What kind of crazy, f*cked up world do we live in where Taylor Swift leaves country for Top Forty and Beyoncé leaves Top Forty for country? One in which the story is almost always about the personality and the money but almost never about the music itself. There’s a lot to say about Beyoncé. Her […]

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Thanks for the rant against the anti-streaming royalty whiners. The problem is people hear the word “million” associated with their stream counts and think that it should equal lots of $. Then they look at the imputed per stream rate and think it’s pathetic. The facts are: DSPs pay 50-70% of their gross revenues to […]

“How are musicians supposed to survive on $0.00173 per stream?”:  “The Guardian”: https://shorturl.at/mCIJ6 This is what I hate about America, it’s all about self-interest, people believe they’re entitled to a living, and the truth is irrelevant. Mr. Krukowski was in the band Galaxie 500. Their albums were released by Rough Trade. Assuming the label gave […]