You pay 10$ to listen to hundreds of songs a month, how can it possibly be profitable for artists?
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A few friends of mine who are not super famous have releases on spotify. They each bring in about $30 a year. They always do better when selling merchandise, tickets, and actual physical copies. One of my friends regularly posts how much he makes from Spotify (he posts the check, minus personal info) and he does it to make a joke.
This man has been in the music business since the 80s, responsible for a TON of influences, a record company (Tooth and Nail- my friend is Jesse Sprinkle), and SO MANY bands he’s played in to varying success and fame.
Dude lives in a 3 bedroom with all his kids and family and lives SUPER frugal.
Spotify doesn’t pay shit. As it was thoroughly explained in another comment, it’s huge musicians/performers who make Spotify money but it requires a COLOSSAL number of plays.
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