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As a part-time indie artist, one can do a lot with $50 you get on the side from streams. Also, what is Spotify going to do with these 50$? What if it happens t
by isodev 3y ago
As a part-time indie artist, one can do a lot with $50 you get on the side from streams.
Also, what is Spotify going to do with these 50$? What if it happens twice, 100$... do they pay you back eventually? Perpetually free access to all their premium services?
- throwaway8414fr 3y agoThat wss an extreme example I think. Most probably end up with less than $5 loss
- isodev 3y agoit's not up to Spotify to decide what I do with that. What if I use it to pay a sub for some app I like and helps me create music? Then Spotify is taking value away from 2 Indies, not just one.
- kredd 3y agoI'll take this bad faith argument, and give you even a worse one - $50 is about 5 drinks or less at a bar with tips nowadays. I genuinely doubt a serious person who makes music on the side will look at that number as a potential loss of income. And if you have made 200 songs (so loss of $100), all streaming less than 1K each, maybe your current production is not marketable on Spotify, and yeah, maybe you should find another venue. Eventually there will be a marketplace for this type of production, and hopefully willing users to pay for it.
- spookie 3y agoYou're assuming every artist lives in a first world country. The problem seems a lot more severe under a more general lens.
- antifa 3y agoMust artists are struggling, so that loss of $50 means picking up an extra shift at McDonald's to pay rent instead of making or promoting their music.