Tag Archives: payments
Spotify payouts Q4 2012
My Zimbalam statements for Oktober show a nice rate of €0.0051 (about $.0066) for all Spotify streams. In November the rate per stream drops to € 0.0040 ((about $.0052). Nothing really new, the rate has been rather steady over 2012. 71 cent streams? The December data however are astonishing. All kinds of rates from € [...]
Spotify payout Q3 2012 and some extras
New data, but nothing really new as far as the Spotify payout rates are concerned. The rate per stream is steady, about $0.005. My royalty statements show $0.0054 in July, $0.0054 in August and $0.0052 in September. But I do have some interesting extras. Every stream over 30 seconds gets paid in full My previous [...]
Your own personal…. Spotify
Music discovery on Spotify gets personal. How? If you can spare an hour, just watch the video of the press event. Here are a few highlights: Spotify will get ‘Follow’, ‘Discover’, and ‘Collection’ tabs. The Follow tab Follow all the people who turn you on to the music you care about. Find out what friends [...]
How Transparent Is Your Digital Distributor?
In my ongoing quest for facts about Spotify payouts I discover astonishing things. A major label representative told me that Spotify pays out the full rate for every stream over 30 seconds. To see if this also applies to the streams of Little Things That Kill I have set up an experiment in June. On [...]
Spotify payout Q2 2012
New data. The rate per stream is still about $0.005. My statements show $0.005 in April, $0.0049 in May and $0.0053 in June. The band Little Things That Kill agreed to publish their part of my statement. Here is the Google spreadsheet with their streaming data. The developments over the last two years: Spotify grows, still the [...]
What if an artist starts linking to Spotify?
A few weeks ago I wrote an article called: Low streaming revenues: a self-fulfilling prophecy? Shannon Hurley was named an example of an artists who complains but doesn’t do a thing to promote her music on Spotify. I had a pleasant and interesting discussion with Shannon Hurley on this subject. The outcome is even better. Shannon [...]
Low streaming revenues: a self-fulfilling prophecy?
Zoe Keating !! RT @theatlantic: Why Spotify doesn’t work for musicians: 70,000 listens pays less than $300 theatln.tc/MBOeoz — Zoe Keating (@zoecello) juni 29, 2012 Now check zoekeating.com Not a single link to her music or artist profile Spotify. Over 1 million Twitter followers. Imagine the impact of a tweet with a link to a [...]