Middle Tennessee Music have been telling you about the cool stuff going on at TSU.Co social network since it opened to the public a year and a half ago. We have found it to be a fantastic site for independent art and those who love meeting the artists!
Update: 8:00 pm cst 5/24/16 — Voting Has Begun
Here’s the first video in the TSU Original One contest — to vote click through to TSU and read the terms in the official posts http://www.tsu.co/groups/originalone
Update: 5:30 pm cst 5/24/16
As of 17 minutes ago, TSU official page announced that all submissions are in and the staff have done their thing. Head-to-head matches are about to start! MTM are really looking forward to this one and we’ll keep you updated as the contest rolls along!
the “in-house” judges selected for the contest are:
Klaus, Pascal, and Andrew on TSU.co
Klaus Derendorf @KlausD
Los Angeles–based record producer and songwriter with millions of worldwide record sales to his credit, including several Number 1 records on the Billboard charts and around the world.
Pascal Nanlohy @pascaln
Musician, singer/songwriter, music publisher, entertainment consultant and Interim Talentscout / Developer for THE VOICE Netherlands.
Andrew Fromm @AFromm
50-time RIAA Platinum Songwriter who has written for the Backstreet Boys, Nsync, Selena Gomez, Jesse McCartney, Westlife, Marc Anthony and many more.
Recently, the network took a step in a direction that this writer has not seen on any other social network. To celebrate the launch of their proprietary video service, TSU are holding an Original Song Contest for songwriters! Dubbed the “Original One” song contest – in line with the “original content” philosophy of the network – offering $22,000 (twenty-two thousand dollars) in prizes musicians from ’round the world have been inspired to enter. Lots of MTM Friends have joined already, so we know there is some great music involved.
Musicians who join the network can submit an original song for the contest for a chance at an $8,000 grand prize.[Tweet “submit an #originalOne song for the contest for a chance at an $8,000 grand prize.”] First you must send your song in – with some sort of “proof” that you wrote it – for approval. Then you will be given a method to upload your original video which must be exclusively hosted on TSU’s platform. After all the videos are loaded, the fun really begins!
Judging of the video contest will be done by the TSU staff and the public members of the network. Several factors will be looked at including overall quality of the song, its production, and the video production. Cash prizes will be awarded in several categories, and in keeping with the person responsible for bringing winning musicians to the network will also receive a bonus! So, if you know musicians that love social media, get them signed up today!
Why should you Join TSU?
That’s a good question. Here’s a short list of reasons off the top of my head:
Meet new and interesting people from around the world!
Interact with people you may not get a chance to talk with elsewhere – I have met a lot of “celebrities” and leaders in my profession who are very active and friendly on TSU
Directly support charities in ways you didn’t know were possible
TSU Share their Ad Revenue, so your posts actually earn a little bit of money – that’s right, pictures of your kitten are actually worth something!
Find 1,000’s of very talented artists and musicians sharing amazing work
Support your own favorite charity, band, artist, author, or self by growing a network with a common goal
How can artists benefit directly from TSU?
Let’s do another quick list
Double up on streaming revenue – when your youtube videos are monetized, you earn on ads. When you share the video to TSU you also receive compensation based upon interaction and ads on the network! That’s a two-fer!
Let your “fans” support their favorite artist without spending a dime. TSU monetization includes a plan that shares revenue among your network. When you bring new people to the network, you also earn a share of the ad royalties generated by their posts.
Reverse the whole “small fish – big ocean” thing. Currently TSU have right around 5 million members. Even if it’s your very first day on social media, you have a better chance of being noticed in the small pond than in the big blue ocean of your dad’s social network
Sell your wares directly through the network with the oh-so-simple peer payment option. TSU keep 0.0% of peer payments. That means that if you sell a download for a dollar, you get a dollar. Compare that to iTunes where you would get about 65 cents of the dollar.
Connect with professionals in your industry while the network is still growing and you won’t feel like “just another number!”
How do you join TSU?
Well if you ever joined anything on the internet, you already have a good idea. There are a couple little extra things you’ll want to do, though. You want a “shortcode” invitation (the shorcode is the same as a person’s @ handle) or link to a profile. Ours is www.tsu.co/midtnmusic it follows that the shortcode is “midtnmusic”
Visit www.tsu.co/midtnmusic (or use a link from another friend)
hit the “sign up” button
fill in the information and in the “shortcode” box enter “midtnmusic” (or the name of your preferred referrer)
Confirm your email
Upload a banner and profile picture and link social accounts etc. You’ll find this in the settings.
Dig a little deeper in settings and enable peer payments (you’ll have to confirm with a text message code)
Read the TOS and FAQ!!!
Almost any member you find will gladly help you find your way through settings and buttons and Mid Tenn are always willing to join you in video conference to show you around personally. We would also advise you use a picture of yourself and your real name if you wish to be known for what you do and easy to find.
How do you Join the Original One Song Contest?
In a nutshell:
Send the lyrics and a recording to submissions@tsu.co and wait for an acceptance email (at this writing, you have about 24 hours left)
Upon acceptance you will be informed of when and how to upload your video
Your video needs to have a bit that mentions the contest by name at the beginning
The winners of each of the 6 music genres and the users who brought them to tsū will take home $1,000 apiece. All 6 music genre winners will battle it out in the finals for first and second place. Finalists will be hand-selected by a panel of industry legends and household entertainment names. Second place will win an additional $2,000. The Grand Prize Winner will take home an additional $8,000 and the title of this year’s tsū #originalOne” [Tweet “Winner will take home an additional $8,000 and the title of this year’s tsū #originalOne”]
Time is running out quickly, so enter today and don’t forget, if you haven’t actually joined the network yet, our shortcode is MidTnMusic and we are there to Help!
Jedi Bret, sometimes known as C Bret Campbell, does what he does out of passion. From the Small Barn at the base of the Plateau, the force is strong. Bret is a happily married father of three. His education focus at UT-Knoxville was in music and business. He is a carpenter and owner of Small Barn Sound and co-founder of Middle Tennessee Music . Connect on Google+.
Well if you ever joined anything on the internet, you already have a good idea. There are a couple little extra things you’ll want to do, though. You want a “shortcode” invitation (the shorcode is the same as a person’s @ handle) or link to a profile. Ours is www.tsu.co/midtnmusic it follows that the shortcode is “midtnmusic”
