Celeb News: 168M streams = $12,359 royalties; Wake Me Up singer fumes

OnlyManInTheWorld

Aloe Blacc: Streaming Services Need to Pay Songwriters Fairly

Taylor Swift praise:

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Just this week, Taylor Swift removed her music from Spotify—not because she doesn’t want you to stream her songs, but because she wants to be compensated fairly for her work. She wants Spotify to treat her work as though it has value. This problem ought to cause anyone who cares about the future of music—professionals and fans alike—to stand up and take note.

Pandora shade:

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Consider the fact that it takes roughly one million spins on Pandora for a songwriter to earn just $90. Avicii’s release “Wake Me Up!” that I co-wrote and sing, for example, was the most streamed song in Spotify history and the 13th most played song on Pandora since its release in 2013, with more than 168 million streams in the US. And yet, that yielded only $12,359 in Pandora domestic royalties— which were then split among three songwriters and our publishers. In return for co-writing a major hit song, I’ve earned less than $4,000 domestically from the largest digital music service.

http://www.wired.com/2014/11/aloe-bl...y-songwriters/

Rico Shameless v2

Damn

dussymob

Makes sense.

Ressti

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I’ve earned less than $4,000 domestically from the largest digital music service.

That's criminal.

Grumpy Gills

This fallout is gonna be interesting

Lose My Breath

It's pandora, an internet radio service

Lukey

$4,000

Gazing Ball

Woah I didn't know it was that low! Crazy. Time to cancel my Spotify premium subscription.

hooky

Spotify ha Paula era is coming!

JonathanLGardner

Time for y'all to WAKE UP and BUY the music - not rent it for virtually NOTHING.

Lose My Breath

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Originally posted by hooky

Spotify ha Paula era is coming!

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Originally posted by Gazing Ball

Woah I didn't know it was that low! Crazy. Time to cancel my Spotify premium subscription.

This is Pandora, not spotify

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13th most played song on Pandora since its release in 2013, with more than 168 million streams in the US. And yet, that yielded only $12,359 in Pandora domestic royalties—

It's a radio service, not on demand streaming, there is a large difference

Wonderland

Expose them, Aloe

Robert

Taylor is going to single-handedly take down Spotify at this rate

OnlyManInTheWorld

Not me browsing this thread while Wake Me Up hit the radio unexpectedly

JustThatGreat

Damn. Yeah, I would remove my back catalogue too.

sbenci

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Originally posted by JonathanLGardner

Time for y'all to WAKE UP and BUY the music - not rent it for virtually NOTHING.

Ladybugs are so creepy, there's an invasion of them in my town.

Letemtalk

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Originally posted by Robert

Taylor is going to single-handedly take down Spotify at this rate

Spotify will be fine without her.

aboynamedginger

Don't forget to purchase, "Me. I am Mariah...The Elusive Chanteuse"....Mama gotta put her kids through College.

Rainsford

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Originally posted by Robert

Taylor is going to single-handedly take down Spotify at this rate

Taylor has no power to destroy something as Global as Spotify.

ezra

Sickening. Now THIS is what will ruin music - especially indie music and new artists with no money. Horrifying news