Music Streaming: Proof that no one wants Equality of Outcome

[SMOGZINN]

"I agree with him when his opinion jives with my partisan cognitive bias'. I disagree with him and think he's a dumbfuck when he's against my bias'"

I don't like Maher because his so called arguments are never logically consistent. Instead he uses psychological tricks like vocal pitch and sound effects (laugh tracks and a few other sound effects add in post) to make it sound like he is making a point, but when you take all that away and read his argument it is rarely anything more than 'What about this thing? Crazy huh? I don't understand it, so I don't like it!'.

Really, go read some of his arguments, don't watch the video - read them, and see if he actually has any real steps to his argument, any logical reasons for his conclusion. Any point other then 'I don't understand it, and I don't like it'.

 

[nakedfrog]

What's the breakdown of payments for an artist on a traditional contract? If I pay ten quid for an album how much does the artist get after all expenses and fees are taken out?

To simplify things, probably one quid would go to the band. However, out of that, they may or may not have to pay back an advance (if they took one).
Takes quite a lot of streams to get up to that same amount if you're not a popular band.

But here's a fun story of a band that I would classify as falling between obscure and popular gaming the system back in 2014 to make $20k by having their fans stream a silent 5 minute album

https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6175358/vulfpecks-half-joke-silent-album-made-some-serious-cash

During its seven-week life on Spotify during March and April, ‘Sleepify’ garnered about 5.5 million plays, according to a royalty statement shared by keyboardist Jack Stratton. At payouts that varied from $0.0030 to $0.0038 per play for the short tracks, the band’s final two-month take from Spotify was $19,655.56 -- not bad for a record consisting of about five minutes’ quiet time.

 

[IronWing]

Maybe this explains the 21 minutes of silence on The Black Keys' 240 Years Before Your Time.