Napster boasts the highest artist revenue paid out per play.Ī single stream=$0.0167 to unsigned artists (100K=$1670). Don’t Be Evil.” -DPJ What do Streaming Companies Pay? (Updated for 2017) The amount of money Warner Brothers made from Van Halen sales could power a large corporation. I remember reading about how those classic Van Halen w/ David Lee Roth records paid the band around 5 cents per album sold – to this day! After selling over 10 million copies of individual titles. Renegotiate outdated record contracts – take care of those you have taken care of you. Song tracking regardless of who uploads the song, the artist gets paid per play. Also, continue to improve tracking/view count, artists get fair splits on streaming ads. Maybe include stories allow the artist to reach out. Help the artist make money, take a small percentage for the referral. We need to find a fair system for this experiment.” -DPJ “Find ways to monetize it for the artist – add tip jars, easy access to purchases, find ways to encourage people to purchase the songs. Spotify, YouTube, Pandora and other streaming sites have built their brands on the backs of others. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. If I really like it, I buy it….that’s just the rules.” -Drew P. These days, people pay $5.00 for Starbucks that will be gone in 5 minutes, but refuse to shell out $10.00 for an album an artist had to spend months, years, crafting and recording. Now the majority of the internet world believes music should be free. It’s gotten particularly bad in the last 3 to 4 years. Even if streaming companies pay the labels the money they are rightfully owed, some of the labels use outdated record contract verbiage to circumvent paying the artists. You would think the near obliteration of the record industry would convince the fallen ones to treat musicians and artists fairly as the turnaround begins. With the record industry dead, is there any hope beyond touring in a rented band van and lugging your own gear? Correct?Ĭrosby: The model is them stealing my music to sell it to you. Streaming your album is a way to draw crowds at shows, where the real money is. I have Crosby, Stills & Nash songs on my list, want me to forward you some money for them?Ĭrosby: No, but you can buy some young artists cd or vinyl. What about Crosby, Stills & Nash royalties? Roger McGuinn said 300,000 streams of “Eight Miles High,” he got $15. Do you get compensated?Ĭrosby: Yes I do …very little, but yes I do Does that go toward the artist royalty fees. It would keep me awake at nights CrozĬrosby: Because I love to sing songs and write them What about YouTube? Everyone loves watching music video clips on YouTube for free. What about a Tip Jar option added to streaming services for people to pay the artist directly?Īre digital purchases or are physical (CDs, LPs) purchases better? Ĭrosby: Nice for you but they don’t pay us shitĬharging $10 a month for unlimited access to all the music ever recorded, why don’t artists get paid?Ĭrosby: Because the streamers keep it all. I’m a Pandora subscriber because I like having my favorite music artists arranged exactly how I like. If we use Spotify, do you consider us thieves? Why isn’t the new David Crosby track on Spotify?Ĭrosby: Probably because I keep telling the truth about streamers ….thieves.
Young artists?Ĭrosby: Spotify does not pay me or young artists shit. I bought your vinyls, cds, went to concerts and now pay on Spotify, you had a good run. Never had that …don’t have even a hundredth of thatĬrosby: I have a couple of hundred in the bank in savings and that’s it.Ĭrosby: Not broke, but it is hard to make the mortgage payments. Pre-order Sky Trails on Amazon – Apple – Google Play.Ī celebrity website says you’re worth $40 Million. After compiling & arranging his responses to fan-submitted questions, an interesting narrative began to emerge.Ĭrosby will release his new solo album, Sky Trails, on September 29th via BMG. David Crosby: “Spotify does not pay me or young artists shit, Pandora…they don’t pay us shit and YouTube doesn’t pay shit either.”ĭavid Crosby recently spoke harshly about the state of the music industry, particularly the streaming business, via his Twitter account.
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