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If anybody wants to know how to earn $20/decade with Spotify I can throw some of my own experiences into a blog post :)

Scoundreller 6y ago
Looking forward to your write up on “how to fail at Spotify and enjoy yourself”. Edit: clickbaity: “How to Bomb Spotify”
- shacrw 6y ago
  "Stupefy by Spotify as a Service" : a mentorship service to protect those who get stupefied by spotify
HenryKissinger 6y ago
$2 a year might have been enough to live a middle class life back in ...... What's the conversion rate for the Roman sesterces in 44BC to USD?
- aczerepinski 6y ago
  You can’t have it at $2/year though - my distributor only cuts a check when you reach the $20 threshold. I had forgotten I had music on there by the time the check showed up!
ipnon 6y ago
It's sad to admit but there are enough musicians in the world. The reason wages for musicians is so low is that there are already countless professional musicians making music in every style.
- swiley 6y ago
  Maybe, but I think it could be better if Spotify paid artists per listen instead of just paying them for being popular. Also Spotify is definitely missing a lot of obscure music and there definitely aren’t enough live musicians. Otherwise I could afford to have a good band play live in my living room every Sunday morning.
  - ipnon 6y ago
    Yes, I don't think Spotify is the optimal conclusion of the music industry.
- Kalq 6y ago
  Musicians might be the most saturated field but I think this is true for most things. How many millions of artists or photographers put out their art for piddling views and even less money. Even genuinely amazing artists can be absolutely unheard of. Authors also fall into this category.
- stronglikedan 6y ago
  > It's sad to admit but there are enough musicians in the world. There was a time when you had to have two mediocre gifts to make it: talent and beauty. Or just have one of those gifts, but in spades. It seems like there's a lot more mediocre talent now, since we've evolved to devalue beauty.
pesfandiar 6y ago
Based on other accounts, this might be the common outcome of publishing on Spotify. While this article sums up the artist's experience very well, it could feed into aspiring artists' survivorship bias. On a lighter note, I think The Onion captured the reality of incomes on Spotify very well by this captioned picture: https://local.theonion.com/band-blows-entire-spotify-royalty-check-on-cocaine-1837189742 https://local.theonion.com/band-blows-entire-spotify-royalty...

Looking forward to your write up on “how to fail at Spotify and enjoy yourself”. Edit: clickbaity: “How to Bomb Spotify”

shacrw 6y ago
"Stupefy by Spotify as a Service" : a mentorship service to protect those who get stupefied by spotify

HenryKissinger 6y ago

$2 a year might have been enough to live a middle class life back in ...... What's the conversion rate for the Roman sesterces in 44BC to USD?

aczerepinski 6y ago
You can’t have it at $2/year though - my distributor only cuts a check when you reach the $20 threshold. I had forgotten I had music on there by the time the check showed up!

ipnon 6y ago

It's sad to admit but there are enough musicians in the world. The reason wages for musicians is so low is that there are already countless professional musicians making music in every style.

swiley 6y ago
Maybe, but I think it could be better if Spotify paid artists per listen instead of just paying them for being popular. Also Spotify is definitely missing a lot of obscure music and there definitely aren’t enough live musicians. Otherwise I could afford to have a good band play live in my living room every Sunday morning.
- ipnon 6y ago
  Yes, I don't think Spotify is the optimal conclusion of the music industry.
Kalq 6y ago
Musicians might be the most saturated field but I think this is true for most things. How many millions of artists or photographers put out their art for piddling views and even less money. Even genuinely amazing artists can be absolutely unheard of. Authors also fall into this category.
stronglikedan 6y ago
> It's sad to admit but there are enough musicians in the world. There was a time when you had to have two mediocre gifts to make it: talent and beauty. Or just have one of those gifts, but in spades. It seems like there's a lot more mediocre talent now, since we've evolved to devalue beauty.

pesfandiar 6y ago

Based on other accounts, this might be the common outcome of publishing on Spotify. While this article sums up the artist's experience very well, it could feed into aspiring artists' survivorship bias. On a lighter note, I think The Onion captured the reality of incomes on Spotify very well by this captioned picture: https://local.theonion.com/band-blows-entire-spotify-royalty-check-on-cocaine-1837189742 https://local.theonion.com/band-blows-entire-spotify-royalty...