Well, to the artist for one. He's not being payed as the artist. Before his place in line you have the copyright owner, the lead performers, background perfor

Well, to the artist for one. He's not being payed as the artist. Before his place in line you have the copyright owner, the lead performers, background performers, and the other 60% of songwriters. Yes, that's right: he's complaining just about the size of the 40% songwriter's cut.