've created this system so that your Art can be eternally protected, so it will be available in the future, WHEN IT IS NEEDED. If it is not needed today, don't worry; perhaps you have acquired the insight to make Art for people at a later time, and this is good. Regardless, continuing your pursuit, no matter what, is strengthening your mind, and allowing you to access another level in life, so please carry on.

In my opinion, when you are choosing your skill or study, I consider Art to be as important as Science, because Art is a means of communicating our various perceptions of the world to others. It is a means of assistance or guidance, through which others can benefit or find strength. Art binds a people. Such is the power of Art that it is usually attacked or blocked by oppressors or tyrants, first thing, as a means of curbing or subduing humanity to their will.

In my opinion, any Art recorded in digital format is vulnerable, and is easily susceptible to modification or deletion. This is unfortunate, given how important Art is to humanity. This is why my site will eventually be a digital fortress, designed to eternally protect any and all honest works of Art recorded in digital format from future oppressors or tyrants. This will be done through a security system called the Digital Mona Lisa (DML) Security Protocol. The great lengths we have previously taken to protect the ancient Artworks of past geniuses must be carried on today, through the digital age, for the benefit of those in the future. There are those in the future who will benefit from the Art that is uploaded here, protected for all of time.

This is the mission of Live Industry Radio.

Here are some rules I live by:

I will strive for a burden-free life for all.

I will strive to always have a fun time, no matter what. If something is ruining my fun time, I will observe my emotion, and dismiss it, so that my fun time may resume. If I encounter a persistent situation, perhaps with varying intensity, in which I cannot dismiss my emotion, resulting in drama, I will devise a system to completely bypass the situation, so that it is not feasible for my fun time to be ruined thereafter.

I will strive to not cause inconvenience, discomfort, or belittlement to others, so as to not ruin their fun time. I will especially not take pleasure in the inconvenience, discomfort, or belittlement of others, because this would mean I am a human parasite, feasting off of the pain and suffering of others, instead of allowing them to have a fun time. If I encounter a human parasite, who obviously would take pleasure in my pain and suffering, I will offer them bread and wine to eat, or other party food available at the fun party in which I am permanently partaking, as a substitute for my pain and suffering that they would otherwise enjoy eating. I will party and have fun, no matter how much pain and suffering the human parasites would have me endure, so that the human parasites will always be hungry.

I will always have a contingency plan for every course of action, so that my fun time is not ruined when my plans fail. Contingency plans might be needed for ruined plans caused by general delay, miscommunication, technical issues, delay in response, misplacement, forgetting, or unavailability.

I will have, maintain, and enforce, checklists for every critical and non-critical systematic routine in which my systems are dependent, at every checkpoint level, so that human error has no possibility of causing system routines to fail, and so we can better pinpoint areas in which sabotage might be a possibility.

I will keep track of the performance of the units and personnel, through the System Rating system, to better pinpoint areas in which sabotage might be a possibility.

I will strive to perfect an Artform, skill, or a study, throughout the entirety of my life, so that I might acquire a higher intelligence, through which prophecy is possible.

I will protect, at all costs, systems devised to share, distribute, or pass on the works and results of Artforms, skills, and studies, and the prophecies therein that may result from the pursuit of these Artforms, skills and studies, which may be recorded in various formats, including digital, to help those in the future. We must protect works and results of Artforms, skills and studies, and their prophesies, so that possible future oppressors and tyrants may not control, curb or destroy human creativity and ambition for their own benefit.

I will strive to protect the system of Live Industry Radio, so that the digital prophesies through the works of Art uploaded to our system might be passed on unaltered, indefinitely, throughout all of time.

Live Industry Radio Policies

General Policies

All Personal and Sensitive Information that Live Industry Radio and its LIR Host Door app collects will not be shared with 3rd parties, nor will it be used in any way by Live Industry Radio outside of dedicated website and app services,and their improvement. Live Industry Radio and its LIR Host Door app will never publicly disclose any personal or sensitive user data related to financial or payment activities, as per our Terms of Use.

We use cookies to improve your Live Industry Radio experience. Data collected by Live Industry Radio cookies will not be shared with 3rd parties, nor will it be used in anyway by Live Industry Radio outside of our website's dedicated services and its improvement.

Ticket Policies

There are two types of events on Live Industry Radio - 'Open Door' events and 'Closed Door' events.

Open Door events have only one ticket charge (General Admission or the cover charge etc). These types of events generally do not have dedicated seating, so the number of tickets available should be based on the maximum capacity of the venue.

Closed Door events can have multiple ticket charges, and the number of tickets available for each ticket charge will be limited, due to seating arrangements etc.

Ticket Refund Policies: Ticket sales for both types of events are final, but if a Critical Change happens to an event, some tickets may become available for refund. These rules affect both event types:

1) If a Band is dropped by the Host (removed from the event's Band Roster and is no longer playing at the event), or if a Band cancels from the event, then all tickets bought after the Band originally joined the event are made available for refund. So if a Band joins an event and you buy tickets, if they later cancel then your tickets become available for refund. If you had bought your tickets before the band had joined, your tickets will not be made available for refund when they cancel, and would still be final sale. New tickets bought after a Band cancels from an event will be final sale per usual, unless another Band is dropped or cancels that joined the event previously, or some other event change occurs that renders tickets available for refund (see below). Live Industry Radio reserves the right to postpone the ticket money transfer to Hosts (which normally happens on the 7th day after the event) and apply other protective measures for the benefit of Fans, as per our Terms of Use.

2) If a Host changes the Public Event date, or the location of the event, or postpones the event (temporarily removes the event date), then all previously bought tickets are made available for refund. Tickets bought after the event change will be final sale per usual (not be available for refund), unless another similar change occures. Tickets available for refund can be refunded at any time prior to the event, and for six days after the event (if not scanned at the event to access the event), up until the ticket sales money is transferred to the Host on the seventh day after the event. Tickets that are available for refund can still be used to access the event normally (you can still use tickets to go to the event even though they are available for refund). If the event is cancelled, then all tickets are refunded automatically. Updates via email will be sent to all ticket buyers after any changes to an event are made that renders tickets available for refund, such as a band cancel, location change or date change. An email will also be sent to ticket buyers when new Bands are added to the event (which does not make any tickets refundable).

Host Policies

A free 'Host' account is available for anybody who runs a live-music venue or does live-music event planning etc. Once acquired, a Host account can create Public Events, which are live-music events, and can sell tickets to them.

