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Post by rossmohax »

I know Spotify divides all money between all artists, regardless of what user actually listened. It is one big pot for both sides. Is there a service with (in my view) more fair model, where my monthly subscription is divided only between artists I actually listened in a month?

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Post by c7b »

rossmohax wrote: post #2

I know Spotify divides all money between all artists, regardless of what user actually listened. It is one big pot for both sides. Is there a service with (in my view) more fair model, where my monthly subscription is divided only between artists I actually listened in a month?

What's the source for your knowledge? Your claim is diametrically opposed to what the article claims.

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Post by rossmohax »

c7b wrote: post #3
rossmohax wrote: post #2

I know Spotify divides all money between all artists, regardless of what user actually listened. It is one big pot for both sides. Is there a service with (in my view) more fair model, where my monthly subscription is divided only between artists I actually listened in a month?

What's the source for your knowledge? Your claim is diametrically opposed to what the article claims.

I can't pinpoint where I got it from, it is kinda common knowledge (or so I thought).

Seems that TIDAL is the good one.

> TIDAL will be the first streaming service to pay artists with the money of subscribers who have actually listened to the artist. Other major music services such as Spotify and Apple Music now aggregate their users' money and give most of it to the artists with the greatest success. As a user, you actually pay musicians you never listened to. Many unions and artists have been criticizing this system for years. It favors stars and leaves little for the smaller musicians.

Source: https://freeyourmusic.com/blog/how-much-does-spotify-pay-per...

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Post by c7b »

rossmohax wrote: post #4
c7b wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What's the source for your knowledge? Your claim is diametrically opposed to what the article claims.

I can't pinpoint where I got it from, it is kinda common knowledge (or so I thought). Seems that TIDAL is the good one. > TIDAL will be the first streaming service to pay artists with the money of subscribers who have actually listened to the artist. Other major music services such as Spotify and Apple Music now aggregate their users' money and give most of it to the artists with the greatest success. As a user, you…

Strange - normally you use pooling to even out the distribution, not to take from the poor to give to the rich.

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Post by stdbrouw »

rossmohax wrote: post #4
c7b wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What's the source for your knowledge? Your claim is diametrically opposed to what the article claims.

I can't pinpoint where I got it from, it is kinda common knowledge (or so I thought). Seems that TIDAL is the good one. > TIDAL will be the first streaming service to pay artists with the money of subscribers who have actually listened to the artist. Other major music services such as Spotify and Apple Music now aggregate their users' money and give most of it to the artists with the greatest success. As a user, you…

I can't imagine this makes much of a difference unless users with a paid Spotify account have vastly different tastes than the non-paying ones, and even then it would depend on how much less the revenue per user they get from commercials is compared to the revenue for a paid user. Otherwise, whether a band gets paid 50% of the revenue from a single listener or 5% from the revenue of that listener plus ten non-listeners is immaterial. The money is most definitely not allotted without regard for what users listened to.

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Post by mbsumpter »

I would love to know how these figures compare to revenue's made from albums pre-online streaming.

It used to be the case that albums were the main money maker for artists, and going on tour supported the album sales.

E.G Queen didn't turn a profit on a world tour until something like 1985. However profited hugely on their album sales.

It tends to be the reverse now where most artists do not gain as much from artists, and touring tends to be the money maker, and now the album is to help sell tickets for the tour.

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