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by Valien 5403 days ago
Now listening to a new band in Spotify. Thanks. Hope the meager cents adds up from hundreds or thousands of users.
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Don't worry, much more meager cents will add up in the recording labels pockets, and Spotify, than this band!
Very sad, but true : http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2010/how-much-do-music...

Having played in a band myself I certainly do end up with a bitter-sweet aftertaste when consuming music on Spotify. I've got a paid subscription and I'm absolutely loving it!

It just doesn't make sense: music is such an integral part of our lives yet the people who drive it end up being exploited in a blatant way.

"Don't hate the player. Hate the game." comes into mind when seeing the linked infographic... I just hope to see the rules change in my lifetime.

For the price of one iTunes album purchase you'll save 'em the trouble of persuading enough people to listen to their tracks 200 times.