To protect Fans from scalpers and corporate ticket scams, the following policies are currently in place regarding Host Public Events and their tickets:

When a Public Event is created by a Host, after the first Live Industry Radio Band joins the 'Band Roster' (I.e., after a Band is accepted by the Host to play the event), the ticket prices and number of available tickets for the event can no longer be changed. If you see Host Public Event tickets on sale on Live Industry Radio, there is at least one Live Industry Radio band booked to play the gig, and the ticket prices and the number of tickets available are final (cannot ever be changed). This is true of both Open and Closed Door events. Hosts need at least one Band on a Public Event's Band Roster before the Public Event can start selling tickets on this platform. If all bands are removed from an event by the Host or cancels from the event, the Host Public Event can no longer sell tickets.

All Host Public Events hosted through Live Industry Radio must strictly be 'NO CASH' events. Cash cannot be accepted at the door for people without tickets. People without tickets must buy their tickets either through their Live Industry Radio account prior to the event, or through the LIR Host Door app (ticket scanning mobile app) when at the door of the event. This is because we need the Ticket Surcharge money that is applied to every ticket sold through our platform to pay our Musicians for their song streams on our platform. This allows Fans like yourself to listen to all of their tunes for free on this site, unlimited and uninterrupted. Ticket Surcharge money can only be entered into our system to pay our Musicians for their song streams if all tickets are paid for with a card, either through our site or through our ticket scanning app at the door of the event. Hosts who violate this rule are abusing our system at the expense of our Musicians, and warnings and penalties may apply as per our Terms of Use. Please take a picture and report Hosts accepting cash at the door of their Host Public Event. You can report Hosts through the Host's public account page. We may also frequent Host Public Events to check setups, either officially or incognito.

All Host Public Events must have controlled entrances in which tickets are scanned for entry. Allowing people to enter into a Host Public Event without a ticket is a violation of our Terms of Use, and warnings and penalties may apply. Even if the event is free, if the event is hosted through Live Industry Radio people must still pay the Ticket Surcharge amount (and the transaction fee and taxes) to get into the event.

Fans can only purchase tickets once per event, with a maximum of 15 tickets per purchase, and credit cards can only be used once per event. While possibly inconvenient, this is how we discourage scalping. At major Live Industry Radio Network festivals and events (our own Host account), Fans receive one (1) token of appreciation if they can match their ticket with an ID at the entrance. This is also valid for everyone arriving in a group, and the person who bought the group's tickets is in the group, and can provide ID with the same name as on the tickets. Live Industry Radio Network events (our own Host account events only) featuring a (1) token of appreciation at the door for attendees with ID matching their ticket will be marked with a *FS* (F*** Scalpers) above the event name in the poster.

Live Industry Radio
Sponsorship Opportunity

Live Industry Radio is a platform designed to help musicians earn alternative income outside of the traditional music industry. We use a custom royalty system that pays artists monthly based on platform revenue from ticket sales and advertising. See "How it Works" and "Finance" for details.

Why We Need Our Own CDN

To maximize artist payouts, we plan to operate our own CDN (Content Delivery Network). A CDN is like a distribution system for digital content, similar to how physical products are distributed through warehouses and local delivery. Example description:

When you purchase a garden rake in Vancouver that is manufactured in Toronto, a single rake is not sent all the way from Toronto to your house.

The garden rake factory ships lots of rakes to warehouses in different areas, so that when people order a rake, it comes from that closer warehouse, quickly and reliably.

A CDN works the same, just with data. Data is pre-sent to servers in different areas, so people close by to the remote servers (nodes) can get it quickly and reliably.

Our CDN infrastructure will scale with our geographic expansion. Before launching in a new country, we will deploy a CDN node in that region’s headquarters.

Our Current Status

Corp Level 1: We currently pay third-party global CDN fees to operate solely within Canada. These extra costs reduce the pool available at the end of each month in our custom royalty system designed to help musicians.

Corp Level 2: Once we deploy our first CDN node, we eliminate external bandwidth fees. These savings will go directly into our Pay Per Play system, increasing monthly payouts to musicians.

Example costs for initial node:
Server rack & enclosure: $1,500
Edge servers (x3): $12,000
Network hardware & backup: $3,400
Cooling, security, cabling: $3,500
8 Gbps fiber line (business-grade): $2,500

Total: $22,500 CAD

Optional venue/office space: $200k–$600k

Estimated user capacity: 1,600 concurrent 1080p streams; 3,000+ at 720p, tens of thousands of daily users for ticketing, site browsing, and event interaction etc.

We are currently working towards Corp Level 2 by initiating the Toronto Artist Fund concert series and other live shows in which the standard Ticket Surcharge is applied. The Ticket Surcharge helps Live Industry Radio expand, as well as pays musicians for their song streams on the platform each month.

Corp Level 3: At national scale, we’ll migrate to a dedicated data center. This enables full bandwidth independence within Canada. By Level 3 our platform will be fully updated with the scalability required to initiate all other Art industries into the platform, and we will begin to expand into all other countries systematically.

A Good Opportunity For Change

If you are interested and able to help our in our success financially or operationally, please let us know by writing to toronto@liveindustryradio.com.

On behalf of Art, thank you for your interest.

Live Industry Radio

Live Industry Radio Terms of Use (updated Wed March 5, 2025)

Welcome to Live Industry Radio!

Intro (I)

I-1) We reserve the right to update these Terms of Use as needed. Continuing to use Live Industry Radio (hereinafter “LIR”) after an update to our Terms of Use Update will constitute your agreement to the changes. Every time you log into LIR or visit the 'homepage' after logging in requires agreement to our Terms of Use, which will indicate the date of the last update. All new Terms of Use content added on the indicated date's Terms of Use update will be highlighted with a background color.

I-2) By creating a Fan account with us, and any of the 6 other account types, you warrant that you have read and understand these Terms of Use, and will abide by them. When you apply for any of the other 6 account types (Musician, Band, Host, Studio, Manufacturer or VideoService), you warrant that you have read and understand the different sections within these Terms of Use that are applicable to the account being applied for.

I-3) You warrant that you are at least 18 years of age, or at least 13 years of age with your parents or legal guardians consent.

I-4) LIR will not collect any information from you, outside of the information you submit through the forms on our website. The information you submit through the forms on LIR will not be used by anyone other than LIR for the purpose of ensuring your identity while either upgrading your Fan account to Musician, ensuring your identity while applying to create additional accounts, or during initial registration to enable advertising to target your general area. Information you submit through forms on our website will not be sold or distributed for purposes other than as described.

Who we are (WWA)

WWA-1) LIR is music-based social media website designed to provide an alternative to the music industry. All users sign up as a Fan, which is the user account. From their Fan account, users can apply to upgrade their Fan account to Musician, or apply for any of the other 6 account types (Band, Host, Studio, Manufacturer or VideoService), which represents the various key sections of the music industry. When an application for Musicianship or any of the 6 other account types is approved by administration, these accounts are then “Linked” to your Fan account, which allows you to operate within those accounts. Accounts may be composed of multiple Linked Fans.

