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2. I've avoided Spotify ever since I found out how little they pay musicians.

Reply to WA-03 Democrat (Reply #1)

Wed Apr 28, 2021, 03:03 PM

Apr 2021

A friend who’s a pro musician with work on Spotify told me about this — compensation averages around $0.0038 per stream.

By contrast, Pandora Premium & Prime, Amazon Music, and Apple Music pay only slightly more. But for artists who get a lot of streams, this can create a modest income flow.

Obviously small-time independent artists aren’t going to make Taylor Swift money, but there should be a reasonable minimum that’s not a slap in the face to the artists who make the service possible.

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I've avoided Spotify ever since I found out how little they pay musicians. Pinback Apr 2021 #2