• FantasticFox@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It’s revenue share with the record labels. If those labels don’t pay the artists well that’s a different issue.

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      1 year ago

      I release independently and I earned a whopping $43 for 50k+ streams (so far). Sure, 50k isn’t much compared to mainstream artists, but $43 isn’t much either.

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        1 year ago

        That’s about what YouTube creators would get for the same amount of hits, which still doesn’t make it a lot but I think it’s an interesting comparison.