WWA-2) After upgrading your Fan account to Musician, you can create a Band account. Songs can be uploaded only through a Band account, which allows the people who own the Song to receive money monthly for the song streams, depending on how often they are streamed that month and how much a song stream is worth that much, in our Pay Per Play (PPP) system. Your Band account can also receive money monthly through our Band Bonus (BB) system, which allows BAnds to allocate their free money internally towards the products and services of music industry companies who have signed up for either a Studio, Manufacturer (retailers and manufacturers of audio hardware and software), or VideoService (people who make music videos) accounts.

WWA-3) The use of this site will always be free for all account types.. Streaming music will always be free, unlimited and uninterrupted. Fans must pay to purchase live-music event tickets (live-music events are called Host Public Events (HPE)) and to advertise. Fans can also pay to 'Donate' (optional), which requires a $50 deposit (plus transaction fee), through which they pay half a cent to the song owners of their subscribed Band's songs. This money goes to the song owners directly without any deductions, and removes all ads from the site for the Donator. There is a 'Ticket Surcharge' placed on every ticket sold (paid for by the ticket purchaser), which is how we pay musicians (together with all advertising revenue, after subtracting the Site Expenses from the total of both) on our site each month in our Pay Per Play system and Band Bonus system. The more tickets and advertising sold in a month, the more each song stream could be worth that month, and the more Bands could receive to spend on products and services needed to make their tunes. For example, if there is $10 000 from ticket surcharge and advertising money collected in a month, zero Site Expenses, and 1 000 000 song streams, then each song stream would be worth $0.01. Please refer to sections RPPP and RBBM below for more detail, as well as the Finance section.

Use at your own risk (UAYOR)

UAYOR-1) Users of LIR website and its services do so at their own risk.

UAYOR-2) LIR does not warrant the suitability or security of Host venues, or assume any responsibility for Events organized by Hosts, Studios, Manufacturers or Video Services, and cannot be held liable for any loss or damage, however occasioned, by users of this website.

UAYOR-3) LIR cannot be responsible for the accuracy of the content of promotions posted by users or the consequences of reliance upon such promotions. LIR is not responsible or liable for any loss or damage, however occasioned, as a result of users attendance at Events or venues promoted herein.

UAYOR-4) LIR will not be held liable for loss of income, or loss of any kind, resulting from any interruption of this website's regular performance, including without limiting the generality of the foregoing the following events: loss of personal identification through hacking or accident, loss of income caused by maintenance time or site downtime caused by hacking or accident.

UAYOR-5) By using LIR to host, promote, or attend events, you acknowledge and agree that LIR does not assume a duty of care for any incidents, safety measures, security, or emergency planning at any event hosted through the platform. Any claims related to incidents at events must be directed to the event Host and not to LIR.

Content, account removal, and bumping song plays (CSR)

CARBSP-1) LIR reserves the right to remove any content, suspend and/or ban any account and/or IP, without warning, if found to be in violation of these Terms of Use.

CARBSP-2) You must not use technology or otherwise modify our site for any purpose, including bumping play counts.

Signing up (SU)

SU-1) Location info, such as your city, is strictly used to focus the Map (where you find shows to attend, or gigs to play at if you're a Band) on your location when you open it, and to focus any relevant advertising on your location (Venues and event planners advertising shows in your area etc).

SU-2) As per our Policies: All Personal and Sensitive Information that Live Industry Radio and its LIR Host Door app collects will not be shared with 3rd parties, nor will it be used in any way by Live Industry Radio outside of dedicated website and app services,and their improvement. Live Industry Radio and its LIR Host Door app will never publicly disclose any personal or sensitive user data related to financial or payment activities.We use cookies to improve your Live Industry Radio experience. Data collected by Live Industry Radio cookies will not be shared with 3rd parties, nor will it be used in anyway by Live Industry Radio outside of our website's dedicated services and its improvement.

SU-3) Your Fan account, and any of your Linked accounts, may be suspended or terminated without prior notice and at our discretion, should your submitted name, or account activities, violate these Terms of Use, or infringe or violate the rights of any third party or any applicable laws or regulations.

Buying tickets and attending gigs (BT)

BT-1) Through your Fan account, you can find gigs to attend through the Map modal, and through the Public Scheduler found on both Fan and Band profiles. You can purchase tickets through either of these portals.

BT-4) Tickets that are not redeemed (scanned) at the door through the LIR Host Door app can be refunded 2 days after the day of the event, up until 7 days after the day of the event, when all ticket money is transferred to the Host.

General terms (GT)

GT-1) Your Fan account, and any account that is Linked to your Fan account, may be suspended or terminated without prior notice and at our discretion, account activities violate these Terms of Use, or infringe or violate the rights of any third party or any applicable laws or regulations. LIR will not be held liable for any loss of income that occurs resulting from a Linked account being suspended or violated due to account activities that violate these Terms of Use, or that infringe or violate the rights of any third party or any applicable laws or regulations.

GT-2) Should you not agree to these Terms of Use, please terminate your account via the methods available through our site.

GT-3) LIR grants you limited, personal, non-exclusive, revocable, non-assignable and non-transferable right and license to use our website provided you strictly comply with these Terms of Use.

GT-4) You must not copy, rip or capture any audio content or attempt to copy, rip or capture any audio content.

GT-5) You must not modify the website’s code for any purpose.

GT-6) You must not use any content found on our website for any purpose, either on our website or off our website, except as intended by our website and permitted by our Terms of Use, unless you are the owner of the content.

GT-7) You must not use our website to store or display illegal content, or use our website to conduct illegal activities. You must not use our website to store or display harmful content, or use our website to conduct harmful activities. The definition of harmful content and activities is subject to LIR’s discretion.

GT-8) You must not impersonate another person or entity on any account type.

GT-9) You must not sell, rent or transfer any accounts to a third party.

GT-10) You must not use another’s account or attempt to use another’s account without their express permission.

GT-11) You must not collect personal data or any information on other users through any means.

GT-12) You must not attack, test or scan any part of our website code or data protection measures, or attempt to attack, test or scan any part of our website code or data protection measures. You must not log into or attempt to log into a server or account you are not authorized to access. You must not attempt to interfere with our website by any means, including but not limited to hacking.

GT-13) All audio, pictures, text, information, and content that you upload, submit or post to our site (hereinafter "Your Content"), submit or make available to our site is owned by you, and not LIR. You agree that Your Content remains your sole responsibility.

GT-14) You must not upload and store content that you do not hold rights to. Unauthorized use of copyright protected material within Your Content may be a violation of third party rights, is strictly prohibited, and may result in termination of access to our website, as well as criminal prosecution by the relevant rights holder.

GT-15) You upload Your Content to any of the 6 account types within our website on a limited, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free and fully paid basis. These licenses will be removed when Your Content is removed from our website, however, any Mail content or chat wall posts you make will be perpetual and irrevocable, and will continue notwithstanding any termination of your account.

