tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post7139270467218270659..comments2024-02-13T10:20:04.888+00:00Comments on David Hepworth's blog: The Inconvenient Truth About The Recorded Music BusinessDavid Hepworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05973053694541321308noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-75974091475863354972013-07-25T20:15:38.713+01:002013-07-25T20:15:38.713+01:00Numbers geek (and music consumer) that I am, I had...Numbers geek (and music consumer) that I am, I had to run my own numbers. At 50 and with shelves groaning with some of the finest CDs (and albums - put the 8-tracks & cassettes up for adoption a few years back) made, I am down to buying about 4 albums a year, most of these at gigs.<br /><br />At the mechanical rate of $0.0755 per track and 10 tracks per album, give or take, that's $3.02 per year the owners of the songs make off me.<br /><br />On the other hand, since subscribing to Spotify, I'd say I average about 20 albums a week. Again, at 10 cuts per album that's about 10,000 streams per year.<br /><br />Estimates vary because of Spotify's revenue model, but using the popular (and lowest) infographic estimate from a few years back of $0.00029 per stream, that's $2.90 per year - pretty close to even before you take into account I'll probably still buy two of those CDs.<br /><br />But wait! It gets better. Spotify's actual model from what I've read, is that the song owners get 70% of the subscription and ad revenue. That means they are getting $84/year from me instead of $3.02. Of course, you might say I'm getting 250 times the music, but not really. I'm just listening to the new Avett Bros album instead of "It's Too Late to Stop Now" for the 408th time.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14475111924076369276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-47003266540836882582013-07-20T19:56:54.485+01:002013-07-20T19:56:54.485+01:00Whenever this discussion comes up I find myself re...Whenever this discussion comes up I find myself referencing your point, David (IIRC), that if a play on Radio 2, with their fifteen million listeners is worth sixty quid, how much is a single streamed listen on Spotify worth?Do You Do Any Wings?https://www.blogger.com/profile/16464188169541771585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-80448428317923375492013-07-19T19:55:34.462+01:002013-07-19T19:55:34.462+01:00Hi David,
A problem that a lot of artists have wi...Hi David,<br /><br />A problem that a lot of artists have with Spotify is that they (Spotify) did 'the deal' with the major record companies early doors. Artists had no say in the deal, and many with large catalogues had no contractual proviso towards digital media. (esp contracts signed 80s/90s) When the Spotify deals were done obviously some artists would have been a lot more appealing than others. Perhaps there was a sweetener I wonder if some bigger artists have a higher royalty rate with Spotify than 'cannon fodder' artists. Luke HainesOutsider Musichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04878246111684931561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-47347457417434362742013-07-19T10:12:28.512+01:002013-07-19T10:12:28.512+01:00'Fickle Public Speaking' - Vaughn Toulouse...'Fickle Public Speaking' - Vaughn Toulouse.<br /><br />is that available on Spotify?Andy Brimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01583748523594485211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-73053590009263000512013-07-18T12:41:19.511+01:002013-07-18T12:41:19.511+01:00One of the reasons I put out an EP instead of a fu...One of the reasons I put out an EP instead of a full length album was so that Joe Public only had to taste and try 5 tunes instead of 10. And, no surprises here, according to my www.johnmedd.bandcamp.com stats, Joe's interest waned after Track 2! But they really liked my Slade cover; proabably says more about Noddy than me.John Meddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10547777949324509522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-69778171406003609742013-07-18T10:48:15.304+01:002013-07-18T10:48:15.304+01:00For years the BBC and the music business behaved a...For years the BBC and the music business behaved as if radio was "an alternative to buying and owning music", restricting airplay to a small number of hours a day. Then they convinced themselves that it was a way to encourage people to buy and own. Neither was true.David Hepworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05973053694541321308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-85481718391346062792013-07-18T10:35:08.737+01:002013-07-18T10:35:08.737+01:00worstall's wrong though isnt he? spotify is no...worstall's wrong though isnt he? spotify is not an alternative to radio. seems to me an alternative to buying and owning. makes me laugh the way he thinks he has it all sewn up nicely.roymhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11040387761432476794noreply@blogger.com