With paltry streaming royalties and a cost-of-touring crisis, it’s harder than ever to make money as a musician. Claudia Cockerell on the household names who are taking up side hustles, and what it says about the state of the music industry
    • nshibj@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 months ago

      Thank you, I didn’t know that. I know that record labels have been screwing artists for decades… but I didn’t know that Spotify was actually paying good money for the listens, it just doesn’t reach the artist.

      • TXL@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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        6 months ago

        There’s been years of anti Spotify propaganda. It’s not surprising that it sticks.