GT-16) You may not use for any purpose content found on our site that you do not own or hold the rights to.

GT-17) Your Content is your original work, or you have obtained the rights and permissions to use it. By uploading Your Content, you authorize LIR to display and have it communicated on our website.

GT-18) Your Content does not infringe on any rights, nor will it create any liability for LIR. Your Content, including any comments or posts made by you, will be lawful and non-pornographic. LIR will remove Your Content, and/or terminate access to our website should we deem Your Content to be a violation of our Terms of Use, a violation of another person’s rights, or unlawful.

GT-19) LIR is not responsible for Your Content. We do not verify, monitor or review content uploaded to our site, and thus will not be held liable for copyright infringements, illegal content, or content that violates the rights of others. LIR hereby exclude, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any and all liability which may arise from any content uploaded to our site by users, including, but not limited to, any claims for infringement of intellectual property rights, rights of privacy or publicity rights, any claims relating to publication of abusive, defamatory, pornographic, or obscene material, or any claims relating to the completeness, accuracy, currency or reliability of any information provided by users of our site. By using our site, you irrevocably waive the right to assert any claim with respect to any of the foregoing against LIR.

GT-20) You agree to comply with these general terms (GT), and all of the other terms of these Terms of Use at any and all times during your use of our website.

GT-21) You acknowledge and agree that LIR has the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate your account or take such other action as we see fit if you breach any of the above conditions or any of the other terms of these Terms of Use. This may include taking court action and/or reporting offending users to the relevant authorities.

GT-21) All 'transaction fees' that are added to purchases (such as ticket purchases, advertisement purchases, and Donating deposit purchases) are non-refundable, and additional transaction fees may also be subtracted from original purchase (minus original transaction fee) in a refunded. This is to help our Musicians make more through our system. The transaction fee is not kept by Live Industry Radio, it is used to cover the cost of the transaction through Stripe. Thank you for your understanding.

GT-22) Fans may receive system updates to the email they sign into the site with. Emails may be system responses to their activities on the site, or non-routine updates or notifications from Administration.

Uploading content (UC)

UC -1) All Song Creditors (song owners, be it person or corporate entity) of Songs uploaded to a Band account must have a Fan account that has been upgraded to Musician. If all Song Creditors do not have a Fan account that has been upgraded to Musician, then the song must not be uploaded, and is in violation of copyright laws. All account types may be warned and/or suspended and/or banned following copyright infringement.

UC-2) All Song Creditors must be listed during Song upload, and have their proper percentage listed.

UC-3) LIR will not be held liable for damages that occur as a result of Bands uploading Songs to a Band account without having listed all of the Song Creditors.

UC-4) LIR will not be held liable for any loss of income that occur resulting from a Band account being suspended or violated due to site down time, account activities that violate these Terms of Use, or account activities that infringe or violate the rights of any third party or any applicable laws or regulations.

UC-5) The process of uploading content to LIR from any account type (including uploading Songs by Bands, which includes a Band listing all song owners ('Song Creditors') and their percentages, the Song Creditors agreeing to the upload and the Song Creditor list and their allocated percentages), grants a non-exclusive royalty free license to all other users of LIR to view, stream, copy, use, share, publically display, adapt, and prepare deritive works of your content. This license

UC-6) All content must be an original work by a member of the account uploading the content, or all rights and licenses to use the content must have been acquired by the member of the account and be applicable for its use while uploaded to LIR.

Creating A Host Public Event as a Host (CHPE)

CHPE – 1) You must adhere to all applicable laws governing your event.

CHPE – 2) LIR will not be held responsible for any losses, damages or injury that may occur at your event.

CHPE – 3) LIR is a conduit for ticket sales. LIR is not associated with any Host. LIR is not an agent for any Host.

CHPE – 3a) LIR is currently designed exclusively for public events hosted in commercial or approved venues. To ensure the safety of all attendees and the legal protection of the platform and its users, private residential events, house parties, or gatherings held at non-commercial properties are strictly prohibited from being listed, promoted, or ticketed through the LIR platform. All events hosted through Live Industry Radio must occur at licensed venues or commercial spaces that maintain active liability insurance and comply with local occupancy laws, noise bylaws, and public safety regulations. Hosts are solely responsible for ensuring their event venue meets these criteria. Any attempt to host a private, residential, or non-compliant event may result in immediate cancellation of the event, including full ticket refunds, suspension or termination of the host account, permanent removal from the platform in cases of repeated or willful violation. Live Industry Radio assumes no liability for any unauthorized or unapproved use of the platform for private events.

CHPE – 4) We apply a 'Ticket Surcharge' on all tickets sold, through which we pay musicians through our Pay Per Play and Band Bonus systems.

So, even if your event is free, it will still cost attendees the Ticket Surcharge amount ($6), plus tax and a transaction fee to enter your event. This money goes to pay musicians in our Pay Per Play and Band Bonus systems. Ticket money must be collected via a card through our system so we can use the Ticket Surcharge to pay musicians and run the site. This is why all Live Industry Radio events must be 'NO CASH' events.

CHPE – 5) Hosts that do not have controlled entrances in which all tickets are redeemed (scanned) through the LIR Host Door app at their free events may be banned. If your event is free, all event goers must have a Live Industry Radio account, and have bought a $6 + tax + transaction fee ticket to get in. This is because we use this money to pay musicians in our systems. If you do not have controlled entrances at your event, you are abusing our system at the expense of musicians

CHPE – 6) In order for a Host to receive ticket money, tickets must be 'redeemed' (scanned) at the door, using our LIR Host Door app. This app is currently only available for Android phones, and is available at the Google Play Store. Money from redeemed tickets is transferred to the Host Stripe account 7 days after your event date. To scan tickets, Hosts can only access their events in the LIR Host Door app to redeem tickets on the day of the event, or the day after the event (in case it goes past midnight). There is a practice demo event available on the App, in which Hosts can review the scanning process prior to an event, as well as the sign up process for new users who are buying a ticket at the door.

CHPE – 6a) LIR is not responsible for any payment processing errors, chargebacks, or delays in Stripe payouts. LIR facilitates ticket transactions but does not act as a financial intermediary. Any disputes related to Stripe transactions must be handled directly with Stripe.

CHPE – 7) In the LIR Host Door app, if users come to an event without a ticket, they must first sign up for a new account before they can use a card to pay for a ticket. This feature is only available to new users of the site - users who already have a LIR account must first pay for a ticket on their own, and present it at the door to be scanned. It is recommeneded that door people have 2 phones - one to scan tickets, and one to have new users sign up to the site to pay for a ticket, as this takes longer.

