Artists often voice concerns about Spotify’s payment structure, feeling that the platform does not adequately compensate them for their music. One of the main reasons for this sentiment is the low royalty rates that artists receive per stream. While Spotify pays a fraction of a cent for each play, this amount can be meager, especially for independent or lesser-known artists with smaller fan bases. Additionally, the massive volume of music available on the platform creates fierce competition, making it challenging for artists to stand out and accumulate significant streams. Critics argue that this model disproportionately benefits major labels and popular artists, widening the income gap within the music industry. Furthermore, the lack of transparency regarding how the streaming revenue is distributed adds to artists’ frustration, leaving them questioning the fairness of the system. Despite Spotify’s enormous user base and revenue, some artists believe that the platform should do more to ensure a more equitable distribution of payments, providing emerging talents with a viable income source and fostering a sustainable ecosystem for musicians of all levels.
Correction: I misspoke at the 3.45 mark – $0.003 isn’t .003 cents, but .003 dollars, or .3 of a cent. Likewise, $0.12 was meant to be 12 cents, not 0.12. Apologies – I’m a musician, not a mathematician.
Former iPod user Krazy Ken is trying a Microsoft Zune for the first time! He’s going to tell you all about the product history, and he’ll debunk some myths.
Kayla Kent cracks me up! I’ve been a long time subscriber of her channel and she is a seriously impressive guitarist who NAILS Pantera Dimebag solos…but as she shows in this off the cuff Metallica jam, that she has a lot more skills too. Check out her channel if you dig metal guitar covers. 🤘
Everyone likes to be hip, new, fresh, and on top of the charts. But when bands start to slide, sometimes they try to reinvent themselves. The question is…. did it work? Join me as I run through 10 old bands changing their sound hoping to be popular again. I’ll give my opinion and you decide if it worked or not.
The 8-track was a magnetic tape cartridge format used for music playback that was popular in the United States from the mid-1960s to the early 1980s. It was developed by a group of companies led by Lear Jet Corporation, and was initially marketed as a way to listen to music in cars. The format was widely adopted due to its portability and the ability to play pre-recorded tapes. However, its popularity declined in the late 1970s with the rise of cassette tapes, which offered better sound quality, smaller size, and longer playing times. By the early 1980s, 8-tracks had largely been replaced by cassettes and were no longer being produced. Today, the 8-track is remembered as a curious and somewhat quaint piece of music history.
It’s nothing new for a band to try new things. Sometimes it works and they hit pay dirt. However that is a rarity as usually the change ends up being off-putting. And sometimes such a miscalculated step can almost be unrecoverable and create some of The Biggest Album Fails.
I interview Steven Wilson He is the founder, guitarist, lead vocalist and songwriter of the rock band Porcupine Tree, as well as being a member of several other bands, including Blackfield, Storm Corrosion and No-Man. He is also a solo artist, having released 6 solo albums since his solo debut Insurgentes in 2008. In a career spanning more than 30 years.
