“Hey independent artist, let’s make a deal. You spend hundreds or thousands of hours creating music and we’ll help you sell it” “Sure, and I assume you’ll want

“Hey independent artist, let’s make a deal. You spend hundreds or thousands of hours creating music and we’ll help you sell it” “Sure, and I assume you’ll want a 10% cut?” “Nope, give me 80% if someone buys it” “But people don’t buy music anymore. How much money will you give me if a thousand people stream my music?” “We can do $2. Take it or leave it.”