Since Live Industry Radio is currently only available to Canadians, non-residents of Canada do not sign up for a new account, but rather they can simply enter their email to receive the ticket receipt after purchase.

CHPE – 8) Currently Host Public Events can be either 'Open door' or 'Closed door' events. Open Door events only have one ticket charge, while Closed Door events can have multiple, each with their only number of available tickets. Ticket sales for both types of events are final. However, if a Band is dropped by the Host (removed from the event's Band Roster and is no longer playing at the event), or if a Band cancels from the event, then all tickets bought after the Band originally joined the event are made available for refund. Tickets bought before the band originally joined the event will not be made available for refund and will still be final sale. New tickets bought after a Band cancels from an event will be final sale per usual, unless another Band is dropped or cancels that joined the event previously, or some other event change occurs that renders tickets available for refund (see below). Live Industry Radio reserves the right to postpone the ticket money transfer to Host (which normally happens on the 7th day after the event) and/or take other measures for the benefit of Fans if a Band doesn't play the event, but remains on the Band Roster up until the event (perhaps to avoid having tickets made available for refund), as per our Terms of Use. If a Host changes the Public Event date, or the location of the event, or postpones the event (temporarily removes the event date), then all previously bought tickets are made available for refund. Tickets bought after the event change will be final sale per usual (not be available for refund), unless another similar change occures. Tickets available for refund can be refunded at any time prior to the event, and for six days after the event (if not scanned at the event to access the event), up until the ticket sales money is transferred to the Host on the seventh day after the event. Tickets that are available for refund can still be used to access the event normally (you can still use tickets to go to the event even though they are available for refund). If the event is cancelled, then all tickets are refunded automatically. Updates via email will be sent to all ticket buyers after any changes to an event are made that renders tickets available for refund, such as a band cancel, location change or date change. An email will also be sent to ticket buyers when new Bands are added to the event (which does not make any tickets refundable).

CHPE – 9) Hosts are solely responsible for ensuring their venue complies with local fire codes, accessibility laws, and capacity limits. LIR is not responsible for refunds if Fans are denied entry due to overselling, accessibility issues, or venue restrictions. Hosts must verify venue compliance prior to listing events.

CHPE – 10) Even if your Host Public Event is free (and Fans only pay for the Ticket Surcharge), all Host Public Events must have controlled entrances in which tickets bought through Live Industry Radio are scanned, or purchased through the LIR Host Door app.

CHPE – 11) Hosting a Public Event without controlled entrances may result in removal of your Host account and/or site ban. Fans are encouraged to video record and report Host Public Events that do not comply with these rules.

CHPE-13) Hosts must maintain a physical Operations Book containing event-related safety policies, emergency plans, and procedures. Templates for the mandatory Operations Book will be emailed, and must be filled out completely and accessible at all times during your event. Failure to have an up-to-date LIR Operations Book available at your event may result in penalties, including but not limited to account suspension, fines, or event cancellation at LIR’s discretion. LIR may request to see your event's Operations Book during your event. This requirement does not impose any liability on LIR for event safety.

CHPE – 12) Your Host Public Event may also be subject to a visit by an Auditor, who will verify that your Host Public Event has controlled entrances and that cash is not accepted at the door of the event. Auditors are responsible for ensuring compliance with ticketing policies and may issue reports on suspected violations. LIR reserves the right to impose fines, suspend Hosts, or withhold ticket revenue transfers if non-compliance is found.

CHPE – 13) Hosts who fail to enforce "NO CASH" policies or who fail Auditor inspections may be subject to penalties, including: fines proportional to estimated lost revenue from untracked cash sales, temporary or permanent suspension of the Host account, and reimbursement requirement for estimated revenue loss to the Pay Per Play (PPP) system.

Receiving Pay Per Play for Songs uploaded in which you are listed as a Song Creditor (RPPP)

RPPP – 1) As this is a subscriptionless service, there may be months when there is no money left over from Site Expenses to use in the Pay Per Play (PPP) and Band Bonus (BB) systems. The exact reason for this will be thoroughly documented in the Finance section. Money paid out to Musicians through our PPP and BB systems is not guaranteed. That said, this platform was created by a life-long musician, and we work hard to ensure it benefits all music people, the music industry, and humanity in general.

RPPP – 2) The Pay Per Play amount is based on 65% of the amount of Advertising money made within the month, minus Site Expenses, and divided by the total number of Song plays on the site, to generate the amount paid out per song stream that month. Site Expenses will be spent at our discretion, but precise and detailed record of our expenditures can be viewed in the Finance section.

Receiving Band Bonus money if you have joined a Band account as a Musician (RBBM)

RBBM – 1) Band Bonus money cannot be withdrawn, but must be spent internally with the use of a code that is received after allocating money to a specific business that the Band would like to spend their Band Bonus money on. Refer to the LIR Documentation for more detail.

RBBM – 2) As with the PPP system, Band Bonus money is not guaranteed.

RBBM – 3) The Band Bonus amount is based on 35% of the amount of Ticket Surcharge and advertising money made within a month, after Site Expenses, divided equally between all Musicians who are members of a Band account. Please refer to the Finance section for more detail.

RBBM – 4) LIR is not responsible for disputes over Band Bonus money between Band members.

Taxes (T)

T – 1) Musicians and businesses using this platform must report their income and do their taxes as required by applicable laws.

Ticket Refund Policy (TRP)

TRP – 1) Avoid Corporate Ticket Scams: The number of available tickets and their prices on all events are locked in after the first Band is booked for an event, which is when tickets for that event become available to be sold on the platform, unless a ticket release date is set for some time in the future. Even if a ticket release date is set by the Host, if there are no Bands booked to play the gig, no tickets can be sold.

TRP – 2) Event types: Open Door events have only one ticket charge (General Admission or the cover charge etc). These types of events generally do not have dedicated seating, so the number of tickets available should be based on the maximum capacity of the venue. Closed Door events can have multiple ticket charges, and the number of tickets available for each ticket charge will be limited, due to seating arrangements etc.

TRP – 3) Ticket sales for both types of events are final. However, if a Band is dropped by the Host (removed from the event's Band Roster and is no longer playing at the event), or if a Band cancels from the event, then all tickets bought after the Band originally joined the event are made available for refund. Tickets bought before the band originally joined the event will not be made available for refund and will still be final sale. New tickets bought after a Band cancels from an event will be final sale per usual, unless another Band is dropped or cancels that joined the event previously, or some other event change occurs that renders tickets available for refund (see below). Live Industry Radio reserves the right to postpone the ticket money transfer to Host (which normally happens on the 7th day after the event) and/or take other measures for the benefit of Fans if a Band doesn't play the event, but remains on the Band Roster up until the event (perhaps to avoid having tickets made available for refund), as per our Terms of Use. If a Host changes the Public Event date, or the location of the event, or postpones the event (temporarily removes the event date), then all previously bought tickets are made available for refund. Tickets bought after the event change will be final sale per usual (not be available for refund), unless another similar change occures. Tickets available for refund can be refunded at any time prior to the event, and for six days after the event (if not scanned at the event to access the event), up until the ticket sales money is transferred to the Host on the seventh day after the event. Tickets that are available for refund can still be used to access the event normally (you can still use tickets to go to the event even though they are available for refund). If the event is cancelled, then all tickets are refunded automatically. Updates via email will be sent to all ticket buyers after any changes to an event are made that renders tickets available for refund, such as a band cancel, location change or date change. An email will also be sent to ticket buyers when new Bands are added to the event (which does not make any tickets refundable).

