The reality of streaming music royalties
News: 23rd August 2013 by Louise Dodgson under Artist Managers, Record Labels, Selling & Distributing Your Music
The debate over payments to artists by the likes of Spotify continues, and this time cellist Zoe Keating has got involved by sharing her royalty statement via Google Docs to demonstrate what you can actually expect to be paid by music streaming services. Her earnings for the first half of 2013 for 201,412 Spotify streams amounted to $808 which equates to $0.004, so not really enough to pay the bills!
Take a look at an article published by The Guardian on the matter, plus take a look at the statement itself via the links below. Will music streaming services be forced to provide a more sustainable source of income for musicians? Or should it merely be considered a music discovery tool and not treated as a main source of income by artists? The debate goes on...
Related Links
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/aug/19/zoe-keating-spotify-streaming-royalties
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music streaming, spotify, zoe keating, music royalties, music sales, digital music
