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    • SamuraiBeandog@lemmy.worldEnglish
      101·
      2 months ago

      I’m still getting a ridiculous amount of value from Spotify

      If only the same could be said for the artists you’re listening to…

        • SamuraiBeandog@lemmy.worldEnglish
          52·
          2 months ago

          The standard payment to an artist on Spotify is “$0.003 to $0.005 per stream”: https://simplebeen.com/artists-make-on-spotify/

          That is basically nothing for any artist that isn’t in the top tier of mainstream success.

          prior to Spotify coming along the industry was in decline as downloading MP3’s on torrents and file sharing programs was the norm

          You’re essentially pirating music by using Spotify, you are not paying the artists that you listen to in any meaningful way.

            • errer@lemmy.worldEnglish
              41·
              2 months ago

              You have to consider that most musical acts are NOT solo acts. Split that $5k a month between a band of several people and it’s not livable anymore. I think you have to be up in the several million listens range to have it be “livable.” That also assumes you maintain that level of interest indefinitely.

      • FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.auEnglish
        13·
        2 months ago

        Spotify gets artists music and name out there to hundreds of millions of people, people who become fans and buy their merch and go to their concerts - that’s where artists make music, NOT from album sales. The music from album sales basically all goes to the label and all the partners.

        Spotify is good for artists.

          • FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.auEnglish
            1·
            2 months ago

            I’d like to hear what exactly you disagree with. Do you think album sales actually provide lots of money for the actual artists, despite many many many of even the biggest artists around saying the opposite?