TRP – 3a) If a Band wishes to cancel after being booked, the cancellation must be approved by the Host. If a Band does not show up and does not notify the Host, LIR is not responsible for any disputes. However, if a Band does not perform as scheduled, all ticket sales made after the Band joined the event will automatically be eligible for a refund.

TRP – 4) Transaction Fee: We apply a transaction fee to all ticket sales to cover the cost of the transaction with the 3rd party payment platform, so our Musicians can make more per song stream. This money is not included in any refunds. Also an additional transaction fee may be applied to the refund, which will be subtracted from the amount being refunded.

TRP – 5) Ticket Surcharge: The Ticket Surcharge is included in a ticket sales refund, as well as the tax. The Ticket Surcharge is applied to all ticket sales, and is how we pay Musicians for their song streams each month so that you can listen to all of their tunes for free, unlimited and uninterupted. We also use this money to run and upgrade the site, as documented in the Site Expenses listed in the Finance section.

TRP – 6) If a Band listed on an event does not perform as scheduled, all ticket sales made after that Band joined the event will be eligible for a refund. LIR reserves the right to withhold ticket revenue from the Host until refunds are processed. By using LIR’s ticketing system, Hosts agree to this policy and waive the right to pursue legal action against LIR for refunds issued due to a Band’s failure to perform.

TRP – 6) If LIR suspects an event cancellation or Band no-show was staged or fraudulent to exploit refund policies, LIR reserves the right to investigate. LIR may suspend ticket refunds until the investigation is complete. Hosts and Bands found to be engaging in fraudulent behavior will be permanently banned.

HOW THIS SITE WORKS

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STREAM ALL MUSIC FOR FREE, UNINTERRUPTED.

Find bands you like everywhere on our site, and subscribe to them. Your Subscribed Bands tunes are then available in your Playlist section. Make unlimited Playlists with your Subscribed Band's music, and then stream your Playlists forever, uninterrupted, for free.
To get rid of all ads on our site, and/or to really support your Subscribed Bands (above and beyond what we pay them), you can Donate $0.005 (half a cent) per song stream of your Subscribed Band's music, which goes directly to the Musicians who wrote/own the songs without any deductions. Requires a $50 deposit which is automatically topped up every month, and you can also cancel at any time and refund your remaining deposit money. To start Donating to the Musicians who own your Subscribed Band's Songs, go to the Donate section of your Fan account in Action. This gets rid of all Ads on the site; otherwise, streaming all music is free.
Money from Advertising also goes to our Musicians, please see below.

SELL TICKETS.
1. Anybody organizing a live-music event can apply for a free Host account, in order to sell live-music event tickets through our platform. You can do this in the Action section under 'Accounts'. Getting people out to your shows is one of the core (free) functions of this platform, since it allows us to pay our Musicians for their song streams every month outside the royalty system, while also allowing everybody to stream their music for free. Our platform is designed around having people easily find and buy tickets to your shows. You will also be able to easily find bands to play at your Host Public Events, if you are still looking for bands to play, as Bands can search the Map for Host Public Events that are still need Bands, and apply to play at them. This way Bands can easily plan out their cross-country tours.
2. Live-music event tickets can only be sold for the Host 'Public Events' (Host Public Event this is what we call a live show). All other account types can only make Private Events, for coordination purposes. Making Public and Private Events is done through the Scheduler.
3. You need at least one Live Industry Radio band signed up to play your Host Public Event before you can start selling tickets for that gig (even if you set a Ticket Release Date/Time). Our mobile Host Door app scans tickets, and takes payments at the door, which is done using Stripe. All Live Industry Radio Host events must be no-cash events. I.e., you cannot EVER take cash at the door for events hosted through Live Industry Radio. This is so the Ticket Surcharge money (see below) can enter our system and be used to pay the Musicians on our site. Also, all entrances must be controlled where tickets are scanned with the app (nobody gets in for free). We may check your events randomly in person to ensure you are following these rules. Not following these rules would be taking advantage of our system to the disadvantage of our Musicians, and a violation of our Terms of Use.
4. We have other regulations, such as in inability to adjust ticket prices, or the number of available tickets, after the first Band is booked (to protect against corporate ticket scams), the inability for a credit card to be used more than once per Host Public Event, the inability for a Fan to make more than one transaction per Host Public Event, and the inability for a Fan to purchase more than 15 tickets per Host Public Event transaction (to protect against scalpers).
5. Fans can easily refund their tickets prior to the event (in case the band line-up drastically changes prior to the show), and Fans can refund their un-scanned tickets for one week after the event.
6. We transfer the Host Public Event ticket sales money one week after the completion of the event. Fans can Report Hosts through the Host page, if they violate our Term of Use or the law, or are a scam. We may postpone the transfer of ticket sales money if the event is a scam, as per our Terms of Use.
7. You must adhere to our Terms of Use when operating a Host account and putting on Host Public Events, as well as all local/provincial/federal laws relating to your events. We send detailed guidelines on Hosting events through our platform upon approval of your new Host account.

WE PAY MUSICIANS FOR THEIR SONG STREAMS IN OUR OWN VERSION OF THE ROYALTY SYSTEM.
1. We put a small 'Ticket Surcharge' on every ticket sold on our platform, that is paid for by the ticket buyers. This Ticket Surcharge money, together with all advertising money (after site expenses), goes to the Musicians on our site for their song streams, and also helps them to make purchases so they can record their tunes.
2. Each month, we divide the ticket/advertising money between two systems that pays Musicians - one system pays for their song streams that month (Pay Per Play system), the other gives them money they can spend internally on products and services of industry businesses (Band Bonus system).
3. How much we pay out to Musicians for their song streams is dependent on how many tickets and advertising sold that month. The amount a song stream is worth each month is variable, depending on the number of tickets and advertising sold that month. So please sell all your tickets through LIR from now on, so our Musicians can make more per song stream each month.
4. Each month we take the available money and divide it by our two systems that we use to pay our Musicians.
5. For example, how much each song stream is worth each month in our Play Per Play system is calculated by dividing the allocated ticket/advertising money made that month by the total # of song streams that month, in order to determine how much each song stream is worth that month.
6. The more tickets and advertising sold per month, the more musicians can make per song stream that month. There will never be a cap musicians can make per song stream. SO ONLY BUY LIVE-MUSIC EVENT TICKETS THROUGH LIVE INDUSTRY RADIO SO MUSICIANS CAN MAKE A DECENT INCOME OFF OF THEIR SONG STREAMS ON OUR SITE EVERY MONTH.
7. As long as tickets are being sold through this platform, Musicians get paid for their Song streams by divvying up the reward of everybody also using this site to buy/sell tickets, and the Fans get to stream their tunes for free. This is a sufficient way to satisfy all deserving parties involved in music.

