Comments on: Playing for pennies: How streaming royalties leave independent artists struggling /2024/12/06/playing-for-pennies-how-streaming-royalties-leave-independent-artists-struggling/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=playing-for-pennies-how-streaming-royalties-leave-independent-artists-struggling DC Neighborhood Stories from American University Mon, 11 May 2026 01:48:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 By: Felipe /2024/12/06/playing-for-pennies-how-streaming-royalties-leave-independent-artists-struggling/#comment-36886 Mon, 11 May 2026 01:48:26 +0000 /?p=20030#comment-36886 In reply to I Think I'm Leaving Spotify (Too)… – Indie Alternative Music Project by Stephen Bernhard.

At this rate we’ll have to get rid of these big artists to get our voices heard (this is a joke btw, don’t call the cops on me)

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]]> By: Goodbye, Spotify! Why I Left the Streaming Service - The Schnooks | Indie, Alternative & Experimental Music from Batavia, Ohio /2024/12/06/playing-for-pennies-how-streaming-royalties-leave-independent-artists-struggling/#comment-25240 Sun, 17 Aug 2025 20:30:13 +0000 /?p=20030#comment-25240 […] Spotify had instituted a policy not too long ago where if a song does not reach 1000 streams, the artist will not get paid. That means that if you had a song with 999 streams at the end of the year, YOU GET NOTHING. They claim that this is done because tracks with under 1000 plays make so little money. Why is that I wonder? […]

]]> By: I Think I'm Leaving Spotify (Too)... - Indie Alternative Music Project by Stephen Bernhard /2024/12/06/playing-for-pennies-how-streaming-royalties-leave-independent-artists-struggling/#comment-24534 Sat, 26 Jul 2025 17:11:42 +0000 /?p=20030#comment-24534 […] Spotify had instituted a policy not too long ago where if a song does not reach 1000 streams, the artist will not get paid. That means that if you had a song with 999 streams at the end of the year, YOU GET NOTHING. They claim that this is done because tracks with under 1000 plays make so little money. Why is that I wonder? […]

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