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As luck would have it, I was browsing reddit the other day and came across a suggestion that I’ve had on my mind for quite some time.

Specifically, that people creating ASMR videos should begin to consider uploading their content to audio streaming services such as grooveshark, spotify, and sound cloud.  At face value, it sounds like a fantastically phenomenal idea. But it hasn’t happened. So …

(At the risk of being redundant …) So, what’s the hold-up? Well, I’m of the opinion that there’s a great deal of benefit in this, but of course a couple disadvantages do come to mind. Let’s take a quick tally and consider what we’re looking at.

Reasons FOR uploading ASMR content to audio platforms:

– It shares the content to a wider audience.
– It converts the content into a (much) smaller file-size.
– It allows content creators to remain anonymous.

Reasons AGAINST uploading ASMR content to audio platforms:

– These platforms aren’t as prominent as YouTube, Vimeo, etc.
– These platforms don’t compensate content creators financially.

And if we’re honest, I’m inclined to think that’s the big issue. People creating these videos clearly spend a great deal of time doing so. They’re sampling audio, editing, filming, and distributing content for essentially a brand — they deserve to be compensated in some way, and for the time being, it doesn’t appear as though audio-streaming services can provide that outlet.

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