The worst thing about Spotify is ...

Danhedonia

Danhedonia

Noted duckfat enthusiast
... that when this is added to my "radio" mix, there is no button that says EIGHT MILLION FUCKING THUMBS UP!!!!!!!!

Long live 'the' Sebadoh, and all who ride with t/him.

 
Flamencology said:
That, and the fact that the artists get shafted.
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I don't know if that is just an opinion or if it's a fact because I don't always read teh news headlines but when I do I nver see (insert "artist") looking for work or liquedating assets, standing in the soup line , etc. I mean someone like Elton John or Mick Jagger are certainly not gonna suffer if no one ever bought another of their songs. Someone like the example above (sebadoh) is more likely to gain exposure and then some 40 year old will buy the cd or download the album...imho.
 
smurfco said:
The Bird Index album is on Spotify. We eat filet mignon every day now.


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That's your band if I remember right...correct ? If so then you are using a very cheap or possibly free service for exposure (I have no idea if an artist needs to pay to have their music on spotify other than royalties taken from sales). Imagine the monetary costs it would be to get exposure of the potential which spotify could give you. With spotify you can make a smallchunck of change and gain exposure so that you can continue your filet mignon decadence....Besides that you do have a day job still right? The bird index is not you sole means of making a living?
 
Howie is the bassist now but wasn't around when the album was recorded. I played all the instruments on the album except for drums and percussion.
 
DdBob said:
That's your band if I remember right...correct ? If so then you are using a very cheap or possibly free service for exposure (I have no idea if an artist needs to pay to have their music on spotify other than royalties taken from sales). Imagine the monetary costs it would be to get exposure of the potential which spotify could give you. With spotify you can make a smallchunck of change and gain exposure so that you can continue your filet mignon decadence....Besides that you do have a day job still right? The bird index is not you sole means of making a living?
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LOL

Smurfco will make roughly a penny from the 50+ times I've streamed the album while learning the songs. Chunka change my ass.
 
DdBob said:
I don't know if that is just an opinion or if it's a fact because I don't always read teh news headlines but when I do I nver see (insert "artist") looking for work or liquedating assets, standing in the soup line , etc. I mean someone like Elton John or Mick Jagger are certainly not gonna suffer if no one ever bought another of their songs. Someone like the example above (sebadoh) is more likely to gain exposure and then some 40 year old will buy the cd or download the album...imho.
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As an artist who has his music on SPotify and all of the other streaming services I can tell you that Flamencology is correct.
 
bits of my royalty statement:

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I guess I should take some comfort in the fact that my completely unmarketed album has gotten enough plays at those rates to generate $331 over the last three years but still....
 
Mark Wein said:
I guess I should take some comfort in the fact that my completely unmarketed album has gotten enough plays at those rates to generate $331 over the last three years but still....
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Just curious if you know how much you've made off of CD sales from your shows in that same time frame.

I use Napster, same thing as Spotify basically. It's worth the subscription for me. I can listen to a whole album and decide if I'm going to buy it, maybe just buy a song, or never listen to it again. I figure it saves me money by not buying albums that I'm not going to listen to. Plus it's handy for those "hey, what's that song, by that guy?" moments.
 
speakerjones said:
Just curious if you know how much you've made off of CD sales from your shows in that same time frame.

I use Napster, same thing as Spotify basically. It's worth the subscription for me. I can listen to a whole album and decide if I'm going to buy it, maybe just buy a song, or never listen to it again. I figure it saves me money by not buying albums that I'm not going to listen to. Plus it's handy for those "hey, what's that song, by that guy?" moments.
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I sold about $500-$600 worth of CD's in the first few months but I didn't get much more in the way of sales because I couldn't play out on this music at the time. Too much mayhem with Premier Music and other things. :(
 
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