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> Whereas' pre streaming to listen to it once you bought a CD for £14.99 and the label got £7 and the artist on an indie got ~£3.50. I doubt any artist ever ma
by troupo 3y ago
> Whereas' pre streaming to listen to it once you bought a CD for £14.99 and the label got £7 and the artist on an indie got ~£3.50.
I doubt any artist ever made 23% on a CD sale. The reason artists are paid peanuts now is because it's the same contracts, giving the label all the money.
- geden 3y agoMany indies offer a 50/50 net profit split. At volume the costs become quite small with CDs. Majors usually seek to minimise royalties and have many well documented and some less well documented ways to reduce royalties by either chipping away at the headline rate with deductions or shrinking the base price.
- troupo 3y agoWith some indie aggregators that upload your music to Spotify you can get 100% royalties: https://artists.spotify.com/providers https://artists.spotify.com/providers (only going by the descriptions)
- geden 3y agoIndeed. But by using one you are tacitly signalling to the industry you are not a serious player. Typically 10-15% is what you'd pay now an aggregator that caters to recognised artists and labels. But better than nothing as a place to start.