MUSICIANS, GET PAID FOR YOUR SONG STREAMS IN OUR OWN VERSION OF THE ROYALTY SYSTEM.

Musicians, to get paid for song streams each month, you must apply for a Musician account. You can do so in the Action modal. After you're a Musician, if a Band lists you as a Song Creditor to receive a % of the stream month for a song they upload, you get paid for your % of the song stream money at the end of each month through Stripe.
Once approved as Musician you can also create yourself a Band account, and upload music (or join another Band account). Only Band accounts can upload music.
- At this time, only those approved as a Musician can create a Band account. Once a Band account is made, anybody can be invited to join it (tech, drivers, crew, relatives, girlfriend/boyfriend etc.). There's also an Affiliate Band member, where people can join as honorary members, so they can partake in the private Band chat, but not access any of the other Band functions.
- You can give Band members certain 'Abilities' which allow or restrict them from performing various functions inside the Band account. This way, you can restrict crew members from access the Song Uploading function etc.
When Bands upload music, everybody who is to get paid for the song streams must have a Musician account on our site, and must be listed as a 'Song Creditor' for that song. A Song Creditor is somebody who is to receive a % of money for the song's song streams. Song Creditors (and the percentage they are to receive) get listed as part of the song upload process when a Band uploads a Song. Only Musicians can get paid for Song streams, so apply for a Musician account if you own songs that Bands are going to upload, so you can get paid for their streams.
- During the upload process, all Song Creditors listed to receive money for that song's streams receive an Update and email, in which they must approve the Song Creditor list and the allocated percentages all Song Creditors are to receive for that song's streams. If all Song Creditors approve, then the song upload can complete, and the song is then available in the Band's repertoire.
- Once the Song is in the Band's repitoire, when people Subscribe the Band, the Song (and all other Songs the Band has uploaded) becomes available in their Playlist section, to make unlimited Playlists with and stream for free, forever, uninterrupted.
If the Song Creditor list changes after the Song is already uploaded (new Song Creditors are added and/or different percentages are allocated), then the changes must first be approved by all previous Song Creditors, in the same approval process (an Update is sent to the Fan account of all previous Song Creditors for their approval).

REPRESENT YOUR BAND WITH YOUR LATEST HIT SINGLE.
1. Bands, don't forget to mark one of your uploaded tunes as your 'Single', which people can listen to instantly anywhere your Band is listed on our platform. This is handy when people go to check out the Bands that are playing at Host Public Events, or in the Charts section, or on chat walls (it shows what people are listening to whenever they post). Also Fan, Band, and Host calendars (inside the 'Show Booked Gigs' on their pages), top played Songs/Bands on Fan pages, Band page 'Play Single' etc.
2. Fans have a 'New Singles' section at the top of their Playlist section, that shows new Singles uploaded by Bands within the past 2 days.
3. The Singles count in the Charts resets every Saturday night at midnight, so maybe change your Single on Saturday night before midnight.

SIGN YOUR MUSIC INDUSTRY BUSINESS UP.
1. Recording studios (Studio account), audio hardware/software manufacturers/retailers (Manufacturer/Retailer account), and music video making businesses (VideoService account) can sign up for their respective accounts in the Action section (Action / Fan / Accounts). Businesses who sign up are available for when Bands go to select a business to spend their monthly Band Bonus money on.
2. When bands allocate some or all of their Band Bonus money to a business, they receive a code. After receiving the product or service from the business, the band gives the business the code. The business submits the code through their Live Industry Radio account, and the Band Bonus money is transferred into the business' Stripe account. This way the Band Bonus code acts like a discount code, subtracted from the total cost of the product/service. The Band Bonus API is also available for the Manufacturer/Retailer account type, in order to put a Band Bonus widget on their checkout page, so Bands can use their Band Bonus money when making purchases online. Studio and VideoService account types will most likely be accepting payments in person.

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How do we pay musicians outside the royalty system each month if everything is free?

At the end of the month we give our Musicians money for their song streams they had that month. Also, if they're in a Band, we give our Musicians extra money to spend (internally) on products and services they need to make their tunes.

We collect a 'Ticket Surcharge' on every ticket sold on our platform (paid for by the ticket buyer) that we use to pay our Musicians, along with all advertising money, after we subtract what we need for operations, as per our Terms of Use. This money collects throughout the month, and at the end of the month we use it to pay our musicians.

We pay musicians through two systems.

At the end of each month, we divide up the available money between our two systems that pays musicians: 65% of it goes to the Pay Per Play (PPP) system, which pays Musicians for their song streams that month, and 35% goes to the Band Bonus (BB) system, which gives Bands extra money to make their tunes.

How much we pay out in our two systems is variable each month, depending on the number of ticket sales and advertising sold that month (after Site Expenses), divided by the total number of song streams on the site that month (PPP system), or divided by the total number of Musicians on the platform that are members of a Band that month (BB system).

Sky's the limit.

There will never be a cap to how much musicians can make each month, so please buy and sell all your live-music event tickets through Live Industry Radio from now on, so the musicians who make your favorite tunes can make more. As a reward for using this platform for your live-music tickets, you get to stream all your favorite musician's tunes for free from this platform, unlimited and uninterupted.

The Finance page shows how the numbers are shaping up this month, as well as the final numbers for previous months, and a complete breakdown of how we've spent the 'Site Expenses' money each month.

For the benefit of humanity.

Don't forget, the creator of this site was a musician from age 7 until 34, when he quit to personally replace the music industry. This platform is his solution. Rest assured there is no hidden corporate agenda here (albeit there may be some additional projects that are listed under 'Site Expenses' that the creator of this website is undertaking for the benefit of humanity). Helping music people out is the primary purpose of this platform.

We work hard to help musicians out, as well as their Fans, and select music industry businesses.

Additional music industry businesses that are included here are: venues and event planners ('Host' account), Studios, audio hardware/software Manufacturers/Retailers, and music video makers ('VideoService' account).

No fees to use this site.

If you are involved in any one of the above music industry roles, please create your applicable account. Any additional account types link to your original Fan account, so you always sign in with your one Fan account. All additional accounts and their services are free to use.

