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If someone started a service that did exactly this, would artists take their music off spotify and onto this new service? Would the users follow?
by malloreon 12y ago
If someone started a service that did exactly this, would artists take their music off spotify and onto this new service?
Would the users follow?
- BinaryIdiot 12y agoI had always thought it was the record labels who would essentially prevent this from happening as they're essentially getting cut. Unless I'm misunderstanding something. It would certainly be interesting to see a new streaming service with a different type of payment structure for artists.
- protomyth 12y agoI have no idea and that is a really good question. So, let's round and say $7.00 a month goes to artists[1]. What is an expected percentage of time fans will listen to the artist's music (25%?) and how many thousand fans does the artist have? I would imagine Taylor Swift with Blank Space might have cleaned up. Is there a source of public data on this? 1) as in all the people who get paid off the artist's music including, hopefully, the artist