I remember reading recently that the pay-per-play model of reimbursing artists from streaming services barely pays for anything except substantial hit tracks. A

I remember reading recently that the pay-per-play model of reimbursing artists from streaming services barely pays for anything except substantial hit tracks. A lot of the stuff I listen to on Rdio has barely a couple of hundred plays. So for smaller artists, streaming might as well be torrenting: neither helps pay the bills. Track sales, whether digital or physical, at least stand a chance of bringing in a living. Judging by TFA, it looks like releasing vinyl records is the way to go, but serving the throwback collector and audiophile markets can't be lucrative, either.