You must have read about Indie labels pulling their music from Spotify, because of low revenues. But not all Indie labels are this pessimistic about the effect of a release on Spotify. Element9 decided to release Idle Warship’s album, “Habits of the Heart” on Spotify three weeks before the retail release. This is what Element [...]

The last few weeks Digitalmusicnews.com published several articles on payments by streaming services to artists and labels. The outcome is disappointing, not a single service is willing to disclose details. All answers are vague and evasive. But there are other ways to find out. I have been closely following and what Spotify has paid me [...]