Monthly Archives: December 2011
Artists benefit from partner deals Spotify
A week ago ago I posted a CBbaby statement that was handed to me by the band Finn Silver I was puzzled by the unit prices for streams of the same song. Three different amount could be explained for, the tiers Free, Unlimited and Premium, but eight different rates? Digital Distributor Songport was kind enough [...]
Can Spotify streams really hurt sales?
Labels like ST Holdings pulling their music from Spotify and big acts like Adele, Coldplay and The Black Keys not releasing their latest albums on Spotify. What’s going on? The reason for this anti-streaming position is obvious: they all think streaming hurts sales. Is Spotify the new enemy after years of putting the blame on [...]
Now you can really share your playlists in Spotify
Category Spotify Tips
Maybe you already know the #1 Spotify playlists site ShareMyPlaylists.com. Great news! This site is now integrated in Spotify. The new ShareMyPlaylists app takes sharing and discovering playlists to the next level. I could tell you a lot more about the possibilities and features, but why not try it out yourself? Fire up Spotify, click [...]
More data on Spotify payments
The band Finn Silver was kind enough to show me their latest CDbaby statement. The received $ 0,0087 per stream in average (about € 0,0067). That’s more than the $ 0.0063 I received lately Here is a screenshot of the CDbaby statement. I use Zimbalam for the releases on Spotify. Finn Silver piced CDbaby for [...]
Open letter to The Black Keys
The Black Keys explain why the refuse to release their latest album “El Camino” on streaming services. Get More: Music Videos, Free Music Videos How about that! Here is my response to The Black Keys: Dear Black Keys, I just watched the video in which you explain why you haven’t released your latest album [...]
Spotify pay outs Q3 2011
I have received the Q3 results of the Spotify sales. In this period Spotify landed in the US, how did this affect the payment per stream?. As far as I have been able to figure out Spotify recalculates the payment per stream for each month based upon the revenue and the total number of streams. [...]
Appsolutely fabulous
Category Spotify, Spotify Tips, Uncategorized
Last Wednesday I witnessed the Global Press Conference where Daniel Ek showed the upcoming new version of Spotify with the new build in apps. I installed the beta version and have been playing with it ever since. Want to listen to Pitchfork’s favorite albums in Spotify? There’s an app for that right within your Spotify [...]