<description>&lt;p&gt;Little known fact: only 3% of artists on Spotify make more than one thousand dollars. And the people who work on albums who &lt;em&gt;aren’t&lt;/em&gt; top-billed artists, like backup singers and songwriters, make even less. In fact, most artists make fractions of a penny per stream.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;So where does all that cash go? &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Show Notes&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li aria-level="1"&gt;Read Blake Morgan’s article about his meeting with Spotify execs: &lt;a href="https://www.indieonthemove.com/blog/2018/1/spotifys-fatal-flaw-exposed-how-my-closed-door-meeting-with-execs-ended-in-a-shouting-match"&gt;Spotify’s Fatal Flaw Exposed: How My Closed-Door Meeting with Execs Ended in a Shouting Match&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li aria-level="1"&gt;Learn more about Kaydence and her impactful work with the 100 Percenters &lt;a href="https://www.the100percenters.com/about-us"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li aria-level="1"&gt;David Turner writes a weekly blog called &lt;a href="https://pennyfractions.ghost.io/about/"&gt;Penny Fractions&lt;/a&gt; ‘as a way to think through various record industry topics’.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;This episode uses the following tracks from FMA under a Creative Commons Attribution License: "What Dreams Become" by Audiobinger, "Moonlove Funk" by Cullah, "Ugly Truth" by HoliznaCC0, "Leave The Country (Instrumental)" by Anthem of Rain.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener"&gt;omnystudio.com/listener&lt;/a&gt; for privacy information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Calling Bullsh!t

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Spotify: Starving Artists?

DEC 7, 202262 MIN
Calling Bullsh!t

Spotify: Starving Artists?

DEC 7, 202262 MIN

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Little known fact: only 3% of artists on Spotify make more than one thousand dollars. And the people who work on albums who aren’t top-billed artists, like backup singers and songwriters, make even less. In fact, most artists make fractions of a penny per stream. So where does all that cash go?  Show Notes Read Blake Morgan’s article about his meeting with Spotify execs: Spotify’s Fatal Flaw Exposed: How My Closed-Door Meeting with Execs Ended in a Shouting Match Learn more about Kaydence and her impactful work with the 100 Percenters here. David Turner writes a weekly blog called Penny Fractions ‘as a way to think through various record industry topics’. This episode uses the following tracks from FMA under a Creative Commons Attribution License: "What Dreams Become" by Audiobinger, "Moonlove Funk" by Cullah, "Ugly Truth" by HoliznaCC0, "Leave The Country (Instrumental)" by Anthem of Rain.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.