Actually, the music industry is not winning with the streaming model. I know a couple of guys in a successful rock band here (started in the 80’s - L.A. Guns) who have many albums under their belt. They only get something like .00035 cents per play on Spotify and Apple Music. I’ve seen a couple of their royalty statements before - $5.56 (for a month on Spotify) Touring doesn’t net a heck of alot either without a “sell out guarantee”, and they say the real money is in the merchandise - t-shirts, etc._sold at their shows.
“I’ve seen a couple of their royalty statements before - $5.56 for a month of spotify”
Well, if a band records a song once, that costs not too much. Then they put it out on the internet. I suppose that costs little. What should they expect in terms of pay for an amount of investment and work.
Some performers get lucky, or perhaps it’s their skills or persona, and make oodles of money doing their music, huh?
I know there’s much about the music business that know nothing about.