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Notice one performance of “Ceremonies” or “Distant Lands” streaming radio show like Hearts of Space that brings in 26 cents for the full writer’s share compared to 2,088 performances of “Gypsy Rain” on Spotify that brought in a total of 60 cents.

Presumably that HoS performance covers an entire audience hearing that song, whereas the Spotify performances are per-person. Wonder if the HoS fee also includes playing back old streams from the site?

At any rate, doesn't seem like enough money to live on. But I wonder if a Spotify is even possible if 14,000 performances could make a reasonable paycheck for a quarter. That'd be, what, around a buck a play per person? Why not just buy the CD at that point?

[SlashmanX]

I've never heard of Hearts of Space, so I don't know if it's reach etc. But if 1,000 people listened to that particular show, it's about the same price-per-listen as Spotify, so it's not really a valid point.

Of course, this is assuming the scope of Hearts of Space is in and around the figure I said.

I'm under the impression that most musicians (even the more popular ones), don't make their fortunes from radio, but rather merchandise, CD sales, live performances etc.

Although, this is all probably irrelevant and mentioned in his post, but I can't see it at the moment as I'm getting a 403 forbidden error