Comment by red-iron-pine 14 hours ago spotify still pays artists. it's just a shitty deal.most big ai will never compensate anyone 7 comments red-iron-pine Reply happymellon 14 hours ago Is it really much different to how much artists got from radio?Most artists never got radio money because it went into a label slush fund and was spent retaining the tent pole artists. mukbangpervert 13 hours ago The overall economics are wildly different.Radio didn't pay much, but it was promotion for the album.Spotify doesn't pay much, and it _replaces_ the album. happymellon 6 hours ago CD sales didn't pay much, because it all went to the labels. 1 reply → jasonlotito 13 hours ago The big difference was radio wasn't on-demand. You couldn't just listen to a complete album. If you wanted to listen to your favorite artist, you couldn't do that on the radio without listening to a lot of other stuff. happymellon 12 hours ago Most artists didn't make money from album sales.They received some money up front in a contract to record the album, and the label make the money from sales.There is a reason the bands toured and sold teeshirts. afavour 14 hours ago For a lot of artists they’re paid a rounding error. The core question is whether they’re paid enough to make a living from and the answer is no.
happymellon 14 hours ago Is it really much different to how much artists got from radio?Most artists never got radio money because it went into a label slush fund and was spent retaining the tent pole artists. mukbangpervert 13 hours ago The overall economics are wildly different.Radio didn't pay much, but it was promotion for the album.Spotify doesn't pay much, and it _replaces_ the album. happymellon 6 hours ago CD sales didn't pay much, because it all went to the labels. 1 reply → jasonlotito 13 hours ago The big difference was radio wasn't on-demand. You couldn't just listen to a complete album. If you wanted to listen to your favorite artist, you couldn't do that on the radio without listening to a lot of other stuff. happymellon 12 hours ago Most artists didn't make money from album sales.They received some money up front in a contract to record the album, and the label make the money from sales.There is a reason the bands toured and sold teeshirts.
mukbangpervert 13 hours ago The overall economics are wildly different.Radio didn't pay much, but it was promotion for the album.Spotify doesn't pay much, and it _replaces_ the album. happymellon 6 hours ago CD sales didn't pay much, because it all went to the labels. 1 reply →
jasonlotito 13 hours ago The big difference was radio wasn't on-demand. You couldn't just listen to a complete album. If you wanted to listen to your favorite artist, you couldn't do that on the radio without listening to a lot of other stuff. happymellon 12 hours ago Most artists didn't make money from album sales.They received some money up front in a contract to record the album, and the label make the money from sales.There is a reason the bands toured and sold teeshirts.
happymellon 12 hours ago Most artists didn't make money from album sales.They received some money up front in a contract to record the album, and the label make the money from sales.There is a reason the bands toured and sold teeshirts.
afavour 14 hours ago For a lot of artists they’re paid a rounding error. The core question is whether they’re paid enough to make a living from and the answer is no.
Is it really much different to how much artists got from radio?
Most artists never got radio money because it went into a label slush fund and was spent retaining the tent pole artists.
The overall economics are wildly different.
Radio didn't pay much, but it was promotion for the album.
Spotify doesn't pay much, and it _replaces_ the album.
CD sales didn't pay much, because it all went to the labels.
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The big difference was radio wasn't on-demand. You couldn't just listen to a complete album. If you wanted to listen to your favorite artist, you couldn't do that on the radio without listening to a lot of other stuff.
Most artists didn't make money from album sales.
They received some money up front in a contract to record the album, and the label make the money from sales.
There is a reason the bands toured and sold teeshirts.
For a lot of artists they’re paid a rounding error. The core question is whether they’re paid enough to make a living from and the answer is no.