For example, we do not charge fees to Host accounts to sell their live-music event tickets here (although we do enforce some stringent regulations), or to easily find Bands for their shows, if needed.

We do not charge fees to Bands to completely and easily book and coordinate their cross-country tours here, or to upload all their tunes.

We do not charge fees for Studios, Manufacturers/Retailers, or VideoService companies to sign up so Bands can spend their free Band Bonus money on them.

We do not charge fees for Musicians to be listed as SongCreditors (our version of the royalty system) on tunes that Bands upload, so they can get paid every month for their song streams.

We do not charge fees for Fans to listen all music, unlimited and uninterupted, or to easily find shows across the country to go to.

... Fans are required to purchase tickets of course, and on top of the Ticket Surcharge there is a 'transaction fee' they have to pay, which is enforced and never refunded, so our Musicians can make more. Fans also have to pay to advertise on our platform (goes to musicians, as per the Finance page).

Live Industry Radio Network's Battle of the Bands, Season 1: "ONTARIO, CANADA"

Contact

Please write to toronto@liveindustryradio.com to join the competition or for any questions. Please read the "How to sign you or your band up" section below before you write.

UPDATE - The entry to this competition is now going to happen during the 'TORONTO ARTIST FUND, SPOT 1 GRILL AND EVENT HALL' on Sunday afternoons at Spot 1 in Brampton, which will happen every Sunday @ 2pm (STARTING DATE TBD).

If you would like to be a part of the Battle of the Bands competition, play a set in the 'TORONTO ARTIST FUND, SPOT 1 GRILL AND EVENT HALL' show, and we will send your audio/video files from 3 of your songs played during your set to remote judges for ajudication. The 'Finalist' monthly shows will be dedicated solely to winners of any weekly Battle of the Bands submissions and will likely be filmed on a weekend at night. Please read below for all info.

Submitting songs to our Battle of the Bands competition show is optional and can only be done through a Toronto Artist Fund show. The 3 songs submitted to the judges will be from your live set (filmed and recorded).

FANS - How to buy tickets to shows and vote on deadindustryradio.com

Create a free account, and search your event in the MAP to buy tickets or check out the bands playing.

Or do a search for 'Dead Industry Radio Host' and go to their profile page, open their 'Show Booked Gigs' calendar and find the event in there.

You can vote at all shows by attending in person, and can also vote online during the streamed Finalist shows. Voting will affect some of a band's score, so please come in person to their 'Entry Level' recording to support your bands.

General Info for the Bands

All guitar-based genres welcome, singer songwriter to metal.
'Entry Level' submissions will be done during the 'LIVE INDUSTRY RADIO' show. Let us know which 3 songs you would like to have ajudicated (tell us which songs to submit after your set). We will send the edited vids for those particular songs to the judges. Winners of Entry Level submissions will play at a monthly Finalist show, and winners of Finalist shows will play at the GRAND PROVINCIAL SEASON 1 FINALE show.
You will receive your score and breakdown once we receive them from the judges.
All shows are filmed and recorded for our podcast, which will be posted on our website.
- We will interview/talk to most bands performing in the event.
- Bands can keep their audio/video files (raw and edited) of their performance/interviews if they want.
If enough bands from a different Ontario city show interest, we will travel there to record the show. Out of town shows will be filmed as per the venues' availabilities.
All participating bands split all of the ticket money acquired for their show (after event costs), with the winning bands and any special headlining bands getting a bigger split. Please see Rules for additional info.
Interviews will happen in between sets, and shows will generally have a talkshow type feel.

Rules for the Bands

MUST BE 19+
ALL TICKET MONEY FOR YOUR EVENT SPLIT BETWEEN THE BANDS

MUST BRING AT LEAST 5 FANS OR BANDS FORFEIT THEIR SHARE OF THE TICKET MONEY, FANS SAY WHICH BAND THEY SUPPORT AT DOOR

MUST PLAY ALL ORIGINAL SONGS (3 SONGS AT LEAST (CAN POSSIBLY PLAY MORE BUT DEPENDS ON THE SHOW'S LINE-UP))
MUST SUBMIT A RECORDING OF A SONG (BANDS ARE NOT JUDGED ON THEIR RECORDING). SONGS MUST BE SUBMITTED VIA A DOWNLOAD LINK FROM A POPULAR STREAMING SITE
SUBMITTED RECORDING WILL BE UPLOADED TO OUR SITE ROYALTY FREE, AS PER OUR TERMS Of USE
ANY GENRE
ALL SHOWS AND WEBSITE/APP ARE GOVERNED BY OUR TERMS Of USE
BANDS CAN COMPETE UNLIMITED TIMES IN A SEASON (AS PER ABOVE)

The reason we need a recording is because we will be setting up a 'Band' account for you on our platform deadindustryradio.com (using generic passwords so you can later acquire it), and using your recording as your band's 'Single', which can be played from the event listing (and wherever else your band is seen on the site). See below for more detail.

How to sign your band up

Please write to toronto@liveindustryradio.com

Please include in your email:

Where your band is based, and your availability. If in Toronto, please say which Sundays you are good to play at.
The official name of the band (or your official name if a solo musician).
The names of all band members, if applicable (will not be used in any way except for during interviews).
A phone number of a member of the band (will not be used in any way except to contact during an emergency).
A brief bio of the band. Can also send an extended bio of the band (optional).
A picture/logo of the band (optional).
A link to your song, downloadable from a known streaming site, to be used as your Band's current Single on our platform.
The email you would like to use to sign into your Band account with. This should be a personal email of a Band member because we will create a Fan account for this Band member using a random password. Then we will create a Band account that will be linked to their Fan account.
- All other Band members / techies / roadies / management / girl/boy friends etc can also join this Band account.
- Any additional accounts that you create or join are 'linked' to your Fan account, and you can be in multiple accounts.

Equipment list (available for use)

Equipment list (updated Sat Mar 29 2025):

Seasoned Yamaha Stage Custom (Zildjian ZBT, Tama throne, double kick), and an electric kit
Live stream / podcast filming setup
Vocal/kick PA
Kemper profile amp and other amps

Hosted by Dave Thomson, Live Industry Radio

"I'm very excited to be the host of Live Industry Radio's first ever season of the Battle of the Bands. This show will document our website's coming of age, so make sure you play this gig, but also I'm hoping to meet a lot of bands that would be interested in playing at our upcoming festivals."

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BATTLE OF THE BANDS SEASON 1 - ONTARIO, CANADA

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Welcome to Live Industry Radio

if you LIKE MUSIC

if you MAKE MUSIC

if you HOST EVENTSthat feature live music

if you PROVIDEa service/product for musicians

An informative interview with site creator, Dave Thomson: