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    • 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.