Basics:
Slice the Pie purports to pay you to listen to music and rate it on a scale of one to 10, but the pay is scant and illusive
Expected pay: 2 cents to 10 cents per song
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Commissions & fees: NA
Where: Nationwide (remote)
Requirements: A computer or smart phone and fast internet connection
What is Slice the Pie?
Like Hit Predictor, Slice the Pie purports to pay you to listen to music and rate it on a scale of one to 10. For that they pay you almost nothing.
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How it works
You sign up with some basic details about you and a PayPal account. The site then starts sending you music — and occasionally fashion or something else — to review.
Slice the Pie review:
The problem is that, while you are asked to state your music preferences, the reviews Slice the Pie sends you may not fall into your chosen genres. And still, you must listen to at least 90 seconds of a song to review it. And your reviews must be a minimum of 60 words each.
You can review songs while you’re listening, though. So let’s say you are insanely efficient and do 20 reviews in an hour. That would likely earn you a stunning $1 – $4.
The site pays between 2 cents and 20 cents per review, but appears to pay an average of 10 cents. In other words, you will never earn even close to minimum wage here.
Worse, it appears that the site tries (or does) cheat you out of even that sorry paycheck. Several listeners, for instance, maintain that their accounts were disabled right before they were planning to cash out at the minimum cash-out threshold of $10.
There are so many better opportunities here on SideHusl.com, we hope you don’t waste your time with this one.
Recommendations
Sadly if you want to listen to music as a side hustle, rotten pay is the norm. However, if you go to job boards, such as Indeed or Glassdoor, you are likely to find music-related positions that will pay a decent wage.
In addition, if you have a large Spotify following and love to review music, you can find a better-paying alternative with PlaylistPush. Here you can earn $1 to $14 per review.
And, if you can write and sing music, Songfinch is worth a try. It pays $100 for people to create customized songs for customers. (Importantly, you keep the rights to the songs you write. Customers have the right to listen to your song, not profit from it.)
And, if you can teach others to sing or play an instrument, you can make good money tutoring on LessonFace and Wyzant.
What their listeners say:
From TrustPilot
Not a good experience so far. I understand bands have to start somewhere but I’ve heard far better busking on the streets of Dublin. Should you wish to fill your time typing about music genres they ask you to review that had no relevance to the ones you chose in the sign up survey….knock yourself out. I got $0.13 paid to my slice the pie account for 3 reviews each of about 30-40 words because they were not my kind of music and I had little constructive to say about them.
So… i’m using this app for 2 days, and i started to get 0.08$ for bonus reviews which is great. it seems like getting the 10$ for the withdrawal will take some time but this is not the way for making big money. its definitely a good way to spend you spair time instead of scrolling the facebook. however, i would like to get some more music that fits my preferences.
You start off slow, however the more you review the more money you will receive per review. It’s starts at $0.01 per review but I have got my rating up to $0.20 per review so after 50 reviews you get $10.00 that you can cash out.
5 cents per hour
I’m so incredibly disappointed by this site trying to solicit higher ratings.. I’ve spent the last hour reviewing songs and made 5 cents.And I always give an honest critique. I start with the opening and speak on vocal ability and openness as well as the overall song. Are there highs and lows? Or is the entire song just attacking a crescendo that doesn’t work? Do you pounce on the vocals?And does it sound harmonious with the music? Is there flow and artistic style? I’ve been a musician for 2 decades and a classicly trained singer for longer. I’ve judged international vocal competitions and I know that the feedback you give an artist helps them grow and develop their talent. I believe in the honesty necessary to advance a performer’s career. This is why I’m so disappointed that feeding into an industry standard makes you more money, but does nothing to better the artist. As an artist, I find this incredibly disheartening.
(From the comments at SurveyPolice):
“The premise is fun. You can review products from an array of categories. Your reviews earn a monetary reward based on your reviewer ranking. I plugged away at this site for a few months and when it finally came time to cash out I couldn’t because the site claimed my birth date was not matching what my account had on file.
This was strange, because I have no reason to falsify my date of birth. There’s no reason why it shouldn’t match up. I emailed the site team for assistance and they asked for my ID for verification. Excessive, but whatever. I just want my $10. Shortly after, my account was terminated with the following error message “Your account has been locked because you have been accessing the site through a proxy server which has demonstrated fraudulent activity.” I do not use a proxy service for any reason. I have never attempted to cheat while using this, or any, survey site. Confused, angry, and absolutely disappointed in SliceThePie.”
Ripoff
“Oh ! Absolutely this site is scandalous. Just 10 minutes ago I was on the lovely slicethepie and was happily working away getting so close to my $10 payout. When lo and behold ! All of a sudden I get a notice saying my account is shut down. Closed because I rated too many 10’s. I will never get paid for the work I did for them and they keep my reviews for free. DO NOT TRUST THIS SITE they ripped me off of all my efforts and good trust.”
“I don’t mind this site but the pay out is only about 4 cents per music review and the review needs to be fairly long. Not my favorite site so far.”
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